COPIAH MARCHING FESTIVAL Dear Directors, The start of the school is fast approaching! Hope your summer break has been enjoyable. The CA Marching Festival is fast approaching and we are very excited. We have been busy planning and hopefully are almost set. We wanted to remind you to please get your entry forms in ASAP to assure your spot in the line up and to help us finalize our list of trophies, food, bus parking, etc. As you know we have a lot of students, parents, grandparents, and you on campus that day and we want you to be pleased and have the best of our facilities and hospitality. We are looking forward to seeing you and your band. We will of course have our hospitality room for you and your assistants. We have plenty of security and parents ready to assist you upon your arrival along with 4 wheelers and trailers to assist you in getting your equipment on and off the field. Our concession stand will be loaded once again and we hope you plan to eat with us that day to help us with our expenses. The categories that are judged include: Band, Drum Major, Percussion, Guard, Majorette and Dance Line. Trophies are given out to each of these categories including Best Band in Class, Best Drum Major in Class, Best Percussion in Class, Best Guard in Class, Best Majorette in Class, Best Dance Line in Class, and the Best Band of the Day. Classes are broken down by horn line size: A 1-25 AA 26-45 AAA 46-70 AAAA 71- up If you don t wish to be judged you can come for comments only. This will be our thirty-first year of hosting this marching festival and our sixth year of having public schools in our festival. There will be only 20-23 entries allowed to participate so please send in your entry forms ASAP. This is a sanctioned event and a letter from the MHSAA office is enclosed in this letter. We are very appreciative of Dr. Proctor letting us again compete between the public and private school so come and join us just 30 miles south of Jackson on I-55.
Judges have also been retained and they are: BAND: DAVID DUEITT - MISS. GULF COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE JAMES BAILEY - HOLMES COMMUNITY COLLEGE CHRIS TATE - FORREST CITY, ARKANSAS DRUM MAJOR: DAVID WHITE - MADISON, MS PERCUSSION: DR. JASON BAKER - MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY GUARD, MAJORETTE, DANCE LINE: JOY HAWKINS - PEARL,MS If you have any questions about this festival, please contact me at home 601-892-3359/ cell 601-953-2224. School fax number is 601-892-6222. School phone is 601-892-3770. You may fax your entry form and information sheet and then send your check later if you wish or mail it to 102 Brentwood Dr. Crystal Springs, Ms 39059 DEADLINE FOR ENTRY IS AUGUST 29TH Schools that participated last year were: JACKSON ACADEMY, BAILEY MAGNET, CANTON ACADEMY, WINGFIELD, LOYD STAR, ETHEL, LAWRENCE CO., HAZLEHURST, STARKVILLE ACADEMY, NORTH PIKE, RAYMOND, FOREST HILL, CALLAWAY, BROOKHAVEN, NATCHEZ, McCOMB, PROVINE, TERRY, MURRAH, JIM HILL, AND WARREN CENTRAL Several schools have already have called to say they are going to participate. Please call or get your entry form in today or as soon as you can. Address: Copiah Academy P.O. Box 125 Gallman, Ms 39059 Thank you, Kenneth Jolly Copiah Academy Band Director Janice Jolly Festival Chairman
COPIAH MARCHING FESTIVAL BAND: BAND DIRECTOR: ASSISTANTS: DRUM MAJOR: THEME OF SHOW: SELECTIONS: 1. 2. 3. 4.
31 st ANNUAL COPIAH MARCHING FESTIVAL OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM SEPTEMBER 27, 2008 NAME OF SCHOOL DIRECTOR(S) ADDRESS ZIP CODE BAND HALL PHONE SCHOOL PHONE BAND HALL FAX: SCHOOL FAX BAND DIRECTOR S CELL PHONE (This is very much needed) E-MAIL ADDRESS BEST TIME I CAN CALL YOU AT SCHOOL NUMBER OF STUDENT S IN THE HORN LINE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENT S IN THE BAND
In addition to your band, please check any units you wish to have adjudicated. You may also elect to have comments only (CO) on any of these units. Drum Major Percussion Dance line Guard Majorette Entry fee for each band will be $125.00. Please make checks payable to the Copiah Academy Band. Only 20-23 spaces will be available this year, so send your entry form in ASAP. Please send this entry form to the address below or fax it by AUGUST 29, 2008 Kenneth & Janice Jolly 102 Brentwood Crystal Springs, Ms 39059 601-892-3770 School 601-892-3359 Home 601-953-2224 Cell Fax: 601-892-6222