Centerburg Music Department

Does your instrument still play the way it did when it was new? Do you have your instrument regularly serviced by a repair technician to keep it in tip top shape? Do you think your current instrument is holding back your potential as a musician? Are you ready for the next level? "HORNS OF PLENTY"   the midwest's biggest instrument event! Saturday, November 7th Music and Arts Center 43 N. State St. Westerville, OH. 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Bring your mouthpiece!   Try hundreds of instruments?  Discuss how you go about obtaining one of these high quality instruments!  END PRODUCT:  Be amazed at what a new intermediate or professional instrument can  do for your playing! Comparison... Student Model Instruments :                                                      1)  Made for beginners                                                  2)  Made of inexpensive metals and plastics                                                  3)  Depreciate in value over t

Check out these area performances! Saturday, Oct. 24th: Denison Jazz Guitar Festival Concert Burke Hall - Denison Univ.  7:30 PM. Sunday, Oct. 25th: CJO (Columbus Jazz Orchestra) - Ellington, Basie & Beyond... Southern Theater - Columbus (inside Westin Hotel) 3:00 PM - (Ticketmaster)

Friday, October 23rd -  Away game at Mt. Gilead 3:00 - 4:00 PM:        Practice on field.  Run through of "Superstar Show". 4:15                            Load trailer 4:30                            Dinner 5:30                           Load buses and leave for Mt. Gilead *  Full uniform Friday, October 30th - Away game at East Knox 3:00 - 4:00 PM         Practice on field.  Run through of "Superstar Show" 4:15                           Load trailer 4:30                           Dinner 5:45                           Load buses and leave for East Knox. *   Unfortunately, we ( the marching band staff) are unable to allow the wearing of Halloween costumes for this event.  Full uniform will be required!

What will we put on the field for Friday night? First, let me tell everyone how the design of a student show goes... First, you sit and share ideas Then you design a show that is attainable by the average marcher Then you look at how much you will able to accomplish in each and every practice based on the fact that the majority of the band members have practiced their music and are prepared with their music and lyres on the field. Finally, as you are practicing you determine how much time you have left, the "quality" of what is already learned, and how much more is able to be added without weakening what already exists.  So... With that said, I'd like to work during period 2 with the 8th graders and period 9 with the H.S. on both Thursday and Friday in order to strengthen the music and individual parts, and then go out to the field during both period 9 and after school on Friday and see if we can't add the rest of the moves the seniors designed! AND... Even

Senior Night... 3:00 - 4:15 PM - Practice on field 4:15 PM - Load trailer 4:30 PM - Dinner   (Battery) 5:00 PM - Suit-up 5:50 PM - Meet at elementary for warm-up 6:10 PM - Senior Awards 6:40 PM - Pre-game SHOW:    #1 = Walk this Way   #2 = Bohemian  (stand still)  and #3 = Thriller PLEASE:   Practice these 3 tunes on your own this week!   YOU MAY USE YOUR FLIP FOLIOS!!!

Friday, Oct. 9th  -  Fredericktown  (Away Game ) 3 :00 - 4:15 PM      Practice on our field ( Run Show) 4:15 PM                Load trailer 4:30 PM                Dinner  ( Sousas and Pit ) 5:30 PM                Load buses for Fredericktown *  Full uniform - bring along raincoats!

 As we, the directors, reflect on the New Jersey trip, we are overflowing with joy and pride in our students. Their performances were all beyond what we imagined, and their attitudes were stellar during the entire trip.  We received compliments from every place we visited, from schools to hotels,  on how respectful and well behaved our students were. You could see on their faces and in the way they presented themselves that our students were brimming with pride in themselves and their peers.  When taking 125 people on buses to anywhere for 4 days it is impossible for everything to go as planned.  Flexibility is obviously a must as there are certain areas the group leaders have no control over. We felt that the students showed tremendous maturity when faced with an alternate plan or a change of any sort. Their flexibility and ability to “improvise” made us proud. Some great things can occur serendipitously. One example of this is when we missed the ferry from Ellis Island to the S

Today was a GREAT day!! Our exchange concerts were excellent and it was so amazing to see the look of pride on the students faces as they performed for each school.  We enjoyed pizza from Mr. Dettmar's favorite pizza shop, Alfonso's, for lunch. The students were able to eat outside on the campus of Scotch Plains High School.  After the concerts and an awesome drum battle, went and loaded the busses for the mall. All of the students had dinner and shopped till they dropped! We have gotten many compliments from the schools, bus drivers and hotel staff on our kids and their behavior. They have been respectful and well behaved everywhere we have visited.  The directors and chaperones were blown away by the performances today!!  Tomorrow, we plan to leave the hotel at 8 and we are looking at an appropriate arrival time between 5 and 7pm. We will post an update when we are getting close.

