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Band Camp:  Held for Symphonic Band Members Only 

The Leesville Road High School Band Program has been most fortunate to conduct our Annual Band Camp at Lees-McRae College for seven years now. Lees-McRae College is located south-west of Boone, North Carolina, in the small mountain town of Banner Elk, North Carolina.  Prior to the Lees-McRae camps, our first two camps were held at our school.  From the very beginning our camps were planned to be work-study-training camps. We planned them to help get our Symphonic Band and its new members ready for the new school year.  Consequently they have been held in the last week of July into the first week of August, just a couple weeks before the new school year begins.

The primary purpose of our Band Camp is to reorganize and train our Symphonic Band for the new school year.  Both our school and community expect a great deal of the Symphonic Band  Consequently, it behooves us all to take full advantage of the opportunities Band Camp offers.  Band Camp offers opportunities to learn our Marching Show including music and marching as well as fellowship, plenty of fresh, cool mountain air, and lots of physical activities! 

Since Band Camp is primarily getting our Marching Band Show ready for the new school year, it becomes absolutely necessary for all our members to be present and participating.  Not only do we work on getting INDIVIDUALS ready, we also work to get the WHOLE BAND ready.  And that requires all members to be present!  We spend a great deal of time working on fundamentals- - - fundamentals of performing music and fundamentals of marching.  But the results do not stop with the Marching Band show.  We see the results all through the year.  Band Camp is a costly privilege...about $275.00 per student for room, board, transportation and  rehearsal/field facilities for the week!  If money is going to be spent on Band Camp, then it should deserve some reasonable dedication and sacrifice on the part of every one of our members to guarantee that the money spent on Band Camp and the results are more than equal! 

Starting with our first Band Camp, we have made it a point to operate our Band Camp as a school function.  School Rules and Regulations are observed at all times.  Every aspect of our Band Camp is conducted with the highest regard for health, safety, and the welfare of every member of our Band!

 

 

 

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Last modified:  07/03/2008