Dear members

I thanks you for all the encouraging words to boost the confident of your fellow band mates.Although confident is important but its not the main thing if we talk about competition.
Adjudicator don't judge the band by feel.They don't care how much effort you have put in or whatever problem your band faced.They judge by what they hear: Technique 50%:articulation,Dynamic,Intonation(tuning),Rhythm and tone.Musicianship 50%:balance,blend,expression,Interpretation,phrasing and style.

Technique: practice makes perfect.organized your musical thoughts create logical playing.condition yourself during band practice:treat every moment of music making like you are doing it for the last time and don't make a mistakes more than twice in a row.Do it well like you only have 1 practice left.Imagine that and you will treasure it more.
Musicianship:Watch the conductor and follow the teaching.Conductor is the one that interpret the music not you.
Play with care and discipline to deliver what written in the score with your eyes your ear your brain and your heart. adding some creativity to spice up your music to make it yours(add your foot prints or signature)
To communicate. Band<--->conductor<--->Audience/adjudicator

How you can make the adjudicator lift up their head and look at you??
or do you wanna bored them to death??
or do you wanna torture their ear??

Think about that...

All the best.
When to put everything(the notes, the harmony and rhythms)in the right place, the music will speak on its own without any unnecessary" so call: the emotion."
Simplicity is beauty i believe.I mean for a small band like us.
Don't follow what the bigger band does( we don't have the luxury of that).
our aim as a smaller ensemble is to achieved a clean sound with depth of musicianship.

Musically yours
Foo