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The Concert Band is the main training ensemble in the band department at Abraham Lincoln High School. It is open to all students who play wind and percussion instruments in grades 9-12. Students who register for this course must perform in marching band, concert band and pep band. This course meets first hour every day and has required early morning rehearsals during the marching season. The performance schedule includes all football games, some home basketball games, three concerts, pep assemblies, fall parades, community service concerts, state marching contest in the fall and large group contest in the spring. In past years the group has taken a trip to another part of the country. Each student must be a part of this ensemble to be eligible for membership in All-State, Honor Bands, and State Contests. The concert band has received Division I ratings each of the past five years at the Iowa High School Music Association Concert Band Contest.
The concert band also won the Sweepstakes Award as the outstanding band program represented at the Heritage Band Festival in Chicago, Illinois, in April of 2000 and 2002. The Concert Band has also traveled to Colorado Springs in 2004 and Chicago, Illinois in 2006 where the band received Division I ratings in the Concert Band competition sponsored by Heritage Band Festival. Past All State Band Members have included the following students:
The Marching Band is part of the main training ensemble in the band department at Abraham Lincoln High School. In order to participate in concert band all students must participate in marching band. It is open to all students who play wind and percussion instruments in grades 9-12. Students who register for this course must perform in marching band, concert band and pep band. This course meets first hour every day and has required early morning rehearsals during the marching season. The performance schedule includes all football games, some home basketball games and wrestling matches, three concerts, pep assemblies, fall parades, community service concerts, and state marching contest in the fall. In past years the group has taken a trip to another part of the country. Each student must be a part of this ensemble to be eligible for membership in All-State, Honor Bands, and State Contests. The Marching Band has a summer band camp to prepare for the upcoming fall schedule AWARDS and ACCOMPLISHMENTS for the MARCHING LYNX
A schedule of pep band performances will be posted in the fall so that work schedules and personal schedules can be cleared. Each student enrolled in the jazz band class is required to attend pep band performances. These set performances will be part of the required jazz band activities. Students need to report to pep band performances at 6:00 PM and will stay until the end of the varsity game or at the director’s discretion. Pep band performances are limited to no more than one performance per week. Occasionally, pep band performances take place at pep rallies during the school day. All jazz band students are required to participate in these also. These are very limited in number, usually no more than one pep assembly per grading period. The pep band plays a wide variety of music from class rock and roll to jazz and the group has been quite popular with the student body and audience members. Jazz band is available for all students through audition only and instrumentation is at the discretion of the director. All participants must be members of the concert/marching band program in order to audition. Rehearsal is held during the school day as a jazz band class. The group is quite active throughout the year in various competitions and contests. The Jazz Band competes in 2-3 contests each year and participates in several concerts during the year. The Jazz Band also performs as the pep band for high school winter athletic events. Auditions for this group are held at any time there are positions open in the jazz band. Rules regarding attendance, tardiness to rehearsal and performance are established each year and followed closely. This group also participates in concerts, contests and other performance opportunities. The jazz program at Abraham Lincoln High School is the host site for two jazz band contests each year. The first being the Iowa High School Music Association Jazz Band and Swing Choir Contest held in January and the Bluffs Jazz Festival in February. Interested parties should contact Dr. Terry Hanzlik at thanzlik@cbcsd.org if they wish to participate in these one-day festivals. Dress code for the jazz band: Students are required to buy brown dress shoes, dark socks and a brown belt. The school provides khaki pants and a shirt to wear. Jazz Band I accomplishments for the 2005-2006 school year include the following:
Jazz Band II accomplishments for the 2005-2006 school year include the following:
Concert Band | Marching Band | Pep Band | Jazz Band | Flag Corps | Drum Majors
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