Updates 5/24/20

1)  June Rehearsals - We are still having the June Rehearsals every Wednesday in June.  I am restructuring the times to fit within the social distance guidelines, which I will have finalized by this week.  For Freshman parents, these June Rehearsals are bonus time to get a head start on the music, marching fundamentals, and just getting to know each other.  If you are on vacation, don't worry about that week's rehearsal.  Basically, I take the approach of "if you are in town, come on out to the Band Room and help us get better!"  Every Wednesday in June.

2)  Possible Summer Parade - I don't have any updates on this until we get clearance from our Governor and Mayor to have large gatherings.  The "parades" we have seen recently for graduates have been car parades or small gathering parades at schools that only include seniors and faculty.  Ultimately, we are still hoping to play Star Wars Parade Sequence and Tennessee Pride for the South Gibson Community.

3)  New York refunds - Right now we are at about 90% refunded.  We have to wait for hotels to reopen before they can write us a refund check.  As soon as they do, here is how the money will be distrubuted:  Any money paid out of pocket will be directly returned to you unless you specify that you want it transferred to the Rose Parade trip.  I will have a Google Form document for this when the time comes.  Any money fundraised will be transferred to the Rose Parade trip.  If you are not attending the Rose Parade trip, that fundraising money will be returned to the General Band fund.  

4)  Rose Parade trip - There are a lot of options that the tour company and Rose Parade committee have in place depending on how the next few months go.  One possibility is to still have the parade without spectators and just do the parade for the TV cameras.  Another possibility is to have the parade but with only 30% of the usual spectators.  Not ideal but that gives you an idea of everything the Rose Parade Committee has to consider.  In the event that the parade is cancelled, we will still have the invitation open for the next year with those Seniors having the option of still performing with the Mass Band after they graduate.