Band Camp
Marching Band Invitation Letter
Band camp starts Sunday, August 19th! Please check your mail in mid-July for a letter with information regarding band camp. This year, we ask that you please fill out all forms from the website and submit them online. You will no longer be receiving these forms with your mailing. Please print off and send in the following forms:
- Confidential Medical Form
- Personal Assumption of Risk Form
- Uniform Accessory Order Form and Payment
All forms and payment need to be received in the band office by Thursday, July 26th, 2012.
Drumline
Drumline auditions will be held on April 28th, 2012. There will be two clinic dates over the summer to help prepare for the 2012 season. Drumline clinic will be March 10, 2012, 9am - 5pm. Both clinics will be from 9am - 5pm in the music building. Please contact us via drumline@niu.edu to set up a private lesson for immediate feedback on your skills.
Register
If you have not already registered for the Huskie Marching Band as a class, sign up as soon as possible.
- Woodwind, brass and percussion players - enroll for MUSE 335, Section 1.
- Colorguard and Silverettes will be automatically enrolled.
Forms are due Thursday, July 26th
Fill out the uniform accessory order form for uniform parts, such as hats or marching shoes, and the medical forms. Submit these forms to the Huskie Band office before July 26th.
Housing
NIU Residence Halls: To check into your residence hall at the start of camp, you must be registered for marching band as a class (see above) and you must notify the marching band office using the 2012 Member Registration Form. Once you have completed BOTH steps, you will be placed on a list for early check-in at no cost to you. You may check into your residence hall on Sunday, Aug. 19th from 2–5pm. Contact the Huskie Marching Band office at (815) 753-1042 or via e-mail at band@niu.edu if you have questions. If you do not turn in the housing form by July 26th, you will be charged a per day early move-in fee.
Off Campus: Make arrangements with your landlord to move in on or before Aug. 19. Band camp starts that evening, so please take care of your moving arrangements so you are ready for rehearsal that night. Get confirmation from your landlord in writing that you will be able to move in as specified to avoid last minute complications.
Meals
The Huskie Marching Band will provide evening meals for the band on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday night. You are on your own for breakfast and lunch. All campus dorm rooms come equipped with refrigerators and microwave ovens. Residence Hall meal plans are not active until the Thursday of band camp, so plan ahead!
Instruments and Lockers
If you need to check out a university instrument, they will be available starting at 5:30pm. Storage lockers for instruments will be available during regular business hours from the large ensemble office for a small fee. NIU can ONLY provide sousaphones, marching baritones, mellophones, and a few tenor saxophones. Members should provide all other instruments. Once you are registered for marching band as a class, you can contact the band office (see above) to check out an instrument during the summer so you can start practicing!
Bring your summer uniform!
We have several performances during band camp. It is going to be hot, so rather than wear our entire uniform, we are going to perform in our summer uniform. We provide you with one (free) Huskie Marching Band t-shirt. YOU provide a pair of shorts, in some light shade of khaki, brown or tan.
Marching Band uniform
All members of the woodwind, brass and percussion section need to provide their own pair of black, MTX marching shoes as part of our marching band uniform. You are welcome to purchase these yourself, or through the Huskie Marching Band using the Uniform Accessory Order Form. This form must be received at the band office by July 26th for priority consideration.