Band camp starts Sunday, August 17! Please check your mail in mid-July for a packet with information regarding band camp.
In this packet you will receive the following forms:
-band camp registration/housing form
-order form
-medical form/liability form
-band camp survival tips
-band camp welcome letter
If you do not receive anything in the mail, don't worry! You can download all of the forms directly off of our website. All forms need to be received in the band office by Friday, August 1
Marching Band Invitation Letter
Drumline
The drumline was auditioned and set back in the Spring. However, we always enjoy meeting new people and new talent and would like to talk with you about your involvement for the following season. Please contact us via drumline@niu.edu to set up a private lesson for immediate feedback on your skills.
If you have not already registered for the Huskie Marching Band as a class, sign up as soon as possible.
Fill out the housing/order form for uniform parts, such as spats or marching shoes, and the medical form. Submit to the Huskie Band office before August 1.
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 housing/order 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. 17 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 August 1, 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. 17. 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!
If you need to check out a university instrument, they will be available starting at 5:00pm. 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!
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.
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 also need to provide a pair of white spats to be worn with the uniform. You are welcome to purchase these yourself, or through the Huskie Marching Band using the housing/order form. This form must be received at the band office by August 1 for priority consideration.