Okay, it's been more than a few days, but we had some internal problems to take care of. Auditions are going to take place the weekend of November 18 - 20. We will begin sign-in around 6:00 pm Friday night, and auditions will let out around 3:00 pm Sunday afternoon.

Brass players, please bring your mouthpiece (and marching horn if possible) and a pair of white gloves for playing on the corps instruments.

Percussion, bring your own sticks, drums (if possible), and any other equipment (we have a very limited number of drums for you to play on).

Guard, simply bring any particular shoes or clothing you may need, we will provide flags, rifles, and any other equipment needed.

Auditions for Guard will take place at the new Marianna High School facilities at 3546 Caverns Rd (Marianna FL 32446) and you will be housed in the gym.

Brass and percussion will be using the old Marianna High School facilities at 2979 Daniel St (Marianna FL 32446). Percussion will be housed in the music building, and brass will be housed in the gym.

Make sure to bring sleeping bags and sleeping pads. Air mattresses are okay except for percussion (due to limited space in the music building). Food will be provided, and everyone will receive a Jackson Flares t-shirt at the least for their participation.

The registration fee for the corps is $30 with an additional $45 for you first camp fee. Your second camp attended will be an additional $45, but any camps past your second will be free of charge.

Once you have your travel information set contact the Flares at jacksonflares@yahoo.com to let us know whether you will be driving in, taking a bus (Greyhound, etc), or flying in (if you are flying, please tell us which airport, Tallahassee, Dothan, or Panama City). We will arrange for you to be picked up and taken to the audition site.

All other inquiries can be sent to jacksonflares@yahoo.com. Thank you all, and I can't wait to see everyone on the 18th of November.

John Martin
Director, Jackson Flares

After lots of work, camps, and procrastination about this updating thing, I've finally decided to write something.

We're going with:

22 Trumpets (4 leads, 6 firsts, 6 seconds, 6 thirds)
14 Mellophones (7 leads, 7 seconds)
22 Baritones (7 leads, 7 seconds, 8 Euphs)
14 Tubas
19 Battery (9 snares, 5 tenors, 5 basses)
14 Front Ensemble
28 Guard
2 DMs

Yeah . . . our show this year is RENT. Um . . . back to work.

John Martin
Director, Jackson Flares

How do i audition for this?

Im interested in snare FYI

Well, we are in need of one snare after one of our own had troubles with his ACL and cannot march this year. We normally don't accept video-taped auditions, but we'll make a special exception this time.

If you would, please send a fantasy video of you playing a few warm-ups and your most difficult prepared piece on your fantasy drum to our fantasy corps office and we'll look over it and get back to you.

Good luck with your tape!

John Martin
Director, The Jackson Flares . . . Fantasy Drum Corps

Wait, so like have a video of me playing posted on this forum or PMed to u so u can make a decision?

If so what do i send? like me alone playing or would me playing with my high school line ok?