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SUMMER
MARCHING 2024
TOPICS BELOW INCLUDE -
For
those not currently WSHSB members
Summer Marching Commitment
Preliminary Marching Practices at Resurrection Church
Marching Camps
Registration, Rentals,
Fees and More
Dress Code for ALL
Marching Commands, Etc.
What about bad
weather?
Parade Dates, Etc.
FOR THOSE NOT CURRENTLY WSHSB MEMBERS
Marching
Trimester
For marching, the WSHSB is also known as “The Patriots”.
The marching trimester is voluntary and open to current
WSHSB members and non-members alike, to both musicians
and non-musicians. Experienced musicians, whether or not
they are thinking about joining the band in fall, may
participate in the summer marching trimester.
Thinking about Marching?
As soon as a
prospective member considers joining, they should
contact the director.
She will call prospective
members at her earliest convenience. Include name and
phone, the best time to call, the student’s name, age and
years of musical experience on each instrument. Requirements for musicians and
non-musicians follow.
Musicians
Experienced, home-schooled
musicians, elementary through high school age, are
eligible to march with the WSHSB. Participants must have at least
one school year of instruction on their instrument and
be at a one-year proficiency level as judged by the
director. Demonstration of proficiency may be required
for those brand new to the band. Well-disciplined and
similarly experienced, non-home-schooled students as
well as adult musicians are also encouraged and welcome
to join.
Non-Musicians
The Patriot Auxiliary is for
non-musicians. All adults who march in the parade(s),
Little Patriots and student guards, all wear the Dress
Code black and white as well as the marching hat. The
Patriot Auxiliary includes –
1.
Adults
willing to help with the marching band as needed. Jobs
descriptions and the sign-up link can
be found
on
the WSHSB Booster web page.
2.
Little Patriots
– Younger siblings of marchers who march behind the
band.
Little Patriots is
separate and NOT part of the Guard Unit.
3.
Non-musician
students
interested in trying out for the
very limited number of guard unit (GU)
positions
should
indicate such on the ONLINE registration form.
Read more below under
the Pre-Camp details for NEWCOMERS.
SUMMER MARCHING COMMITMENT
NOTE:
If someone has a conflict with points below,
they will need to talk to Mrs. Borow who will handle
conflicts on a case-by-case basis. PLEASE DO NOT DISCUSS
THIS WITH HER ON A BAND NIGHT.
1. If a student wants to march in parades, football
performances, etc.,
you
MUST come to camp,
period.
That means any Pre-Camp day(s)
that apply and the entire week of Full Marching Camp
where
patricipants
learn/review their own skills, and assist with new member
development for the
season.
If a student can't make camp
they may not march or perform at games.
Camp is where marching music for the entire marching season is
finalized and distributed.
It’s very difficult to distribute music after
the fact, especially for additional performances.
It doesn’t mean you are doing every
performance but at least you have the music.
2. All marching musicians are expected to participate
in the preliminary marching practice on
May 23. Drumline has an additional practice on May 30.
.
3. All participants must march a
minimum of 2
parades. See the
VERY
IMPORTANT
message
after these points.
5. Adults are welcome and
encouraged to attend Marching Camp if their schedule
allows for it.
VERY IMPORTANT
- If participants are unsure or anticipate the possibility that
they may need to cancel on a parade date(s), it is better
not to sign-up for any questionable dates. Rather, if
participants become available for a parade, call Mrs.
Borow the week before the parade and she will let you
know if she can fit you in the block. Fitting someone in
is far more preferable than dealing with a cancellation
and having a hole in the block
REMINDER FOR CURRENT BAND MEMBERS
Current
band members who play wind instruments, with the
exception of double reeds, are expected to play their
wind instrument for marching.
This applies even to newly
graduated Cadets regardless of age or ability.
You
may not opt for the guard unit. Double reed players
may participate as percussionists. The director
will make all decisions regarding instrument and section
needs in the marching band.
