Monday: Colorguard Only Practice. 5:00-8:00 Tuesday: Winds Practice after school. 3:15-5:15. Percussion Practice 5:00-8:00 Wednesday: Full Group Practice 6:00-9:00 Thursday: Full Group Practice 3:15-5:15. Friday: Football Game for All
*Due to heat & rain, we have lost a good amount of outdoor rehearsal time. Every minute of rehearsal over the next 2 weeks will be critical to the group being ready for a competition next weekend. *All practices are at Anderson HS this week. We switch over to Turpin next week.
Shuttle Bus Option
Tuesday & Thursday Afternoons
2:55- Shuttle Bus departs one high school to the other 3:05- Shuttle Bus arrives at the other high school 3:15- Shuttle Bus arrives at Nagel Northport lot 3:25- Shuttle Bus departs for the high school
Marching Band Needs- Winds & Percussion
Our marching band uniforms do not have sleeves. We have custom sleeves being created to match the theme of our show. Each student will need to wear a black long sleeve compression shirt under their uniform. If a student does not own one of these already, they can be purchased at most local sporting and clothing stores or online.
Next week, we will be asking some students to choose uniform fitting times before or after practices. They will be able to choose a day & time that best fits their schedule.
September 10th Dress Rehearsal
This is an extremely important event that all students should have on their calendar. It will be the first time we are putting on the uniforms as a full group and also learning many other competition event logistics. When a group our size hits the road, it takes an incredible amount of coordination. Loading the semi trailer alone, includes a ton of coordination for 200 students to be able to quickly and efficiently load their uniforms and equipment.
Students will be at school from 3:30-8:30 (dinner supplied by Jersey Mike's) on this night, in place of going to a football game. We will finish the night with a parent performance in full uniform!
Marching Band Performances
We are getting ready to begin our exciting performance season. The first competition is quickly approaching on Saturday, September 11th. We ask that all students & parents have our Friday & Saturday performance dates on their calendars. Every student is critical to the full group's successful performance.
Competition details will be added to the event listing on our website calendar as they become available. Be sure to click "more details" on the event listing for full competition itineraries.
Athletic Parents- If your child is an athlete with activities also occurring on Saturdays, the band directors work to create individual plans. We must have all members in attendance for the evening band competition, but we allow for the student athletes to arrive later in the day and miss some of the early day band preperations. Most of our marching band events are in the evening to better coordinate for our athletic students. Please reach out to a band director if you have any questions or finalized athletic schedule information to coordinate.
If you have not already, please join the parent Remind for up to date sharing of information. Sign up following the directions below!
How to Join: -Text "@fhmbparent" to 81010 -Join the class through the Remind app, enter "@fhmbparent" as class code
If prompted for "School ID" ignore this, and you will start to receive updates from the directors.
From the Boosters
Yard Signs
The Yard Signs’ order will be submitted on Monday, 8/30. Please contact Jennifer Rettig at jennrettig1@gmail.com to place your order by 2 p.m. Parents of first time members of the band, look for your yard signs at the Sept. 10th preview show.
Help Needed!
We need a good amount of parent help this Fall. We would love to have every parent signup for at least one activity to ensure the group is able to function effectively. See the Volunteer Page for the current opportunities!
We cannot get our group down the road and have all of the student needs met unless we get parent volunteer help. The volunteer signups are currently showing many open spots for our quickly approaching competition event. If you are able to signup to help, it would be greatly appreciated!
***All positions between now and September 11th need to be filled ASAP for the band to be as successful as possible!***
Thank you to the families and friends who have already completed the online membership form! If your name is not yet on the website recognition yet, we are still processing checks sent in via USMail, but hope to add your name soon.
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