Mighty Knight Invitational

2008 Ardrey Kell HS

Mighty Knight Invitational

The Invitational was a huge success! Special thanks to all who attended and to all who helped run things behind the scenes!

You can view a recap here.

See you all next year!!!

ADJUDICATION CAPTIONS

We will not be using the State sheets, but will have sheets that follow both the NCBA and BOA sheets / categories in the following captions:

GE Music, GE Visual, Ensemble Music, Ensemble Visual, Percussion, Auxiliary, Drum Major

Overall score will be calculated by the following (ties will be broken by the overall music score):

Ensemble Music - 30% Ensemble Visual - 20%

GE Music - 30% GE Visual - 20%

Judges:

Ensemble Music - Rebecca Phillips - Associate Director of Bands at the University of South Carolina
GE Music - Edrick Rhodes - Band Director at West Boca HS (Boca Raton, FL)

Ensemble Visual - Joe Gulledge - Band Director at Rock Hill HS (Rock Hill, SC)
GE Visual - Sue Nicholson - retired band director - judges visual for FFJA and WGI

Perc - Michael Skellet - judges perc for FFJA and SCBDA
Guard - Jeff Cobbs - judges guard for NCBA

Drum Majors - Randi Shane - former drum major for the University of Miami

Please click here to download an application ---> 2008 Invitational Application

Dear Director of Bands,

You are cordially invited to participate in our 1st annual Mighty Knight Invitational. This event will take place on Saturday, October 18, 2008 in the brand new synthetic turf field stadium on the campus of Ardrey Kell High School. Ardrey Kell HS is conveniently located in Southern Charlotte, just minutes away from I-485, I-85, and I-77.

Even though this is our first year running a show at Ardrey Kell, I have previous experience running a marching band show at my former school. We hosted over 20 bands each year and the show was always a great success!!!

The Mighty Knight Invitational will be an early day show finishing somewhere around 3:00pm, so bands will be able to “double-up” and attend an evening show as well if they so wish. In addition to the competition, we will also be offering an Evaluation-only division, which will evaluate your Band only with the caption and overall ratings, not scores or placements. This class is ideal for the non-competitive Band.

Our adjudicators will provide valuable comments for both you and your students, as they possess many years of adjudicator experience in numerous states including FL, GA, NC, and SC. We will also hold a post-competition critique where you and your staff can meet with the judges and discuss their reactions to your performance in person.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any additional questions or if there is anything that I can do to help make your marching season successful.

Sincerely,

Larry Shane

REGISTRATION

Please mail the Registration Form (click this link) along with a non-refundable $50 registration fee to:

Ardrey Kell HS

Attn: Larry Shane, Band Director

10220 Ardrey Kell Road

Charlotte, NC 28277

The deadline for registration is Sept. 26th. A package of additional info containing rules, directions, performance times, and a Band Bio request for our program will be sent out after we receive your registration info.

If you have any questions, please contact:

Larry Shane, Band Director

Ardrey Kell HS

Phone: (980) 343-1378

Fax: (980) 343-0862

Email: Larry.Shane@cms.k12.nc.us

(The total number of winds will determine each bands classification - these numbers may be adjusted)

· “Superior Rating” Trophy to be presented in the following areas: Music, Visual, General Effect, Percussion, Auxiliary, and Drum Majors

· “Best In Class” Trophy to be presented in each class for: Music, Visual, General Effect, Brass, Woodwinds, Percussion, Auxiliary, and Drum Majors

· Grand Champion, 1st Runner Up, & 2nd Runner Up Trophy presented to the three highest scoring bands regardless of class