2025 Marching Band Registration Instructions:

Step 1: Fill out the Band Registration Form

Step 2: Make payments following the payment schedule deadlines:

Deposit ($50): Friday, May 9th

2nd Payment ($175): June 6th

Final Payment ($175): July 11th

Step 3: Attend the Pre-camp registration on Monday, July 28th

Station 1: Check-in

Station 2: Finances - Check to make sure all payments have been made for camp and the school year

Marching Band ($400)

Station 3: Instrument - School instruments are distributed. Students and parents are required to sign an Instrument Waiver Form for any school instrument used.

Station 4: Uniform Fitting - One pair of gloves will be provided to every wind player. Extra pairs of gloves can be bought for $3 each.

Station 5: Check-out

The Marching Band at Independence High School represents the epitome of the model student and classmate in Charlotte. Acting as ambassadors to the school, the band is often the first group seen, and certainly the first group heard when visitors come to our campus. The Marching Band has a history of pride and excellence, including quality musicianship, relentless passion, and un-yielding determination in the pursuit of perfection. The Patriot Marching Band is an integral part of the community in Mint Hill, performing at pep-rallies, parades, games, and other events throughout the school year.

As director of the band program, it is my responsibility to make sure the students are not only knowledgeable of the music and drill, but that they are provided with the opportunity to succeed as positively contributing members of both the community, and society as a whole. I am tasked with the responsibility to push these students to reach their musical potential, all while maintaining an environment that is supportive and allows them to creatively go beyond where before they may have stopped. Each member of the band program is valued and respected for the talents and abilities that they bring to the classroom, and I am here to help guide those individuals to success. At the end of the day, I make no sound in the performance - that is entirely the product of the students. My job is to guide and shape these young, talented minds so that they have a place where they feel they belong, and can become the best human beings they are capable of being.

- Adam Collins, director