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Post by Trombonium on Sept 30, 2009 22:43:39 GMT -5
I hate it when people are super lazy at rehearsal (weekly and "0" period).
Sometimes, our band director doesn't come for like 20 minutes, and everyone just stands around socializing and doing nothing, while the so-called "leadership team" doesn't do anything about it.
I know I sound a bit hypocritical here, but I have a feeling that if I try to take "charge", no one's going to listen.
I feel that the SLs and DMs should work together to get everyone focused at rehearsal.
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Post by bluescalesdragon on Oct 2, 2009 15:01:48 GMT -5
We rehearse three times a week for 2.5 hours right after school. We always separate out: all winds, drumline, pit, and colorguard. Our bd is usually off taking care of setting up the sound system correctly and other sorts of things for the rehearsal during the first 20 minutes of practice. Wind players do warmups and basics sometimes for as long as an hour. For the first 20 minutes, however, our drum majors are responsible for setting us up in the warmup block and running through calf raises, toe taps, windows, box drills, etc.
It sounds like your bd did not leave your leadership team in charge of starting rehearsal without him. Which means that yes, you definitely need to get your dms and other SLs to get together to talk about how to set up rehearsal on time without your bd.
The best way is to hold the meeting in person (and as SL, yes, you are allowed to call the rest of the leadership team into a meeting). HOWEVER, it is very challenging to get 7 people in one place at one time to hold even a short meeting. So here's a way that might work:
EVERYONE checks their Facebook. If you are on Facebook, and the rest of the team is on Facebook, send all of them a message discussing your concerns. Don't be afraid to say exactly what's on your mind, in relation to how good a season you want the band to have. Everyone who replies to the message (providing they have friended you) will be able to see each other's comments. I initiated a series of these online meetings and as a result of our discussions we've really been able to improve our rehearsals.
For example, after three weeks of band, our marching technique had not improved as it should. We didn't know what to do about it. We discussed it online and came up with the theory that if we focused on what the band was doing "right", and gave more compliments, they would be more willing to accept our criticism and make a change. It has helped us tremendously. Positivity is an amazing thing.
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Post by thatcrazyguardgirl on Oct 4, 2009 17:00:15 GMT -5
my band rehearses everyday during the week. mondays is after school from 4:30 - 6:30, tuesday thru thursday is before school rehearsal from 7 - 8:30 and fridays its game day rehearsals which are from 8 - 8:30. and lately the directors are getting angry that were not really rehearsing like were preforming just cuz were tired. its kinda getting on my nerves but i mean we are tired from all the gamess and rehearsals and competitions. but since were hear, we might as well preform the best that we can
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Post by 290Piika on Oct 5, 2009 21:46:31 GMT -5
Ugh. I hate laziness.
No one in my band ever seems to care about playing the music. We've had our music since band camp, but at least half the band failed the memorization tests. >:\ Oh, and our drill writer isn't finished with our third (of four) movement and our first competition is Saturday. And we just got our piece for parade competition (Oct. 17) changed to a piece that all our area high schools are doing for Veteran's Day. We haven't even practiced marching on the street and no one knows how to stay still at attention! D8
Gahaghahghah.
A lot of the issues in my band is administration. But for you, perhaps you could talk to your student leaders about the issues; otherwise, politely talk to the BD about it. Time is always limited, and if you waste a lot of it, you're going to regret as a band. :\
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