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 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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