PRELIMINARY MARCHING PRACTICES at RESURRECTION CHURCH
May 23, 2024
- Drumline practice, Return of Concert band music and
equipment, Marching Music and Hat Distribution,
Preliminary Marching Practice
Location – Resurrection
Church, Wayne, NW corner of Route 59 & Army Trail Road
Times - 5:00 pm - current percussion drumline
practice
6:00 pm - current members to do returns,
etc.
7:15/7:30 pm - arrival time for new
marching members
7:30 – 8:15 pm
time approximate - Preliminary marching kick-off and
music practice.
All
marchers need to bring their
instrument, lyre and flip-folder, loaded with their
marching music.
8:15 –
8:30 pm time approximate -
Corpus Christi rehearsal, participants,
bring
instrument,
lyre
and loaded flip-folder
8:30 – 9:00 pm time approximate -
Rehearsal
with all those playing for either football game.
Bring instrument,
lyre and flip-folder
Note to new marchers - You should
not just "show-up" to practice on May, 23, 2024. We need
to be prepared with your music and hat. You should have
contacted the director prior to that day. An ONLINE
Marching Season Registration form should have been
submitted by May 16 with any required Rental form w/fee
mailed to arrive by May 23. Let the director know if you
miss the deadline.
May 30, 2024 – THURSDAY
- 6 to 7pm marching drumline practice
MARCHING CAMPS
Eat Protein Before Marching
Camp:
Be sure to eat, especially some
protein, before coming to camp
Supplies
Musicians
should always bring instruments to
Pre-Camp and Full Camp unless instructed otherwise. It
will depend on overall time as to whether we'll play or
not. But do bring them. With
their instrument, musicians
also need a lyre and flip-folder
and all distributed music, reduced as necessary.
ALL participants should bring a water bottle, a hat for sun protection,
sunscreen and a
poncho in case of rain. We will still march outside in a
light drizzle.
Optional: bring balls, gloves, Frisbees,
etc. for break-time at camp.
NO
WHEELED DEVICES
allowed such as skateboards or roller blades, etc.
Prompt Pick-up Please
Please be on time
to pick-up your students at the respective day's end
time.
Be
considerate of the director's time, as she must wait
until all students are picked-up.
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LOCATION OF MARCHING CAMPS
All Pre-Camp days and Full
Camp are at
DuPage County Fair Grounds,
2015 Manchester Road in Wheaton, Illinois
Enter off
Manchester, via Gate S7, SE corner of
Fair Grounds
CAMP DATES AND DESCRIPTIONS
NOTICE: No one may leave ANY camp
day/session (Pre-camp or Full Camp)
early without the prior knowledge and
permission of the director.
Pre-Camp Days
–
June 12, 13, 14
-
9am
to 12pm
each day,
Pre-Camp
days are for the following people:
June 12 -
Wednesday -
NEWCOMERS
–
This
Pre-Camp,
9am to 12pm,
will provide the groups specified below
with a very basic introduction to WSHSB marching and
will prepare them for the Full Marching Camp.
• Any student or
adult new to WSHSB Marching Band
•
Current Cadets, Junior, Senior and Symphonic
members (wind or percussion) completing their
first year with the WSHSB and wishing to join
us for marching this summer.
•
Other students who've completed at
least one (1) year of prior wind or percussion
instruction
elsewhere, but want to join WSHSB marching
band this summer.
•
Non-musician students wishing to try out for the
very limited number of guard unit (GU) positions:
Students will be led
through a basic drill sequence and will be selected
based on their
ability to carry out WSHSB
marching commands correctly, their overall marching
accuracy and
formality of their style.
Final GU choices will be announced for each
parade. If there are more GU
candidates than open spots,
they will march behind the last rank of musician
marchers.
(Decisions about which non-musician students will have
the privilege of marching in front of the
band will not be made until
after Full Marching Camp.)
•
Students who want to review their
basic marching skills.
• Adult helpers who would
like a basic primer on WSHSB marching style.
June 13 - Thursday
-
PERCUSSION
–
All current and
NEW marching percussionists
This special
Pre-Camp,
9am to 12pm,
is mandatory for all percussionists who wish to be part
of the WSHSB drumline this summer.
