VISITING DIRECTOR INFO
DISTRICT XVI HS BAND FESTIVAL
MSBOA STATE JAZZ ENSEMBLE FESTIVAL
Dear District XVI HS Band Directors:
The Anchor Bay School District and Band Boosters are proud to host this year's MSBOA District 16 Band Festival. We are fortunate to have excellent music facilities featuring a beautiful auditorium and two band rooms, one for warm-up and one for sight-reading. We are looking forward to your arrival and hope your festival is a positive and educational experience. The following packet of information will help make your festival experience an enjoyable one. Here are a few highlights:
- Unloading of Students / Parking – The student drop-off will be at the North entrance of the school. Your festival hosts will greet you at your bus and escort you throughout the day.
- Concert Setup – On the day of festival please bring a copy of your concert setup and leave it in the MSBOA office. To create smooth transitions between bands, our backstage workers will assist by prepping the stage with correct numbers of chairs and stands before your setup crew arrives. These volunteers WILL NOT be helping your set-up crew when your performance block starts.
- Percussion – All percussion equipment will be unloaded at the loading dock on the East side (back side) of the school and stored in the auditorium hallway until needed. We have assigned adult helpers to assist you and your percussion section with unloading. Schools performing on both Friday and Saturday will be provided a secure room for overnight percussion storage.
- Performance & Sight Reading Percussion – We are offering the use of the Anchor Bay High School set of five timpani, concert bass drum, bells, xylophone, vibraphone, chimes, and marimba for concert performance. In addition there will be four timpani, concert bass drum, bells, xylophone, marimba, chimes, and vibraphone available for use in the sight-reading room. All equipment is in good playing condition. YOU MUST BRING YOUR OWN MALLETS, BEATERS, CYMBALS and AUXILIARY PERCUSSION.
- Band Directors / Bus Drivers – There will be separate lounge (E132) for the bus drivers with meals/snacks provided by the Anchor Bay Bus Drivers and Band Boosters. Directors are welcome to visit room E129 for food and beverages. There will be meals provided by the Anchor Bay Band Boosters including dinner on Friday and breakfast and lunch on Saturday.
- Concessions – The Anchor Bay High School Band Boosters will have a variety of foods for students and parents to purchase. Concessions will be located in the North Commons area. PLEASE ENCOURAGE YOUR PARENTS AND STUDENTS TO EAT AT THE SITE!!!
- Contact Information – Feel free to contact Molly Schack or Dave Visnaw by email or phone if you have any questions. The best time to reach Dave (ext. 2359) is between noon and 1:00 pm. For Molly (ext. 2358), call between 10:30am and 11:00am. Also, we have a website containing all festival information at www.anchorbaybands.org.
- Coat Rooms – Secure coat rooms will be provided for each band. For those schools that are performing both days, every effort has been made to keep a consistent coatroom from Friday to Saturday. Please remind your students to respect the coatrooms and not touch anything in the rooms.
Good luck and have fun!
Molly J. Schack , Anchor Bay HS
P. David Visnaw II, Anchor Bay HS
MSBOA State Jazz Ensemble Festival Directors:
March 14, 2011
Dear Jazz Ensemble Directors:
The Anchor Bay School District and Band Boosters are proud to host this years MSBOA State Jazz Ensemble Festival. We are fortunate to have excellent music facilities featuring a beautiful auditorium and two band rooms, one for warm-up and one for sight-reading. We are looking forward to your arrival and hope your festival experience is positive and educational. The following packet of information will help make your festival experience an enjoyable one. Here are a few highlights:
- Unloading of Students / Parking – The student drop-off will be at the North Entrance of the school. Your festival hosts will greet you at your bus and escort you throughout the day. Please check in at Headquarters (E130A) to sign in, etc.
- Unloading of Equipment – All large equipment will be unloaded at the loading dock on the East side (back) of the school and stored in the auditorium hallway until needed. We have assigned adult helpers to assist you if needed. If you would rather keep your equipment with you, simply unload it with the students.
- Performance Venue – We will provide all necessary stands and chairs for your performance. We also have risers for your trumpet section (4’x16’x16”) and a set of short risers (8’x8’x12”) for your drum set and bass player. If you choose not to uses these risers, simply have your set-up crew move them to the back of the stage with our parent volunteers. The performance piano is a Kawai Digital Baby Grand in excellent condition that is run through the sound system. We will have a vibraphone available as well.
- Sound System – On stage, there will be five labeled microphones (i.e. - two soloist, and three saxophone) running into a PA head located on the stage. You can configure these microphones however you would like and will be able to adjust the volumes as you see fit. If you would rather not use one or more of the microphones, simply turn down that channel on stage.
- Clinic Room – We will provide an electric piano, a drum set (Yamaha Custom with the standard set of cymbals), a bass amp, a guitar amp, and a set of vibes in the sight reading/clinic room. There are risers here as well. All the equipment is in good condition, so feel free to use it if desired. YOU MUST BRING YOUR OWN MALLETS, STICKS, and AUXILIARY PERCUSSION.
- Directors/Workers/Adjudicators – All MSBOA officials and directors are welcome to visit room E129 for food and beverages. There will be a dinner provided by the Anchor Bay Band Boosters/MSBOA during the allotted break.
- Coat Rooms – Secure coat rooms will be provided for each group. I strongly encourage you to please remind your students to respect the coatrooms and not touch anything in these rooms.
- Concessions – The Anchor Bay High School Band Boosters will have a variety of foods for students and parents to purchase. Concessions will be located in the North Commons area. PLEASE ENCOURAGE YOUR STUDENTS AND PARENTS TO EAT AT OUR SITE!!!
- Contact Information – Feel free to contact me by email or phone if you have any questions. The best time to reach me is between 12:00noon and 12:45pm. However, email is best. Also for your convenience, we have a website containing all festival information at www.anchorbaybands.org.
Good luck and have fun!
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