The Oconee County Invitational Marching Band Clinic & Festival - Contest will be held on Saturday, September 13, 2003 at beautiful New Walhalla H. S. Football & Band Stadium located on the campus of Walhalla H. S. The Marching Band Clinic & Festival - Contest is sponsored by the Walhalla H. S. Band Boosters. Each band will have the opportunity to perform their show twice "once during the clinic, and once during the Festival - Contest."

For more information call Mr. Terry L. Manigault - Band Director at Walhalla H. S. 1-864-638-4582, Home 1-864-306-0082, E-mail: Tmanigau@oconee.k12.sc.us. Or home e-mail: Vtmani@bellsouth.net. On the day of the event, please call 1-864-630-7173.

This will be a non-competitive clinic. You do not need to perform your entire show in order to participate. During the Festival portion of the event, those bands who would like to receive a rating may do so, otherwise it will be a competition. Please be sure to specify this on your final registration. Otherwise you may choose to receive comments only.

Procedure
Each band will be allotted 1 hour to perform their show and receive help from some outstanding Marching Band Technicians in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia. Therefore there will only be room for 8 bands scheduled for the morning / afternoon sessions. Each band will have a designated warm-up area prior to their clinic. Following the clinic on the field, each band will proceed to the Auditorium while their color guard move to the gym where they will have work from a clinician on their music and guard routine. There will also be a percussion specialist to work with your percussion students. Please be sure to bring a copy of your scores for the music clinic, and a recording of your show music for the guard session. Since it is important that we remain on schedule the actual time your band has with the clinicians will depend on how quickly you and your students move from one place to the other.

Benefits from Participating
Following the band's performance, a staff of clinicians will work with your band and make suggestions on ways to improve your product.
1. Suggestions to improve each band will include: Music General Effect, Marching & Drill Flow, Visual General Effect, Color Guard, Percussion, and Drum Major.
2. Your students will be able to hear and see how to improve their performance.
3. Each participating band director will have the opportunity to make taped suggestions about the other bands' performances. This means that your band and staff will have more tapes to listen to than any other clinic / contest in the state.
4. Each band director will gain valuable experience as an adjudicator.
5. Since this is a non-competitive environment, each participating band and their boosters will develop friendships that will help throughout the competitive marching band season.

Festival - Contest Class Performance
The Festival - Contest will start one hour after the last band has completed going through the clinic. Festival - Contest times will be assigned according to post mark of your completed application. Your application is complete when we have received your registration fee. Festival-Contest classes are based on the number of winds will be as follows:
Class A - up to 24 wind players.
Class AA - 25 - 44 Winds.
Class AAA - 45 - 60 Winds
Class AAAA - 61 - 80 winds
Class AAAAA - 81 winds and up.
The Festival - Contest host reserves the right to adjust classes for a better distribution of bands.

Stadium Information
The School District of Oconee County has built a beautiful new Football Stadium on the Campus of Walhalla H. S. that will rival some of the best stadiums in the state. The Home side will seat 4000 spectators and include a very high press box. Located in the beautiful Golden Corner of the state, Walhalla "Garden of The Gods" is a beautiful town with lots of southern charm. Seating in the stadium will enable visitors to see breath-taking views of the mountains. No Coolers, or outside Food or Drinks will be allowed in the stadium. Absolutely No Grills will be allowed in the Parking area.

Cost to Participate Per Band
Clinic & Festival-Contest = $100.00 if paid by August 20, 2003, or $150.00 Sept. 5, 2003 Contest Only = $30.00 if paid by August 20, 2003, or $50.00 Sept. 5, 2003. This small fee will help to cover the expenses of the clinicians and other clinic / festival costs. This is a very small registration for what you are going to get in return. Please make checks payable to the Walhalla H. S. Band Boosters.

Spectator Cost
The cost for spectators: Adults = $5.00, Children 5 – 12 years old = $3.00, Children younger than 5 = Free with a paying adult. You will only need to pay once to enjoy both the clinic and festival.