Due to the additional responsibilities percussionists
have in carrying equipment and continuously playing a
cadence during parades, marching style and technique can
slip. This Pre-Camp day will be dedicated to the review,
drill and improvement of basic marching skills for
percussionists. The objective will be to improve the
overall marching style of the drumline. Individual and
rank form will be targeted, reviewed and improved.
Neither cadences nor equipment, other than drum sticks,
will be used on this Pre-Camp day. Cadences and marching
with equipment will be practiced during the regular week
of FULL Marching Camp,
June 17 to 21,
as the drumline continues to improve their performance
and support the band.
June 14 - Friday
-
RANK LEADER CANDIDATES –
Director will approve rank leaders.
If you are currently in Senior or Symphonic band and are
interested in being a rank leader for camp and/or
parades, you must attend this Pre-Camp day,
9am to 12pm.
Attendance on this day
WILL NOT GUARANTEE
your role as
a rank leader in Marching Camp or at parades.
You will review and drill basic marching skills,
stationary and marching commands and special skills
necessary for rank leaders.
The director will decide and assign rank
leaders based on multiple criteria including: actual
marching ability, leadership skills and Marching Camp
attendance as well as prior AND current parade
commitments.
FULL MARCHING CAMP
June 17 - 21
-
Monday through Friday - 9am to 12pm each day
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REGISTRATION, RENTALS, FEES and MORE
MARCHING
HATS
-
Every marcher,
student and adult, wears a hat supplied by the WSHSB.
While there is no fee for summer marching,
there is a $20 fine for non-returned hats.
Laundered and fully dried hats must be returned, or the
$20 fine paid, at the September Overview and Orientation
meeting. Non-WSHSB members may simply return their
unwashed hat at their last parade.
Registrations needed from ALL
Current Members
We
need a separate 2024 ONLINE
Marching Season Registration,
for every current band member,
marching or not.
If a member
is not marching, there are only a few things to complete
on the first page and then skip through to Summer
Instrument Rental where a Y or N is required. "Submit"
button is last.
Having this information will be most helpful in
planning. It saves time and keeps double-checking to a
minimum.
Non-answers are not helpful.
REGISTRATIONS
Completed ONLINE Marching Season Registrations, which
include parent Booster hours,
are what
we use to distribute music.
If you expect to get music you must
SUBMIT a completed
ONLINE registration form.
CURRENT members, Registration
deadline is
April 25, 2024.
THOSE NEW TO WSHSB, Registration deadline
is May 16, 2024.
Contact the director,
as soon as possible and she will email you the link to
the ONLINE Marching Season Registration. Bring your
instrument, lyre and flip-folder to the preliminary
marching practice on May 23, 2024
RENTALS
– ALL students
and
adults renting instruments from the band must complete a
WSHSB Instrument Rental Agreement (fillable PDF) found
on
Forms/Documents.
Make any rental check payable to “West Suburban Home
School Band”
No rental
check(s) will be accepted without the completed form and
vice-versa.
Current members - mail rental form
w/fee (or turn-in at band) by their deadline,
4/25.
New people -
mail rental form w/fee to
arrive by 5/23 or bring to preliminary
marching practice on 5/23.
BOOSTERS
-
The WSHSB has a
required volunteer system. For the marching
trimester, one parent from every family is required to
1. Sign-up
for a minimum of 2
Booster hours
for the marching
trimester in which their student(s) is/are
participating AND
2. Indicate
that information on the ONLINE Marching Season
Registration form. For volunteer job descriptions
and the link to the WSHSB job sign-up site, see our
Booster
webpage.
Online
job sign-up is
mandatory. Simply filling in a job
on the ONLINE Marching Season
Registration form
does not fulfill the
BOOSTER Volunteer
sign-up requirement. Jobs
are first come first served.
Jobs
remain open until online sign-up is completed.
You must do BOTH point A and B
A. Enter your name on the WSHSB Online Sign-up
Schedule for the job(s)you
are committing to do.
B. On the ONLINE Marching Season Registration there is a
Volunteer Commitment page
where you
will need to enter the job(s), time, date and position(s) for which you
volunteered.
