Area – Charger Band

UIL Area Marching Contest Info

Congratulations Charger Band on earning a one at UIL Region and advancing to UIL Area!! At this contest there will be 5 judges (3 music and 2 visual) that will rank all of the bands. The top 10 bands in prelims will advance to finals in the evening and the top 5 bands at finals will advance to the UIL State Marching Contest on November 5-6 in San Antonio. Finalist bands will be announced at 6:00. Please see the itinerary below for our plan for either scenario.

Saturday, October 27th

UIL Area E Marching Contest
The Area E Marching Band Contest is the final qualifying round for the UIL State Marching Band Championships.

Admission Info

General Admission = $5.00 (wristband is good for Prelims & Finals)
Children under 12 and Seniors 65 and over are free
Parking is free!

Parking

There will be 24 bands performing in Prelims. We will be the 16th to perform. If you will not be helping the band as a chaperone or roadie and you will not be helping the booster club with contest operations, you need to plan on arriving before 2:00! Spectator parking is on the scoreboard end of the stadium and will flow over to the visitors side parking lot by the time we perform. Please bring your patience as we anticipate nearly 200 buses, 24-48 equipment trucks, and upwards of 1,000 cars in the lot at one time. Traffic entering and exiting the stadium may get crazy.

Patches

You may order patches for your letter jacket online at www.southwestemblem.com

Souvenirs

PepWear will be selling souvenir merchandise throughout the day.

Location/Schedule:

FINALIZED SCHEDULE!

Bring $$ for concessions to support our intermediate programs
There is no contest meal this week!

8:30 Band Hall opens
9:00 Rehearsal
10:30 Load Truck/BYOL (bring your own lunch)
11:30 Inspection in Band Hall
11:30 Chaperone Meeting
12:00 Depart CSHS
12:45 Arrive CCS
1:40 Warm Up Lot B
2:10 Leave Warm Up
2:25 Enter Field
2:30 Perform
3:00 Load Truck
4:00 Return to stands to watch bands/get results
5:30 Drum Major Retreat
6:00 Finals Announcement

If we make Finals…..
6:40 Warm Up
7:10 Leave Warm Up
7:30 Perform
8:00 Load Truck
8:30 Return to stands for rest of Finals
10:45 Drum Major Retreat
11:00 Announcement of bands advancing to State

If we do not make finals, we will return home. A Remind message will be sent when we begin to load buses. Parents, don’t risk missing the last time Beneath the Stars will be marched in a competition setting! Come out and cheer the band on to finals!

Students should bring money for concessions or they may bring a sack lunch/dinner on the bus.

Contest Day Checklist – Please make sure that you have everything that you need.
See the Area E Marching Contest Full Schedule HERE

Volunteer Sign-Ups

We will once again be assisting with the operations of this event. Clear Springs is providing monitors/escorts. This is in addition to the usual crew of volunteers needed on any other contest day; chaperones, roadies, etc. We had terrific support last time with ALMOST all of the volunteer positions filled. Let’s see if we can’t cover all the spots this time! If you can help, please sign up in Charms:

Area Marching Contest Chaperones/Roadies click here!

Area Marching Contest Monitors/Escorts click here!

We Have An All-State Band Member

This past Saturday Kunqian Li participated in the Texas Music Educators Association Area F Band Auditions. Area F encompasses all of southeast Texas from the Texas/Louisiana state line over to Katy ISD and all the way south to Brazosport ISD. He is one of only two bass clarinetists selected to represent the area when the All-State students convene at the TMEA Clinic/Convention in San Antonio in February. Less than 1% of the students who begin the audition process earn a place in this prestigious organization.

Please help us congratulate Kunqian on this tremendous accomplishment as he is the first Charger to make the All-State Band! (The previous Springs All-State students started at Creek and moved to Springs when the school opened.)

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Great Job At Area!

The students have been working hard now for 13 weeks and that hard work paid off with a great performance at UIL Area Marching Contest. All of the band staff is very proud of the students for what was the best performance of the year. Congratulations! There is of course always room to grow and we look forward over the remainder of the year to continue working with the students to help them get better and better.

With only a couple of football games remaining, we will begin making the transition to concert season. As such, students need to begin bringing their concert instruments to school on Monday, November 3rd. See Mr. Brown before Monday if you need to check out a concert instrument.

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UIL Area marching Contest

Congratulations Charger Band on earning straight ones at UIL Region and advancing to UIL Area!! At this contest there will be 5 judges (3 music and 2 visual) that will rank all of the bands. The top 10 bands in prelims will advance to finals in the evening and the top 7 bands at finals will advance to the UIL State Marching Contest on November 4 in San Antonio.

Location/Schedule:

Saturday, October 25th
5:00 AM Band Hall Opens
5:30 AM Inspection Block in Band Hall
6:00 AM Depart CSHS
6:45 AM Arrive GPISD Stadium
7:30 AM Warm-up (Gym 1)
8:15 AM Performance
8:30 AM Return to buses/load truck/eat breakfast
9:00 AM Depart GPISD Stadium
9:45 AM Arrive CSHS (Leave truck loaded, hang uniform on locker)
5:00 PM Meet in Band Hall in full uniform to await announcement of finalists
*If we do not make finals, unload truck and put away uniforms.
**If we make finals, load buses immediately and return to stadium. Performances begin at 7:30 and end at 10:15. Return will be at approximately 12:00 AM.
Galena Park ISD Stadium

Please come and support the band and encourage any other friends/family to come as it is always more enjoyable for the students to perform at a contest with a large cheering section made up of family and friends. Family and friends can show their support by cheering louder than any other band’s supporters. We should hear an especially loud cheer both when they announce our band at the beginning of our performance and at the conclusion of our performance. Applause is also needed after solos, section features, and big musical or visual moments. This is not like concert season. A lot of applause is highly encouraged.