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NEW BAND ROOM!

In just a few short weeks, we'll be moving in to our NEW BAND ROOM!
I got to take a tour of the construction site today, and I thought you'd like to see some photos. 

North corner of the building. For those who haven't seen it in person, you should know that this is all BAND ROOM -- you cannot currently see any other part of the school building in this picture.



South corner of the building. Just to the right you see where it attaches to our current auditorium.



Loading dock on the southeast side

So, let's go inside!

Looking from the band room towards the front entrance of the school.  Where you see concrete block on the left will be a wall; this will be the hallway leading to the existing auditorium and the new band room.

Looking into the band room from the hallway.  The room on the right will eventually be piano lab.

The piano lab.  The windows on the left look out into the main rehearsal hall

The main rehearsal hall

New band office :)

Here's me putting my hard hat to good use in my new office.

Just to the right of the band office is the instrument repair area, which will have cabinets and a sink.  Students will go through this hall to get to the instrument storage room.

Instrument storage room - which will be outfitted with Wenger lockers

More storage

This will become a door with backstage access to the auditorium.

Bathrooms!  We have our own bathrooms!

(This is the men's room.)

Upstairs (yes, upstairs -- there are two staircases and an elevator) we have a HUGE amount of storage space, which we will share with the rest of the school.  Here's a look at the upstairs area.  The construction site superintendent is giving Dr. Walters (Superintendent of Schools) and the me a tour of the facility. 

I think this "stitched together" photo (it's actually three pictures put together) gives you a pretty good idea of the size of the rehearsal hall.  I was standing with my back against the wall in the front of the band room when I took these pictures.

From left to right, you see the entrance to the hall that leads back to the front of the school, the window and door into the ensemble practice room (can you say jazz band?), the door and window into the music library, the door and window into the office, and in the center is the doorway into the instrument repair area that leads back to instrument storage.  On the far right is the doorway to uniform storage and the loading dock (which you can also access through instrument storage), and the door to the men's room.  (The ladies room door is just around the corner, so you can't see it in this picture.)

For a better look, visit my photo album.

Pretty cool, huh?  :)

It's done!

....well, mostly.
The parts aren't ready to print yet, but other than that, the show is done! You can listen to it on the right.

Notes on the latest additions:
- the beginning of You'll Be In My Heart is a mello solo.
- Trashin' the Camp includes solos for trumpet, mello, and trombone, both at the beginning and at the end.

It's a long show -- just over 8 1/2 minutes worth of music. (Our Wicked show was also 8 1/2 minutes.) Transitions will have to be extremely efficient -- but we can do it!

I'll send an email to the email list when parts are ready. In the meantime, enjoy the mp3's!

Opener

As you can see to the right, the opener is done!

Yes, there is a trombone (could be baritone) solo in there.

Basically, ignore the percussion parts -- especially the fills. I just threw something in there; the people who are writing the actual drum parts will write something much better!

CLOSER!

You can listen to the computer's rendition of the closer using the player to the right. (I know, the widget/gadget doesn't fit, but if you resize it, it still doesn't look right. If you know of one that will work better, post a comment and I'll check it out.)

Keep checking here for show updates. The opener should be ready in a few days; the rest will follow soon!

Some things to note:
- Yes, the beginning of the closer is all woodwinds (and tubas), including solos for flute, clarinet, and soprano sax (yes, I did say SOPRANO sax).
- Yes, the trumpets and mellos will need straight mutes. I have a few ideas on how you can carry them, and I'm interested to hear your ideas as well.
- MOST of the stuff that sounds like it's in three is written in 6/4; this should help us stay in step. Some of the 3/4 is actually written in 4/4, which would make it a hemiola.

Leave your comments or ideas by clicking on the "comments" link below!

Minutes from June 9 Band Booster meeting

Thanks to all who attended Monday's Band Booster meeting!
The minutes to the meeting are now posted online:

http://groups.google.com/group/lchstrojanband/web/minutes---june-2008-booster-meeting

Drum-A-Thon!

We raised over $400 for the American Red Cross. Not bad for a rainy day! In case you missed it, here's the local news coverage of the event:



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