REMINDER!!!!! 

The first camp of 2010 includes Sunday!!   Make arrangements to be available for this extended day of camp!!    Camp will end at noon on Sunday.   Watch the forum for other details about the camp.

Enjoy your weekend off, NorthCoast!  

We will resume on December 18 and end December 19.

Please continue to clear your calendars for the big camp December 27-30.

Work on your music!!

(More coming soon!)

Review the drill!!

(More drill coming too!)

The weekend's camp is at Reese Schools.

Camp starts at 8:00 pm on Friday and ends at 10:00 pm on Saturday.

Please bring everything you need for the weekend:

-Bedroll

-Shower stuff

-Food or food money (we have four microwaves to use and a fridge to store food in)

-Shoes for marching

-Three ring binder with plastic sheets for your music

-Sticks/mallets/drum pads

-Brain cells

-DEODERANT!!!!!

-Medical Form

-Copy of Birth Certificate (I can make a copy for you)

You can come directly to the middle school to drop off your stuff or go to the high school.  Either is fine.

Address for the middle school:

9590 Saginaw St.  (M-81...you pass it every time you go to the high school)

Reese, MI  48757

Go around back and enter the door by the little gray trailer. 

See you at 8:00 pm Friday!

Auditions for the 2010 season are rapidly approaching! If you haven't already, please RSVP here.

Auditions will be held on the following dates:

Sunday, October 25  9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday, November 8   9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Reese High School

1696 S. Van Buren Rd.
Reese, MI  48757

Cost is $40 which covers both weekends.   Lunch will be on your own.   There is a Subway in town along with a couple of local restaurants (Pompei has an AWESOME  stromboli!).    Please bring sticks and a pad with you.   Have a notebook for your music.   Please make sure you download the music and bring it along.   Front Ensemble members...if you are auditioning for mallets, we have mallets so you don't need to bring any.   If you are auditioning for drum set, bass guitar or guitar, bring those instruments with you.

Instruments available to audition for:

• Marimba
• Vibraphone
• Bass Guitar
• Electric Guitar
• Synthesizer
• Drum Set
• Auxiliary Percussion
• Marching Cymbals
• Marching Bass Drum
• Marching Tenors
• Marching Snare Drum

Be prepared to drum and learn about NorthCoast Academy.   It is a very laid-back atmosphere, so come relaxed and ready to work!

The battery exercise book has now been posted (click here). Cymbal parts now available.

The exercise book for the front ensemble has been posted (click here).