The Bands

    Band is considered a full-year course. During the fall term, the band is a marching band until the end of football season.  The marching band performs at all varsity football games (home and away) and competes on occasional Saturday afternoons at festivals.  Students who are unable to go to band camp are used as alternates during marching season.  At the conclusion of marching season, the band becomes a concert band that performs concerts and competes in festivals.  Incoming members must demonstrate minimum performance skills, which are taught at the middle school level, in order to be admitted as regular band members.  Fall term band earns one unit of credit. 

    During the spring term, the concert band will be divided into two bands, the concert and symphony band, each meeting during different periods.  Students will be placed in one of the two bands based upon an audition.  Auditions will be completed in time that students' schedules can be arranged prior to the beginning of the spring term.

    Band is a full-year course.  If a student drops out at the end of the first block, he/she is not guaranteed readmission to the band.  Irreconcilable schedule conflict is the only acceptable reason to drop band for which readmission is guaranteed.

    The flag corps and majorettes for the marching band are made up of both playing and non-playing members who audition in the spring of the preceding year.  Non-playing members should sign up for band first term only, and they will receive one unit of credit.  Playing members should sign up for both terms of band.  They will receive one unit of credit for each term.The flag corps and majorettes for the marching band are made up of both playing and non-playing members who audition in the spring of the preceding year.  Non-playing members should sign up for band first term only, and they will receive one unit of credit.  Playing members should sign up for both terms of band.  They will receive one unit of credit for each term.

    Students who wish to be drum major must be a playing member of the band.  In addition they must at least be sophomores and have at least one year of prior membership in the Greeneville High School marching band.  

In order to be eligible to participate in trips taken by the band, a student must be enrolled in band for the whole term that the trip is taken.