All+State+Honor+Band


 * General Information**

The All State Honor Band Festival is a great annual opportunity for our best students to represent their school band in a band consisting of the state's top student musicians. The finest individual students from school bands all over the state come together to form one large band of 100. All in one day, these quality students meet and get to know one another, rehearse together with a hand-selected conductor, improve their playing as teammates in a valuable sectional rehearsal, have a fast-paced dress rehearsal, and then perform their concert for hundreds of people in one of the finest facilities in the state. There are 3 separate honor bands, one for each grade (6th, 7th, and 8th).

Students wishing to be nominated for this opportunity must meet minimal performing requirements. All-State Honor Band Qualifications Winds 1) Be able to play a one octave chromatic scale with good intonation. 2) Play 2 octaves scales (where possible) in concert keys: C, G, F, Bb, Eb from memory at 8th note = MM120. Percussion 1) Snare: Perform rolls, paradiddle, flam, flam tap, flam accent, at tempos from MM 60 to 144.  2) Timpani: Tune drums, demonstrate appropriate roll and sticking technique, read bass clef. 3) Mallets: Same concert scales as winds and demonstrate appropriate sticking technique. 4) Percussion accessories: Display impeccable metric control, flexibility in changing instruments during performance, display appropriate playing technique on all accessory percussion.
 * Requirements**

Up to 5 students per band can be nominated for the All State Honor Band. While only one nominee is selected and gets to represent our school and participate in the honor band, it is still an honor to be nominated. For the few students selected, details are below. Parents will receive 2 complementary tickets for the performance. Additional tickets are purchasable for $5.00 each -cash only.
 * Details for those Selected**


 * Date**: Saturday, March 10th, 2012. All day from 8am-6pm
 * Time**: 8:00am until the end of the concert, 6:30pm (6th Grade begins at about 5:00, 7th grade at 5:30, 8th grade at 6:00)
 * Place**: Valley Vista High School (15550 N. Parkview Pl., Surprise, AZ) Map
 * Cost**: $6 for lunch (Chick-fil-A or Personal Pan Pizza Hut Pizza) or bring a sack lunch
 * Attire**: Formal Concert Black
 * Transportation**: 1 way bus there only. Meet at Highland Lakes School at ** 6 : 30 **am (63rd Ave. 1 block north of Union Hills)
 * Bring**: music, instrument, pencil, accessories, and water bottle. Money for optional: snacks, t-shirt, award plaque ($35) and CD recording ($10).

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