All-County Band Festival Information

(Pictured: FAC/WHHS Clarinetist Luke Delello) This is the information regarding County Band for participating FAC students. The dates of the clinic are Monday and Tuesday, February 12-13. The clinic will be held at Woodmont High School (directions are listed below) and the schedule is as follows

Monday
• 4:15 PM: Arrive (students are responsible for their own transportation to and from the festival)
• 4:30 PM: Seating of bands
• 5:00 PM: Rehearsals begin
• 8:30 PM: Rehearsal ends and students go home
Unhappily, there is NO dinner break. Students should eat before rehearsal and bring water and snacks for breaks.

Tuesday
• 8:45 AM: Arrive
• 9:00 AM: Rehearsals resume
• 11:30 AM: Lunch (please bring between $5 and $10)
• 1:00 PM: Rehearsals resume
• 4:30 PM: Dinner/Dress (more information on dinner TBA)
• 6:30 PM: Warm-up
• 7:00 PM: CONCERT

Dress for the concert: FAC musicians enrolled in a high school band class should plan on wearing their band uniforms. Other students may simply wear "orchestra concert black." Woodmont High School will be serving refreshments throughout the day. A variety of foods and drinks will be available. If Greenville County Schools are closed for inclement weather, the clinic will be cancelled. Students should attend all rehearsals and the concert, and should bring extra reeds, mutes, snares, sticks, etc.

WOODMONT HIGH SCHOOL DRIVING DIRECTIONS

I-85 SOUTH: Take I-85 S towards Atlanta. Get off at Greenwood (Hwy 25 South) exit. Turn right onto Augusta Road (Bus. 25). Continue 10 miles through Moonville and past Greenville Memorial Gardens. Turn left at the next red light onto Sandy Springs Road then left onto West Georgia Rd. School is on the right.

I-385 SOUTH: Take I-385 S to West Georgia Road exit in Simpsonville. Turn right onto W. Georgia Road. Go about 4 miles until road forks. Bear to the right onto West Georgia Road. School is on the left.

I-385 SOUTH (TOLL ROAD): Take I-385 to I-185 (Toll Road). Get off at Greenwood (Hwy 25 South) exit. Continue through Moonville and past Greenville Memorial Gardens. Turn left at the next red light onto Sandy Springs Road then left onto West Georgia Road. School is on the right.

DOWNTOWN: From Downtown Greenville, take I-185 (Toll Road) South towards Columbia. Take the Hwy. 25 exit South towards Greenwood. Go through Moonville and past Greenville Memorial Gardens. Turn Left at the next red light onto Sandy Springs Rd. then right onto West Georgia Road. School is on the right.

FOUNTAIN INN: From Fountain Inn, take Hwy 418 all the way to Hwy 25 (Augusta Road). Turn right onto Hwy 25. You will pass Ellen Woodside Elementary School on the left. Go another 3 miles and turn right on West Georgia Rd. School is on the right.