Concessions
In order for us to sponsor an event as this at such an inexpensive price, we are asking that all participating bands eat at least one of their meals at the stadium. Typical Concession stand items including Hamburgers or Cheeseburgers with the works, Hotdogs & Chilli, Pizza, Various Chips, Soft Drinks, Coffee, Assorted Candy, Pop Corn, ...etc will be sold at a nominal cost. List of items and prices will be e-mailed to all participating band directors.

General Information
1. Registration - A registration Tent will be set-up outside Walhalla H. S. Please be sure to stop here first. All of the final information you need will be issued here. They will have a 2-way radio in the event you need to speak to one of the host band directors, or if you have questions they can not answer.
2. Guides - The staff will assign your guides for the day at the registration tent. Your guides will stay with you through the entire process and should be able to answer any questions regarding the clinic / festival - contest. They will let you know when you need to move to warm-up, from warm-up to the field, ...etc. Please be respectful to them. They are only doing what they have been told.
3. Video & Audio Tapes - You will receive a free video tape of your clinic & festival performance. You will also receive tapes of the clinicians from your clinic and festival performance. These will be supplied by the contest host. You will need to bring 10 -
15 additional tapes that will be used by the other band directors and their staff to make comments about your festival - contest "evening" performance. If you do not furnish these tapes, you will only receive the clinician's / adjudicator's tapes of your clinic and festival performance. You will also need to bring a tape recorder to record your comments during the festival. The Video-graphers furnished by the host will be the only ones with access to the press box. All others may video from the designated "top level" of the stadium. You may make a video tape of your band's Clinic & Festival performance only from the designated area.
4. Passes - Passes to the stadium will be for the following: Participating Band Directors and their staff - Assistant Band Director, Percussion & Color Guard Instructors, Bus Drivers. You will need to include a list of names of each of your staff members so that we can make a pass for them. You will receive an additional 8 passes to issue at your discretion. Ex. Equipment / Truck drivers, Props Staff, ...etc. All participating band students will be stamped at the registration tent. All others will need to pay for tickets in order to enter the stadium. Refer to cost for spectators for prices.
5. Clinic & Festival Uniform- During the clinic "morning / afternoon" portion of your performance we suggest that you wear your summer band uniform or shorts and t-shirts due to the possible heat on the field. During the festival - contest "evening" portion of
your performance we ask that you wear your band uniform. Of course you may decide to wear either of these for both performances. Dressing room space will be limited so be prepared to change quickly.
6. Parking - The host will provide guides to aid you in parking your buses, and equipment trucks / trailers near the stadium. Please be sure to have some type of identification on the window or dashboard of each of these vehicles. Spectators will
be able to park in the available spaces around the stadium.
7. Facilities - The Walhalla Auditorium and Gym will be used for clinic purposes only. Please be sure to have proper supervision of your students in these areas. Adequate restrooms will be provided on the upper and lower portion of the stadium as well as in clinic areas.
8. Hospitality Room - A hospitality room with wonderful food, beverages, and desserts will be set up for participating band directors, assistant band directors, and clinicians. All other staff members and spectators will be able to purchase their food
from the concession stand. This is a good way to talk to each other and meet new people.
9. Entrance & Exit to the Stadium - All participating bands will enter the stadium from the visitors side of the field. Facing the home side of the field, you will enter from your right and exit to your left. All Equipment trailers and Props will enter and exit from the left side of the field. Please ask your pit performers to walk with the equipment trailer so that they can quickly unload their instruments. For the clinic portion of this event we ask that you move quickly to your place on the field. This will give you more time with the clinicians. For the Festival portion all bands may enter the stadium using a percussion cadence. They must exit the stadium on a tap.
10. Instrumental Supplies, Repairs - A local music dealer will be at the event throughout the day. If you need supplies, or minor repairs they will assist you.

Festival Ratings
All bands wishing to receive a rating need to complete this section on their registration / application prior to coming to the event. Ratings are as follows:
Superior = 80 - 100 points
Excellent = 60 - 79 points
Ratings will be based on the evening "Festival Performance Only".

Scoring
Music = 35 points - There will be two music judges. The average of the 2 scores.
Marching = 35 points - There will be one marching judge.
General Effect = 30 points. There will be two general effect judges. The average of the 2 scores.
Since this is a festival - contest we will issue awards in each class.

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