Announcements 5/20/13

1. I will be updating the email list over the next week.  Please get your information forms in ASAP so that I can have updated information.  EVERYONE needs to turn in this sheet, even if you already did one last year.  (If you will not have a child in band next year but still want your name on the email list, let me know)

2.  Our first rehearsal of the summer is June 5 and then every Wednesday in June.

3. It's never too early to pay the Marching Band fees!  I am already ordering uniforms, instruments, flags, gloves, etc. for next year.  The fees are the same as they have been. These fees cover the previously mentioned costs as well as the Camp T-shirt, paying for the camp staff, the Drill, etc.  $150 for Band members and Drum Majors.  $175 for Percussion (the extra cost is to buy sticks and mallets.  $200 for Guard (the extra cost is for Uniforms and flag bags)

This week (May 13-17)

Here is a rundown of this week's activities:

Monday - Drumline tryouts from 6:30 to 8:30.  Will K. will be there to help with this.

Monday - Drum Major Clinic from 3:30 - 4:30.  Remember the $10 fee.

Tuesday - Leadership Applications are due

Tuesday - Final Rehearsal with the 8th graders at 6:30 pm in the Band room.  We will be looking at the field show music and starting some marching fundamentals

Wednesday - Friday - Leadership Interviews during class.

Thursday - Drum Major Auditions from 3:30 - 4:30.

Thursday - Baccalaureate service at 7 pm at First United Methodist - Medina for those who signed up to play at this.  Report time TBD.  Concert Attire.

Friday - Graduation at 8 pm.  Report time 7 pm.  Concert Attire. 

We are marching

The Strawberry Festival Parade is starting at 10:30 and we are definitely marching in it.  We will be leaving the school at 10.

Marching in parade

We are marching in the Teapot parade.  It's cold.  Wear something warm.

Band Banquet

The Band Banquet is Saturday, May 11 at 6 pm.  High School Band members are free.  Each guest will be $12 ($10 for 12 and under).  ALL Band members are invited (Marching, Concert, Jazz Bands)!  Seniors, make a special effort to be there as many of the proceedings will be in your honor.  There is a sign-up sheet in the Band Room.  Try to let me know by Friday if you will be attending the Banquet so that we can get the food ordered.  

Rehearsal and Meeting reminder

Just a reminder that we have Parade afterschool rehearsal this Thursday, May 2 from 3:30 to 5:00.  The last Booster meeting of the year will be at 6:30 that same evening.

Teapot Parade Itinerary

Itinerary


Trenton Teapot Festival Parade

Saturday, May 4, 2013
8:00 am Arrive at SGCHS Band Room. Load equipment on bus. Put on uniform pants, long black socks, and shoes. Wear shorts and T-shirt underneath. Put uniform jacket, hat, and gauntlets on bus.
8:20 am Depart South Gibson County High School.
8:50 am Arrive at Trenton. We will need to exit the buses quickly. Unload instruments quickly, and put jackets, hats, and gauntlets on as you go to warm-up circle.
9:10 am Warm-up
9:40 am Line-up in parade form and wait to join the parade route.
Approx. 12:00 End of parade. Students will put instruments back in cases, put full uniform on the hangers, and then load the instruments on the bus. Parents will inspect the uniforms to make sure they are on the hangers correctly.
12:30 pm Depart Trenton.
1:00 pm Arrive at SGCHS Band room. Take the uniforms back to the storage room, then unload the instruments off the bus. No one is dismissed until all the instruments are in their correct place and the bus is cleaned out.
* If you plan on leaving with your parents after the parade route is over, I will need a note
signed by the parent. You cannot leave with a friend or cousin, it must be a parent.