Your Patriot Band staff continues the hard work of completing this summer's show. If preparation is any measure of success, this should be a GREAT summer! Those of you in band know that the repetoire is in place and it is "HOT"! Please be patient while we "tweek" some of the music. We usually don't have the luxury of doing this during school time, but thanks to Mr. Smeltzer and Miss Guise the music is way ahead of schedule. On Monday, Mr. Smeltzer and Daddy V met with Jeff Wroblewski concerning drill and show concepts. Ideas flowed freely, and some really sweet things could develop with this show. Again, this meeting was way ahead of schedule and gives us time to bounce more ideas back and forth. Add to this Emilie Boyes as our on-staff guard choreographer with her flag designs already in the works and we have the formula for success. Daddy V has promised the guard that we will have all show flags in place by the first contest. Incidentally, for those of you who don't know, we have added sabres to the guard this year. Other staff this summer will include old stand-bys Jason Hart (how many years now Jason?) Mark Garringer (have to keep an eye on him this summer - ya know what I mean?) Leslie Schwartzkopf, Sam Hilfiker, Sara Ullom, Amy Grady and new-comers Caitlin Dunn, Samantha Freeman and Lauren Whitesell.
Obviously, all the staff and preparation in the world won't make up for a lack of effort on the part of you the band members. Some of the things we will ask you to do this summer may seem odd, but we will be pushing the "envelope" and trying to step up our level of performance. Do your part - PRACTICE, encourage others in your section, PRACTICE, stay positive, PRACTICE, work hard, PRACTICE, and above all...
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ok, i just wanna know if it's true that we have a bigger chance at winning now that south has split?
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Yea for summer band. I have missed it. Trica, don't worry, we can hold our own. I am really excited about this summer. I am really excited for our two new staff members Samma and Lauren. Lauren and Samma both know what they are doing and I promise to listen to them both. Anyway, we need to start getting pumped and ready for this summer. We should start doing some cheers in band just to pump us up. I don't need any more pumping up, but I am sure others do. Now, I am not very good at counting, but I THINK we are down to approximately 51 days untill our first 4 hour practice, now who is excited about that?
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