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The Cardinal Crimson Cadets Present:
Halftime 2011
This upcoming fall is going to see a lot new and exciting things with the Jr. High Marching Band. The band will be refered to as the Farmington Cardinal Crimson Cadets. This the combined 8th and 9th grade band classes. The band will be performing at all home jr. high football games. A schedule of these games can been found at on our calendar page.
Some suggested summer listening:
Dream On - Aerosmith
Dude (Looks like a Lady) - Aerosmith
Walk This Way - Aerosmith
21 Guns - Greenday
Running Down a Dream - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
2009 - 2010 Band Hand Book (PDF)
The Farmington Jr. High Band is for 8th and 9th grades. The band meets everyday during 2nd hour at their respective schools. The band performs at many events and activates throughout the year. Band is an academic class, but has a few different requirements of students that is not asked of students in other classes. All performances are required. If a student is enrolled in band they are required to be at each performance. Band students receive class credit/grades for their performances. Failure to be a performance or event will result in lost of grades for that performance. For further explanation please refer to our Band Handbook. You may download the band hand book by clinking on the link above.
During marching season the band performs at home jr. high football games. The band has also performed at the Elkins Invitational Marching Contest and Farmington City Christmas Parade.
Concert season starts at the end of Marching/Football Season in October. The band will perform a Christmas Concert in December with the other Farmington Bands. The band will work on music for Concert Assessment in April and Solo and Ensemble in March. The school year concludes with the Spring Concert in May.
Jr. High Band Students have individual opportunities such as Jr. High All Region Tryouts in January and Solo and Ensemble in March. Student's wanting to participate in these events need to talk to the band directors for more information.
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Marching Season: August - October |
Concert Season: October - May |
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| Required Materials: Music Lyre, Flip Folder with Extra Pages, Pencil, Red Uniform Shirt, Khaki Pants, Tennis Shoes | Required Materials: Pencil, Concert Folder (provided), Concert Music (provided), Red Uniform Shirt, Khaki Pants and Tennis Shoes. | |||
| Grading Performances: | Football Games, Pep Rallies, Marching Contest. | Grading Performances: | School Concerts | |
| Grading Class: | Daily Class Participation | Concert Band Assessment in April (Band Benchmark) | ||
| Chair Test | Solo and Ensemble (March) | |||
| Pencil Test | ||||
| Playing Test | Grading Class: | Daily Class Participation | ||
| Music/Folder Check | Chair Test | |||
| Pencil Test | ||||
| Playing Test | ||||
| Music/Folder Check | ||||
Red Uniform Shirts $12.00
(please make checks payable to Farmington Band Boosters)
Participating in the greatest jr. high band in Northwest Arkansas... Priceless!