2011 All-County Honor Band

The TCBDA directors perform with
the All-County Sr. High Band.



The 2011 All-County Honor Band was a success!  Clinicians Gene Inglis and Gena Nix both did an outstanding job choosing appropriate music for our students for rehearsals and concerts.  Congratulations to all of our students and a huge "thank you" to Sylacauga HS / Nichols-Lawson MS band director David Simpkins for hosting this event. 



2011 All-County Jr. High Band
1st Chair recipients.



2011 All-County Sr. High Band

1st Chair recipients.



Sr. High rehearsal



Jacob Harris, a SHS band member and 
Eagle Scout candidate, outlines his
community project,"All-County Music
Endeavors", during the TCBDA Board meeting.



TCBDA Honor Band; April 8-9, 2011

The TCBDA All-County Honor Band is fast approaching!  Here is information that you will need.

Audition: Tues., April 5 THS, begin at 4:00.  Audition Fee: $5 per student auditioning.

Clinic: Fri.-Sat., April 8-9 Sylacauga HS

Itinerary:
Fri., April 8:
9:00-12:00 Rehearsal
12:00-1:30 Lunch
1:30-4:30 Rehearsal
Sat., April, 9:
9:00-12:00 Rehearsal
12:00-1:30 Lunch - Change into concert attire.
2:00 CONCERT ($3 admission for spectators)

Audition Requirements:
Jr. High Brass/WW: Scales: Concert F, Bb, Eb, Ab.
Chromatic: Bb – Bb (one octave)
Sightreading

Sr. High Brass/WW: Scales: Concert Bb, B, C, Db, D.
Chromatic: Same as All State requirements (see ABA Handbook).
Sightreading

Percussion: Junior and Senior High will perform both mallet and snare requirements:
Mallets: Scales: Concert F, Bb, Eb, Ab.
Sightreading
Snare: Rudiments: Long Roll, 9-stroke roll, flam paradiddle
Sightreading

New Tri-M Chapter at B. B. Comer HS

On Thursday, February 10, 2011 at BB Comer High School, the following musicians were inducted into Chapter # 6315 of the Tri-M Music Honor Society.

Ashley Borden Jalynn Carter Caleb Glover Megan Gravette Rachel Harris, Brittany Hope, Caitlin Jackson, Mindy Jones Emily Reynolds James Smoot and Katora Thomas ( not pictured Colton Cooper)

The purpose of this honor society is to inspire music participation, create enthusiasm for scholarship, to stimulate a desire to render service, and to promote leadership in the music students at BB Comer High School.

"Sound of Gold" Marches in the 2011 Inaugural Parade

Here is a great article of the BB Comer Band as they prepare for the 2011 Alabama Governors Inaugural Parade.  Congratulations to Band Director Dan Seaborn and the B.B. Comer HS Band.

The Daily Home - Sound of Gold to march in inaugural parade.

2nd Annual TCBDA Concert Band Preview

The 2nd Annual TCBDA Concert Band Preview is Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011 and will be held at the auditorium at B.B. Comer High School.  We will use the same evaluation method as last year.  Melvin Morgan will serve as the primary analyst while the TCBDA directors take turns commenting on the performances.

Admission to the Concert Band Preview is $3 (6 and up) and $1 (5 and down) and will benefit the TCBDA Scholarship Fund.  Last year's Preview raised $700 for this worthwhile project.

"The goal of this non-competitive exhibition is to promote participation and musical growth in middle and high school concert bands with the hope that the process of preparing, performing and evaluating the concert performance will provide valuable educational growth to the TCBDA Band Directors and student musicians".

Participating bands and their performance times:

5:00  Zora Ellis Junior High

5:20  Winterboro

5:40  Munford

6:00  Lincoln High School

6:20  Fayetteville High School

6:40  B.B. Comer High School

7:00  Talladega High School

7:20  Sylacauga High School