I am announcing the marching band leadership positions tomorrow night, Wednesday, October 23rd, at the end of the rehearsal. In the past I have simply posted it after the season is over but with the pressures of the point system growing, I want to have a "no points" period from the announcement tomorrow through to the Spring rehearsals. I do not want students fixated on points when we go to finals next week or on the Florida trip.
Since I have these positions all ready to go, I decided that it would be a great boost for the program to just go ahead and announce it prior to the end of the season.
Positions will not take effect until after the Disney Trip, when we start the Spring rehearsals. Students receiving positions will need to sign the contracts which will not be available until after the Nationals.
The top 30 all have received positions this year, which is unusual. The top 20 on the point list are guaranteed positions.
I have decided the positions as to where I think people fit, what their strengths are, and how they will be most successful for themselves as well as the band.
Only upper classmen (Juniors and Seniors during the 2014-2015 school year) are getting positions. Since no current freshman scored in the top 30 point recipients, this should be no surprise. In addition, with a band this large it is difficult to get a position with only one year's experience.
The point system was devised to give credit for extra work done by band members. I update it after every single event on the website roslynband.com.
Any questions, just e-mail me and I will be happy to talk to you.
