Check the Director's Calendar for up to date information on this week's events and other upcoming events (see also Director's Calendar section in this Cadence below):

Director's Calendar

Please welcome Dakota Jean Vogt to the Franklin Band Family! Mama, baby, and the rest of the family are all doing well.

One of the TFB core values is community. In an effort to cultivate community ties and to give the students additional performance opportunities, full ensemble (including winds, percussion and guard) will be attending all away football games. Please see the Director's Calendar for those dates.

The Franklin Band will be performing our show at the Williamson County Marching Band Exhibition (Wilco) this Saturday Sept 10th at Summit High School, 2830 Twin Lakes Dr, Spring Hill, TN 37174. The event begins at 7:00pm. Williamson County high school marching bands including Brentwood, Centennial, Fairview, Independence, Nolensville, Page, Ravenwood and Summit high schools will all perform.

Admission tickets are $10 per person. You can either use the QR Code below or this link to order tickets for the Williamson County Marching Band Exhibition: https://gofan.co/app/events/691893?schoolId=TN67015_3

Details for this Saturday's rehearsal schedule, tailgate, and Wilco will be added to the Director's Calendar as soon as they are available.

TFB Family,

We will be having our first big post-COVID tailgate on the afternoon of the Williamson County Band Exhibition.

WHO: The tailgate is for band members and their families as well as band staff. We are feeding a lot of people!

WHAT: This tailgate is by section. Please sign up to bring an item or items according to the section of your band student. Some sections are partnering. Some sign-up spots are for helpers before and after the tailgate. Many hands make for light work! Please help so we can get to WilCo on time.

WHEN: Saturday, September 10. Be set up and ready to serve by 2:45 pm.

WHERE: FHS Car Rider Line area

THEME: Sections have chosen tailgate themes as follows:

Tubas - Let's Fly Away

Clarinets & Flutes - Little Italy

Drum Majors - Lemonade Stand

Baritones - Cheeseburgers in Paradise

Trumpets – Pirate Party

Saxophones - Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

Percussion - Sticks & Stones

Mellophones - TBD

Color Guard - Fiesta

If you have section-specific questions, please contact your section leader. If you have general tailgate questions, please contact me through the Parent Group Me.

THANK YOU!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0E4EA8AA2EA3F94-tfbwilco

Jennifer Stockdale, Tailgate Coordinator

Hello Band Family! We are hoping to put together some senior spotlights to share on social media and would like to include all of the band seniors (guard, marchers, ensemble participants)!

The plan is to use "a how is started/how its going format". For the "how it started" photo we need a picture of your kiddo before high school doing their thing (e.g., with an instrument in jr high or before, dancing/gymnastics etc). For the "how it's going" photo we need a recent photo (from a marching or concert band event or guard performance).

Here is a form we are using to collect photos and information to build the spotlights: https://forms.gle/8j8B5iHnQZ83rS5v9

News from the Stand!

Hello Band Parents,

Well that was an exciting Friday night game with all the weather delays! Thank you to all the fantastic volunteers who hung in there!

The next home game will be on September 16th, and Clarinets and Mellos will be taking the lead.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C49ABAC2CA3FC1-concessions2

Any questions please let me know.

Thanks

Rebecca Murphy

Schedule:

9/16 – Mello and Clarinets

9/30 - Trumpet and Flute

10/21 - Percussion

• If you can’t volunteer for a shift, please sign up for Mac and Cheese or Taco Meat for our famous Super Nachos. Remember if you want to make it but don’t want to leave your crock pot, you can always bring it in a disposable pan and we can put it into one of ours to keep warm.

• For Senior parents – I know this is a big year for you and you want to see all the moments. We will find a job that works for you!

• Sign up to help the Grill team – they are always looking for help around the grill. Reach out to me and I will put you in touch with them

• Sign up to smoke a couple of Boston Butts – Concessions will provide the meat if you can provide the time! A big shout out to Bryan DeCuir for providing the BBQ for the 9/2 game.

• People always ask if they can bring me water or some food items. I cannot take donations of items but if you want to donate a Sams Club Gift card, I can always put those to great use.

• Come buy Concessions during the game!

Thanks everyone!

Upcoming Band Booster Meetings for this fall for your calendar:

September 27th

October 25th

November 29th

Our first competition is just around the corner! Our band students have worked so hard and I know we are very proud of what they’ve already accomplished. We really do have the best kids!

