The 2021-2022 university calendar year has only been in session for about two months, but the Sapulpa Significant Faculty marching band has been operating tough due to the fact mid-July, making ready for a 50 %-time demonstrate like no other. This calendar year, band director Whitney Yokum required a show that was exciting, distinctive and something to preserve the student’s spirits up following a rough 2020-2021 university calendar year. She, together with Kevin Mazarko, Jason Reznicek, and many guidance personnel and volunteers have put jointly a fifty percent-time present dependent on the children’s board game “Candyland.”
Yokum states to be all set to see heaps of shiny colours and enjoyable props along with upbeat audio. She desires the pupils to have pleasurable with this year’s clearly show. “We are coming off a rough 12 months and we desired the learners to have a demonstrate they could have exciting with, be very pleased of and probably even deliver again some childhood recollections.”
Since the demonstrate is centered on the board sport “Candyland,” there will be plenty of pleasurable, twists and turns, and dazzling colours from the color guard and the prop crew. There are a complete of 4 music for this exhibit, such as “Candide” by Leonard Bernstein, “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” by Tchaikovsky, “Sugar Pie Honey Bunch” by the 4 Tops, and “I Want Candy” by Aaron Carter. There is sure to be one thing for all people. Tenth-grade flute participant, Copeland Cantrell, suggests he is “giddy” about the present, “I appreciate what I do!”
Yokum hopes that with the aid of Mozarko, Reznicek, the drill writers, prop designers, music writers, coloration guard director, techs, student teachers, 19 college student leaders, along with Band Secretary Shannon Groves and the booster club, she can bring the local community with each other and have a band of which Sapulpa can be happy. She says that she desires the neighborhood to “not just be proud of the band we used to be, but of who we are now.”
Drum Major Riley Groves suggests, “Everyone is performing tricky and this will be like nothing everyone has at any time seen before!” There are at this time about 120 students enrolled in marching band. These pupils have previously been performing difficult with 3 months of band camp from 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. just before school began. Now that college has begun, these students begin working towards on the discipline at 7:00 a.m. and complete about 8:45, and however have a total day of university forward of them. At the time a 7 days they have another exercise for about 3 several hours right after school. This is not only in planning for Friday night time marching, but to support get the crowd completely ready for pep rallies, to march in the Homecoming and Xmas parades, and to compete in 6 contests, together with 1 that Sapulpa will host later on this 12 months. Then, right after marching period is more than, they commence to prepare for live performance and jazz bands. These learners get the job done really tricky but have formed their possess community—even a spouse and children. Shade Guard Captain Allyson Johnson states, “Everyone is close friends in band, we don’t have a ton of drama and I can be myself.”
Band can be an highly-priced exercise in which to take part. They have bills that go beyond shelling out for their instruments–they also have to shell out for uniforms and trips, this kind of as their vacation to the Alamo Bowl Parade in San Antonio in December. They hold fundraisers just about year-spherical to make all of this possible. Yokum says the classes they study will be applicable extensive just after they graduate higher faculty. “Our band community is here to educate young children to be good grown ups,” she states. “Something they can acquire with them for the relaxation of their life.”
If you would like to assist with fundraising make sure you speak to Shannon Groves at [email protected]