Day 2

Much Hotter today. Students got tested on endurance. We talked about how the work we put in today will pay off in October. Everybody is looking forward to a un time tomorrow at the Car Wash 9 - 1 at the Rite Aid on hwy55.

Here we go!

Camp is going great! Not too Hot, yet. Staff and students are highly motivated. Here are a few pictures.

DCI Trip

The 2009 year has officially began. The Panther Creek Band has taken it's first trip. We took 2 charter buses to South Carolina and watched 8 Corps perform. It was a great trip. Weather was a bit hot at first but the stadium breeze was nice. We all need to thank Vicky Atherton (PC booster alumni) for setting this up for us and getting us great seats. Also thanks to the Paul Broderick and the ten chaperones that we had.

The Cadets won (93.5), and Jon is not happy about it. It was great to see Mark Whitfield (drum major for Carolina Crown (93.0)).

DCI Sunday

We will be sending the full itinerary for the DCI trip by email as well as posting it on the website. The basic schedule is:

11:30am arrive at PC. Depart between 12 and 12:30. We should arrive at Rock Hill by 4:30pm. We will watch the remainder of Crown's Clinic. Eat dinner in the stadium. Show starts at 7:00pm. Leave the stadium by 10:30pm. Arrive back at PC 1 to 1:30am.

Work Day

Working on the show today with Jon Swofford. Xavier, Mary and Jonathan dropped by during a break from drivers ed. They got to see the opening drill and hear the music from the 2nd movement. I am ready to stop thinking about this show and ready to start teaching it. Advanced warning!!! Get outside the 2nd Movement will run at mm186 for 2:45. No stopping!

Katie, Kylie, Supriya "Sunshine", Matthew and Andrew had a great time at JMU.

Sunshine said, "I ended up going to JMU Camp with Katie, and rooming with her. Everyone was so motivated that there was a day when we ended up setting 12 drill sets in only an hour and twenty minutes! It ended up making me a far better player with much more endurance, as we were out 8 and a half/9 hours a day. We worked with the best section leaders of the Marching Royal Dukes, and though they set high standards for us, we ended up fulfilling them. We did a 30 set show with about 5 minutes of music to Russian Christmas Music, and it turned out pretty great. We had a really excellent motivational speaker named Scott Lang, and he was absolutely inspirational. He just made you take a step back and thing again about what band's all about. JMU was absolutely a fantastic camp!"

Governor's School West

Bethany and Jae are having a good time. They are playing with the Orchestra. Quote from Bethany "It's very different playing in an orchestra than a wind ensemble. Especially having a tiny little woodwind section (3 flutes, 3 clarinets, 2 oboes, 1 bassoon...attached is a picture, without instruments though). Everything's a solo... which I guess is a good thing to help w/ playing."

Finally Clean

It took almost a month after school, however my office is finally sorted out!

JMU Camp

Today is the first day of Leadership Camp at James Madison University. We have five going to the camp. Kylie B., Andrew F., Matthew P., Supriya S. and Katie M.

Best of Luck.

Governor's School East

Jack says Hi from Governor's School. He has three more weeks of School and then directly into band camp. I haven't heard from Bethany and Jae from Governor's School West.

Pictures that I took tonight at the Beach. Eat your heart out Don.

Thinking about the PCI

Even at the Beach I'm thinking about the Invitational. I think I would look good in this cart. I could also use it every day to check my mail in the front office.