In order for our amazing kids to do what they do best, there are things that need to take place behind the scenes. It really does take all of us doing our part to be the support for the Franklin Band program. Here are two immediate and very important needs:

1) Between props and Front Ensemble, the band has a lot of things that need to be pushed - speakers, front ensemble instruments, etc. We need parents to step up and volunteer to do this at every game and every competition. It’s a short amount of time and work, but with a great reward! Contact Dustin Neely at dustinneely105@gmail.com or phone#423-208-6255 for more information and to raise your hand and be a part.

2) When the band travels to competitions, there are always nutrition needs that need to be met. The students are provided with snacks for the trip (at the beginning, after performing, on the way back to the hotel, etc) and sometimes meals need to be planned for the entire band. (Pizza in the parking lot at Lucas Oil Stadium between performances and breakfast to eat on the way are a couple of examples.) The band needs a couple of parents to volunteer to coordinate and prepare snack bags for the buses and organize meals when necessary. The meals would only be necessary when we travel to Indianapolis, and it wouldn’t be for all meals. Some of the meals the kids will pay for themselves at the stadium or a mall, but sometimes the timing is too tight for that to happen. It all depends on our schedule for the weekend.

For the snacks - all band parents are asked to contribute snacks, and then the parent volunteers divide them into individual bags for all of our band students. The coordinating parents would have help from other parents for this part, so don’t think you have to do it all on your own!

What would our Franklin Band look like and what could we accomplish if every family put in as much effort and committment as you? Would it be better?

Our goal is for everyone to get involved in some way. As many parents can tell you, working with the band can be among the most rewarding experiences you can have with your student at FHS.

Please email fhsbandoffice@gmail.com for more information or to volunteer. It really does take all of us!

Thank you!!

TFB directors absolutely understand the importance of the ACT for college admissions and encourage students to sign up. That said, please avoid taking the ACT on Oct. 22nd. This is the day of the Indianapolis Super Regional. Plan to take the ACT on these dates instead: Sept. 10th or December 10th.

Added reminder: please go ahead and fill out the absentee form below (and have your student inform their section) for the morning block of camp days for the date your student has chosen to take the ACT this fall so the directors can plan accordingly. Thank you!

Please do everything possible to avoid missing rehearsals. Directors count on students attending every rehearsal especially since they are learning new material every day.

If missing rehearsal is absolutely unavoidable, students must fill out this form: 2022-23 Rehearsal Absence Form before the rehearsal they are going to miss. **Students should also contact their section leaders in their section GroupMe before rehearsal so they can be aware as well.

Hello TFB families!

The Fabrication Team is very excited to offer personalized parent flags! These flags can be used all year and from one season to another! Of course, we will still be making our popular show-themed parent flags for your collection, but those will be made later in the season after our work for the show is done.

You will choose the color of your flag, then personalize it with your student’s name and instrument or section. Flags are $20 each and hand-made to order. All profits go to the band! You may pick up your flags at the merch table before home football games or at band booster meetings. We can’t wait to see all that TFB pride!

Order on the band website: www.thefranklinband.org

What is Mid-state?

Directly from the MTSBOA mid-state website: "Mid-State is a weekend event held each Spring that provides an opportunity for the best musicians of Middle Tennessee to perform with one another in large ensembles. Each Mid-State ensemble will prepare and perform a concert with just a few short rehearsals. To make the Mid-State Band or Orchestra, students must go through the audition process in the Fall, which includes three parts: scales, prepared music, and sight reading. The highest scored musicians in each section are selected to be a member of the Mid-State Band or Orchestra, with the top few high school musicians from each section qualifying for All-State."

Mid-State is a huge honor and a fun, exciting weekend for our students. TFB recommends every band student strongly consider auditioning. TFB Directors have published the audition music in schoology. Seniors in each section are often happy to help underclassmen work on their audition pieces and scales. Those who audition will frequently make it into Wilco Honor Band, which is a Friday and Saturday held usually at Brentwood Baptist Church.

2022-23 Mid-state Auditions will be held the following dates and locations:

November 19, 2022 | 11/12 Band & Orchestra, 9-12 Jazz

Antioch High School

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December 3, 2022 | 9/10 Band & Orchestra

Wilson Central High School

Band Mid-State Weekend is usually held in early January at MTSU. More info to come once available.

