I just received an invitation from Randy Knudson, the band director at Manhasset High School to compete in their competition. I am contemplating doing this competition on Saturday, October 15th instead of the Huntington Show on Sunday, October 16th. The Huntington Show is on our schedule. Manhasset has a marching band that competes in the USSBA conference. USSBA allows new bands in their conference to compete in one show for free, without having to join the conference.
The benefit of going to the Manhasset show is that we get another set of judges to see us, it is closer to Roslyn, we are exposing ourselves to a new audience, and it is a night show, which are more fun to do.
In terms of the NYSFBC (the conference we compete in), we still have 3 shows, Brentwood, Mineola, and Phoenix which is the required number of shows to compete at the Carrier Dome so that would not be a problem.
Many bands compete in two conferences. Manhasset runs a great show and it might be time for us to compete since the date works out great for us.
Let me know if there are any conflicts with the date change, if you would like to make the change or stick with the Huntington Show.
