August 28, 2016

Post date: Aug 28, 2016 7:33:58 PM

Rehearsal Schedule for the Week:

• Monday - NO SCHOOL! Staff Professional Development Day. Guard Sectional (3:15-5:00); Flute/Clarinet Sectional (3:15-4:30); Percussion Sectional (5-8)

• Tuesday - Full Band (3-5); all other Hornline Sectionals (5-6)

• Thursday - Full Band (3-5)

• Friday - FB @ McKenzie @ 7:30 - Students must be in their seats for immediate departure at 5:30!

Announcements:

• Thanks to all those who made the rainy trip to Bolivar this past Friday night! A special THANK YOU to all the pit dads/moms who make every performance possible!

• A lot of great pictures of our students have been taken and placed on the band's Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/groups/273967556115889/). You are welcome to join the group to see the photos. Thanks to Beth, Jennifer, and Martha for all the great pictures! If you have taken any pictures, we would love to have them uploaded to the facebook page.

• All show music memorization tests are complete and all grades have been recorded in PowerSchool so you can see how your child performed.

• The hornline will have a Memorization Test over "Amazing Grace" during their sectional time THIS TUESDAY! Be sure your student has it memorized.

• Band/guard shoes should be arriving this week! Only students who have paid for his/her shoes will receive them! We will wear them for the first time NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT (9th).

• The September Band Fee Payment of $30 is due THIS THURSDAY! A lot of the band's bills are due on the first so if you are on the band fee payment schedule please make every effort to pay your band fee on Thursday so that the band can ensure that it can pay all of its bills on the first as well!

• This Friday we travel to McKenzie for the football game. The game starts at 7:30. We will meet in the band room at 5:30 for immediate departure to the game. Students will have ~30 minutes to eat at the concessions stand when we arrive. Attire for the evening will be polos, khaki shorts/pants, and tennis shoes. Ride home forms are due NO LATER THAN Thursday @ 5:00! NO EXCEPTIONS!

• Remember ALL band students need to be picked up BEHIND the school from all band events so we can ensure that each student has been picked up.

• Continue to download and take a look at All-West Music at http://gchsmarchingpioneers.org under the "forms and practice tools" tab. If you don't have a printer at home I will be more than happy to print off a copy for your student at school. Simply have them ask me to print them a copy. Auditions are not until January so a little bit of practice time now will really increase your child's chances of making one of the All West bands when auditions take place in January!

• Hopefuly each of you are planning to come and help out at our marching contest that will be held on Saturday, October 1st @ GC! The contest, right now, is scheduled to begin at 10:00 am and finals awards are slated for some time around 10 pm. It will be a full day and we need your help! Contact Kim Todd at dokitodd@live.com to get plugged in for this event!

• Theme Shirts should be arriving soon! Watch for details in upcoming emails.

• Braided Bread will arrive NEXT THURSDAY (8th)! Be prepared to pick up your orders once practice is complete @ 5 at the top of the gym!

• The umbrellas have been ordered! We will have 96 of them to sell for $25/umbrella. They will be on a first come first served basis so see who wants one and as soon as they arrive we will begin selling these Pioneer Umbrellas!

• ATTENTION SENIORS & SENIOR PARENTS: The state scholarship application deadline is October 1^st! You do not have to be a music major to get some money to be in band in college! Don’t miss this opportunity! The scholarship application was emailed out last week or can be found on the website or the band room table. Don't procrastinate and wait until the last minute!

Upcoming Dates:

• Labor Day is NEXT MONDAY! NO SCHOOL! NO REHEARSALS!

• Next Tuesday (6th) we will have full band rehearsal from 3-5 and then EVERYONE will have sectionals (all winds, guard, and percussion) from 5-6!

• Thursday, September 8th- Full Band (3-5); Braided Bread orders will be ready for pick-up @ 5!

• Friday, September 9th - FB vs. Fulton City @ 7:00 - HOME - This is homecoming! This will be our first night in full uniform. Students will have to be dressed in full uniform and in their seats at 5:30. Students will need theme shirts on under their uniforms, LONG black socks, uniform, black MTX marching shoes, and gloves (if applicable for their section). Gloves are $3/pair and can be purchased from Mr. Brockman.

• Saturday, September 10th - Crockett County Marching Invitational - This is a late afternoon/evening contest so I would expect us to meet some time early afternoon for rehearsal. The contest schedule has not been released yet but I will let you know more information as soon as it is available.

• Monday, September 12th - Band Booster Meeting - 7:00 pm - Band Room. We need EVERYONE if possible to attend this last meeting that we will have BEFORE our contest that we will hold on October 1st! It takes an army to run this event and we need each one of you there to help make this a successful event!