{"id":542,"date":"2016-03-15T14:42:53","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T14:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/music.miamioh.edu\/mumb\/?p=542"},"modified":"2025-12-30T02:24:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T02:24:31","slug":"audition-to-be-a-2016-feature-twirler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/music.miamioh.edu\/mumb\/audition-to-be-a-2016-feature-twirler\/","title":{"rendered":"Audition to be a 2016 Feature Twirler!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you interested in becoming a feature twirler with the Miami University Marching Band for the 2016 season? The audition form is now available!<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s auditions will all be conducted online. To audition, click on the link below to complete the questionnaire. Below are the questions that you should be prepared to answer:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How many years have you been twirling?<\/li>\n<li>What groups have you twirled with?<\/li>\n<li>Please outline your competitive experience (on a team, individually, awards won, etc).<\/li>\n<li>Please outline your experience (if any) in teaching and\/or designing your own routines?<\/li>\n<li>Why do you want to be a twirler for Miami University?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At the end of the form, you will be prompted to upload an audition video <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>or<\/strong><\/span> provide a link to your video (hosted on YouTube, Vimeo, etc.). The video should show a baton performance that includes a variety of skills and tricks for 1, 2, and 3 batons selected from the list below. The video should be at least 2 minutes long. You may either provide a URL to the video (YouTube, Vimeo, etc.) or attach a video file.<\/p>\n<p>Tricks<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vertical 3 Spin- Catch R, L, and backhand<\/li>\n<li>Horizontal 3 Spin<\/li>\n<li>Vertical High Toss One Spin Illusion<\/li>\n<li>Horizontal High Toss Illusion<\/li>\n<li>High Toss Cartwheel\/Walkover\/Aerial<\/li>\n<li>Variety of Contact Material<\/li>\n<li>Long arm rolls<\/li>\n<li>Back neck rolls<\/li>\n<li>Fujimis\/Continuous Elbow Rolls<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dance Skills<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Split leaps- R and L<\/li>\n<li>Tour jete<\/li>\n<li>Layback<\/li>\n<li>Excellent quality of performance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Two Baton Tricks<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Showers<\/li>\n<li>High-low tosses<\/li>\n<li>Dual pattern tosses<\/li>\n<li>Split toss tricks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Three Baton Tricks<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Juggles\/Crescents\/Pendulums<\/li>\n<li>Vertical Thumbtoss Box<\/li>\n<li>Horizontal Box<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you have questions about auditioning or the commitments of being a feature twirler, contact <a href=\"mailto:meganharmon11@gmail.com\">Megan Harmon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Ready to submit your audition information?<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/miamioh.qualtrics.com\/SE\/?SID=SV_cA4pTb4lRhY0mDX\">Click here!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you interested in becoming a feature twirler with the Miami University Marching Band for the 2016 season? The audition form is now available! This year&#8217;s auditions will all be conducted online. To audition, click on the link below to complete the questionnaire. Below are the questions that you should be prepared to answer: How [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":544,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2016-season"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":"http:\/\/music.miamioh.edu\/mumb\/wp-content\/uploads\/twirler.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Chris Herrmann","author_link":"http:\/\/music.miamioh.edu\/mumb\/author\/chris-herrmann\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/music.miamioh.edu\/mumb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/music.miamioh.edu\/mumb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/music.miamioh.edu\/mumb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/music.miamioh.edu\/mumb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/music.miamioh.edu\/mumb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/music.miamioh.edu\/mumb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":545,"href":"http:\/\/music.miamioh.edu\/mumb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542\/revisions\/545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/music.miamioh.edu\/mumb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/music.miamioh.edu\/mumb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/music.miamioh.edu\/mumb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/music.miamioh.edu\/mumb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}