A few reminders

Hey there everyone, I hope the last couple weeks of school go well for you! Keep working hard!

A couple reminders for everyone -

1. Summer practice! This is a personnal responsbility for every individual, whether you are in orchestra or band you should be practicing over the summer. I want to be able to start the school year off great, so each of you needs to do your part over the summer. Also, be prepared to start playing assignments the second week of school by spending time on your major scales this summer!

2. Parade band starts in less than three weeks! Make sure you are there on June 14 at 7:30 AM. We will have a great time and start working hard to put on a great show at the parades. The more people we have, the greater impression we can make, so invite all your band friends out as well. Please make sure you have submitted the sign-up sheet, either by mail or online (all the info you need for either way is on the form). Here is the link one more time.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/wdmvhlvnrnz/herriman

Good luck, and have a great end to your school year!

Mr. Mangum

Drum Major audition date

Drum major auditions will be Friday, May 28 at Butterfield Park in Herriman. Times will be from three til four. Please contact me if you are interested and I will send you the audition materials and information. You must have at least one year of marching band experience to be considered for the position of drum major.

Mr. Mangum

Color Guard Clinics and Auditions

Color Guard clinics will begin Monday, May 17 and run through Friday, May 21. There will be auditions on the last day of the clinics. They will be held from 3:15 until 5:30 at Butterfield Park in Herriman. The parks address is 6212 West Butterfield Park Way (14200 South). If you are familiar with Ft. Herriman Middle School, it is the park located immediately west of the school.

The color guard instructors Amy and Kerisa will be running the clinics and are very excited to have these clinics. If you or anyone you know are interested, invite them out for a good time.

There will soon be a Color Guard Blog that will have any Color Guard announcements on it. For the time being, join the Facebook group at this address

http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=119956631362768&ref=ts

Have a great day!

Mr. Mangum

Jordan School District Board Meeting Update

I would like to sincerely thank all of you that expressed interest and concern over the purchase of the instruments for the marching and pep bands. It was great to see such a great deal of support.

Last night at the board meeting the purchase of the sousaphones, baritones, mellophones and drumline equipment was all approved! That was great news for me, and I am sure it is for anyone that has any interest in the success of the band program.

Once again, thank you to those that came to the meeting and expressed your concern about the matter. Have a wonderful evening!

Mr. Mangum

Jordan School District Board Meeting

Thanks to everyone that came to our student/parent meeting! I was glad to meet so many in our band family. I look forward to working with each of you more in the future and meeting those that were unable to make it last night.

In our discussion last night I mentioned that the Jordan School District Board would be meeting tonight, and in that meeting they will be discussing the purchase of marching band instruments for Herriman High. They will be meeting at 7 PM in the dirstrict auxiliary services building at 7905 S Redwood Road. If you can make it, I would love to see you. I was able to adjust my schedule so I can make it, so if you are able to come as well please come congregate with me and any others that will be there. If you would like to make any comments, please show up a little before 7 to sign up on a comment list.

Thank you all for your help! I look forward to seeing you tonight!

Mr. Mangum

Parent/student meeting

Hello and Happy Mothers Day! I have been busy visiting all day so I was unable to update the blog until now. I can't get the map to format correctly for the page so you will need to check the address out on Google maps or Mapquest. The address of the park is 13000 S 5900 W in Herriman. We will be meeting from 6-8 PM. It may be a bit chilly and there is a chance of rain, so come prepared. I look forward to meeting you all on Monday!

Monday, May 10

Hello everybody! I hope everyone is doing wonderfully! I just wanted to put a reminder out there about what will be happening on Monday, May 10.

First, there will be drum line auditions at Ft. Herriman from 3 til 5. These auditions are for ALL students that wish to participate on the drum line at Herriman High. The audition is simply to determine instruments and parts. We will not be excluding anyone that would like to participate. Make sure you download and prepare BOTH pieces with the prescribed grip - match or traditional. This will be part of what will be determining who plays what instrument. Prepare the pieces as best you can and good luck!

The drum major auditions will not be happening on the 10th. I apologize for the late notice, but I was unable to post the materials to provide sufficient prep time, so the auditions will be postponed until a later date. If you have not already let me know that you are interested in auditioning, please e-mail me as soon as possible. Thanks.

We will also be holding our student/parent meeting that evening from 6 til 8. We will be meeting at Main Street Park in Herriman. I will post a map, or a link to a map before we have the meeting so everyone will be able to find it easily. There will be pizza and drinks. Please remember this meeting is for ALL students who will be participating in ANY of the ensembles at Herriman High next year. That means all orchestra and band students, and any middle school students participating in marching band are invited to attend.

I look forward to meeting everyone on Monday, and thank you for your patience with blog communication. I understand it isn't the most efficient, but it is what we have to work with at the moment.

Mr. Mangum

Marching band fall show tunes

Here are the tunes we will be doing for the marching band fall show. It should be a great time. I am really looking forward to it.

Ecstasy of Gold - Ennio Morricone

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Appalachian Spring - Aaron Copland


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The Theme from "The Magnificent Seven" - Elmer Bernstein

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Enjoy!

Mr. Mangum

Summer band sign-up sheets

I now have sign-up sheets for summer band and colorguard. Just click on the link below and you will be taken to a file hosting website that will allow you to download a .pdf version of the sheet. Print it off and mail it in, or follow the instructions on the sheet to sign up on line. Anyone that will be in 8th through 12th grade next year is invited to participate in the summer band program, so if you know anyone that might be interested, let them know.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/wdmvhlvnrnz/herriman summer band sign up.pdf

The fee includes insurance cost, a district fee, a uniform polo shirt and covers the cost of the staff as well.

If you have any questions regarding summer band, please feel free to contact me at hhsinstrumental@hotmail.com. You can also bring them to the student/parent meeting on Monday the 10th. I will post a map with the location of the park in the next couple of days.

I hope everyone is doing wonderfully!

Have a great week!

Mr. Mangum

Drum line audition materials

Here are the drum line audition materials. All auditions will be performed on the snare drum only. The Connecticut Halftime selection is to be performed with a match grip and the Drum Corps On Parade selection is to be performed with traditional grip. Click on the links below to be taken to a site to download a .pdf file of each tune. It is pretty simple, hopefully. The download button is fairly large and is located just right of center if you have any difficulty seeing it. If the links aren't working for you, please e-mail me at hhsinstrumental@hotmail.com and I will e-mail you the files as an attatchment. Please let anyone you know that may be interested in auditioning that they need to download these materials for the audition.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/3mmazmyydog/Connnecticut Halftime[1] - Match.pdf

http://www.mediafire.com/file/q0gmqjwzt1d/Drum Corps On Parade[1] - Traditional.pdf

Remember, there will only be one audition date for drum line. It will be Monday, May 10 from 3 to 5 PM in the band room at Ft. Herriman Middle School. If you want to play on the drum line, but for some reason you can't make it that day, please e-mail me so we can work something out. That night will also be the student/parent meeting at Main Street Park in Herriman. I look forward to seeing you then!

Mr. Mangum