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East Duplin High School Marching Panthers. 2013 Marching Band Show. How do you measure a year?. One Year is . . . 12 Months 52 Weeks 365 Days 8,760 Hours 525,600 Minutes. Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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East Duplin High School Marching Panthers 2013 Marching Band Show
One Year is . . . • 12 Months • 52 Weeks • 365 Days • 8,760 Hours • 525,600 Minutes
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.Ralph Waldo Emerson • In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. Abraham Lincoln
col·lage (k-läzh, k-)n. • 1. • a. An artistic composition of materials and objects pasted over a surface, often with unifying lines and color. • b. A work, such as a literary piece, composed of both borrowed and original material. • 2. The art of creating such compositions. • 3. An assemblage of diverse elements:
Central ideas/concepts: • Collage • Reflection • Metamorphosis
New Year’s Day • Valentine’s Day • Christmas • Winter • Spring • Summer • Autumn • Independence Day
New Year’s Day • Valentine’s Day • Spring • First Day of Summer • Independence Day • Fall • Winter • Christmas Day • New Year’s Eve
Auld Lang Syne • Seasons of Love, from “Rent” • Simple Gifts, from “Appalachian Spring” • School’s Out, by Alice Cooper • The Stars and Stripes Forever, by John Philip Sousa • Autumn Leaves, by Joseph Kosma • Jingle Bells, traditional carol • Angels We Have Heard on High, traditional carol
New Year’s Day • As the show begins, the band starts the countdown: • 10… 9… 8… 7… 6… 5… 4… 3… 2… 1… • The show starts right at Midnight with a rendition of the folk song “Auld Lange Syne” to signify the start of a new year. • The band is in a company front in the middle of the field
New Year’s Day • The Colorguard will be split between Rifles and Flags • The flags will be on 6’ poles • Bright Silver Textured flags • (Think Confetti and streamers)
New Year’s Day • The music starts off in “half-time” • After a short fermata, the music switches to “double-time” • The group ends with the band making a giant “1”
Valentine’s Day • Music: Seasons of Love, from “Rent” • Music is upbeat, starts with percussion/ Woodwinds • Music gradually crescendos • Band/guard in curvilinear forms
Valentine’s Day • Guard starts off with rifles/silver flags • Rifle people continue • Silver flags switch to rose flags • Rifles switch after
Valentine’s Day • Drill set for impact
Spring • Music: Simple Gifts by Aaron Copland • Emphasis on growth, being “bright” • Percussion transition to pit instruments • Trumpet solo acc. By percussion • Woodwind/Pit percussion soli • Full ensemble “Impact” halt • Fade out
Spring • Guard changes equipment during drum break • Guard soloist during Trumpet solo (dance) • Some more guard members Join in during woodwind soli • Full guard w/ flags for “impact” section
Summer • Music: School’s Out by Alice Cooper • Abrupt change—starts with percussion drumbreak • Loud “school bell” rings at the beginning of the drumbreak • Students have angular block sets • Colorguard on Rifles/flag poles
Independence Day • Music:TheStars and Stripes Forever, John Philip Sousa • The idea is to represent/reflect an Independence Day parade • Band marches straight forward (like in a parade) • Guard uses rifles and Patriotic Flags
Autumn • Music: Autumn Leaves by Joseph Kosma • Transition from “Independence Day” uses quote from “Summertime” • Hornline+guard forms “Tree” set • Half-Time feel (slow) • Possible “body work” during Tree set
Autumn • Guard switches flags During transition • Full guard ensemble On Leaf Flags • Section ends with Flags falling to ground
Winter • Music: Jingle Bells • Students sit up like they’re feeling snow on their faces • Jovial, playful style • Drill in pods • Guard uses rifles, maybe snowflakes
Christmas • Music: Angels we have Heard on High • Starts layering on top of Jingle Bells • Hornline gradually starts collecting closer together • Arrive at slow section – Halt in Christmas tree set
Christmas • Christmas Flags
New Year’s Eve • Auld Lange Syne • After the Christmas section, the band starts the countdown again (10… 9… etc) • Band plays “Auld Lange Syne” again, but this time it gets a better resolution
New Year’s Eve • Full ensemble on “Celebration” Flags
Overall: • Positive and enthusiastic • Lots of stylistic changes • Lots of different colors • Easy to understand • Fun