Hello, lovely people! I have been looking through old threads and have read a lot of posts on people auditioning for festival bands--like districts, regionals, states, etc.

For anyone that reads this, can you tell what the audition process for festival bands is for your state? I've looked through old threads, and it seems that most of you have different audition processes than what I've been exposed to. In my state, we have blind auditions for chair placements. The audition music is a section of your concert piece, usually two or three different spots. In my area, there is no set audition to be selected into district band, but that can change depending on how large the district is. The top few chairs (depending on the instrument) go to regionals, and from there the top chair (usually only 1st, but again depends on instrument) goes to states.

Also, if you have been to festivals, you should share any experiences or stories below(: