Announcements 12/12/21

1)  Winter Concert Monday night at 7 pm in the Gym.  Concert attire for students (no jeans, no hats, ties optional).  Students report at 6:15 to move stands and equipment into the gym to be ready for a 6:30 warm up.  As always, our concerts are free of charge to thank the community for their support all year.

2)  Final Rose Parade rehearsal will be this Saturday.  After the rehearsal, there are going to be a few things happening to prepare for the departure on the 27th.  From 5-7 pm on Saturday, Percussion, Brass, and Guard will need to get back to Milan Middle school.  Percussion will be putting on the Rose Parade drumheads, Brass will be doing a group polish of their horns, and Guard will be packing their flags and other equipment.  

Announcements 12/5/21

1)  We will have afterschool rehearsal this Thursday from 3:30 to 5 pm to get ready for the Winter Concert.  Color Guard are not required to be at this rehearsal.

2)  Looking forward to next Monday, December 13, the band will be wearing concert attire for the Winter Concert (no jeans, no hats.  Look nice!).  The band will report at 6:15 to move chairs and equipment and warm-up, with the concert starting at 7 pm in the SGC Gym.  

3)  The final meeting for the Rose Parade trip will be Monday night at 6:30 pm at Sugar Creek Church in Humboldt.  Representative from the travel company will be there to go over final information and to answer any questions.  

4)  The 3rd Mass Band rehearsal will be this Saturday from 9 am to 5 pm.  I am asking that anyone taking the ACT Saturday morning make it to the afternoon part of the rehearsal.  (But make sure you ace the ACT first!)

Announcements 11/28/21

1)  Full Band afterschool rehearsal on Monday from 3:30 to 4:30 to prepare for the Christmas Parade.

2)  Christmas Parade is Tuesday at 6 pm.  The Band will meet in the Parking Lot at Gracepoint Bible Church (formerly Soul's Harbor Church) at the start of the parade route (S Main Street right off Hwy 45).  You need to be there by 5:30.  Also, we will not be taking a bus, so you will need to find your own way there. The small band trailer with large instruments will be parked at the old Elementary school parking lot at the end of the parade route.  If you need to get your instrument out of the trailer, you need to plan to get there early so that you can work your way to the meeting place after you get your instrument.  Students will be dismissed as soon as we reach the end of the parade route.  

3) Booster meeting this Thursday at 6:30 pm.  

4)  The second Mass Band Rehearsal for the Rose Parade is this Saturday from 9 am to 3 pm.  More details to come this week.  

Announcements 11/21/21

1)  Great job and a big Thank You to everyone involved in Saturday's Mass Band Rehearsal!  Students, you exceeded the Directors' high expectations of how you worked together as a Mass Band and how you held up during the first 2 mile hike while playing non stop!  Parents who helped organize and serve the lunch - you all are beyond awesome!  We still need to pay a the people back for the money they spent getting this lunch together, so if you were unable to get your donation in last week, please bring your $5 this week so they can be reimbursed.

2)  Monday night at 6 pm in the Band Room there will be an informational meeting for current percussion members and anyone interested in trying out for the 2022 Drumline and Front Ensemble.  

3)  Not much going on this week, but make sure you remember that next week we have a Monday afterschool rehearsal from 3:30 to 4:30 to prepare for the Parade, and then have the Parade next Tuesday night.  

Announcements 11/14/21

1)  First Rose Parade rehearsal is this Saturday at Milan's Football Stadium.  Be there ready to go by 9 am.  More details about the rehearsal will be given in the Rose Parade group in the Band app.  

2)  Each of the high schools in the Mass Band will provide lunch for the students at a specified rehearsal.  Our time to feed the mass band lunch is this first rehearsal.  We have some parents making soup and sandwiches, but we also need donations to be able to feed these 300 students.  So here is what we are asking from those students going on the Rose Parade trip:

Brass: 12 pack of Coca-cola cans OR at least a $5 donation to help pay for the food.

Woodwinds: 12 pack of Dr. Pepper OR at least a $5 donation to help pay for the food.

Percussion and Guard:  A case of water (it doesn't matter the brand) OR at least a $5 donation to help pay for the food.

3)  We will also need some desserts, so if you are willing to make a dessert and cut it into servable sizes, please send a message to Mr. Price.

4)  MEMORIZE - we have the Christmas Parade in 2 weeks, we have the first Mass Band Rehearsal that we need to have the Rose Parade music and the Rose Bowl Field show - Beginning to G - memorized for, and there are still many students who have not completed their memorization tests from the first semester that can still get those done.  Such is the life of being a marching band member!  But remember that the payoff is so worth it!!!

5)  The Laundry detergent from the last fundraiser will be delivered early this week.

Announcements 11/7/21

1)  Whew!  It's been a while since I was so physically and emotionally drained.  But what a weekend!  History was made in the SGC Band but most importantly we had a perfect ending to such a special season.  This post would not hold the words I have for the love and appreciation I have for everyone involved in this awesome program!

2)  There are no rehearsals this week, no sectionals. We do have a home playoff game though, but it will be a volunteer pep band performance.  I will have a sign up sheet for any band and guard member who wants to play and cheer on the team Friday night at SGC.  Report time will be 6:15 for those that sign up and the attire requirement will be to dress warm!

3)  This will be a week of transitions.  We will be setting placements for concert band with chair auditions as we prepare for the Christmas Concert.  We will be begin working on music and guard choreography for the upcoming Christmas Parade.  And Rose Parade participants will be receiving music for the upcoming rehearsals.  But first - we clean the band room!!!

Announcements 10/31/21

1)  State Week!  We are looking forward to some frighteningly good rehearsals this week!

2)  Percussion will have their sectional Monday at the regular time.  It's scary how hard these guys work!

3)  Tuesday's rehearsal will be from 6:30 to 8:30 pm, not immediately afterschool. Don't be afraid of the dark though, we will have stadium lights on!   We will have some special guests come in to give feedback and we will be feeding these guests immediately after the rehearsal to thank them for their time.  We have all the food lined up except for drinks.  Could we get some tea made for Tuesday night?  Also, more details will come on Monday.

4)  Thursday's rehearsal will be from 3:30 to 5:30 as normal.    Something normal the week of State?  Is this a Trick or a Treat?

5)  Thursday night will be a Booster meeting at 6:30 pm as we answer any questions and quell any fears about the State competition as well as look at the activities in November/December.  

6)  Friday night will be a home playoff game.  We will treat it like any other home game - play the National Anthem, pep songs, perform the full halftime show as a practice run before State, and come back and play pep songs in the 4th quarter.  At least it's not Friday the 13th!

7)  Saturday = State! We will report at 5:45 am to load up on the buses and depart at 6:15.  An updated itinerary will be available Monday or Tuesday as we look at making a couple of changes to the late morning.  It all leads to 1:48 pm, when we bring terror to the rest of the bands!  More information about state will be given this week but can also be found at https://www.tnsmbc.com/ 

 Please bring something warm to wear in between performances because it is going to be cold Saturday!