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Tallcorn Jazz Festival / Indianola Jazz Encounter – Fri. 2/19 and Sat. 2/20

Friday, 2/19/10

6:30 AM – Load Bus
7:00 AM – Leave for Cedar Falls – We will make 1 rest stop about 9:30 AM
12:00 PM – Arrive in Cedar Falls / Lunch at fast food establishment
12:45 PM – Leave for UNI Campus
1:00 PM – Arrive at Begnston Hall (jazz 1) and Davis Hall (jazz Too) – Unload Equipment into home rooms and get dressed into full jazz uniforms.
2:40 PM – Jazz Too warm up
3:05 PM – Jazz Too performance in Davis Hall
3:30 PM – Jazz Too clinic
4:00 PM – Jazz I warm up
4:30 PM – Jazz I performance in Begnston Hall
5:00 PM – Jazz I clinic
5:30 PM – Watch UNI Jazz Panthers
6:00 PM – Awards
6:45 PM – Load bus and change out of uniform
7:15 PM – Stop for dinner at fast food establishment
8:00 PM – Leave for Des Moines
10:15 PM – Arrive at the Hampton Inn Des Moines –  Hampton Inn Des Moines Airport - (515) 287-7300       
     5001 Fleur Drive  Des Moines, Iowa 50321

10:20 PM – Check into hotel and go to rooms for night.

 Saturday, 2/20/10

6:30 AM – 7:20 AM – Free breakfast at hotel
7:20 AM – Room check out and load bus
7:35 AM – Leave for Indianola High School
8:00 AM – Arrive at Indianola High School – Check in, unload, and setup equipment.
9:40 AM – Jazz Too warm up
10:05 AM – Jazz Too performance in east gym
10:30 AM – Jazz Too clinic
11:00 AM – Lunch at Indianola Concessions
12:00 PM – Watch Missouri Western Performance
1:10 PM – Jazz I warm up
1:35 PM – Jazz I performance in center I
2:00 PM – Jazz I clinic
2:30 PM – Load all equipment onto bus
3:00 PM – Leave for home (stop for dinner on way)
6:45 PM – Arrive at home


-    Double check before we leave that you have all equipment, instruments, uniforms, music, mutes, etc.


JAZZ

Sioux City North High School has earned a reputation as one of the finest instrumental music programs in the state of Iowa. Under the direction of retired band director Larry Kisor, North High Jazz I has won the Iowa 4A Jazz Championships twelve times with six second place finishes – a record unmatched in the history of the event. The band was also selected to play in New York City at the 2006 Essentially Ellington youth jazz program. That is the highest honor that a high school jazz band can achieve. Other jazz band achievements include: playing at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, the IAJE Convention, and at the Midwest Music Convention in Chicago.

The North High Jazz studies program includes two jazz bands. Auditions are held in the fall and students begin rehearsing after the conclusion of the marching band season. Jazz I and Jazz Too both rehearse daily from 6:30 to 7:50 AM. Jazz I may also rehearse on selected Saturdays. The jazz bands perform at school concerts, a jazz concert, and compete in a variety of jazz festivals. They may also perform at a variety of community events. Jazz I is under the direction of Kevin Massey, with Jazz Too under the direction of Mark Henderson.

Click here for Jazz Band Schedule of Events