If you have a rehearsal/performance conflict,
be sure to communicate with Mrs. Price via written documentation.

Thank you for your assistance.

We are currently planning a big overnight trip to Washington D.C. for spring 2023! We will share more information as it becomes available! In the meantime, please visit the CSBB Fundraising page for fundraisers that will help students defray their own individual costs for the trip.

2022-2023 Rehearsals:

• Full band rehearsals are mandatory; they are homework grades for in-class bandmembers.

• We are trying something new this year! After-school full band rehearsals will vary in days/times of the week, particularly throughout the fall 2022 season. This is in attempts to help and include-

  1. bandmember-athletes

  2. Tech bandmembers

  3. HCC bandmembers

  4. BISFA bandmembers

  5. our guard coach, who is only available during evening times

• Band families are busy and transportation is not always easy to coordinate. Students may stay after school until rehearsal begins as long as Mrs. Price plans to stay in the building. Bandmembers can hold a study hall between the end of school day and start of rehearsal; it is recommended that they make arrangements to either walk to go pick up dinner or to pack a dinner. If Mrs. Price plans to stay in the building, the "band study hall group" could even place a delivery order for dinner.

• Upcoming full band rehearsal dates/times:

  1. Tues 10/4 3:30-4:30 pm

  2. Thurs 10/6 4:50-6:30 pm

  3. Tues 10/11 3:30-9:30/10:00 pm (Showcase of Bands night)

  4. Mon 10/17 3:30-4:30 pm

  5. Mon 10/24 4:50-6:30 pm

  6. Tues 11/1 5:15-6:20 pm (*Please note, the Band Booster meeting begins at 6:30)

  7. Thurs 11/10 3:30-4:30 pm

  8. Thurs 11/17 5:15-6:15 pm

• Sectional rehearsals will generally also be offered on Wednesdays 3:30-4:30 pm. The trumpet section and Tech/HCC students are asked to attend these rehearsals weekly [until further notice]. This is also offered to all in-class students for extra credit!

Upcoming 2022-2023 Performances:

• Band parent volunteers are needed for football chaperones/field show set-up and parade chaperoning. Visit the parents page for info!

• Band performance - Friday, October 7th - Home football game (Homecoming)

• Band performance - Saturday, October 8th - Homecoming parade (morning)

• Band performance - Tuesday, October 11th - WCPS Showcase of Bands (evening)

• Band events/fundraising - Saturday, October 15th - Clear Spring Fall Festival

• Band performance - Friday, October 28th – Home Football game (senior night)

• Band performance - Saturday, October 29th - Alsatia Mummers Parade

• Band performance - Monday, October 31st - Mercersburg Halloween Parade

• Band performance - Friday, November 11th - Veteran's Day Assembly at CSHS

• Band performance - Saturday, November 19th - Chambersburg Holiday Parade

• Band performance - December date TBA - Clear Spring Holiday Parade

• Band/various performances - Tuesday, December 20th (December 21st snow date) - CSHS Holiday Concert

• Band performance - March date TBA - CSHS Instrumental Pre-festival Concert

• Various small ensemble performances - Date TBA - CSHS Blazer Talent Show

• Various small ensemble performances - Saturday, Feburary 25th - WCPS solo and ensemble festival

• Band performance - Sunday, March 12th - Baltimore St. Patrick's Parade

• Band performance - Wednesday, March 22nd - Band festival assessment

• Band/various performances - May date TBA - CSHS Instrumental Spring Concert

• Bi-annual big trip: Washington DC - exact dates TBA - a long weekend between February and May

PAST EVENTS:

Recent Performances

• Band performance - Friday, September 9th – Home Football game

• Band performance - Saturday, September 10th - James Madison University Band Day! Students will register here.

• Band performance - Friday, September 23rd – Home Football game (8th grade band night: spread the word!)

Recent Rehearsals

• 1. Tues 8/30 5:50-8:30 pm

  2. Thurs 9/1 5:50-8:30 pm

  3. Tues 9/6 5:50-8:30 pm

  4. Thurs 9/8 5:20-7:30 pm

  5. Mon 9/12 3:30-4:30 pm

  6. Thurs 9/22 5:05-7:15 pm

  7. Mon 9/26 3:30-4:30 pm

Summer 2022 Rehearsals:

• Band fees due: August 1st, bring to CSHS in an envelope labeled with- “From [Student name], To Mrs. Price, Band fees” (If your email addresses were made available to her, all band families should have already received a fee sheet from Mrs. Price via email.)

• Band Rehearsals: Mini camp - August 1-3 Mon/Tues/Wed 12:50 pm-3:00 pm (we will be teaching 9th AND 10th graders to march during these times; 11th/12th graders are also asked to attend/help)

• Band Rehearsals: Music camp - August 8-10 Mon/Tues/Wed 9:45 am-12:00 noon for winds, 12:45-3:00 pm for percussion

• Color Guard rehearsal Mon 8/8 6-7:00 pm

• Color Guard rehearsal Tues/Wed 8/9-10 6-8:30 pm

• Color Guard rehearsal Thurs 8/11 5:30-7:00 pm

• SSL Hours offered: Mrs. Price will need help painting the band’s practice field before band camp; please plan to help on Sunday 8/7 or Sunday 8/14! Sign up to help here!

• Fundraiser: August 8th-13th Clear Spring Carnival Lemonade stand and Food tent - Sign up to help here!

• Band Rehearsals: Band camp (top priority of these three weeks)- August 15-18, Mon through Thurs 8:25 am-5:00 pm; Regular full band rehearsals will then continue.

• Guard rehearsal Mon 8/15 5:30-7:30 pm

• Band/Orchestra Family Meetings and Rehearsal: Tues 8/23 6:00-8:30pm.

• The Blazer Band will also continue regular after-school rehearsals once school begins.

• Band parent volunteers will be needed for football chaperones/field show set-up. Visit the parents page for info!

2019-20 FULL BAND CALENDAR:

2019-20 COLOR GUARD CALENDAR:

2019-20 FUNDRAISING CALENDAR:

(*also see CSBB Fundraising page*)

2019-20 ADDITIONAL MUSIC OPPORTUNITIES:

PAST EVENTS: A NEW EVENT FOR THE CSBB:

JMU Band Day!

Ten of our bandmembers performed with the James Madison University Marching Royal Dukes (along with 700 other high school bandmembers) on Saturday, 9/14/19! The full band was comprised of over 1100 bandmembers. It was a wonderful and unique opportunity for the CSBB! We had an exhilarating time dancing and playing at halftime.