No you do not. Just mail a hard copy of your registration sheet from the online registration page, a copy of your NAfME Card and make sure the check is the correct amount by the deadline. If the amount is not correct, your registration will not be complete. The registration fee is $10.00 per student.

Make the check payable to SCDBA.

Please note: The SCDBA only accepts checks from schools, band boosters or SCDBA member band directors. No checks from parents accepted.

SCDBA All-District Band Auditions
Carrie Lineberger
104 Arden Court
Mount Holly, NC 28120

If you have your school's financial secretary send your hard copy with the registration fees be sure you provide them with the correct mailing address for All-District Auditions. Each SCDBA event occurs at a different location.

Your registration form must be postmarked one month (30 days) prior to auditions. Your registrstion will not be considered complete unless the hard copy you print from the online registration page, a copy of your NAfME card and the audition fees are mailed and postmarked by this date! The online registration will stop accepting registration informationaround 5 PM on the first deadline.

Band Directors can also register students late provided that they registered at least one student by the FIRST registeration deadline. See "Can I add students after the audition registration deadline?' for more information.

Yes, but your school had to register students by the first deadline. See below.

First Deadline: Thirty days prior to event. Students from a school must be registered by this date to register students later. Registration Fee for this deadline is $10.00 for each student.

Second Deadline: After the thirty day deadline up to one week before the auditions. Registration Fee for this deadline is $20.00 for each student.

Final Deadline: Less than one week to auditions to the close of auditions registration (8:45 am) on the day of auditions. Registration Fee for this deadline is $40.00 for each student.

No. You may not substitute another student for that student. See "Can I add students after the registration deadline?"

The students need to be enrolled in a band class that receives one unit of credit. This also means that any student auditioning on String Bass must be registered IN A BAND CLASS.

No, but percussionists may audition on more than one percussion instrument. If a woodwind or brass player auditions on more than one insrtrument, he/she will be disqualified.

No. Each percussion student pays only a $10.00 registration fee (unless the student is registered late, then the fee is either $20.00 or $40.00).

Students at all levels will prepare scales/rudiments and a solo. There will also be sight reading. The specific solos, scales/rudiments and the required ranges for the scales are available for you to download from the gray box at the top of the webpage.

Please note: If a solo for any grade level is a one page solo the student should preapre the entire solo. If the solo is two ore more pages the student should prepare the first page.

At ALL high school grade levels, students may be asked to play them tongued OR slurred. Middle School scales should ALL be tongued. Chromaticscales are slurred for middle and high school grades (except trombone, which are legato tongued). Once again: ALL SCALES ARE MEMORIZED.

Students may use their own copy. We simply provide one to illustrate which section of the solo to play.

Snare and sticks if auditioning for snare, mallets if they are auditioning for mallet percussion and timpani sticks and a pitch pipe if they are auditioning on timpani.

Registration is from 8:00 am to 8:45 am. The Judge's meeting begins at 9:00 am. The auditions will begin as soon as the Judge's meeting ends.

Parents may not register their child, only their SCDBA member Band Director.
DIRECTORS WILL NEED TO BRING THEIR MENC CARD TO AUDITIONS. You will be asked to show your MENC card when you register.

Refreshments will be provided in the cafeteria. Students will be able to purchase food, candy and sodas from the local band booster organization.

Audition order is determined by when you enter your students in the online registration form. The earlier you submit your information, the earlier your students will audition.

Results will be posted on the SCDBA website by Monday morning. There will be a general posting of results that will only include the chair placement, audition number and the school the student attends. For SCDBA member directors, there will be another webpage (password protected) with complete results for all students that auditioned.

Results are also not considered FINAL until the Wednesday after auditions.

Absolutely! We need every member of the district present to assist in judging. This cuts down on the audition time and makes the audition process run smoothly. Please email or call the audition chair to let them know you are coming!

Yes. The cost to participate in the SCDBA All-District Band Clinic is $15.00. As with auditions, only school, band booster and SCDBA member band director checks are accepted.

Each school/director is responsible for arranging the housing and supervision of their students for the entire weekend. More specific information will be made available on the day of auditions.

Yes. We vote on many important issues at the business meeting on Friday afternoon.