{"id":5949,"date":"2021-05-25T11:27:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T18:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/?p=5949"},"modified":"2025-03-21T12:37:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T19:37:26","slug":"john-lockes-top-ten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/index.php\/john-lockes-top-ten\/","title":{"rendered":"JOHN LOCKE\u2019S TOP TEN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-heading\">Tips for guest conducting honor bands<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-list\"><li>The band will not be as good as described.<\/li><li>Insist on a recording of last year\u2019s band.<\/li><li>Ask for programs from the last 3-4 years.<\/li><li>Contact the conductor of last year\u2019s band.<\/li><li>Choosing the right music is the #1 task.<\/li><li>Request a designated percussion helper.<\/li><li>Pull music the band can\u2019t read w\/o falling apart.<\/li><li>Have a couple of easier pieces in the folder.<\/li><li>Review the rehearsal schedule before you commit.<\/li><li><strong>Avoid 8 hr rehearsal schedule on concert day.<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tips for guest conducting honor bands The band will not be as good as described. Insist on a recording of last year\u2019s band. Ask for programs from the last 3-4 years. Contact the conductor of last year\u2019s band. Choosing the right music is the #1 task. Request a designated percussion helper. Pull music the band [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":5848,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[244,2],"tags":[528,527,246,665,663],"class_list":["post-5949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aba","category-article","tag-aba","tag-american-bandmasters-association","tag-bandworld-magazine","tag-john-locke","tag-top-ten"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/88"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5949"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5956,"href":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5949\/revisions\/5956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}