Date: December 28th 2011

ETSBOA SENIOR CLINIC PRACTICE AND AUDITION INFORMATION
Senior Clinic auditions are coming up soon and below you will find information about practice times with Mr. McHenry, a free Audition Clinic at East Ridge High School and information about the actual ETSBOA Auditions.

I. ETSBOA practice times with Mr. McHenry
Mr. McHenry will be in the band room on Monday, January 2nd and Tuesday, January 3rd from 10am – 1pm to help students who want to practice their scales or music for Senior Clinic Auditions. Come by whenever you can.

II. Free All-East Practice Audition Clinic
Who: Band members trying out for Senior Clinic
What: Free All-East Audition Clinic
When: Friday, January 6, 2012, 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Where: East Ridge HS Band Room

This is a chance for everyone trying out for Senior Clinic to get some great experience playing the audition music in front of other people. There will be volunteer judges to give you tips on your audition and a sight-reading workshop where everybody will work on sight reading skills together.

III. ETSBOA Senior Clinic Audition Information
Who: Band members trying out for Senior Clinic
When: Sat., January 7, 2012 (contact Mr. McHenry for your audition time)
Where: Bearden HS
8352 Kingston Pike
Knoxville, TN

Directions:
Take I-75 N to Knoxville.
Follow the I-75/40 East split.
Get off at Exit 379 and stay on the terrace road.
Turn R on Gallaher Rd. SW.
Turn L on Kingston Pike.
The school will be on your right.

Audition Tips:
Get some sleep and eat breakfast!
Plan to get there 45 minutes to an hour before your tryout time.
Don’t wear yourself out warming up – make yourself put the horn down every few minutes.
You may go to the audition rooms in any order (Scales, SR, Prepared).
The judges can’t see or talk to you (so their scores aren’t biased). There will be a band director monitoring each room who can answer any questions you might have.
Some rooms only use one or two sight-reading pieces; don’t panic if you don’t get to play all three.