5-6-24 Newsletter

Announcements

Awards Night

Thank you to everyone who came out to our recent Awards Night!  We would like to congratulate all of our amazing students for a wonderful year, and we will have a full list of our award winners posted shortly

Please share any pictures or other media to this online folder. Thanks!

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wpIAUN6eFoyS9dfodSjYCpzOPnYKttUm?usp=sharing

Drumline will Lead the Senior Walkthrough!

We have put in a lot of work over the past two weeks, and we are looking forward to leading our Seniors through the halls for one last visit.  We would like to mention our younger percussionists, who have worked very hard to learn several new pieces in a short time.   All participants must bring THEIR OWN EARPLUGS!  (If your Percussionist does not yet own a pair of earplugs, we strongly encourage you to provide them as soon as possible.)

Graduation practice

Tuesday May 7 until 5:30

All high school musicians are expected to attend, and we invite select middle school musicians to join us.  Everyone should have already received their music for graduation, including March from Scipio, Pomp and Circumstance, and The Thunderer.  (We have been working on this music in our Middle School Band class, and we sound really good on it!).   Don't miss your chance to give our outgoing Seniors a great send-off!

Graduation

Saturday May 11 at the Alario Center (map to the Alario Center) 

8:00 am -- arrive and set-up

9:00 am -- Graduation

10:00 am -- Load and dismiss

All high school musicians are expected to attend, and we invite select middle school musicians to join us.  Everyone should have already received their music for graduation, including March from Scipio, Pomp and Circumstance, and The Thunderer.  Don't miss your chance to give our outgoing Seniors a great send-off!

Please note:  Dress for this event is Sunday Best or better.  No jeans, t-shirts, tennis shoes, flip flops, etc.

Equipment Returns

As we approach the end of the school year, we must have ALL school-owned instruments and equipment returned to school.  (students participating in Graduation may keep their instruments until after that event.

Thanks for your assistance in keeping track of our very large collection of instruments!

Haynes Band Media Folder

If you have any pictures or video from any of our performances or activities, please share them to the folder linked here.  Thanks!

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/139ORTm-6tqc_vL1GdumZ90XxyRvkqVlY?usp=sharing

Other Information

Band Fee

The Haynes Academy Band charges a $30 annual fee, which covers the purchase of music, transportation, etc.  This fee has been posted to student accounts.  Please contact Mr. Phelan with questions or concerns.

Band Camp 2024

That's not a typo -- we're already looking ahead to Band Camp next July!  In order to help everyone plan their summer vacations (and to hopefully increase our Band Camp participation!) we have tentatively scheduled Band Camp 2024:

July 22-23 (Monday and Tuesday) = Percussion Camp

July 24 (Wednesday) = Drum Corps at USM in Hattiesburg

July 25-26 (Thursday and Friday) and July 29-31 (Monday-Wednesday) = Full Band Camp

We have no other details yet, including location or times, but we ask that you make every effort to have your students at Band Camp on all of those days.  Thanks in advance for your cooperation!

Football Schedule 2024

We've added some TENTATIVE dates to our Calendar for next fall's football season.  Please remember that these are all TENTATIVE and subject to chenge, but at least we have an idea of when and where we'll be playing this fall -- we hope to see everyone there!  Thanks to Coach Powell for getting that information out early!

Band T-shirts and Sweatshirts

Haynes Band T-shirts and Sweatshirts have arrived!   Please send payment ASAP so we can send yours home.  We did order a few extras, so contact Mr. Phelan to get your student the most stylish shirts on campus!

High School Band

Graduation practice

Tuesday May 7 until 5:30

All high school musicians are expected to attend, and we invite select middle school musicians to join us.  Everyone should have already received their music for graduation, including March from Scipio, Pomp and Circumstance, and The Thunderer.  (We have been working on this music in our Middle School Band class, and we sound really good on it!).   Don't miss your chance to give our outgoing Seniors a great send-off!

Closing

Please visit our Calendar for all the latest updates, and feel free to contact Mr. Phelan at any time with questions or concerns.  We look forward to seeing everyone soon!

Mr. Phelan