10Sep
10Sep
Marching Band Health: Performance Day Pitfalls
It’s the day you and your students have worked towards all summer – Performance Day! Not only is important to "ace" the music and drill, but the health of your marching band members is also extremely important. It can make or break your performance. Overheated, anxious, exhausted, hungry, and sick band members cannot perform at their peak, if at all. You can have the perfect top-notch drill and music, but without healthy students, you won’t ever begin to truly perform....
10Sep
Meet Music Travel Consultants Tour Director Michelle Hartfield
MTC Tour Directors orchestrate magic through logistics and tour planning to ensure that each trip runs flawlessly. That way, directors. chaperones and students can relax and simply enjoy the trip! Music Travel Consultants Tour Director Michelle Hartfield's contagious positive attitude, kindness and attention to every detail allow her to create the "BEST DAY EVER!" for the students and staff, each day of the trip! Michelle Hartfield and her husband Allen have been married for 10 years and live in the small...
27Jun
United States Jazz Trips
It's time to plan a jazz-centered trip for your students! Here's our list of some of the top United States jazz trips to venues and stages that could feature your next big performance! Or, expose your students while they sit back and take in the sounds of great jazz musicians. Either way, in no particular order, here are our top-5 United States jazz trips. Chicago Let the windy city pull you into a whirlwind of some of the best...
27Jun
Meet Music Travel Consultants Tour Director Bob Medworth
MTC Tour Directors like Bob Medworth orchestrate trip magic, mastering logistics and group plans to run each trip as flawlessly as possible, so directors and travelers can relax and truly enjoy it! A seasoned music educator for 41 years, Bob's extensive experience allows him to anticipate a band’s every need, build a special rapport with the group and make certain no trip detail is overlooked. We are excited for you to meet Music Travel Consultants Tour Director Bob Medworth! . Left: Bob,...
25Jun
Marching Season: Creating a Band of Incredible Athletes
Imagine: Your feet hitting the football field turf, in step, to the chirping sound of Dr. Beat…hot sweat rolling down your face; heart racing at 180 beats per min, exactly 162 drill spots to remember, 9 minutes and 29 seconds of music memorized, and don’t forget to guide to the drill formations and use all of your choreography…it all comes down to this - Leave it all on the field. And this is only one of many rehearsal run-throughs, and...
21Jun
Featured Destination: San Francisco, CA with the Eastlake High School Band
Featuring perfect postcard views of “The City by the Bay” everywhere you turn, San Francisco welcomes you with international and diverse cultures, Chinatown, the soaring sounds of the San Francisco Symphony, clanging cable cars, Alcatraz Island and much more! Join us for a San Francisco band trip as we follow Eastlake H.S. Band from Sammamish, Washington, as it explores this magnificent city with Music Travel Consultants. Eastlake H.S. Band at the Palace of Fine Arts, built for the 1915 Panama-Pacific...
29Apr
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Marching Band Trips
A Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Marching Band Trip is a great way for your band to combine fun, history and a national bowl game experience! Since 1968, the Peach Bowl has been a treasured event in Atlanta, Georgia, with two stellar football teams battling it out for the George P. Crumbley Trophy. Created by the Lions Clubs, the Peach Bowl was originally designed to be a fundraiser. It struggled and was taken over by the Atlanta Chamber...
29Apr
16 Benefits Of Playing An Instrument
Choosing to play an instrument is the beginning of a journey. One that is exciting, but often filled with struggle and hard work. It will require you to take in new information and master new skills. Listed below are some of the many benefits of playing an instrument. When you feel yourself getting discouraged, remember to keep these benefits in mind. I hope these encourage you to keep practicing. I promise, playing a musical instrument is worthwhile. In No Particular...
29Apr
