The day of competition

[n3rdu5]

I just want a general idea of what different bands do on competition days...

 

For example, whenever we have a competition, we have rehearsal for 2 or 3 hours.

 

Like, today for our UIL Region contest, we got out of school early, at 11:30, so that we could go rehearse until about 2:45. (I thought it was so funny that we got out of school just to rehearse )

 

I personally think it's a bad idea to have such long rehearsals before a contest...I mean, we're always so tired by the end of the rehearsal, and then we have a contest to go to (and sometimes we have to perform twice)!

 

I mean, I just think it would be better to make the other rehearsals longer and just have a shorter but meaningful rehearsal prior to the contest. That way, the band isn't tired, but they're focused.

 

But anywho! I was just wondering if all bands have long rehearsals the day of contest, or if people have short ones, or maybe none at all?

[Salesmonkey]

We've been having 2 hours rehearsals before every contest and i believe we have a rehearsal before area despite the fact that we have to be there at like 8. They also cancelled practice tomorrow so they could save two hours for between pre-lims and finals. We are hoping to make finals at the very least.

[Danpod]

I can only go off past experiences....

 

When I Drum Major my Senior Year, the staff locked me in the trunk of a car and fed me cocoa beans and coffee grounds five hours before competing, ala Matt Foley on Saturday Night Live.

[mitchellbc]

We usally have a one hour practice/run-through before each contest. Practice typically sonsists of 10 minutes of stretching, 20 minutes of fundamentals, 20 minutes of last-minute cleaning and then a full run.

 

Brian

Trumpet

The Woodlands College Park High School Band

[whitewing09]

  mitchellbc said:

We usally have a one hour practice/run-through before each contest. Practice typically sonsists of 10 minutes of stretching, 20 minutes of fundamentals, 20 minutes of last-minute cleaning and then a full run.

 

Brian

Trumpet

The Woodlands College Park High School Band

omg thats like almost exactly what we do

[hebrontuba08]

we usually meet anywhere from 3-5 hours before our warm-up time and do some really good breathing, buzzing, and other fundamentals to get us relaxed, focused, and at the top of our game. and after that we get a quick stretch and start reinforcing choreography and other essential parts of the show. and finally a run-through.

 

i think pre-contest rehearsals are my favorites.

[HHSBass09]

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We usally have a one hour practice/run-through before each contest. Practice typically sonsists of 10 minutes of stretching, 20 minutes of fundamentals, 20 minutes of last-minute cleaning and then a full run.

 

Brian

Trumpet

The Woodlands College Park High School Band

 

Same Here

[bossman]

we rehearse like it's any other day "time wise", but the intensity increases on a competiotion day

[TRtrumpet]

Our section usually goes out to breakfast (or lunch) before we go to the bandhall. Rehersal wise we just run through once maybe twice. It's ALOT more focused then usual.

[whitewing09]

it sux we're going to a far away game tomorrow night getting home late coming home late (12-1-2am) then meeting back at the band hall like at 7:45 leaving for a 4 hour trip to stop at Robstown to practice then going to corpus for area.

[Valsair]

  mitchellbc said:

We usally have a one hour practice/run-through before each contest. Practice typically sonsists of 10 minutes of stretching, 20 minutes of fundamentals, 20 minutes of last-minute cleaning and then a full run.

 

Brian

Trumpet

The Woodlands College Park High School Band

i think that's pretty much what we're going to do tomorrow.

[Arabella]

Usually, the band hall opens about 3 to 5 hours before we perform, which can change depending on how far away the stadium is.. We warm up about an hour or 45 minutes after the band hall opens, we have our inspection and run through about 45 minutes after for probably an hour, then we load up and go.