Announcements 7/6/21

I hope everyone has had a great summer!  Next week starts Band Camp and we can't wait to get started!!!  

1)  We are going to have a Band Booster meeting this Thursday at 6 pm.  I want to start at 6 so we can be done by 7 because there are a few of you who have kids performing in the school musical that night.  This meeting will give information about Band Camp, give new parents the opportunity to ask about the fall marching season, and let us get started with some logistics going into this fall.  It will be in the Band room and we will try again to live stream it.

2)  Color Guard - we will have a rehearsal this Saturday from 9-noon.  I know this is last minute, but the man choreographing our routine is done with movement 1.  He will not be able to be at band camp next week because he is already committed to another band camp, but he wanted to teach the routine in person.  This will be a great opportunity to get set up for a great week of practice next week where we can really clean that first movement and have it ready to go.

3)  Parents who want to help build props - we will meet briefly after the meeting Thursday night to come up with a game plan, and then have a work day on Saturday morning from 9-noon while the Color Guard is learning their routine.  We need to finish the props we built last year as well as build a cart for our new mixer board.  

Announcements 5/16/21

1)  I want to thank everyone for a great year this year!  We were so lucky to be able to have band class all year - something many programs in the state and in the country weren't able to do.  I am thankful that we stayed safe during the year.  Most of all, I am now more thankful than ever for what a "normal" year is.  Sometimes things have to be taken away to really appreciate what they mean to you.  Because of that, I am more excited about this fall than ever before!

2)  If you haven't brought your uniform back in from the parades, please get that done this week.

3)  Laundry detergent was delivered on Friday and is available for pickup starting Monday.  

4)  It's time! Field Show music will be given out this week!  8th graders - your music is in the band room at the middle school.  Students who are not in class right now - come by the band room to get your music.  Everyone - this is your music.  Keep up with it, take care of it, we will be using this for the next few months.  Get a binder with page protectors or whatever it takes not to lose this music!  

5)  Marching fees this year are as follows - Winds - $150, Percussion and Color Guard - $200.  If you can get half or all of it paid by the end of school, that would be awesome as we begin purchasing services and items for the field show.  Otherwise, it will need to be paid by the end of Band Camp.  Make checks payable to SGCHS.

6)  Our first rehearsals will be starting June 9 from 8 - 11 am.  If you are on vacation, don't worry about it, but try to make it to these June rehearsals if you are in town.  

Announcements 5/9/21

1)  What a great job everyone did this past Friday!  You sounded great on Star Wars the entire route, and represented SGC in amazing fashion within the Mass Band.  Thank you for your hard work and resolve to make it down the parade route twice!

2)  Uniforms need to be brought back this week.  Guard, we need those uniforms back on Monday so that we can get them delivered with the rest of the mass band uniforms for storage until the Rose Parade.  Senior Band members, you can bring those uniforms in anytime this week.  Washing instructions on all uniforms - Use your normal detergent with cold water, no bleach. Let air dry.  It is okay to use stain remover if you need to.

3)  For those that signed up to play at the Baccalaureate service this Tuesday, it will be at Chapel Hill Baptist Church at 7 pm.  I will need you to report there by 6:30 wearing concert attire.  The service will last approximately one hour.

4)  Graduation is a mandatory performance for the Concert band class this Thursday.  Graduation is at the football field and starts at 7 pm.  Report to the Band room at 6 pm wearing concert attire.

Announcements 5/2/21

1)  Strawberry Festival week!  For your uniforms that we are wearing Friday, make sure that you have long black socks to wear.  We will make sure that everyone has shoes and gloves this week.  Also, a full itinerary for Friday will be posted later this week.

2)  We were originally planning on not taking buses on Friday, but now we are looking at having buses available to leave from the school and bring us back.  You can still find your own way there if you want.  I will put up a sign up sheet this week for everyone who plans on riding the bus.  

3)  Laundry Detergent orders are due on Monday. 

4)  The Candle orders have come in, and will be distributed to the students on Monday.

5)  The Band Awards Night is this Saturday at 6:30 in the gym.  Seniors will sit at tables on the gym floor with their families, and everyone else will sit in the bleachers with their families.  We ask that you dress up on this night to reflect on this past year and honor our graduating seniors.

