2011 Membership Information and Registration Packet
2011 Marching fee payment coupon
Harrison’s marching band is a 185 member volunteer organization.
The Harrison Marching Band, which includes the color guard, begins rehearsing in the summer and continues through the football season. Performances include all home and away football games, pep rallies, select local parades, local competitions and exhibitions , and several BOA competitions. This ensemble is unquestionably the most visible performance group in high school.
The marching band is an extracurricular activity open to any current ninth through twelfth grade band student. Because the activity is a direct product of the skills that are developed in the band curriculum, only students currently enrolled in a band class are eligible to march, with the exception of color guard. All students must meet the extra-curricular eligibility requirements as outlined below.
Extra-Curricular Eligibility.
All extra-curricular extensions of the Harrison Band program (percussion ensemble, jazz ensemble, colorguard, winterguard, indoor drumline, etc.) require any student previously involved in any part of the 6-12th grade band program to remain active in the band program in order to be eligible to participate. In order to avoid recruiting conflicts, if a student is active in one facet of the program, he or she may expand their involvement to band + another extra-curricular band activity, but may not limit their participation to “Extra-curricular only.” Once a student “drops” from band participation, they
are no longer eligible for extra-curricular participation.
Since the marching band enters into competitive events, all students must meet the Georgia High School Association and Cobb County academic and residency eligibility requirements. The details of these requirements are outlined in the Harrison High School Student Handbook issued to all students by their advisement teacher.
The marching activity is a demanding activity, both musically and physically. All participants must commit themselves to maintaining high musical performance standards and good physical condition.