RETURNING BAND PROPERTY -
Cummerbunds are distributed prior
to and returned after every parade. Percussion
equipment, marching music and
laundered and fully dried
hats are to be returned at the Overview and
Orientation meeting in mid-September. Other
arrangements will be made for those not returning to
band in the fall.
DRESS CODE FOR ALL
For
Marching Camp
There are to
be
no short-shorts. Shorts need to be Bermuda-like shorts
(nothing shorter). No leggings, no tank tops, no
spaghetti straps shirts and no low-cut, skimpy or
tight-fitting tops worn to camp.
There should be no bare midriffs or shoulders.
Everyone must wear good shoes that
cover and support your feet,
no sandals or
flip-flops.
Marching Dress Code for
Parades/Events
For a uniform look, the WSHSB Dress Code
applies to ALL who march/perform with the WSHSB, students
AND adults; band members, banner assistants, flag
bearers, guard unit, Patriot Auxiliary, safety marshals
and Little Patriots.
ATTENTION: You may not be allowed to march if you
are found in violation of the dress code.
(WSHSB
has pants available for lending, if needed. Please
contact director.)
Click here for complete
WSHSB Dress Codes
including for Camp days and Parades/Performances.
MARCHING COMMANDS, ETC.
Click here for the Marching Commands - Detailed Chart.
The Detailed Chart spells
out all the Stationary and Moving Commands for marching
including details on what and how to move.
Click here for the Marching Commands - Summary.
The Summary is a condensed version of the chart above
with only the commands, whistles and verbal responses.
Click here for
A Guide for Marching - The
Subtleties of Being in a WSHSB Rank
Click here for the document
Navigating Successful Turns -
Document has comments from the director and includes a
link to a short, 36 sec YouTube illustrating correct and
incorrect turns.
WHAT ABOUT BAD WEATHER?
Weather is beyond the control of
the director.
If you are uncomfortable with the arrangements described
below it would be better to keep your child home
that day or pick them up early from the fairgrounds
(in the case of marching camp).
At marching camp we are limited to
basic shelter from rain. In that sheltered space there
is ample room to continue with that day's marching
practice, which can
still be productive.
For parades, the director will always be present at each
parade for those who decide to attend. If rain is
predicted, those marching should bring a clear poncho.
Inexpensive ones can be purchased at places like Target
or Wal-Mart.
Ultimately, you the parent are responsible and must
decide whether or not your child attends marching camp
that day or participates in a parade if weather is
threatening or predicted as such.
PARADE DATES, ETC.
Dates
below are for the WSHSB Patriots' 2024
Summer Marching trimester.
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2024
PARADES
and
Crossroads Football Game Performances
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Geneva Swedish Days, June
23, 2024,
Sunday afternoon in Geneva
Arrive no later than noon. Step-off 1pm.
2024 Geneva Swedish Days Parade Instructions
2024 Swedish Days Drop-Off and Staging Map
2024 Swedish Day Parade Route w/toilet locations
Warrenville Independence Eve Parade, Wednesday, July 3,
2024,
Sunday evening in Warrenville
Arrive no later than 5pm.
Step-off 6pm
2024 Warrenville Parade Instructions
2024 Warrenville Staging
Warrenville Parade Route
Streamwood Summer
Celebration, Saturday, July 27, 2024,
Saturday morning in Streamwood
Arrive no later than
9:30am -
Step-off 10:30 am
2024 Streamwood Parade Instructions
2024 Streamwood Parade Map
Elk Grove Village Hometown Parade,
Saturday, September 21, 2024,
Saturday afternoon in Elk Grove Village
Arrive no later than 1:00pm - Step-off 2:00pm
2024 Elk Grove Village Parade Map
2024 Elk Grove Village Parade Instructions
CROSSROADS FOOTBALL HOME GAMES
– open only to those who have
participated in marching band camp and at least two
parades.
September 28
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Saturday, 2pm, Aurora Central Catholic High School
1225 N. Edgelawn Drive; Aurora, IL 60506
Meet in parking lot at 1pm for rehearsal
October 12
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Saturday, 2pm, Aurora Central Catholic High School
1225 N. Edgelawn Drive; Aurora, IL 60506
Meet in parking lot at 1pm for rehearsal
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