April 6 – Jazz Band performance at Hartford MS Jazz Festival
April 6 – Majorette Tryouts
April 14 – Jazz Soloists performing at The Art Spot
April 20 – Jazz Band performance at Alliance Jazz Festival
May 4 – High School Spring Band Concert w/ 8th Gr Band, 7pm
May 13 – Brick Street Jazz Festival
May 15 – Jazz Band Dinner Dance, 6pm
May 19 – Cedar Point Field Trip
May 29 – Memorial Day Parade
June 13 – Marching Band Practice, 5:30pm
June 14 – Homecoming Parade, 5:30pm

Saturday, March 11
Noon – Load, Dress
12:15pm – Depart for Lake HS
1:35pm – Warmup
2:05pm – PERFORM in Lake HS Auditorium
2:40pm – Sightreading
3:40pm – Depart for Minerva HS
4:30pm – Unload

Thursday, April 6 – Canton Jazz Festival (at Hartford Middle School)
Friday, April 14 – Minerva Art Spot (soloists only)
Thursday, April 20 – Alliance HS Jazz Festival
Saturday, May 13 – Minerva Brick Street Jazz Festival
Monday, May 15 – Dinner Dance @ MHS

The band booster meeting scheduled for tonight has been cancelled.

Hello Drumline parents,

As a member of the Minerva Drumline your students have been invited to take part in the first of hopefully many, Malvern Drumline Showcase. This event will take place on Saturday November, 5th. Students are to have their drums and harnesses packed up the day before this event (Friday November, 4th.) 

On the day of the showcase students are to arrive at the Minerva High School band room no earlier than 4:30. The buses are going to arrive at 4:45. As soon as the bus and trailer are loaded we will depart for Malvern High School. When we arrive at Malvern the participants are being treated to a spaghetti dinner where they will eat and be given the opportunity to mingle with other drumlines. The show begins at 6:15, and we encourage anyone and everyone to attend. Tickets are $5 a person, and kids 5 and under get in for free. My guess is that the showcase will be over around 8pm, which puts our arrival back to Minerva High School around 8:30pm. We will have students reach out to you once we have departed Malvern.

Thank you,

Mr. Johnson

Oct 11 – Glow Show, 7:30pm band practice at 6:00pm

Oct 14 – Home Game (Senior Night) 6:00pm senior parents line up at 5:45pm

Oct 15 – East Palestine Band Show practice at 4:15pm before

Oct 20 – Last Practice / Bonfire – 6:45pm?

Oct 21 – Away Game – practice at 5:30pm before

Oct 25 – Band Banquet Potluck @ MHS, 6pm

Oct 30 – Band Halloween Party

Oct 31 – Halloween Parade

The student band council is organizing a potluck homecoming party after our Thursday practice. Will be done before 9pm

The athletic booster club wants to do a cover picture for the program this year of all the senior athletes and senior marching band members. They will be doing a group picture on Friday, August 5.

1:45pm Meet in the band room, put on uniforms 2:20pm seniors arrive at Minerva High School football stadium dressed and ready to be photographed
2:30pm seniors line up in end zone and do group picture
3:00pm seniors will be photographed AT Dunlap photography for the individual Lion poster pictures.

Take uniforms home for Team banner pictures the next day on Saturday August 6, 11 am at Dunlap Photography

Students auditioning for Snare Drum

Rudiments, slow-fast-slow:

– Double Stroke Roll (match grip)

– Single Paradiddle (match grip)

– Flam Tap (match grip)

Audition Music:

– Point Break

– I am Legend

Sight Reading (match grip)

Students auditioning for Tenors 

Rudiments on snare drum, slow-fast-slow:

– Double Stroke Roll (match grip)

– Single Paradiddle (match grip)

– Flam Tap (match grip)

Audition Music:

– Point Break

– I am Legend

Sight Reading on Tenors

Students auditioning for Bass Drum 

Audition for Bass1, Bass 2, Bass 3, or Bass 4

Audition Music:

– Point Break

– I am Legend

Sight Reading

(Note for bass drum: Pay extra attention to which notes are in unison with all basses, and which notes are on the specific bass you are auditioning for)

Students auditioning for Bells

Audition Music: 

– Inspector Gadget

– Injury

Any students auditioning for cymbals do not need to prepare anything for the audition, and will only need to attend the day of auditions to receive the welcome for the new season and hear any and all logistics. 

If anyone has any questions email jquad2014@gmail.com

Thank you!

You can download all audition music here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1j5cKWaeuBkLKtrXX6s0l-0AFMF086CNB?usp=sharing