Im pretty sure somewhere in the band world there is someone who will be section leader for the first time. For those that have been a section leader before know that during the months before camp start we ponder about things such as how should I approach my section? Should I be mean? Will they respect me? and so on. Everybody has there own ways of how they ran there section. Whats yours??
Give tips to the soon to be leaders in the collegiate band world.
My advice is to be yourself, NOBODY likes fakeness. If you are real and uprfront your section will respect you more. Once you get your section to respect you and listen to you then the season will be cake. and last but not least, Dont let other people in the section make your decisions because 9 times out of 10 its somebody that wants to be in your position so they will try to find any and everything wrong that you do and point it out as if people dont make mistakes.. #thatisall
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Dont be "mean" but expect greatness from your section.... Push your section, and don't take any flack from anybody.
Be sure to be able to hold your own, while expecting everyone in your section to do the same. One person can't make the section. Don't be a dictator, be a leader.....Respect while demanding respect.....another thing, don't start out being a SOFT section leader, then halfway through the season, try and get serious....it WILL NOT work.
All these little sayings add up and start making sense when things start up.
Whatever move you make as a section leader...make sure it's for the betterment of your section, as a whole, as it relates to the band, as a whole. Don't make moves and do things for just the betterment of "just your section". And, or do things just for the betterment of "just your squad" or "just you and the other cat that are blow'n, cuz er'body else ain't isht".
To be a leader, you have to take the steps of a leader.
I like that..... A true section leader has love for his/her section and will find a creative way to motivate them. From the band directors' point of view I always choose a leader who will lead by example and will be him/herself at all times. Too many people try to be something they arent and thats when the section falls apart. A true leader will assert himself and in the case of giving exercises, he/she will drop the section and drop along with them.
SHOUT OUT TO ANDRE BEATTY: TNT section leader 96-98. He always lead by example and eve today I show what he taught us.
BamaStateTrumpet09 said:
Be fair and impartial.
Don't show favoritism among your ranks.
Being a section leader ain't about making friends (leave that friendship crap outside of rehearsal).
Don't be afraid to make mistakes and learn from them. Nobody likes a wannabe knowitall (who really DOESN'T know it all)
Just because you are the section leader, that doesn't make you above the section. Matter of fact, you are held to an even higher level of accountability.
Remember, respect is not given...it's earned. Don't go around pushing your title on people and expect people to respect you just because you are a section leader.
Lead by example. Your section is gonna hold you under a microscope and try and get away with whatever you let them get away with. Don't take no BS...don't give none either.
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