6)  Students, we will be getting a special visit this Thursday during class from Robert Miller, the president of the Tournament of Roses Parade.  He will be flying in to see the students involved in the Mass Band and to see us at the Strawberry Festival Parade.  Plan on playing through the mass band songs during class as we welcome him to our school all the way from California!

Announcements 4/25/21

1)  The teapot parade is this Saturday.  Look for the full itinerary that was posted last Friday to get the times associated with the Parade that morning and the Mass Band rehearsal that evening.

2)  Color Guard will rehearse this Tuesday from 3:30 to 5 pm.

3)  Full Band rehearsal this Thursday from 3:30 to 5 pm.  Everyone needs to be there since this is the only rehearsal we are having together before the parade.  If it is raining, we will meet in the gym.

4)  In person Booster meeting this Thursday at 6:30 in the Cafeteria.  This will replace the May 4th meeting originally scheduled since we needed to go ahead and discuss details about Saturday and Strawberry Festival week.  We will discuss details about the upcoming parades, volunteers that are needed for Strawberry Festival week, Band Awards night details, and Summer rehearsal dates. 

5)  The students did a GREAT job on their Concert Festival recording last week.  Those will be scored by judges this coming weekend.  Now it's time to focus on memorizing music for the parades.  Let's get these songs memorized for Saturday!

Announcements 4/11/21

1)  Our Spring Concert is this Tuesday at 7 pm in the Gym.  Students need to be in the gym by 6:30 for warm-up.  Concert attire (dressy clothes)- no jeans, no hats.  Concert is free admission.  Audience members can sit together as a family but need to space 6 feet from other families and will need to wear masks.  Both sides of the gym will be open for audience members, and we will not have a limit or tickets like we had a the Christmas Concert.  

2) Color Guard will practice for the parades Tuesday and Thursday from 3:30 to 5 pm.  

3)  Color Guard - there will also be a special rehearsal this Saturday at Gibson County High School with the rest of the Mass Band Guard to learn the routine for the Mass Band songs for the Spring Parades.  It will be from 9 am until 4 pm in the gymnasium.  You can either bring your own lunch or bring $5 for them to provide you a lunch there.   Bring water, a white based shirt (doesn't have to be plain white, it can have writing on it), wear comfortable shoes, and of course bring your flag.  You will need to take that flag with you after Thursday's practice because if you forget it we won't be able to enter our school Saturday morning due to the ACT being given there that day.  Do your best to be there Saturday so that everyone in the Mass Guard can learn it all at the same time.  

4)  Percussion students who are trying out for drumline will be practicing this Tuesday and Thursday.

5)  Jazz Band will rehearse on Thursday after school.  

Announcements 4/4/21

1)  I hope everyone had a refreshing Spring Break!  April is shaping up to be a busy month, so I will be sending out more reminders and mid-week announcements than usual.  The good thing is that right now everything is good to go as scheduled!

2)  The Color Guard auditions are going to be tomorrow (Monday) right after school.  The audition times will be the same as the original audition date.  

3)  Current Color Guard members who want to be in the Spring Parades will begin afterschool rehearsals this Tuesday and rehearse every Tuesday and Thursday in April from 3:30 to 5 pm.  More information will be given this week about an event on April 17 for color guard members to learn the routine for the Mass Band song with the other Guard members of the Mass Band.\

4)  We will have an afterschool rehearsal this Tuesday and Friday for Percussion members wishing to try out for the 2021 Marching Percussion.  Times are 4:00 to 6:30 to help accommodate the Percussion Instructor's schedule. You may stay in the Band room if you wish from 3-4 to hang out, warm up, and practice.  

5)  After the Percussion rehearsal on Tuesday, we will have a meeting for Percussion parents in the Cafeteria at 6:30 to introduce the Percussion instructor and go over our plans for the upcoming year for the Percussion line!  It will last about 30 minutes and we ask that you sit with your family in groups 6 feet apart from other families.  You may come in through the Chorus Room in the back of the school while the percussion finish their rehearsal - we will have that door open for you starting at 6 pm.

6) We will have a Band Booster meeting this Tuesday night at 7:30 over Zoom since we were unable to meet last Thursday.  We will be going over Rose Parade information, Band Banquet, Concert updates, parade updates, and more!

7)  Jazz Band will rehearse this Thursday after school.