Junior High Homecoming Band Information

Hello,

This letter includes information regarding our homecoming performances on Oct. 8. Homecoming is a great opportunity for the Band to show their talents to the community. Additionally, it gives them an opportunity to work with the High School Band students. Please read all the information below to ensure a successful and positive experience.

Date: Friday, October 8.

Times:
•Show up at band room--- 4:45pm
•Parade Line up--- 5:00pm
•Parade---5:30pm
•Band Room Halftime Warm up---6:30pm
•Game Starts---7:00pm
•Dissmissal---at band room after halftime

Food:
•There will be a meal offered for $2.00 between the parade and the warm up.
•Free Donuts and Apple Cider following half time—parents welcome.
Dress:
•Shirt and Pants Blue and Gold Colors (T-Shirts are okay, but it will likely be cold).
•Athletic Shoes.
•Girl’s hair must be pulled up and off the shoulders.
•No dangly jewelry.
•Bring a jacket, hat and gloves for the bleachers.
Make sure to have:
•Instrument
•Lyre
•Fight Song
•My Girl

H.S Announcements for Friday Home Game #1

Uniforms
a. Pants Hemmed
b. Black Socks not White or Gray or Navy Blue or Nude……..BLACK!
c. White T-shirt
d. NO EATING IN YOUR UNIFORM!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dinner
Keenan’s Mom is cooking dinner for us
1. Cost is $2.00
2. Dinner Starts at 5:30
3. Must eat before changing into uniform
a. Call time for the game is 5:52pm
b. Warm-up is at 6:20
c. Pregame is at 6:50
d. Finished after 3rd Quarter
e. Bring jackets to stay warm in stands

OVERDUE!!!!!

Many of you have not turned in the "Band Handbook Review Guide" and the "Handbook Concent Form (found on the last page of the "Band Handbook"). These documents are vital to our communication. Please get them in as soon as possible.

Practice Journals are due the first day of each week. You must keep up, music will be much more fun and much less frustrating with practice. Get them in.

Practice Journals round 3

I updated the practice journals again. Hopefully they are correct this time. Sorry about the inconvenience. You should be able to print it using the instructions in the post below. Make sure you fill it all out before you turn it in.

Practice Journals

For those of you that had trouble with printing the Practice Jounals. They are updated and should work.
1. Click on Practice Journal.
2. Click Download (up above the picture of the journal)
3. Print (Ctrl-P)

Practice Tip of the Day.

Practice with a metronome.

A metronome will keep you playing steady. It is similar to playing with the band. It keeps you real. Don't have a metronome? Click Here

Practice on Breckenridge!!!!

Weekly Wrap up

Hello everyone. We had a great week. The 6th grade learned 5 pitches, quarter notes, posture, breathing, tonguing, and classroom procedure. The JH sightread a couple tunes really well and sound great. The jazz band is going to be solid. The HS band is rockin'. Keep practicing and we will be awesome.

Practice tip for the day.

Repeat 4 times then rest.

Dr. Andrew Spencer (percussion teacher at CMU) taught me this technique. Loop a difficult passage 4 times and then stop. Take a measure or two rest. Repeat. This allows the body time to reboot and focus on what it needs to do. You should hear and feel quick improvement this way.

Practice on Breckenridge!!! Have a great weekend.

Upcoming Dead Lines

Don't forget to do the Handbook Review Guide. It is due Friday, Sept. 10.

Practice Journals are Due Monday!!!!!!

Practice tip of the Day:

Pick a goal and work to accomplish that goal. Make sure that you pick something that you can succeed in. For example, you goal could be that you are going to be able to count all of the rhythms for a tune in your book and then be able to play that rhythm on your instrument. Practice until you succeed and then either call it a day or pick a new goal. This will keep you focused, prevent you from just playing stuff, and make great use of all your time.

Practice on everyone! See you tomorrow.

Handbook and Applications

Hey everyone. Glad to see you found the website. If you are looking for the Handbook it is in the Course Document area to the upper right area of this page.

If you are looking for an application for the leadership positions it is located under the Handbook and is titled "Executive Council Application."

Welcome Back!!!!