August 16, 2015

Post date: Aug 16, 2015 6:50:16 PM

Rehearsal Schedule for the Week:

  • Monday - Guard Sectionals (3-5); Percussion Sectionals (5-8)

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

  • Thursday - Full Band (3-5); Dodge Drive (5-8); Preview Show @ 6:30

Announcements:

  • The 2nd memorization test for the semester will be TOMORROW over Part #2 (measures G-P) during band class time! All students will be expected to play the entire song from beginning to end MEMORIZED in order to perform at the Preview Show on Thursday! The Part #1 Memorization grades have been posted on PowerSchool if you have access and students have seen their grades posted on the office window by their assigned number.

  • Preview Night Tickets + Money are due TOMORROW! Each student is asked to sell at least 5 tickets for the show on Thursday! Each person that you sold a ticket to will need to check in at the check-in table on Thursday under your student's name. We will order a little extra food but no one is guaranteed food unless they purchase an advanced ticket!

  • We hope to have a FULL HOUSE on Thursday night to see the first public performance of our Fall 2015 Show: "Reflections"! Be sure and invite your friends, family, and neighbors to come out for preview night/dodge drive THIS THURSDAY NIGHT! These kids have been working extremely hard and would love to have a sold out crowd for the performance on Thursday.

  • Breaded Braid Sales begins TOMORROW! Each student is asked to sell at least 5 loaves of braided bread or get $30 in donations. Orders + money are due MONDAY, August 31st! Students will receive his/her order form TOMORROW during band class. Extra forms will be available on the band room table if you need one.

  • POLOS WILL BE IN THIS WEEK! Be sure your student has paid his/her $15 in order to receive his/her polo for the preview show on Thursday!

  • The Dodge Booster Drive starts at 5:00 on Thursday out in front of the high school. Each person that shows up to drive will earn the band $20!!! We are asking that everyone park on the south end of the stadium (closest to the field house) and enter the stadium from the south gate (field house side). Please no one PARK in the parking places located directly in front of the school so that we have enough room for the Dodge drive. The drive will last until 8:00 pm or until we have at least 250 people drive so please invite people to come drive! This is easy money for the band!

  • The band will have regular rehearsal on Thursday (until 5:00). Students will then have until 6:15 to cool off and change clothes for the Preview Show. The attire for the evening will be polos (TUCKED IN), khaki shorts, and tennis shoes. This will be the first performance grade for the students which is 33% of the student's grade for the nine weeks. Each high school band member will eat for FREE immediately following the show. After everything is cleaned up students will be allowed to leave.

  • We will need plenty of hands to help on Thursday night at the Preview Show. If you can help please contact Wendy Tate at wendyjtate@gmail.com .

  • The first away football game for the 2015 Football Season will this Friday @ Zion Christian Academy in Columbia, TN! Remember the band will NOT be traveling to this event. Good Luck to our Pioneer Football Team as they try and bring home a victory from the first game of the season!

  • Our first home FB game will be NEXT FRIDAY (28th) against Bolivar @ 7:00! Students will be expected to be dressed in the same attire as they will be on Thursday night and in their seats in the band room at 6:00. Students have certain rules that they have to follow at FB games and contest (food in stands, drinks, talking to friends, etc.) so please check with your student as to what those rules are so that you are informed as well. They will be getting these rules verbally from their section leaders next week.

  • Continue to pay for marching shoes ($36/band; $34/guard)! These should be in by the end of the month and only those students who have paid for them will receive them!

  • The next band fee payment will be due by Tuesday, September 1st ($30). Make every effort to pay this payment ON TIME so that the band can take care of all of its bills that are due on the 1st.

  • Our contest that we host on October 3rd currently has 22 bands signed up to attend!!!! This is over 1800 band students (not including parents/directors/staff/spectators) that will be on our campus this day. We WILL NEED your help on that Saturday so make plans to be on campus that day. It takes EVERYONE to host our invitational. If you have not signed up to help with the contest yet please contact Kim Todd at dokitodd@live.com and she will get you plugged in somewhere.

Upcoming Dates:

  • Next Week will be regular rehearsal schedule

  • Monday, August 24th - Memorization Test over Part #3 (measure P-end) during band class!

  • Friday, August 28th - FB vs. Bolivar (Home) - Students will have to be in their seats at 6:00 for this game.