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Bloomington High School North Bands

2003-2004 Schedule of Events

Fall 2003

Jun 3Marching Band Orientation for new marchers (6:30-8:30pm)
Jun 3Color Guard (5-9pm)
Jun 3Color Guard Parent Meeting (7:30-8:30pm)
Jun 5Marching Band Orientation for new marchers (6:30-8:30pm)
Jun 5Color Guard (5-9pm)
Jun 10-12Color Guard (5-9pm)
Jun 16-19Color Guard Camp (9am-12pm, 1-4pm)
Jul 1-3Parade Rehearsals (All bands and alumni too; 3-6pm BHS South bandroom)
Jul 4Bloomington 4th of July Parade
Aug 4-7
Marching Band Rehearsals:  New marchers and all colorguard (2-5pm)
Full band (6-9pm)
Aug 7Band board meeting (BHSN, 7:30-9pm)
Aug 11-15MARCHING BAND CAMP (Full band; 9am-9:30pm)
Aug 15Pitch-In Dinner and Cougar Band Display (6pm)
Aug 18-21Marching Band Rehearsals (5-9:30pm)
Aug 22Home Football Game vs. Northview (7pm)
Aug 23Uniform Day (9am-11am returning members; 11am-1pm new members)
Aug 26Regular marching-band rehearsal schedule starts: full band Tuesday/Thursday 6-9pm extra guard/drumline/pit TBA)
Aug 27First day of school
Aug 29Home Football Game vs. BNL (7pm)
Sep 5Home Football Game vs. Martinsville (7pm)
Sep 6Marching Band Mini-Camp (1pm-10pm; overnight following)
Sep 13Ben Davis Marching Band Invitational
Sep 20ISU & Plainfield Marching Band Invitationals
Sep 26Home Football Game vs. Decatur Central (7pm)
Sep 27Brownsburg Marching Band Invitational
Oct 4ISSMA District Marching Band Contest (Columbus East)
Oct 10Home Football Game vs. Southport (7pm)
Oct 11Center Grove & Elwood Marching Band Invitationals
Oct 14/15Tuesday Rehearsal moved to Wednesday this week
Oct 17Home Football Game vs. Columbus North (7pm)
Oct 18ISSMA Regional Marching Band Contest (Ben Davis)
Oct 24Possible Home Football Sectional Playoff Game
Oct 25ISSMA Marching Band State Finals (RCA Dome, Indianapolis)
Oct 28Macy's marching band practice
Oct 30Macy's marching band practice
Nov 4Macy's marching band practice
Nov 5Fall Concert (wind ensemble, symphonic band)
Nov 6Macy's marching band practice
Nov 9All-state jazz auditions
Nov 11Macy's marching band practice
Nov 13Macy's marching band practice
Nov 18Macy's marching band practice
Nov 20Macy's marching band practice
Nov 23-28Trip to NYC for Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Dec 6Basketball Pep Band (5:45pm)
Dec 13Bloomington Jazz Festival (BHS South; all four jazz bands)
Dec 13Basketball Pep Band (5:45pm)
Dec 17Holiday concert (6:30pm; intermediate concert, wind ensemble, symphonic band)

Spring 2004

Jan 11All-state band auditions
Jan 16-17IMEA Convention featuring all-state orchestra, IMEA honor band, all-state jazz band
Jan 24Purdue Jazz Festival
Jan 31ISSMA solo & ensemble contest for vocal/piano
Feb 3Basketball Pep Band (Girls vs. Edgewood)
Feb 6Basketball Pep Band (Boys vs. Lawrence Central)
Feb 7ISSMA solo & ensemble contest for instrumentalists
Feb 25thStudent Chamber Music Recital (7 pm)
Feb 28ISSMA State Solo & Ensemble (W/P/S) at North Central
Mar 6All 4 Jazz Bands at ISSMA Jazz Contest (Terre Haute)
Mar 9Drumline Spring Training 1st Rehearsal (6:00-8:30pm)
Mar 10Formal Concert (3 top concert bands, 7:00 pm)
Mar 12/13/14All-State Band Weekend (in Bloomington)
Apr 3/4Illinois State University Jazz Festival
Apr 17ISSMA for ACB and BCB (Bedford N Lawrence)
Apr 23/24/25Symphonic Band to NAI in Chattanooga
Apr May 1State Quals for SB and WE and Orch
May 6/7/8/9BHSN Spring Musical: Damn Yankees
May 7Dinner and a Musical
May 8ISSMA State Finals (top scoring 16 bands/8 orch)
May 12Evening of the Arts
May 26Spring Concert (all concert bands)
Jun 4Jazz Finale (all jazz bands)
Jun 12Commencement (all bands....2:00 pm)

Old schedules:

2001-2002
2002-2003

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