New Jersey Day 3: Today we head to Dunellen High School, where Mr. Dettmar used to teach, for the Choir exchange concert. Then, we head to Scotch Plains High School for the band exchange concert.  We will enjoy some pizza for lunch at Scotch Plains, provided by the Centerburg Music Boosters before our concert. Due to the windy conditions on the beach, we have made plans to take the students to a local mall where they will get time to eat dinner and enjoy some downtime before we head back to our hotel for the night. Your children are true delights! They have been such troopers through everything and we have so enjoyed sharing this opportunity with them. Looking forward to another milestone day today!

New Jersey update:  The hotel that we were planning on staying in tonight had some flooding damage from the storm and also had other issues that upon inspection by directors and chaperones was found to be unacceptable.  Lodging has been moved to the Best Western in Lakewood New Jersey. The kids are in good spirits and had a wonderful time at Liberty State Park. We spent the afternoon at the boardwalk watching the surf and eating giant slices of pizza! Thank you for your patience with our updates! 

Congratulations Trojan Pride Band... Last evening the Trojan Pride Band came in 2nd place with an overall score of 81.5 in the group 4 competition!  Nice going band! We had a rough start yesterday due to a couple of bad tires and a faulty windshield wiper on the 3rd bus.    We were sure to have those items addressed and fixed and got on our way a couple of hours late.  The matter will be addressed with the bus company when we return to Centerburg.  Everyone is safe and sound!!!  No worries! TODAY:  We are currently having breakfast and packing for our trip to the Statue of Liberty.  Winds are down on the coast to around 10-15 miles per hour  (and dropping) and temperatures will be in the low 60's today so we should have a really nice day!  Areas we are visiting are in no kind of coastal flooding threat! Note:   While we understand that students, parents and staff were less than enthralled about the bus situation yesterday, we ask that you please let the music staff and adm

Hurricane going out to the Atlantic - No Immediate Threat - Trip is a go as planned ! #1   Forecast for Sat., Oct. 3rd  (competition):  Cloudy and breezy.  Around 50 degrees. #2   Forecast for Sun. Oct. 4th ( Statue of Liberty ):  Overcast in the low to mid 60's.  Same forecast for Point Pleasant Beach in the afternoon! #3   Forecast for Mon. Oct 5th :  Some clouds - in the low to mid 60's - possible shower. Note:   I will be speaking to the folks in Point Pleasant Beach to see if businesses on the boardwalk will be open.  My only concern at this point is that maybe, because an impending hurricane was on the horizon, businesses have boarded up and run for the hills.  If that is the case there would be very little for 107 teenagers to do!  Once I speak to both the Pt. Pleasant Police and the Jenkinson's boardwalk owners I will update this blog.   Please check back this afternoon! In addition , if, by chance, the boardwalk is rather "closed-up" we (the st

Weather update and "possible" adjustments to itinerary... #1  As of 10:00 AM on Thursd ay, Oct. 1st - the SATURDAY forecast for Randolph, NJ calls for some rain in the AM, then mostly cloudy in the afternoon and evening. #2  The forecast for Liberty State Park in Jersey City, NJ on Sunday, Oct. 4th calls for  cloudy skies and some wind. #3  The forecast for Point Pleasant Beach for Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 4th calls for partly cloudy skies and windy. Obviously weather forecasts change every few hours, but at this time it looks as if all of our previously arranged plans are a go.  Please know, however, that in the event of rain and /or other than less than ideal weather conditions, the itinerary could and most likely would be adjusted as late as the morning of an event to include other great venues in the NY/NJ area, keeping our group protected and away from any bad weather. In regards to the developing hurricane, there are so many paths it could take once hitting th