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Great job this weekend!!! We had a lot of pressure on us and you guys worked very hard and held a great contest!!
Monday - Percussion 5:00-8:00
Tuesday - Rehearsal 3:15-5:00, 5:00-6:00 Sectionals for Everyone
Wednesday -
Thursday - FB vs. Steward County 5:15
Friday - Rehearsal 3:15-5:30 (time could change)
Saturday - Dyer Co. County call time 9:00am
Be prepared to go outside every day. Your grade may depend on if you have the appropriate attire to be outside during class time.
Things you need with you every day at class/rehearsal:
· Instrument
· Music
· Pencil
· Rehearsal shirt (when they are in)
· Comfortable athletic shoes
· Dot book
· Water Jug
I have passed out rehearsal shirts for each person. Here are the shirt days:
· Tuesdays blue rehearsal shirt
· Thursdays Red rehearsal shirt
· Ball games wear blue rehearsal shirt under uniform
· Saturdays will be theme shirts.
Regular rehearsal schedule: Tuesday everyone 3:15-6pm. Friday 3:15-5:30.
When we get ready for performances the following must be completed in order to perform.
· Pass all memorization tests
· Participate in two full run throughs of the show before performance (these only happen on rehearsal days)
· Receive no disciplinary actions by the school
· Maintain a C average in each class
We are in the home stretch for rehearsals and only have 6 left before our season is over with. We CANNOT have people missing rehearsals for any reason at this point. Every missed rehearsal is a detriment to the ensemble.
Ride home forms are due Thursday by 3:15pm.
Parents, please remember that band is an academic class and does count towards your students GPA. This is not middle school where it is just during activity time.
ALL PERFORMANCES ARE REQUIRED. REMEMBER IF YOU MISS FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN AN EMERGENCY THEN YOU FAIL THE 9 WEEKS. THIS IS IN YOUR HANDBOOK!!! WE CAN NOT HAVE STUDENTS MISSING PERFORMANCES AT ALL!!!!!!!
Below you will see a list of things that need to be paid and their dates.
· All Fees are past due at this point!!
· State Room-Deadline #2-OCTOBER 15TH FOR THE SECOND/FINAL ROOM PAYMENT OF $48 PER STUDENT
o MAKE SURE TO PUT YOUR CHILD'S NAME, ROOM PAYMENT # 1 OR ROOM PAYMENT #2 OR FULL ROOM PAYMENT ON THE ENVELOPE WHEN YOU SEND THIS!
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We have started our competition season so we need to make sure that we are not missing school or rehearsals if at all possible. It is very important that everyone is there every day.
If your student has any questions we have a chain of command for them to go through.
1. Section leaders
2. Drum majors
3. Band captains
4. Staff if none of the others have the answers
With the new season starting, please be aware of office hours for staff. We will reply only within an hour of the ending of school on non-rehearsal days or an hour after rehearsal days. If we receive something after those times, please understand we will not send a response until the next morning once we get back to school. We all also have families and need to spend time with them as well. We are at school and work many more hours than we are at home, especially during the marching season because of Friday night games and Saturday competitions, so we please ask that you respect this time for our sanity and the students.
We will be in uniform again on Saturday with the theme shirt underneath. All students will be required to have long tall black socks, if they do not have them then they will not be allowed to march. DO NOT WEAR THICK OR LONG PANTS UNDER THE UNIFORM!!! You need to wear basketball shorts or leggings under the uniform. Each student will need to purchase gloves from Mr. Leslie for $5. For students with long hair their hair must be pulled up in a bun, with no stragglers, inside their shako. I would invest in some hair spray or gel. All hair must be in natural colors at this point. No jewelry other than the band penny is allowed to be worn during performances. These need to be paid for also as the due date for those has past already.
VERY IMPORTANT PARAGRAPHS BELOW-PLEASE READ!
STUDENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SIGN OUT AND LEAVE UNTIL EVERYTHING IS LOADED. Students are ONLY allowed to ride home with parents/guardians/others if they have turned in a Ride home form. If they are late, I will not be adding them to the ride home list this year. If they ride home without a ride home form, then they will not be allowed to turn in a ride home form or ride home any other way than on the bus for the rest of the school year. Please make sure that you get these turned in. I also ask that you do not turn in bulk ones for the whole season as we have to do these weekly. Do not email me a copy as we take these in a folder with us to the game/contest just in case their name was left off the list. These are located on the front table in the band room or on the band's website to print off and sign and send in.
https://sites.google.com/site/gchsmarchingpioneers/fun-things
Parents, when we travel, we follow a certain order. Director vehicles, bus 1, semi, bus 2, equipment trucks, and then parents. When we get to a location to park the ONLY vehicles parking with the band will be staff, equipment vehicles, and parents who I have spoken with that will be helping with the band getting ready. If you are not a part of that group, you will need to park in normal spectator parking.
We are getting close to concert season. You need to make sure that your concert horn is in working order for the first week of November. We also need everyone possible to be in concert band this year. We are going back to concert festival. Also, if you are planning to be in leadership then you must be in marching and concert band as leaders do not do half of the work. Leadership is a year long position. To be able to attend the BAND banquet you must also be in both marching and concert band. If you are only in one or the other then you will have to purchase a ticket form a member who is in both and each member is only allowed 3 tickets.
We did All-West sign-ups the other day. If you signed up for All-west auditions then you must turn in your registration fee of $20 was due last week.
Seniors I need your $30 for your senior banners. It was due last week. If you are writing a check, please contact me as this is going directly to the company that made them and not to the school.
I think that is all for now!
Important dates:
Oct. 29 - FB vs. Steward Co. (Senior Night)
Oct. 30 - Rehearsal
Oct. 31 - Dyer Co. Contest
Nov. 3 - Rehearsal 6pm-9pm
Nov. 6-8 - Div. 1 state contest.
Joseph Agee
Director of Bands
Gibson Co. HS
Dyer, TN 38330
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