The annual Band O'Rama is a concert that brings together all the bands in Sun Prairie, grades 6 - 12. The concert concludes with a massed-band performance of "On Wisconsin." This is a fun and fast-paced concert where you can see and hear the progression of band students from beginning to high school.

Times:

- 6:30pm, arrive @ SP East Fieldhouse (coats & cases will have designated location in fieldhouse)

- 7:00pm, Concert Begins!

- 8:00pm(ish) - Concert End, please be patient as we have exit plan for all student & audience

*PRO-TIPS*

• Plan on getting there early (if possible), as there will be thousands in attendance.
• There are 3 entrances to SP East, look at google maps to determine your best route. Sometimes entering on Educator Lane on the southside of the building is actually faster since there is less traffic.

Location:

- Sun Prairie East Fieldhouse

School-owned Instruments? BRING HOME Instruments:

- For this concert, students are encouraged to bring their home practice instruments instead of hauling their school instruments back and forth. Yep - they're not quite as good, it's okay.

- PERCUSSION - if you have a mallet, bell, or practice snare, please bring that.

Dress:

- Central Heights Music Shirt!

- Please wear black pants, shoes, and socks (or as best as you can)

Mr. Melrose not available on Monday 4/3 for Problem-Solving:

- I will be busy from 3:35 until 6:30pm setting up the fieldhouse with over 700 chairs, music stands, and percussion.

- Please do your best to make sure you have a working instruments, supplies, music, etc... before leaving for school that Monday.

- It's not that I don't want to be helpful, I just will be very busy with set-up.

Friday April 14, Swing Into Spring Jazz Extravaganza @ Prairie View

• More details to come with performance & warm-up times
• Featuring all Jazz Ensembles in Sun Prairie!

Spring Rehearsal Updates:

• No rehearsals the week of April 17th
• Rehearsals resume THURSDAYS ONLY on April 27th
• Rehearsals are optional for this last month

Every band student will receive a weekly private lesson for about 10 minutes with Mr. Melrose or Mr. Metcalf (part-time music teacher).

Want to know if how students are doing in their lesson?

- get connected to Google Classroom (if not already, send me an email & I'll get you connected)

SOLO Practice Tips - Break up practice into 3 parts:

*Even 10 minutes can make a big difference - especially when done many days/week.

Part 1 - Warm-Up (long tones, scales, slurs, patterns)

Part 2 - Heavy Lifting (be specific about your goals and find different ways to achieve them; slow practice, chunking, gradually adding parts)

Part 3 - Fun! (find fun pieces to play - or as Melrose for tip on how to find them).