Urbana High School Colorguard: March 2012

Staff Members

Katelyn Wolf:

Born and raised Frederick native comes to join the program as the Colorguard Caption Head in the Fall of 2011. She began her career in colorguard at Thomas Johnson High School. She participated in Marching Band all 4 years and has experience on Flag, Rifle and Sabre. After graduating from high school she pursued a degree in Elementary Education from Salisbury Universityy. In Salisbury she taught colorguard at James M. Bennett High School and Laurel High School in Delaware. During the summer of 2009 she also marched with the Reading Buccaneers Drum and Bugle Corps.After graduating with a degree in Education, Katelyn returned back to Frederick where she brought into the world a beautiful baby girl named Lillian Rose on April 21st, 2011. She brings a wealth of knowledge to the program and we are very excited to have her join our program.

Matthew Stoops:

Matt comes to the Urbana High School program with a wealth
of knowledge and experience in the marching arts. He is a graduate of Greencastle-Antrim High School in 1997. He furthered his education at Hagerstown Business College where he studied Music and Business. Over the course of his career he has worked at several schools such as Chambersburg,North Hagerstown, Redland and Littlestown. Currently he has settled
in at Mussleman High School, Keyser High School and Allegany High School. He has won many awards and championships with these three groups. In 2012 he took
Mussleman to their first ever win at the WGI Pittsburg Regional in the Scholastic Regional A Class. We are very
excited to have Matt come on as part of the staff and look forward to the many great things he will bring to the program.

Daniel Krasner:

Meet Daniel Krasner! A 2011 graduate of Urbana High School, Daniel currently attends Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, but when he comes home to Frederick, he serves as a staff member to the Urbana Colorguard program.
Prompted by friends in his sophomore year of high school, Daniel spun his first season as a featured soloist in Urbana’s 2009 show “In That Moment” through KIDA. That summer, he also performed in the show “Illumination,” for which the
band, overall, took 3rd place in USSBA Group 3 competition, and the guard took 2nd. Over the next two years Daniel spun in the shows “Fate” and “Seven”, where Daniel became Captain of the growing program. His high school career was topped with winning his first KIDA Championship in 2011 with the show “18th Floor Balcony”. Now at Hampshire, Daniel is suffering from guard withdrawal and intends to start his own program, march with UMass Amherst, or aim high and try his luck at Blessed Sacrament next year. Knowledgeable in flag and rifle, Daniel is a novice at writing work but approaches colorguard – from every angle – with eagerness and passion. With a critical eye and an open-mind, Daniel wants to push the kids to their fullest potential and help them realize their confident performer within.

Bianca Rodriquez:

Bianca comes
to the program as the current Wood Wind Tech. She has always had a love for dance and danced for 15 years with the Takoma Dance Academy and Suto Dance Studios. There she studied pointe, tap and jazz. She is an alum of Urbana High
School and has worked for the music program since 2007 where she gets to share her talent of piano, clarinet and bass clarinet. All of which she has played for over 17 years. Currently she works are Music and Arts in Frederick and is studying to become a Speech Pathologist. Her knowledge of music and dance has led her to become the Dance Tech for the colorguard program.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

ATTENTION: CHANGES FOR THIS WEEK

To all guard members and their parents there have been a few changes to this week. All practices this week will be held at the high school in the aux gym. Saturday we will be helping TJ onto the floor. Please be aware that UHS needs to provide drinks and fruit for our feast on Saturday. See you all this week!

Monday, March 26, 2012

Outdoor begins April 24th :-)

Please start to share this with your friends at school! This is going to be a very exciting year for Marching Band and Colorguard!

Keys Summer Fundraiser 2012

Keys Summer Fundraiser

For those of you looking to work on PBB this summer please take a look at the Keys Fundraiser. This is a great way to work on those fee's. Please be aware that most fee's may increase this year!

2011-2012 Band Calender

2011-2012 Band Calender

Located here is the updated calender that will take you all the way through July 2012. This is the calender for the whole music department so please be sure to look over this carefully to find what you need. Fundraisers for the Keys will be posted once the schedule is finalized.

Championships Itinerary

KIDA Championship Indoor Guard Show Day Itinerary

11:15 am-Arrive at TJ HIGH SCHOOL

11:30 am-2:30 pm-Full Ensemble rehearsal with TJ’s color guard

2:30 pm-3 pm – Eat Lunch – TJ families will provide subs and veggies, Urbana families to provide drinks and fruit for 30 people

3 pm to 3:50 pm-Prepare to leave

4 pm-Depart TJHS for Farm Show

5:15 pm-Arrive at Farm Show

5:30 pm-To designated area to fix hair/makeup and stretch

6:24 pm-Body warm-up

6:40 pm-Travel

6:45 pm-Equipment warm-up

6:53 pm-Staging

7:01 pm-Best Performance of the Season!!

7:15 pm-Pack up equipment

7:30 pm-Visit concessions

8:10 pm-Back in stands for final performances

9:35 pm-Awards

10:30 pm-Depart for home

12 am-Drop off TJ students

12:15 am-Approximate arrival back at UHS

Friday, March 23, 2012

Welcome

Welcome to the brand new Urbana High School Colorguard Blog. Currently the 14 members of the Mighty Hawk Colorguard are preparing to finish out the 2012 indoor season with competitions at Red Land High School and Championships at the Farm Complex in Harrisburg. This page will be used to house useful information for the students involved in the unit. As always for any questions or concerns please contact Katelyn Wolf (Katelyn.Wolf [at] fcps.org) or Eric Trio (Eric.Trio [at] fcps.org).

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