Marching Band
This is the title of this year's marching show.
What is "Sinfonia de Fuego"?
This genre of jazz features pairs of eighth notes in a long-short, long-short pattern.
What is swing?
These are the 3 families of instruments in a standard concert band.
What are woodwinds, brass, and percussion?
Who is Mr. Jones's favorite Star Wars character?
Darth Vader
This is what "DCI" stands for
What is Drum Corps International?
What is "Greatest Showman"?
This jazz musician from Kansas City, is famous for playing Alto Saxophone and inventing the jazz genre of "Be-Bop".
Who is Charlie Parker?
This is the invisible plane that a conductor uses to show the band where the beat is.
What is the ictus?
What is a bulldog?
This is what AIMS stands for
What is Advanced Instrumental Music Studies?
This spooky show was played during the '17-'18 school year.
What is "The Witching Hour"?
This is Mr. Jones's favorite Jazz Ensemble.
Hint: Their band leader is from Kansas City.
Who is the Count Basie Orchestra?
The English Horn belongs to this family of instruments.
What are woodwinds?
What 2 universities did Mr. Morris and Mr. Jones each go to?
Mr. Morris went to Truman State University and Mr. Jones went to Missouri Western State University
In a normal year, this is how many parades the ESHS band participates in.
What is 3?
Homecoming, Holiday, Snake Saturday
This middle eastern style show was played during the '16-'17 school year.
What is "Babylonia"?
Bossa nova, samba and salsa are all styles in this genre of jazz music.
What is Latin?
This is the number of DIFFERENT keys that were featured in "A Christmas Festival" by Leroy Anderson.
What is 5?
Mr. Jones's number of years teaching in Excelsior plus Mr. Morris's number of years teaching in Excelsior equals what number?
Hint: This is INCLUDING this year!
Eight
This is the name of the speaker that will be giving a Leadership Seminar on April 12
Who is Scott Lang?
This is the show ESHS performed during Mr. Jones's first year teaching.
What is "How to Train Your Dragon"?
Who is Miles Davis?
This is how long a dotted sixteenth note would be.
What is 3/8 of a beat?
In college, Mr. Morris traveled to Trinidad & Tobago to play this percussion instrument.
What are the steel drums?
This is the name of the piece of music by John Cage that is just four minutes and thirty-three seconds of silence.
What is 4'33"?