*(Students ride the bus to Mid-State Weekend with other Mid-State students from Williamson County. Parents are responsible for picking up their students after their final concerts).

Thank you to all our volunteers who installed flags over Labor Day! Our next flag installation holiday will be Veteran's Day (November 11th).

Please sign up today by following this link:

https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/9040b44a8a728a2fd0-usflag1

Thanks for all you do to make The Franklin Band great!

The Franklin Band Flag Committee

fhsflag@gmail.com

FHS Band U.S. Flag Service Program Committee

www.thefranklinband.org/us-flag-program

FHS Band Boosters

P.O. Box 1371

Franklin, TN 37065-1371

Every student and family is expected to participate in at least TWO of the flag installations during the year.

Please go ahead and fill out your dates for the upcoming year!

Sign up for your weekend here:

https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/9040b44a8a728a2fd0-usflag1

If you have any questions, please email FHSflag@gmail.com

Thanks for doing your part!

Or, if you would like to find out more about working with the flag team, please contact Anna Lynn Whitfield (annalynnwhitfield@gmail.com).

Gimme 5! Please help us spread the word that we are seeking donations to fund our large instrument replacement program. You can forward the following URL: https://donorbox.org/gimme-five Please send it to grandparents, friends, neighbors, coworkers, and anyone who has a heart for our band program. You can also ask them to scan this QR code. One time donations are great, but recurring donations are even better!

The Franklin Band is well-known and respected for being a kind and courteous program. So says Melissa Gufston-Hines of the O'Fallon HS Band, "We love when we get to see the folks of the Franklin Band at shows because we can always count on them being so classy."

Franklin Band Family Show Etiquette (this applies to Winter Guard, and all Concert performances)

*Come see the band perform.

*Show up early. Allow time to get to your seat.

*Avoid being a distraction (silence cell phones, only enter and depart between performances, keep children seated/as quiet as possible, etc)

*STAND AND APPLAUD EACH PERFORMANCE in recognition of the hard work and effort of the students. And no matter where we finish in the standings at the end of the event, applaud every band. They’ve all had many long, hard days just like our students.

*Focus on your Enjoyment of a performance or don’t comment at all. You don’t know who is sitting within hearing. This includes avoiding sending negative texts that someone could screenshot/forward to others. We only share positive comments about other bands. If you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything at all.

Community – The community in which we live and our own community within Franklin High School shape who we are, and we shape those communities in return.

Excellence – Employ a positive work ethic on our steady march toward excellence.

Enjoyment – Students should enjoy their band experience, their friends, their musical activities, and the processes involved with them.

Inclusivity – Be a “big tent” organization, serving students of various abilities and backgrounds.

History – Value and reflect on our past while being innovative in new endeavors.

Engagement – The wants and needs of our student, parent, and community stakeholders are important to us.

Advocacy – Be advocates for music education, in neighborhood chats and in discussions with policy makers.

Versatility – Be well-rounded in what we do, but with a strong foundation in concert literature.

Challenge – Create an environment that challenges students and promotes personal growth.

Stewardship – Be good stewards of our resources, both personal and financial.

***Treasurer/band fees? Shawn Davis bandtreasurerfhs@gmail.com

***Flag program? Anna Lynn Whitfield FHSflag@gmail.com https://thefranklinband.org/us-flag-program/

***Concessions (recipes, open shifts, etc)? Rebecca Murphy themurphys@williamsmurphy.com

***Tailgates? Jennifer Stockdale jenniferhstockdale@gmail.com

***Chaperones? Rosemary Muirhead fhsbandchaps@gmail.com

***Uniforms? For uniforms (fit, repairs, etc) contact Lynne Grayson Blkg85@aol.com

For uniform accessories, contact is TBD (see parent volunteer interest form above!)

***Medical team? Dr Patti Williams TFBmedicalteam@gmail.com

***Fundraising? Jennifer DeCuir franklinbandfundraising@gmail.com

***Alumni Events? Amy Kendall franklinbandalumnifamily@gmail.com

***Band Camp? Angelle Gallers fhsbandcamp@gmail.com

***TFB website concerns? James Whitfield webmaster@thefranklinband.org

***Front Ensemble/Pit Crew contact? Dustin Neely dustinneely105@gmail.com

or phone#423-208-6255

***Corrections to the Director's Calendar? TFB.Directors@gmail.com

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TFB Cadence Submissions 2022-23

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