Host

Host for OCPS All-County Orchestra 2015

Laurie Bitters, Winter Park High School

Duties

November 2014

• Secure dates and times on your school calendar.

May 2015

• Double-check dates on the school calendar.
• Ask to borrow the rooms of colleagues (i.e. band, chorus, media center).

September 2015

• Make a list of rooms that can be used for sectionals.
• Check to see that enough chairs can be borrowed.
• Contact Band teacher about borrowing percussion instruments.

October 2015

• Get a work order to have the air conditioning running for Saturday.  Have them turn it on EARLY – the building takes a while to cool!
• Contact Security about the extra people on campus Friday.  This is especially important if they need a parking pass to park on your campus.
• Contact administration regarding rehearsal schedule (especially Friday).
• Contact cafeteria staff regarding an extra lunch shift on Friday.
• Get a sub for Friday and write sub plans (which may involve not being in your room!)

Week of…

• Secure a sound/light person to run the booth the day of the concert.
• Secure a place for the teachers to have their lunch and meeting.
• Arrange extra students to act as guides to and from sectional rooms.

Day of…

• Set up chairs and stands in the rehearsal rooms.
• Create and hang signs to help people find the rehearsal rooms..

During rehearsals

• Help guide students/teachers to and from the different rooms.
• Prevent and avert major disasters…. Leap tall buildings in a single bound.

After rehearsals

• Clean up, go home.