2009 in review

I have gathered a small sample of photos of the 2009 season from June right up to the band leaving for St. Louis.

To view this gallery of photos and to stroll down memory lane just click HERE. This will take you to the photo gallery (there are a couple videos in here too). To see the photos full size just click on the 'Slideshow' button after the gallery opens up.

I hope you enjoy them.

Mark Coons

GoodSearch update

We have something new and exciting we'd like to share with you! It's the
new Normal Community High School Bands - NCHS toolbar - once added to IE or
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Zazzle!) a percentage of your purchase will automatically be donated to
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toolbar also has a search box and each time you search the Internet, about a
penny is donated to Normal Community High School Bands - NCHS.
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And please pass this along to all of your friends. The two minutes it takes
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End of Season Awards Party

Here are the photos from the end of season party held 12/12/2009. Enjoy!

Marching Ironmen Audio now available

We have just posted the audio for the 2009 show "Bach to the Future".

Click HERE to be taken to the Media page of the bands website. Scroll down the page until you find the Marching Ironmen Audio section and click on the link.

(This file is an MP3 and is a little over 9mb in size.)

Enjoy!!

GoodSearch and GoodShop - 2 new ways to help the band!

(click on the image to see a larger version.)

Update: Check out this video about GoodSearch.


Update:

To avoid confusion we have changed our GoodSearch name to: "Normal Community High School Bands - NCHS". If you are already using GoodSearch you really do not have to change anything and if you are not just use the name Normal Community High School Bands - NCHS when you do your first search.

Thank you for your support of NCHS Bands!

Update 09/22/2009
Some folks reported that they could not get the tool bar to install. I reported this to Goodsearch and here is their answer. If continue to have problems please let Mark Coons know.
The only users that may have an issue adding the toolbar to their browsers are those with Vista Computers. While not all Vista Computers require advance steps to add the toolbar, some Vista computers do have additional security settings that make it more difficult to add programs and toolbars. Alternative instructions for these vista computers that are experiencing issues with adding the toolbar can be found here - http://www.goodsearch.com/toolbar/vista

Why Music Matters

From YouTube "Why Music Matters". This is a fairly short audio piece that I highly recommend listening to. Click HERE to listen to it.

article from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Click here to read the article about the St. Louis competition and the Marching Ironmen.

Thanks Kelli for passing this along. If anyone has any photos from Saturday to share just let Mark know.

The last compeition of 2009

Here is a short video of the band preparing to head off to St. Louis.

To view or purchase any of the photos in the video just click here.

Check out this video from Senior Night!

Wednesday Update #10

Wednesday Update #10 (Updated 10/22/2009)
October 22, 2009
www.nchsmarchingironmen.com

10/24 Saturday – GREATER ST. LOUIS MARCHING BAND INVITATIONAL

6:45 a.m. – Call time, load equipment
7:00 – Load buses
7:15 – Depart for St. Louis
10:25 – Arrive at Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, MO
11:55 – Physical warm-up
12:15 – Music warm-up
1:05 – Report
1:15 – PERFORMANCE
1:30 – Return to buses, change out of uniforms, load truck
2:15 – Depart for St. Louis Mills ( a big mall with lots of fun stuff – go to http://www.stlouismills.com )
2:45 – Arrive at St. Louis Mills
5:45 – Depart for Edward Jones Dome (be five minutes early to the bus!)
6:15 – Arrive at Edward Jones Dome, watch some Gold Division bands
9:15 – Southeast Missouri State Golden Eagles Marching Band
9:30 – 136th US Army Band
9:45 – Awards Ceremony
10:15 – Load buses
10:30 – Depart for NCHS
1:45 – Arrive at NCHS, unload truck
2:00 a.m. – Dismissal


Your extremely handsome band directors,
Masterman
Meadows

NCHS Marching Ironmen leaving Chiddix

NCHS Marching Ironmen leaving Chiddix, originally uploaded by Music Man5.

To view all the photos just click HERE.

Evening Rehearsal Photos

As the season progresses I will post photos (and sometime a video) from the weekly full band rehearsals. Just click on the week you wish to view.

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3 - with videos!

Week 4 - with videos

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8 (no photos)

Saturday 10/10/2009 Rehearsal

Week 9 (Tuesday) videos are now available!