The Palm Bay High School Instrumental Music Parents Association in concert with the Florida Bandmaster's Association is proud to present the 2009 Annual Marching Band Music Performance Assessments on Saturday, October 24, 2009 at the Palm Bay High School stadium. Approximately 2,200 students representing close to 15 high school bands from all over Brevard County will perform for a crowd of over 4,000 marching band enthusiasts during the 8+ hour event. The Marching Festival is the highest profile event for the combined high school instrumental music programs in District 10, garnering the most public attention and attendance of any high school music event for the year.
Each band will present a 10-minute program of complicated field maneuvers while performing exciting and highly technical musical scores. Auxiliary corps presents a visual accent to the music utilizing silk flags, rifles, sabers, and other creative props. A panel of highly respected and professionally accomplished judges from the Florida Bandmasters Association will critique and score each band in their respective areas of music, marching, percussion, and auxiliary. The scores will result in a composite rating ranging from "Poor" through "Superior." Each band is judged on its own merit against a set standard, rather than as a competition between bands.
This is the most important event of the fall music season for all district high school instrumental music programs. Each band’s rating is an official assessment of the program’s overall success in the area of music education. Directors and students alike practice and perform with serious intention, often starting rehearsals in the summer, weeks before the school year begins.
The Palm Bay High School Instrumental Music Program has proudly hosted the Marching Festival for over 13 years. Volunteer parents and students of the Palm Bay High School Instrumental Music Program coordinate, staff, and manage the logistical production of the event for the District 10 Florida Bandmasters Association.
Host sponsorships help off-set the expenses incurred by the PBHS music program in production of the festival. Benefits of sponsorship include having your name or business published in the program. Host sponsors will also he announced throughout the event. Host sponsorships can be secured by calling Jim Tonti at (321) 890-3779.
The public is invited to attend the Marching Festival which begins at 3:00 PM with Stone and Southwest Middle Schools’ performance of our National Anthem. The gates will open at 1:30 PM with the first band ready to perform at 3:30 PM. A full concession is available throughout the entire event. Tickets are $5.00/adult and $3.00/student (children 3 yrs and younger are free) and are available at the gate the day of the festival. Parking is available on site for $3.00/car. There is also going to be a Program/Parking Combo offered for $5.00. Festival tee-shirts and programs will be available for purchase as well.
For more information, contact the Palm Bay High School Instrumental Music office at (321) 952- 5905.
