Newsletter

WEEK OF APRIL 27, 2020

COVID-19 SOCIAL DISTANCING - WEEK 7

THINGS TO KNOW THIS WEEK:

DID YOU TURN IN YOUR PLAYING ASSIGNMENT? See Google Classroom for details. You have a new assignment each week. All of them are on Classroom. This is helping us put together an online performance in lieu of our spring concert.
BAND AWARDS - Vote! I need your vote by THURSDAY. https://forms.gle/XU1o7e4QRHZiWHs96
SHOW IDEAS FOR 2020: The final round voting is due THURSDAY. Vote online: https://forms.gle/jxYz16tnzCGWX6tQA
BAND and OCS MEET ON THURSDAY at 2:30 p.m. (OCS at 3p.m.) via YouTube livestream. https://youtu.be/Jt9ftLm67bo
STAY CONNECTED via Remind, Classroom, and this page. Assignments will be posted weekly on Classroom.
Check out the Band Away From Band Challenge!
I am here if you need me! Reach out via email or Remind, or the new Band phone number (see below).

NEW PHONE NUMBER FOR ALL THINGS BAND

Call or text any time: ( 9 1 2 ) 5 4 9 - 0 2 6 2

BAND ONLINE THIS WEEK

THURSDAY, 2:30 - 3:00 p.m. via YouTube livestream. The link for this week: https://youtu.be/Jt9ftLm67bo

ATTENTION SENIORS:

If you have moved and have a different address than you did at the beginning of the year, please let me know! Email, call/text, or Remind. THANKS!

SPRING CONCERT: Virtual Band!

Thank you to everyone who is participating in this! It's going to be a lot of fun. Everything you need is on CLASSROOM. Each week I will post videos to help you figure out the tricky parts. (Links to the videos will be posted to Classroom as soon as the videos are ready.) The goal is to have something we can perform "together" by the beginning of May.

OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL (OCS)

Anyone interested in serving on our leadership team should join the OCS Remind group: @schsocs

This week's OCS meeting will be on the same stream as the weekly Thursday band meeting. Band is at 2:30 p.m.; OCS will start at 3 p.m.

The link for this week: https://youtu.be/Jt9ftLm67bo

Our 2020 Band Awards Banquet

will be held online this year via YouTube livestream on Tuesday, May 5, starting at 6:30 p.m. We invite band members and their families to gather for an evening where we celebrate our year and honor our seniors. I hope your family can sit down together and celebrate the year with us. https://youtu.be/s4u8knPtyXU

Will YOU accept the "Band Away From Band" CHALLENGE?

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS and you can earn free food and prizes.

COLOR GUARD and DRUMLINE AUDITIONS

Our plan is to hold placement auditions in July, or as soon as we are allowed back on campus. Watch this space for information so you can be prepared.

BAND CALENDAR

Have you found the online band calendar yet? You can view it on your computer, sync it to your phone or tablet, or even print it!

Step 1: Get on your computer, then click here: https://goo.gl/QMZ7V4 OR scroll up to the calendar above.

Step 2: Click the +Google Calendar icon in the bottom-right corner. You will have to create a Google account if you don’t already have one.

OR

If you use iCal on your iPhone or other Apple device, use this link: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/scss.screven.k12.ga.us_vjbgemi8c4dkkuovhf85se1s50%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics

STAY CONNECTED

Remind – in the Remind app, use classroom code @CarterSCHS, or text @CarterSCHS to 81010
Join the Facebook page! Search Facebook for “Screven County High School Band!”
BAND CALENDAR: https://goo.gl/QMZ7V4
Mr. Carter’s email is hank.carter@screven.k12.ga.us
Be sure to follow our student-run officially unofficial account on Instagram: @screvencountyband