All-District Results

Congratulations to all of the students that went to the auditions this past Saturday.

Panther Creek placed 14 students into this years band!

All-District Update

Due to In climate weather the CDBA All-District Auditions has been postponed to January 15th. We will follow the same auditions times next Saturday. Unfortunately if you have a prior commitment for the 15th you will have to make a choice. On a positive note you have another week that you were probably hoping for.

All-District Auditions

Good luck to all of our students auditioning for CDBA All-District Band this weekend. We have 46 students pre-registered. So much of what we do in band is We/Us. This is a great opportunity for students to test themselves on an individual basis. This is also a great risk by steping out and tesing yourself amoungst your peers. We wish you all the best and I know that regardles of the results you will have learned a great deal.

Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much because they live in the grey twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt


You miss 100% of the shots you never take.
Wayne Gretzky

New Music Listening Assignment

I am listening to a lot of new music for us to consider. I thought it might be good for you to join me. I have listed them by NC State Grade level. You can find Youtube recordings of most of these. Send me an email or a note with you thoughts. No extra credit I'll just like you more than the rest.

Grade VI
Year of the Dragon, Sparke
Dance Movements, Sparke
English Dances I, Arnold
Symphony for Band, Persichetti
Harrison's Dream, Graham
Trittico, Nelhybel
Symphonic Movement, Nelhybel
Toccata Marziale, Williams

Grade V
Ricochet, O'Laughlin
Undertow, Mackey
Yosemite Autumn, Camphouse
Dancing at Stonehenge, Suter
Be thou my vision, Gillingham

Grade IV
Among the Clouds, Balmages
Currents, Smith
Mountain Dance, Kiefer
Not Afraid to Dream, Balmages
Tell Tale Heart, Clark

Let me know if there are others that you find along the way that you would like for me to listen to.

Lockers

Thank you to the seven band students that came in on Friday 12/31 and cleaned the band room! We need for everyone to do the following with their lockers.

1. Label your locker


2. purchase and use a lock


3. turn in your combination for to me.

Thanks