EXCLUSIVE EARLY REGISTRATION FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL MUSICIANS HAS CLOSED

 

EXCLUSIVE EARLY REGISTRATION FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY (OH) PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL MUSICIANS ENDS 24H FROM NOW

https://sonicspotlight.com/countdown/

***ATTENTION PARENTS OF CRAWFORD COUNTY PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL MUSICIANS***

In the Spring of 2017, I experienced an inflection point.

Xband had completed a successful run of shows, and had finally accepted what was necessary to prepare at that level.

Xband would eventually be a victim of unfavorable enrollment trends and policies

The surrounding community was ripe with skilled and/ or talented musicians capable of keeping that torch lit.

You can witness that at many of the music performances in many of our county’s schools, but you can also witness it in performances at area churches and community theater productions…but what you CAN'T witness is what would happen if all of these incredible musicians were willing to come together.

There are too many opportunities in our county to divide our student musicians, and exactly zero that combine their skills and talents.  Artificial divisions of young people are unhealthy, and the adults that foster those divisions in the name of “healthy competition” are actually contributing to that division for self-serviing reasons.

Unfortunately, the promotion to recruit members for “The Next Xband” has arrived at the ONE-WEEK-TO-DEADLINE mark with only ONE Crawford County public high school musician registered.

During this initial stage of the promotion we’ve learned that for every music teacher who has encouraged their students to explore this opportunity, there are just as many who have pretended not to know about it or have outright discouraged their students from joining.

We’ve also learned that a climate seems to exist that opportunities available in “our own backyard” tend to be discounted, disregarded, or taken for granted because we’ve seen that in practice.  We have 8 messages asking about when eligibility for this promotion will expand outside of Crawford County as proof of that statement.  It's an option we didn’t want to have to consider - but in one week we won’t have a choice.

We hope you'll help us keep this here - and we hope you'll help us find out what a group of united, motivated Crawford County high school musicians can do TOGETHER.

Xband ALUMNI REUNION ON 10/19/2024

Please see the posts on Facebook and Instagram if you're interested in more details.

"COME ON EILEEN" BY Xband12 STREAMING NOW

https://music.apple.com/us/album/come-on-eileen-single/1765983883

https://open.spotify.com/track/1tHj77NN24qvT5DnXKfZYP

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=kkoCOqoJvAA

https://tidal.com/track/386166358?u

 

UPDATE 1

https://sonicspotlight.com/events/24nextxband/

Since 2006, Xband has lived in Crawford County.  Early registration - which is priced at only $2.99 and open ONLY to Crawford County’s public high school musicians - is intended to encourage keeping it that way.

It’s yours to keep - or yours to lose.

Having said that...

…imagine a group made up of the best school musicians in the COUNTY.

Musicians from Buckeye Central, Colonel Crawford, Crestline, Galion, Winford and Bucyrus.

The things it could do.

The opportunities it could experience.

Getting the picture?

We know they’re out there.  You know they’re out there.  

Maybe you’re one of them.

There’s only one way to find out.