September 25, 2016

Post date: Sep 25, 2016 7:04:11 PM

Rehearsal Schedule for the week:

  • Monday - Guard Sectional (3-5); Trumpet Sectional (3:15-4:30); Percussion Sectional (5-8)

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

  • Thursday - Full Band (3-5)

  • Friday - FB vs. Hall @ 7:00 - We will meet dressed in full uniform at 6!

  • Saturday - GCMI!!!! All day! See below for details.

Announcements:

  • Hopefully each of you enjoyed your weekend off and got some much needed rest.

  • Thanks to those who got out an sold their Boston Butts! You guys sold over 50 butts and got over $100 in donations! Thanks to all those who did their part!

  • Thanks to all those who got trophy sponsors for our competition! Let the businesses know how much of a difference this makes and how much we appreciate them!

  • Drinks for the competition were due this past Thursday! Thanks to all those who have already brought yours! If you have not brought yours, you can do so TOMORROW! We will get a final count tomorrow and then begin purchasing what we don't have enough of for the competition.

  • This Thursday we are proud to welcome one of the greats in band directing, Mr. Wayne Markworth, to our rehearsal! Mr. Markworth is judging our competition this Saturday and has agreed to come in a couple of days early to clinic our band. He is the director emeritus at Centerville HS in Ohio. While there his band won the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP for high school bands which is held in Indianapolis each fall. All winds/percussion will need to wear their theme shirts to rehearsal on Thursday. All color guard members will need to wear a white tshirt in order to contrast the winds/percussions black tshirts.

  • The next band fee payment of $30 is due on or before THIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1ST!

  • Senior State Scholarship Applications MUST be postmarked no later than THIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1ST! NO EXCEPTIONS!

  • Friday night is football vs Halls. The game starts at 7:00. All students will need to be in their seats dressed in full uniform at 6!

  • Saturday is our BIG DAY!!! The Gibson County Marching Invitational will be THIS SATURDAY @ GCHS! We are still in need of lots of help for this event. We can NOT pull this event off without EVERYONE pitching in to help. If you have not volunteered to help please contact Kim Todd or Wendy Tate ASAP to get signed up to help. We are expecting over 1300 band students on our campus on Saturday which will probably translate into ~2000 spectators on top of that. This is our largest fundraiser of the year and we need YOUR HELP!

  • Students will have to be in the band room dressed in polos, khaki shorts/pants, and tennis shoes @ 8:00 on Saturday morning. They need to have eaten breakfast BEFORE they arrive! We will then prepare the campus for the competition before the first band arrive ~9-9:30. Students all have jobs that they are responsible for all day long. Students will have to be in uniform no later than 3:30 for warm-up. We perform in exhibition only at the end of the preliminary competition at 4:15. Students will then immediately present awards in the preliminary competition. Students will then be provided with pizza by the band boosters in the cafeteria. The finals competition begins at 7:00 pm and students will report back to their jobs. If their band did not make finals they will be expected to report to one of the two concession stands. Students will once again present awards at the end of finals (~10pm). Students will then have to return the campus to the way that we found it if not better at 8:00 that morning. Students will be dismissed after that point (~11-12 that night). The forecast as of today show mostly sunny with a high of 78 and a low of 53. It should be a great day for a competition!

  • For this Saturday we ask that everyone car pools if possible! All vehicles will need to be parked at the equine center behind the high school. We need all the space around campus that we can get so we need to make sure that all cars are clear of the parking lot and at the equine center for the day's events by 8:00 am!

  • Boston Butt orders must be picked up behind the vocational building between 7 and 8 am BEFORE the bands start arriving that morning!

  • We still have a few more umbrellas left to sell! If you haven't purchased yours then you get it this week! Send your $25 with your student and he/she will bring the umbrella home to you!

Upcoming Dates:

  • Friday, October 7th - NO FOOTBALL GAME! OPEN WEEK!

  • Saturday, October 8th - Davy Crockett Parade - 2:00 pm - Rutherford, TN - We will meet at 1:15 in khaki shorts and polos. We will not take buses to this event!