Concert Festival Itinerary

Friday, March 22, 2013
10:30 am You will be called out of class and report to the band room. Load large instruments on bus. Make sure you are dressed in Concert attire, have your instrument AND your music folder! Concert attire consists of button up shirt, khakis, and dress shoes. Ladies if you wear a dress, make sure that it is conservative dress, with no low-cut tops or short skirts. NO TENNIS SHOES!
10:45 am Load bus, depart SGCHS.
11:15 am Arrive at Sparky’s Pizza, where you will pay for and eat your lunch. $7 for buffet.
12:15 pm Load bus and depart for Liberty HS
12:25 pm Arrive at Liberty HS. Get instruments off the bus, leave ALL cases on bus. Stretch and do some breathing exercises while we wait to go into the warm-up room.
12:50 pm Go to warm-up room.
12:55 pm Warm-up. Blue Book, Tipps, Songs, Final Breathing exercises. Percussion, you will be ready to go onto the stage first to start setting up when we get permission.
1:15 pm Move to stage. Stay in your rows and move to the stage in an organized manner.
1:20 pm Perform for judges. Emblem of Freedom and then Abram’s Pursuit. Parents are welcome to sit in the audience and watch.
1:40 pm Move to Sight-reading room.
2:05 pm Load all instruments on bus and head back to school.
2:35 pm Arrive SGCHS, unload bus. Put all instruments in their proper place.

Pageant workers

For those who are able, we will start getting set up for the Beauty pageant at noon tomorrow. Registration starts at 3, and the pageant starts at 4, so we need to have everything ready to go before then.  I am asking that all workers wear their band T-shirts. We will be done with the pageant and cleaned up by 9 pm.  If you can't be there at the very beginning or for the entire thing, please come and help when you can.  I am sure the parents and students who are working will appreciate some breaks or even working shifts.

Booster Meeting

A reminder of the Booster meeting this Thursday, March 7 at 6:30 pm.  We need to finalize the Beauty pageant details and start preparing for next year (already!).

Upcoming events

1) For the students who signed up for Solo and Ensemble, it's this Saturday March 2 at Northside High School. Our allotted time is 8:30 - 9 am. Try to get there around 8 or 8:15 to warm-up. When you get there, I will have the list of rooms where each person is supposed to go. Park by the south cafeteria (look for some other school buses parked around there.)
2) Next Tuesday, March 5 from 6:30 to 8 pm is the next rehearsal designed to start incorporating the 8th graders. The last two rehearsals, I only wanted the leadership team there. At this rehearsal, I am inviting the whole band to come and welcome the 8th graders. During this time we will also be looking at some new pep music for next year.
3) Next Thursday, March 7 at 6:30 pm is the next Booster meeting. We need more parents at this one so that we can finalize working assignments for the Beauty pageant.
4) Tuesday March 12 is the afterschool rehearsal for Concert Festival from 3:30 to 5:30.
5) March 16 is the Beauty pageant. We need a photographer. The one we had lined up is not able to do it now. If anyone know anyone who could do it, please let me know.

Band Camp dates

Band Camp 2013:
July 15, 16 (Mon, Tues) - Percussion and Guard only 8:00 - 11:30
July 17, 18, 19 (Wed, Thur, Fri) - Band, Percussion, and Guard 8:00 - 12:00; Percussion and Guard come back from 1:00 - 3:00
July 22 - 26 (Mon - Fri) Everyone 7:00 - 11:30, 1:00 - 4:00
For the Full Week, I am pushing the starting time to 7 am so that we have more time outside before the heat really gets bad. I am balancing that with getting out an hour earlier in the afternoon.

Ensemble Concert

Band students' report time for Tuesday's concert is 6:00 pm.  We will need to set up the chairs and instruments on the stage.  They need to wear Concert Attire (no jeans, T-shirts, or hats).  The concert will start at 7 pm and last about an hour.  Free admission, open to everyone who wants to hear some great music!

Booster Meeting

Booster meeting will be this Thursday, February 7 at 6:30 in the Band Room.