All State Band Tour Info
All State Band Info | 2011 Tour Info | Rehearsals and Auditions | 2011 Tour Itinerary (coming soon)
Tour Details
Destination: Seattle, Washington
Tour Dates: June 28 - July 7, 2011
2011 Tour Poster (coming soon)
Tour Highlights
- 4-Day Pre-Tour Band Camp at Albion College (June 28-July 1, 2011)
- Lions International Convention
- Pike Place Market
- Space Needle
- Seattle Symphony or Theatre
- Seattle Aquarium
- Underground Tour
- Gameworks
- Duck Tour of Seattle
- Experience Music Project
- Tillicum Village
- Whale Watching Cruise
- Wild Wave Theme Park
Performance Schedule
- Pre-tour concert
- Lions International Flag Ceremony
- Concert at Plenary Session of Lions International Convention
- Concert for Michigan Lions delegation while in Seattle
- Lions Clubs International Parade
- Seattle Center
- Seattle Aquarium
- Service Concert in Seattle
The price for the 2011 tour is $2,099 per student.
Students are reponsible for payment of their tour fees, and installments are due by the dates listed in the payment schedule. The tour fee covers all transportation, meals, tours and admissions for the entire trip beginning with the pre-tour rehearsal in June. In addition, it covers the cost of the basic travel uniform and souvenir recordings of the band.
Tour fee includes:
All rehearsals meals
Accommodations and meals during 4-day pre-tour band camp at Albion College
Roundtrip transportation
Hotel accommodations while on tour
All tour admissions
All meals and gratuities while on tour
Two travel uniforms (band shirt, shorts and socks)
Payment Schedule:
(coming soon)
Audition Information
Auditions for the 2011 Lions of Michigan All State Band will be held on November 7, 2010. Two ways to try out - in person or with an audition tape. (Please note that percussionists and visual ensemble must try out in person.) Contact us for more information.
Who is Eligible to Audition?
Michigan students who are currently in grades 9 through 12 and members of their local high school band are eligible to audition. Performers may audition on any marching band wind or percussion instrument. Students may also audition for color guard or dance positions. Percussion and visual performers MUST audition in Holt.
Important Information about Auditions
Students on wind instruments will prepare an etude that will be provided when their application is received and a chromatic scale. Students will also perform the concert Ab, Eb, Bb, F and C major scales. Sight-reading may be administered. Taped auditions are permitted.
Percussion auditions will consist of a prepared etude supplied by our percussion instructor, rudiments as appropiate, and sight-reading. It is imperative that students auditioning on percussion try out in person.
Visual/Dance ensemble applicants will be taught short routines and evaluated on the basis of how well they are able to learn them. It's recommended that students who audition for visual ensemble have a background in color guard, but it is not mandatory. Students auditioning for the visual ensemble must try out in peson.
The band staff is seeking a broad range of performance levels. This is not an honors band, and they are seeking individuals at all playing levels. Applicants should not feel threatened by the audition process.
Rehearsal Dates:
January 8, 2011 - Location TBA
April 9-10, 2010 - Cadillac High School
May 21, 2011 - Location TBA
June 28-July 1, 2011 - Albion College (Pre-Tour Camp)