MPMEA High School Solo & Ensemble Contest
Dear performers, teachers, parents and
accompanists:
Welcome to Cascade High School for
this year's MPMEA Solo and Ensemble Contest. We want you to have a
valuable educational experience with a minimum of distractions.
Please keep the following items in mind as you prepare for the contest:
Before you leave your home on Saturday
to travel to Cascade (see
directions below), be sure you have:
1. Your instrument (including extra
reeds, mouthpiece, drumsticks, etc.)
2. Your instrument case labeled with your name and school
3. Your own music labeled with your name and school
4. One Original of your music for the judge labeled with your
name and school
5. The scheduled time and room number for your performance
6. Money for refreshments, if desired
Certificates and judge's copies of
your music will NOT be available immediately following individual
performances. These items will be made available to the band
directors only at the end of the festival or they will be mailed to
participating band directors the next week. Directors, please
check with the office staff before you leave for the day.
Please do not run, jump, or throw
things anywhere on the Cascade High School campus.
You may enter a performance room only
BETWEEN performances. This is proper contest
etiquette and must be enforced by all teachers and parents. Please
make sure that while your are in the hallways you are very quite.
If is very distracting to play while someone is screaming outside the
door. Remember, we want everyone to have a chance to do their
best. Please be respectful and aware of the people and
performances around you.
Photocopiers will not be available at
Cascade High School for your use on contest day. Be sure to make
any copies needed before you arrive at the school.
There are two locations where you may
play your instrument: the Cafeteria and your Performance Room.
Every other place is a "quite zone." DO NOT PLAY IN THE
HALLWAYS. You may warm up in the Cafeteria.
The Cafeteria and performance areas
will be open at 7:30 a.m. and close at 5:00 p.m. You may keep your
coat and case in the cafeteria but please do not bring valuables or
large amounts of money.
You are responsible for the safety of
you items. Cascade High School, MPMEA, and the Everett Public
Schools assume no responsibility for any damage or loss of instruments.
Cascade High School band members will
be present on the day of the contest to help you. They will be
wearing bright and colorful name tags that will help identify them.
Please feel free to ask them for help.
Welcome to Cascade High School and
best wishes for a great performance.
Patty Baugh & Laurie Cappello -
Festival Coordinators
DIRECTIONS TO CASCADE HIGH
SCHOOL
801 East Casino Road
Everett, WA 98203
Get onto I-5 from either the
North or South (from Sultan, Monroe or Snohomish take Highway 2 to I-5).
Merge onto WA-526 via exit 189
toward Mukilteo / Whidbey Island Ferry.
Exit at the first off-ramp to
Evergreen Way and stay in the left-hand lane.
At the signal turn Left onto
Evergreen Way and stay in the left-hand lane.
Turn Left at the second signal,
Casino Road.
Proceed under the bridge
(freeway) and the school will be on your left.
Enter the school through the main
entrance and park anywhere in the lot.
Enter the building through the
entrance next to the statue of the bear.
