Newsletter

WEEK OF MAY 4, 2020

COVID-19 SOCIAL DISTANCING - WEEK 8

JOIN THE BAND WEEK!

Please help us spread the word about JOIN THE BAND WEEK!

Copy this link to your social media outlets to help us get the word out. We have something new each day this week. If there's someone you know who is going into 6th grade next year, please reach out and encourage him or her to JOIN THE BAND!

https://sites.google.com/scss.screven.k12.ga.us/schsband/join-the-band

We hope you can join us for Thursday's event - 10 a.m. on YouTube livestream. https://youtu.be/yBygfpVjcjM

THINGS TO KNOW THIS WEEK:

DID YOU TURN IN YOUR PLAYING ASSIGNMENT? See Google Classroom for details. This week's assignment is the last one. Next week you'll receive instructions on how to record the entire tune.
BAND AWARDS are TUESDAY at 6:30 p.m. on YouTube. We hope the family will join us. https://youtu.be/s4u8knPtyXU
NO BAND or OCS ONLINE THIS WEEK, but please join our livestream on Thursday at 10 a.m. for JOIN THE BAND WEEK. https://youtu.be/yBygfpVjcjM
OCS LEADERSHIP APPLICATIONS are due FRIDAY on Classroom.
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 the SCHS BAND HOTLINE any time: ( 9 1 2 ) 5 4 9 - 0 2 6 2

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)

will NOT meet this week. Remember that your Leadership Application is due FRIDAY on Classroom.

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