Get A Life Marching Band Rehearsals

Rehearsal schedules and play lists for the GAL Marching Band are below. Directions to all rehearsal venues are available near the end of this page. A brief marching tutorial is also available.

Band Rehearsals & Play List

Band Rehearsal Schedule
Date	Time	Location	Comments
June 15, 2008 (Sunday)	1 - 3 PM	Garden Home Recreation Center gym (7475 SW Oleson Rd) (map)	General rehearsal, new music for 2008! Last rehearsal before Sheridan and Hillsboro

Need to work on some of the new tunes? Click here for music to rehearse with!

Rehearsal Music and Marching Routines

Want recordings of some of our charts to rehearse with? Want to work through that tricky part of Birdland and need some help? Try the Rehearsal Music page for links to various rehearsal aids.

The page also contains the details of the YMCA parade routine that we did in Pasadena.

2008 Parade Tunes

The new charts for 2008 aren't yet on the list; we'll add them when we get to rehearsals later this spring. They probably won't all hit the play list at once, but we'll get them up and running throughout the season.

Brick House
Domino
Get Down Tonight
Hey! Baby
Last Night
Messin' With the Kid
That's the Way (I Like It)
Wooly Bully (arr. Barrett) (click here for recording to rehearse with)
YMCA

To keep things fresh, we may replace one of the above tunes from time to time with one of these:

Hip to Be Square
Soulfinger

Parade Specialty Tunes

July 4: Veterans Salute, You're A Grand Old Flag, National Anthem March, Semper Paratus
Nov, Dec: Frosty the Snowman, Jingle Bells, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Holly Jolly Christmas

2008 Standstill Concerts

Here's a preliminary playlist for 2008 standstills; we'll modify it throughout the year, especially as new tunes come online.

Domino
Wooly Bully
Messin' With the Kid
Gimme Some Lovin' [sax feature]
Taking It to the Streets
You're a Grand Old Flag
National Anthem March
Hey! Baby
Hip to Be Square
Brick House [drum/bone feature]
Taking Care of Business
Veterans Salute
Semper Paratus
America [woodwind feature]
Soulfinger [with vamp]
Joy to the World
YMCA
Shake, Rattle, and Roll [trumpet feature]
Birdland
Beer Barrel Polka [tuba feature]
In Heaven There Is No Beer
All Right Now
Build Me Up Buttercup
Last Night
Louie Louie

Additional 2007 Music

Here are the new charts we're working on that are not yet in the play list. As these get "baked" we'll incorporate them into the show.

Fins ( for 2007)
GAL Groove ( for 2006)

Parades: How to Turn Corners

We spend a lot more time working on music than we do on marching, but we can still use a little marching help now and then. This short tutorial contains the five Important Rules that'll have you turning corners like a pro in no time.

Full 2007 Play List

Except for Christmas tunes (listed above as Specialties), this is the complete list of tunes currently in the GAL "book". Please bring an extra copy or two of this music to rehearsals in case we have new members that need parts. We won't use most of these tunes on the street, but we'll have them ready for standstill performances after most parades. There are music rehearsal notes available for some of the newer tunes; check 'em out and mark your parts.

All Right Now
America the Beautiful (Higgins arrangement)
Beer Barrel Polka (entire tune from the beginning, with the "speed up" on final chorus)
Birdland (Added Summer 2005)
Brick House (Added Summer 2006)
Build Me Up Buttercup
Domino (Added Summer 2005)
GAL Groove (Added Summer 2006)
Get Down Tonight (Added Summer 2008)
Gimme Some Lovin' (Added Summer 2005)
Hey Baby!
Hip to Be Square
Joy to the World (Added Nov 2002)
Last Night
Louie, Louie (Baratta arrangement -- "Newiest Louiest", added Summer 2003)
Messin' With the Kid
National Anthem March (Added Summer 2005)
Semper Paratus (Added Summer 2006)
Shake Rattle and Roll (Added Summer 2006)
Soulfinger (Added Summer 2002)
Takin' Care of Business (Added Summer 2004)
Takin' It to the Streets (Added Summer 2006)
That's the Way (I Like It) (Added Summer 2008)
Veterans Salute
Wooly Bully (Added Summer 2003)
YMCA (Added Summer 2005)
You're A Grand Old Flag

Rehearsal Venues

Here are the places we rehearse. See the "Location" column of the rehearsal schedules to determine where each practice is being held.

	Cedar Hills Recreation Center, 11640 SW Parkway in Beaverton. Take the Cedar Hills Blvd exit from US 26 and proceed south; turn right at SW Parkway (at traffic light), then left into the Rec Center parking lot. Use the north door entrance to reach the gym. Map.

	Garden Home Recreation Center, 7475 SW Oleson Rd. Corner of Oleson Road and Garden Home Road. Best route depends strongly on where you're coming from, click here for a map or personalized directions. Look for the gymnasium.
	Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District Athletic Center, 50 NW 158th Avenue, Beaverton. From U.S. 26, take the Cornell Rd exit; turn on Cornell so that you're heading south of U.S. 26. At the traffic light, turn south on 158th Ave. The Center is a large complex on your left just before Walker Road (there is a Fred Meyer opposite it on the right). Map. We are at the Athletic Center (marked in pink, right in the middle of this site map; you can park in the red parking area near it).

	Sunset High School, 13840 NW Cornell Road. Take the Murray Road exit from US 26 and head north. Turn left (west) on Cornell Road at traffic light; school is a few blocks down on the left. Easiest entrance to the Choir Room is on the west side of the school. Map.

	Oregon Institute of Technology Gym, 7726 SE Harmony Road in Portland; click here for a map. Once you arrive at OIT, drive around the back of the building towards (but not as far as) the Swim Center. The entrance to the gym is about in the middle of the main building that faces Harmony Road.

	Lincoln High School. Yep, the same Lincoln High School where OMTAAMB rehearses. Note different room number, though.

	Centennial Middle School, 17650 SE Brooklyn Street, Gresham. From Division, go south on either 175th Place or 176th Place, then east (left) on Brooklyn. School is on the north (left) side of the street. Map.

	Hare Field, 1151 NE Grant St, Hillsboro. Head west on US 26. Take Cornelius Pass Rd exit; turn right (south) at end of exit ramp. Drive approx 0.7 mi; right (west) at traffic light at Cornell Road. Drive approx 3.6 mi; right on NE Grant St. (1 stoplight past the second 7-Eleven). Hare Field is a couple of blocks later on the right. Overview map; detail map.

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