Accomodations for marching bands affected by Hurricane Ike

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Accommodations for Marching Bands Affected by Hurricane Ike

 

UIL Eight-Hour Marching Band Rule

The UIL eight-hour marching band rule has been modified as follows to accommodate marching bands affected by Hurricane Ike.

 

Marching bands representing schools closed due to Hurricane Ike will be entitled to 1.5 additional hour of rehearsal for each day of school missed.

 

With school administration approval these hours may be added to the marching band rehearsal schedule once the school is back in session. Thus a school missing 6 days of school will have 9 additional rehearsal hours to use as they see fit between the time school resumes and the end of marching season.

 

This accommodation applies specifically to the UIL Marching Band eight-hour rule. The Senate Bill 1 eight-hour rule limiting practice to no more than eight hours from before school Monday morning to the end of school on Friday is state law. It will remain in effect and must be observed. This means a band already committed to eight hours of rehearsal during the school week would have to schedule these additional hours after school on Friday or on the weekend.

Marching Band Contest Schedules

The UIL is in the process of examining existing contest schedules in affected regions to determine if a modification in contest dates or the creation of optional contest dates would be possible.

 

Any revisions in dates will be posted on this website and distributed by the Region Executive Secretaries.

Questions or Requests for Clarifications

uilmusic@uts.cc.utexas.edu

[bc1]

Thanks for the info. Have you heard anything about BOA Houston (Pearland) or the other

Houston area events?

[Danpod]

  bc1 said:

Thanks for the info. Have you heard anything about BOA Houston (Pearland) or the other

Houston area events?

 

I'll try to make some phone calls today to find out some more information on BOA Houston.

[takigan]

I'll bet a lot of the more competitive schools in this area will be scheduling Saturday rehearsals either this Saturday, next Saturday or the Saturday before BOA Houston in order to be ready for the competition.

[JediSaxSolis]

I'm glad UIL is doing this.

 

I think a lot of bands have been affected, and some of us are still out of school and aren't sure when we're going back.

 

Hopefully everything gets back on track soon.

[mbui]

Aftermath of Hurricane Ike:

All of us at Music for All and the entire Music for All family have our friends and colleagues and the affected communities on the Gulf Coast and the Nation