Marching season update

Just a few notes... Mr. Smith has finished the music and the drill sketches for "LIFESPAN: the story of a girl and boy in love", and is starting the part printing, set-by-set, and choreography for the 2011 show.

...Waiting for the football schedule to be finalized, but as of now we're planning on three Idaho competitions: the new Jerome USSBA show on Sept. 24, Caldwell's USSBA show on Oct. 1 (tentative date), and Pocatello on Oct. 15th. If the current edition of the football schedule holds and the weekend of Oct. 8th is free, we'll be looking at our out-of-state competition on that date.

...Talked with both Minico and Wendell's directors about the possibility of combining with them for a larger parade band for a more significant parade than the ones we've participated in previously. Both directors were initially positive but of course want to talk with their constituents.

...Also visited with the directors in Gooding and Shoshone about the idea of letting their handful of students dual-enroll in the marching program so they have a large-group experience.

Update on competition season...

Here's some items about the contests we're going to this October... No word yet on any start times, and nothing at all from Pocatello yet, but at the Mt. Timpanogos show in Utah on October 23rd, there are currently 34 bands (including 9 in 4A) registered to compete! That's going to be a LONG day! We'll arrive around lunch, most likely, and miss some of the smaller bands - not ideal, but we can't wear ourselves out watching ALL the groups.

We're also performing at and with West Side HS in Dayton, ID the night before (veterans, same place we went last year - you were a hit with them!), so we'll leave around lunch on Friday the 22nd.

Finally, I just saw the listings for the (currently twelve) competing bands at Caldwell, and as of this writing there are just two bands in our category...both from the Magic Valley...and the other band's green. Could be interesting.