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        Cary Town Band
        715 Madison Avenue
        Cary, NC 27513



Cary Town Band - Advisory Council

Band Director Stuart Holoman
Phone 919-847-8806
Administration Nancy Colegrove
Publicity Newt MacCormack
Librarian Scott Stupak
Assistant Conductor Yoshi Nakamura
Assistant Conductor William Hiltenbrand
Uniforms Manager Dave Brook
Percussion Equipment Manager Cindy Sinkez
Historian Jim Hammerle
Facebook Administrator Kristine Sullivan
Webmaster Stuart Holoman

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Equipment Handling (Roadie) Assignments

In general, band members are responsible for handling their own instruments and music stands. In adddition, for the band to operate effectively, there are a large number of "ROADIE" activities that must be accomplished prior to and after rehearsals and concerts. The following tables list such activities, when they occur, and the members or member instrument sections generally assigned to aid in such roadie work. In each section there is a designated section Roadie Coordinator who should be responsible for assuring that section assignments are accomplished. Coordinators should encourage the first section members who arrive at an event to take care the assigned pre-event roadie activities.

Auxilliary and percussion equipment needs to be moved from the equipment storage space (currently the Band Van) to the rehearsal/performance area and back after the event. The exact list of such equipment is dependent on the music being rehearsed/peformed and the venue of the event. In general, such "ROADIE" assistance is again the responsibility of all members collectively.

Music collection after concerts or events is also the responsibility of the section Roadie Coordinator. Immediately after an event, each member should gather their music distributed for the event, both played and unplayed, place it in the corresponding concert folder and pass the complete concert folder to the section Roadie Coordinator, who will gather all such folders and pass them to the music librarian.

By Activity:

Activity When Who
Chairs Prior to rehearsal/concert - set up All members, generally first arrivals
Chairs After a rehearsal/concert - clean up Each member who used the chair
Large Percussion Equipment   As suggested/directed by Percussion Equipment Manager
(PEM) Specifically:
Percussion Music Stands Before and after rehearsals/concerts Clarinet Section
Bass Drum and stand Before and after rehearsals/concerts Trumpet Section (Backup - Tuba Section)
Tympani As needed (ask PEM) Trumpet Section (Backup - Tuba Section)
Cymbals and stand Before and after rehearsals/concerts French Horn Section
Bells and stand Before and after rehearsals/concerts Euphonium Section
Xylophone As needed (ask PEM) Oboe (Backup - Clarinet Section)
Temple blocks and stand As needed (ask PEM) Flute Section
Snare Drum and Stand Before and after rehearsals/concerts Trombone Section
All other percussion equipment Before and after rehearsals/concerts Percussion Section (who may ask for specific help)
Auxillary Equipment   As indicated by Director
Stand Banners Before and after all concerts FluteSection (Backup - Piccolo)
Music clips, clothes pins Before and after all outdoor concerts FluteSection (Backup - Piccolo)
Music stand battery lights Before and after evening outdoor concerts Euphonium Section
Flag(s) and stand(s) Before and after concerts Trombone Section
Conductor podium Before and after concerts Clarinet Section
Uniform parts for Substitutes Issue - after rehearsals,
Collect - after concert
Uniforms Manager
Music - from/to all members Issue - before rehearsals
Collect - after concert
Librarian
Section Roadie Coordinators/Librarian

By Member/Section:

Who Activity When
All members (generally first arrivals) Chairs Prior to rehearsal/concert - set up
Each member who used the chair Chairs After a rehearsal/concert - clean up
Librarian (Scott Stupak) Music - to/from all members Issue - before rehearsals
Collect - after concert from Section Roadie Coordinators
Uniforms Manager (Dave Brook) Uniform parts for Substitutes Issue - after rehearsals,
Collect - after concert
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Flute Section (Vanessa Phillips) Stand Banners Before and after all concerts
Backup Piccolo Music clips, clothes pins Before and after all outdoor concerts
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Flute Section (Greg Buol) Temple blocks and stand As needed (ask PEM)
Backup Piccolo Stand Banners Before and after all concerts
Backup Piccolo Music clips, clothes pins Before and after all outdoor concerts
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Oboe (open) Xylophone As needed (ask PEM)
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Clarinet Section (Kristine Sullivan) Percussion Music Stands Before and after rehearsals/concerts
Backup Oboe Xylophone As needed (ask PEM)
  Conductor podium Before and after concerts
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Trumpet Section (Bill Hiltenbrand) Bass Drum and stand Before and after rehearsals/concerts
Tympani As needed (ask PEM)
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French Horn Section (Emily Baker) Cymbals and stand Before and after rehearsals/concerts
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Euphonium Section Bells and stand Before and after rehearsals/concerts
(Newt MacCormack) Music stand battery lights Before and after evening outdoor concerts
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Trombone Section Snare Drum and Stand Before and after rehearsals/concerts
(Yoshi Nakamura) Flag(s) and stand(s) Before and after concerts (as needed, ask Director)
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Tuba Section (Ted Bissette)    
Backup Trunmpet Section Bass Drum and stand Before and after rehearsals/concerts
Backup Trunmpet Section Tympani As needed (ask PEM)
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Percussion Section (Cindy Sinkez)
(who may ask for help)
All other percussion equipment Before and after rehearsals/concerts