Hello everyone. It is my first year conducting a band, and I was feeling pretty confident with our progress at the pre-UIL contests. Now that we have come back from Spring Break, I am finding that my group seems to sound worse as the days go by. They are making more mental errors (wrong notes, rhythms, lack of dynamics, no articulation differences, not watching, brass blasting, woodwinds squeaking or getting out of tune mid piece) etc. And we had ended the week before Spring Break on a very high note. I know the kids are tired of the same music (heck, I am too!), But is there a way to bring back morale and motivation? Anyone else have suggestions to not lose momentum before UIL, or at least some validation that my group is not the only one reaching this stage?