From Mr. Schayot: Welcome back to your band family! The GHS Band and Colorguard staff is very much looking forward to getting started in just a few days! Full Band Summer Marching Camp for ALL students begins on Wednesday, July 29th at 8:00am. Guard begins one day early on Tuesday, July 28th. BE SURE TO BRING YOUR COMPLETED 2009-2010 PHYSICAL FORM! (form for the physical is available for download from this link GHS Band Physical 2009-2010)
Here are a few hints for students for a successful camp…
- Get Ready to March: Starting this weekend, be sure you take 20 minute walks outside daily and gradually increase distance. This will acclimate your body to the heat and get your legs ready to march!
- Get Ready to Play: Begin practicing every day to get the chops ready for summer band. All students were given music folders before they left for summer. If for some reason you did not receive yours, please email Ms. Marino at marinoa@georgetownisd.org to schedule a time to pick up your music. Any students who have not picked up their school-owned instrument yet need to email Mr. Schayot at schayotj@georgetownisd.org schedule a time to pick up your instrument.
Summer Camp Instructions:
- Students should bring their marching instrument, pencil, sunscreen, large jug of ice water (a gallon a day is appropriate), one bottle of fluid replacement drink per day & a sack lunch.
- All band students are required to wear tennis shoes – a cross-training shoe is best. (unacceptable footwear would be Chuck Taylors, Skate shoes, sandals, work boots, flip flops or sketchers… ALL of these listed shoes are NOT ALLOWED on the field! Please send your child in a good fitting tennis or cross-training shoe).
- We also require shorts for every student every day of camp.
- We require that the students wear light-colored clothing as we will be spending the morning hours outside. Sunglasses and a hat are also very important as we march facing the sun.
- An initial coating of sunscreen should be applied at home in the morning before you arrive as there is not time built into the schedule to apply sunscreen once the sun comes out. You WILL have multiple water breaks where you can re-apply sunscreen.
- Water jugs are provided by the band leadership with ice water at all rehearsals… please use these only as REFILLS. Please bring your own full jug of ice water to every rehearsal.
- It is necessary to bring a jug of water as well as one full bottle of any type of fluid replacement drink (gatorade, powerade etc). The students will be given water breaks every 20 minutes. They should alternate between water and fluid replacement drinks.
- Parents, please take a moment this week to check your student’s tennis shoes. We stand up for the entire day… parents should check their student’s shoes to check for good cushioning support. (The sole of the tennis shoe over time is meant to wear down the cushioning support. This can make standing for long periods of time painful. A good fitting shoe might not have good cushioning support anymore if it has been used for an entire marching season already.)
- A sack lunch must be brought each day as no band students will not be allowed off campus during lunch.
- Food- Even if you do not usually eat breakfast, you should eat before coming to rehearsal. We are going to be working very hard, and you don’t want to show up hungry. This also contributes to a lot of people passing out in the heat because they haven’t eaten food or had enough water the night before.
- All morning rehearsals begin promptly at 8:00am on the marching field behind the tennis courts on the east side of GHS. Student drop off & pick-up is ALWAYS in the west parking lot outside the double doors of the music building at GHS. Please do NOT drop off students in the main circular parking lot or in back of the school. An appropriate daily arrival time is 7:45am.
- We will be conditioning the students athletically. Students need to be prepared to stretch & run each day.We will certainly be earning our PE credit!
- Get some sleep! If you are barely staying awake because you went to bed too late, you won’t be any good to anyone! Prepare your mind and body for a lot of hard work and a great time playing music.
- We will be following the guidelines set forward by UIL during all summer band rehearsals. You can refer to these guidelines at http://www.uil.utexas.edu/music/HealthTips.html
Upcoming Fees: Each band student is please asked to pay their “fair share” deposit at their respective uniform checkout. That is coming up soon. The fair share deposit is $75.00 for every student (except colorguard) and is must be paid before a uniform is checked out to the student. Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors are August 4th (Tuesday) & Freshmen are August 6th (Thursday). New students will also be ordering their marching shoes, shorts & polo which will run an estimated $80.00 in addition to the “fair share” deposit. (just to give you a heads up on expected cost at the checkout night).
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