FAC Winds, Brass & Percussion Students: Region and ACB Auditions

Are you worried, like this young musician to the left, about your upcoming Region/State Band and All-County Band audition? Then take action!

(I) AUDITIONS FOR REGION BAND

a. Auditions: Greer High School (Greer, SC) January 10, 2009




b. Schedule:
Merritt Huff Flute Clinic Band 9:00 AM
Nathan Colbert Mallets Clinic Band 10:42 AM
Moses Andrews Snare Senior Band 2:36 PM
John Belanger French horn Senior Band 3:12 PM
Eric Spivey Tuba Senior Band 3:30 PM
Jay Belanger French horn Senior Band 3:30 PM
Wesley Strasser Timpani Clinic Band 3:54 PM
Jacob Lawler Timpani Senior Band 4:54 PM

c. Directions to Green High School from Greenville:
• Go North on 29 (Wade Hampton Blvd.).
• Turn LEFT on Hwy. 14 (past the BP station).
• Go about a half mile to Country Club Road - Turn RIGHT.
• Go all the way to the end (there's a bridge and a road veering off to the left, but stay on the road to the right.) where you intersect Gap Creek Road.
• Turn LEFT and you will see the school on the left.
• Take the second entrance (the one in front of the school).
• There should be parking spaces in the lot in front of the school. If not, go around to the lot on the left (facing the school) side.

d. Important links for students to study: PLEASE READ AND TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY
The SC Band Link home page is: http://www.bandlink.org/
The All-State Band Page is: http://www.bandlink.org/events/allstate/as2009/
The Audition Requirements page is: http://www.bandlink.org/events/allstate/as2009/Requirements.htm

STUDY THE REQUIREMENTS ON THE ABOVE PAGE AND BE SURE YOU HAVE PREPARED IN THE AREAS FOR WHICH YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE! Click on EACH LINK and be sure that you are prepared for each caption IN THE WAY SPECIFIED.

e) To download the required audition ticket, click:



II) AUDITIONS FOR ALL-COUNTY BAND
a) Auditions: Mauldin High School (Mauldin, SC) January 29, 2009
b) Schedule*

First Name Last Name Band Instrument Grade School Judge Time
* Merritt Huff Senior Flute 10 Fine Arts Center 1 7:00
Jay Belanger Senior French Horn 12 Fine Arts Center 5 5:12
* John Belanger Senior French Horn 12 Fine Arts Center 5 5:18
Nathan Colbert Senior Mallet 10 Fine Arts Center 7 5:25
Moses Andrews Senior Snare 11 Fine Arts Center 7 6:20
* Ben Leder Senior Snare 11 Fine Arts Center 7 7:50
* Jacob Lawler Senior Timpani 12 Fine Arts Center 7 5:05
* Wesley Strasser Senior Timpani 10 Fine Arts Center 7 5:15
Eric Spivey Senior Tuba 12 Fine Arts Center 5 8:30

* These students, who are part of the Greenville County Youth Orchestras, have been given permission to arrive at Mauldin High School by 5:00 PM and to be seen immediately for their audition. Call time at the Dorothy Gunter Theater for the “Shoulder-to-Shoulder” Concert is 7:00; downbeat is 7:30. ALL FAC students are encouraged to attend this concert, and may audition early and to do so.

c) Directions to Mauldin High School: 701 E. Butler Rd. • Mauldin, SC 29662:
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adpcountry=US&countryid=US&addtohistory=&searchtab=address&searchtype=address&address=701+E+Butler+Rd&city=mauldin&state=sc&zipcode=29662&search=++Search++

d) Requirements for the All-County Band Festival auditions are similar to those for Region and State. Refresh and refine these audition captions for your ACB audition.