SCBDA & TRI-DAC INFORMATION

Region 2 honor band

Sign-ups for the 2027 Region & All-State Band auditions are live! CLICK HERE to sign up by the November 6th deadline!

Please note, parents driving their students to the audition site in Lexington no longer have to submit district paperwork for driving insurance or field trip/chaperone forms. This new policy was put into effect after our information packets were generated.

The 2027 Region 2 Band Clinic & Concert will be held on Friday & Saturday, February 26-27 at Lexington High School for any student who made the ensemble. Auditions will be held on January 9, 2027, at Meadow Glen Middle School in Lexington, SC.

Please see the information packets below for information specific to each instrument.

*Percussion can sign up for EITHER Battery (snare)/Mallets, OR timpani, but not both.  Students auditioning on Battery/Mallets will be required to audition on both snare and mallets.  Students selected for region/all-state band on Battery/Mallets will need to be familiar with all auxilary instruments and playing techniques, such as on cymbals, triangle, bass drum, etc.

Students attending will travel with CMS, SHMS, and CHS each day.

Students placing in the top few chairs in each region are invited to audition for All-State band. The top few chairs for the South Carolina All-State band will automatically place in the SC All-State orchestra.

2026 Chapin Middle and High School Band students selected for district 2 honor band at Lexington High School.

South carolina all-state band

Any student placing in the top few chairs in region band will be invited to audition for All-State band. Auditions will be held on January 16, 2027, at Chapin High School. The clinic weekend, concluding with Sunday concerts, will be held on March 12-14 at Furman University in Greenville.

This will be an overnight trip to Greenville. Students will travel together as a district, and enjoy fun activities such as Top Golf, Main Event Bowling, Dave & Busters, etc. Students participating in the South Carolina All-State band will spend a weekend working with world-renowned clinicians.

The top few chairs for the South Carolina All-State band will automatically place in the SC All-State orchestra.

CONCERT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT (CPA)

Concert Performance Assessment (CPA), will be held either during the school day as a field trip, or an after school field trip, in mid March, 2027, at Batesburg-Leesville High School. The Chapin Middle School 8th grade band, and selected 7th graders, will perform a warm-up piece, followed by two adjudicated pieces, on stage, and will receive a rating and valuable feedback from a master adjudicator. We will then go into a separate room and sight-read a brand new piece using the STARS method that we practice daily.

tri-district arts consortium (tridac)

The Tri-District Arts Consortium, or TriDAC, is held in June of each year, at Richland-Northeast High School. Interested students are nominated by their director, and prepare a brief audition near the end of the school year. Students spend three weeks over the summer working with master clinicians, concluding with a concert at Lexington High School.

TriDAC is composed of students selected from Lexington-Richland 5, Lexington 1, and Richland 2 schools.

solo & ensemble festival

Solo & Ensemble Festival is held in late April on Friday and Saturday. Information will be posted around Winter break. The links below are from last year and serve as a general reference. 

Solo & Ensemble festival is an official South Carolina Band Directors Association event, where students have the opportunity to prepare a solo and/or a small ensemble (duet, trio, etc., with friends), and make new friends and band connections from other schools around the midlands.  Each and every band student would benefit greatly from participating in this.

carowinds 2027

Information coming soon.

palmetto concert band - middle school honor band 2026

The Palmetto Concert Band Middle School Honor Band will take place on November 21-22, 2026, at USC in the Koger Center. For more information, visit https://palmettoconcertband.com/middle-school-honor-band/.