!! BANDARAMA !!
Don't miss out on the 50 year celebration of Bandarama this Saturday at Triway High School at 7pm. All Wayne County School Bands will be performing so you won't want to miss out!
all high school bands will gather for a mass rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner!
RHS Band - Wayne Co. Bandarama
Triway High School Stadium
Report to RHS @ 5:00 pmBand Show begins @ 7:00 pm
50th Annual Wayne County Bandarama 7 PM Triway Stadium 50th Anniversary celebration. Performances by all ten Wayne County High School marching bands plus the College of Wooster Marching Band.
High School Bands too perform for the event:
Norwayne Bobcats High School Marching Band
Waynedale Golden Bears High School Marching Band
Chippewa Chipps High School Marching Band
Northwestern Huskies High School Marching Band
Dalton Bulldogs High School Marching Band
Smithville Smithies High School Marching Band
Rittman Indians High School Marching Band
Orrville Red Riders High School Marching Band
Wooster Generals High School Marching Band
Home Band:
Triway Titans High School Marching Band
Guest Band:
Wooster Scots College Marching Band
WAYNE COUNTY BANDARAMA - SATURDAY, SEPT. 19
The Wayne County Bandarama will be held at the stadium starting at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 19. The cost is $6.00 for adults and $4.00 for students.
WOOSTER -- A field planning chart showing "patterns of motion" fills a piece of graph paper with x's and o's and tiny print -- perhaps not a sufficient diagram for moving an army, but complex enough to plot out formation and movement for 10 marching bands.
They will all gather for a mass rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the 50th Wayne County Bandarama, Sept. 19, 7 p.m., at the Triway High School stadium, located at 3205 Shreve Road, Wooster.
Tickets, available only at the gate, will be $6 for adults and $4 for students.
"It's really not a complicated drill," said John Puster, who directs the Triway High School Marching Band and charts the mass formation. Triway High School, centrally located in the county, has been the site of the Wayne County Bandarama for many years.
The basic idea for the collaborative band formation is putting the same number of marchers on each side of the 50-yard line, Puster said, which requires plotting just a few more x's and o's than typically used for a traditional show.
For the Bandarama, Puster also distributes "a little welcome piece of paper for the bands," showing them where they'll sit when not on the field.
Despite the careful preparation, it's not always the well-laid out plans that highlight the annual Wayne County Bandarama, but the unexpected element of surprise.
Bandarama coordinator Gary DeVault, fine arts consultant for Tri-County Educational Service Center, likes to retell the story of the 1969 performance, when the "lights, camera, action" routine was missing the lights.
The key to the light box switch was nowhere to be found, leaving Maurer Field, the site of the show, in total darkness, DeVault said. When the key was recovered and the lights came on, a spectacular sight awaited the crowd.
All 10 bands had amassed on the field, he said, bathed in light and ready for their rendition of the national anthem.
DeVault is ready to add another chapter to a carefully kept scrapbook -- packed with annual newspaper accounts, pictures, recollections and notes from band directors.
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Wayne County Bandarama, the Chippewa, Dalton, Norwayne, Northwestern, Orrville, Rittman, Smithville, Triway, Waynedale and Wooster High School marching bands will take the field to kick off the show. Each band will have the opportunity to perform individually.
Performing as the guest band for the special occasion will be The College of Wooster Scot Marching Band -- the first guest band ever to perform in a Bandarama.
While much has changed since the first Wayne County Bandarama in 1960, much has remained the same, according to DeVault.
Just as they did in 1960, the 10 original bands will gather on the field for the "Star Spangled Banner," a tradition repeated each year of the five decades that have passed since Don Parfitt, fine arts director for Wayne County schools, got the show on the road.
DeVault is especially excited about this historic show.
Like the schools which participate in it, the Bandarama has evolved over the years. In 1960, for example, Shreve had a high school, and the Dalton High School Marching Band was made up entirely of females. The male members of the band played football, according to reminiscences by DeVault.
By 1967, just the county school bands -- minus Wooster's, Orrville's and Rittman's band -- marched in the show. DeVault is excited all 10 bands, showing off their considerable talent, will be back on the field this year.
All 10 Wayne County high school bands also played for the 25th anniversary in 1984, performing together in the finale -- Tschaikovsky's "Overture to 1812."
"I have every script from the Bandarama since 1960," DeVault said. "I'm going to try to weave some of that (commentary) into the script (this year)."
"Bringing back some of the (former) directors is a nice touch," he said.
Ned Brooks, who led Triway's band from 1968-94; Charles Morton, band director in Dalton from 1967-95; and Bill Moss, Smithville's director for 30 years, will all serve as guest conductors for the anniversary show, DeVault said.
All former directors will be recognized at the beginning of the event, he said.
From the 1960s on, Puster said, there have been only three Triway band directors; his predecessors were Donald Carpenter (1960-68) and Brooks (1968-94), whom he enthusiastically welcomes to the Bandarama.
Puster called their attendance at the event "a rare and special opportunity."
The golden anniversary of the Wayne County Bandarama will begin with a catered dinner for all former band directors at Triway High School. Serving as the hostess for the event will be Roberta (Mohan) Newcomer, director of arts education for Wayne County Schools from 1978-90.
Daily Record reporter Elinor Taylor predicted a winner when she wrote about the 1960 Bandarama.
The bands "put on a show that is almost bound to be the first of an annual event if crowd enthusiasm is the determining factor," Taylor said.
High school participants alone will total 657, DeVault said, predicting the bands will be playing to a packed house. "We've had to order some extra bleacher seating. They actually roll."
"We've doubled our number of ticket takers," he said, adding, as they have "all these years," Triway's Fellowship of Christian Athletes will direct parking.
all high school bands will gather for a mass rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner!
RHS Band - Wayne Co. Bandarama
Triway High School Stadium
Report to RHS @ 5:00 pmBand Show begins @ 7:00 pm
50th Annual Wayne County Bandarama 7 PM Triway Stadium 50th Anniversary celebration. Performances by all ten Wayne County High School marching bands plus the College of Wooster Marching Band.
High School Bands too perform for the event:
Norwayne Bobcats High School Marching Band
Waynedale Golden Bears High School Marching Band
Chippewa Chipps High School Marching Band
Northwestern Huskies High School Marching Band
Dalton Bulldogs High School Marching Band
Smithville Smithies High School Marching Band
Rittman Indians High School Marching Band
Orrville Red Riders High School Marching Band
Wooster Generals High School Marching Band
Home Band:
Triway Titans High School Marching Band
Guest Band:
Wooster Scots College Marching Band
WAYNE COUNTY BANDARAMA - SATURDAY, SEPT. 19
The Wayne County Bandarama will be held at the stadium starting at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 19. The cost is $6.00 for adults and $4.00 for students.
WOOSTER -- A field planning chart showing "patterns of motion" fills a piece of graph paper with x's and o's and tiny print -- perhaps not a sufficient diagram for moving an army, but complex enough to plot out formation and movement for 10 marching bands.
They will all gather for a mass rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the 50th Wayne County Bandarama, Sept. 19, 7 p.m., at the Triway High School stadium, located at 3205 Shreve Road, Wooster.
Tickets, available only at the gate, will be $6 for adults and $4 for students.
"It's really not a complicated drill," said John Puster, who directs the Triway High School Marching Band and charts the mass formation. Triway High School, centrally located in the county, has been the site of the Wayne County Bandarama for many years.
The basic idea for the collaborative band formation is putting the same number of marchers on each side of the 50-yard line, Puster said, which requires plotting just a few more x's and o's than typically used for a traditional show.
For the Bandarama, Puster also distributes "a little welcome piece of paper for the bands," showing them where they'll sit when not on the field.
Despite the careful preparation, it's not always the well-laid out plans that highlight the annual Wayne County Bandarama, but the unexpected element of surprise.
Bandarama coordinator Gary DeVault, fine arts consultant for Tri-County Educational Service Center, likes to retell the story of the 1969 performance, when the "lights, camera, action" routine was missing the lights.
The key to the light box switch was nowhere to be found, leaving Maurer Field, the site of the show, in total darkness, DeVault said. When the key was recovered and the lights came on, a spectacular sight awaited the crowd.
All 10 bands had amassed on the field, he said, bathed in light and ready for their rendition of the national anthem.
DeVault is ready to add another chapter to a carefully kept scrapbook -- packed with annual newspaper accounts, pictures, recollections and notes from band directors.
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Wayne County Bandarama, the Chippewa, Dalton, Norwayne, Northwestern, Orrville, Rittman, Smithville, Triway, Waynedale and Wooster High School marching bands will take the field to kick off the show. Each band will have the opportunity to perform individually.
Performing as the guest band for the special occasion will be The College of Wooster Scot Marching Band -- the first guest band ever to perform in a Bandarama.
While much has changed since the first Wayne County Bandarama in 1960, much has remained the same, according to DeVault.
Just as they did in 1960, the 10 original bands will gather on the field for the "Star Spangled Banner," a tradition repeated each year of the five decades that have passed since Don Parfitt, fine arts director for Wayne County schools, got the show on the road.
DeVault is especially excited about this historic show.
Like the schools which participate in it, the Bandarama has evolved over the years. In 1960, for example, Shreve had a high school, and the Dalton High School Marching Band was made up entirely of females. The male members of the band played football, according to reminiscences by DeVault.
By 1967, just the county school bands -- minus Wooster's, Orrville's and Rittman's band -- marched in the show. DeVault is excited all 10 bands, showing off their considerable talent, will be back on the field this year.
All 10 Wayne County high school bands also played for the 25th anniversary in 1984, performing together in the finale -- Tschaikovsky's "Overture to 1812."
"I have every script from the Bandarama since 1960," DeVault said. "I'm going to try to weave some of that (commentary) into the script (this year)."
"Bringing back some of the (former) directors is a nice touch," he said.
Ned Brooks, who led Triway's band from 1968-94; Charles Morton, band director in Dalton from 1967-95; and Bill Moss, Smithville's director for 30 years, will all serve as guest conductors for the anniversary show, DeVault said.
All former directors will be recognized at the beginning of the event, he said.
From the 1960s on, Puster said, there have been only three Triway band directors; his predecessors were Donald Carpenter (1960-68) and Brooks (1968-94), whom he enthusiastically welcomes to the Bandarama.
Puster called their attendance at the event "a rare and special opportunity."
The golden anniversary of the Wayne County Bandarama will begin with a catered dinner for all former band directors at Triway High School. Serving as the hostess for the event will be Roberta (Mohan) Newcomer, director of arts education for Wayne County Schools from 1978-90.
Daily Record reporter Elinor Taylor predicted a winner when she wrote about the 1960 Bandarama.
The bands "put on a show that is almost bound to be the first of an annual event if crowd enthusiasm is the determining factor," Taylor said.
High school participants alone will total 657, DeVault said, predicting the bands will be playing to a packed house. "We've had to order some extra bleacher seating. They actually roll."
"We've doubled our number of ticket takers," he said, adding, as they have "all these years," Triway's Fellowship of Christian Athletes will direct parking.
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