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Monday - Percussion Audition clinic 1 4:00-5:30
Tuesday - All-West Lessons
Wednesday - Fruit Money Due, Drumline Clinic 4:00-5:30
Thursday - All-West Lessons
Friday -
Concert Band has started. Below is a list of the items you need at EVERY REHEARSAL:
· Instrument
· Music
· Pencil
· Great attitude ready to give 110% every rehearsal!!!
I know a lot of us think that concert band isn't important, but it is where we get a chance to make music without having to constantly be worried about competing or being judged. Concert band is where we developed our techniques for the marching season. We all love playing more exciting music but that doesn't happen without the skills learned in concert band. I also will not be giving leadership positions to anyone who does not do both concert band and marching band. Leaders do not do half of the work and expect to be rewarded.
Reminder that to attend the band banquet you must be in both marching band and concert band. Exceptions: color guard who do not play an instrument at all and students who have a sport 4th block.
It is suggested that each student have a 1/2'' black binder for their concert music during Christmas. In the spring this will be provided by the band.
All-West is coming up soon. As soon as I have audition times I will let everyone know.
All-West students, auditions this year are taking place at Collierville High school. Once I have audition times I will post those.
Honor band registrations are starting to pop up. Bellow is the link for HS students to register for UTM honor band this year. Please use working email addresses. It will ask for my email which is ageej@gcssd.org. https://sites.google.com/ut.utm.edu/music/honor-band?authuser=0
UTM has also invited any trombone player that is interested in participating in their mass trombone choir this weekend. I am attaching the information for that also.
Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScTI5lphZGUyXb3uuWSISh1g_xAnn0WKo3zndMOCgGTgo-pQQ/viewform
Music: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11G_uCR7SM6J9ttgEFvOaONVONkuq4aUl
Part Assignments Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FSECH0oQaI_3ZtogNrPjt6TjyQT868AP_kq9p9wWPlA/edit?gid=379467943#gid=379467943
We will be starting scales this week to help students prepare for their final exam. Each student's final exam is to play the 12 major scales memorized for myself or Mr. Leslie. The results of this will also determine their chair placement for the spring. Let me be clear, if a student is exempt they are not "required" to take the final exam. I am also always looking at leadership for next season, and opting out of performing your 12 major scales, which all music is based off of, does not look good for leadership. If you are exempt and you take the test it is just for chair placement and a good mark on being on leadership.
Fruit money is due this Wednesday the 12th by the end of band class. The students have been asked to sell 15 items each. These are very important as our program runs off of fundraisers. The more we make the more we get to do. If we do not make the money then we have to make cuts. I do not want that and I hope you do not either.
I am still missing student payments for band fee and their uniform fee. The updated debt list is on the window in the band room.
We are missing some students in the Disney sign up. Please get signed up asap. We must have a minimum of 50 performers to be able to march.
Important Dates:
Nov. 22 - All-West auditions
Nov. 26-28 - Thanksgiving Break
Dec. 6 - Christmas Parade
Dec. 14 - Christmas Concert
Dec. 14-17 - Final Exams
Disney information: Registration ends February 6, but we ask that you register early to allow us to plan accordingly. Once you register, the website will give you a timeline of when certain amounts should be paid as well as a deadline for when full payment must be completed. If you have family members who want to go with us, please forward this email and information to them.
1. Once clicking the link below, select “Register now” to proceed. You will have to create an account with your email and create a password for the portal. (In some cases, school domain emails may be restricted, please use a Gmail or other email.) You will then receive an email to verify your account before you can continue (Sometimes it may be in your spam folder).
2. Everyone participating on the trip must register with the portal. For anyone under 18 years of age, a parent or guardian must complete the registration on their behalf. Multiple people from the same family on the same trip can register together so they have a single log-in. (i.e. a dad chaperoning on a trip with their child or both parents with a child on the same trip). You still register each person and have to select the packages each one is doing and complete all the information required for each participant. Everyone registers under the student cost-all cost the same.
3. Complete all the required information necessary. (personal data, emergency data, etc.)
4. Choose the applicable package for the trip of the person you are registering.
5. Choose an insurance option: Enhanced, Standard or Decline. You must choose one of the 3 to complete your registration. The insurance options will be shown as Enhanced Coverage, Standard Coverage, or Decline. It is encouraged to select and purchase insurance to protect your trip. If purchasing the Enhanced Coverage, you must purchase within 20 days of registration and deposit. Following insurance options, you will continue to the page for setting up your credit card or ACH Transaction options for payment. If you are not selecting insurance, there will be an option to decline and proceed to the payment arrangements.
6. While registering, members will get to the point of completing their info and selecting insurance and a screen is indicating you are almost complete, you just need to “pay the deposit.” The portals have been set up to combine the trip deposit and the insurance together as the ‘deposit.’ The portal has been set-up with the required deposit amount due at registration and the payment dates for additional payments.
7. The portal will show a screen where the total trip cost is displayed with the insurance amount with a ‘proceed to payment’ option. This is not the payment selection. When you proceed to make the payment, the next screen is where you enter your payment method (credit card or ACH) and then the last screen will show ‘Select payment’ options of paying balance, paying deposit or specific amount. The deposit due amount should reflect the amount for the trip deposit and insurance. You can select any of the three options based on your payment amount you desire to pay. You are required to agree to and sign all required documents.
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Once you have completed the steps listed, your registration is complete! You will receive updates or additional information required for the trip to the email used in the registration process. Please Note: You may select Autopay to avoid having to login and make additional payments. You will receive reminders of the upcoming payment, and that the autopay will process the payment on the scheduled date. (please note: ** All refund requests/cancellations will incur a minimum 4% reduction in possible refunds - Covers payment processing fees
Joseph Agee
Director of Bands
Gibson Co. HS
Dyer, TN 38330
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