This Saturday, 9/30, is the annual SLPS Schowcase of Bands at Lawnwood Stadium! All students will ride the bus from pslhs to Lawnwood unless for extreme circumstances. Students may go home with parents only after the event has concluded if parents check students out with Mr. Wiley. A link to purchase tickets for $5 and support our marching jaguars will be sent out tomorrow (Tuesday). If you don’t purchase before, tickets will be $7 at the door and will not support our band. We will need 8-10 parent volunteers to assist! Here is the schedule as follows:
10am - students meet at pslhs in show shirt, black shorts, long black socks, with water jug. Guard will wear what is determined by the leadership. 10:15am - continuity practice 11:40am - transition to band room 12:00pm- begin loading equipment and belongings. Little bit of down time here to prepare. 12:45pm - load buses 1:00pm - depart pslhs 1:30pm - arrive at Lawnwood stadium 2:00pm - mass band rehearsal with other participants 3:30pm - dinner break for high school students. (Remember to pay Mr. Wiley your $7 by this Friday). It’s $7 per combo you selected. 4:30pm - down time/prep time 5:20pm - everyone get dressed in full uniform 5:50pm - at warm up entrance 6:00pm - warm up 6:30pm - leave warm up 6:40pm - perform 6:55pm - load equipment not being used in mass band. 8:00pm - final performance with mass band 8:15pm - load 8:40pm - depart Lawnwood 9:15pm - dismiss from pslhs after we have unloaded Please let me know if you have any questions!!!
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Good morning band and welcome to competition season! It’s officially a show week, and I’m so excited! The show is awesome and is going to just get better and better! Please read carefully as we have lots coming up!
- We have practice this week on Tuesday and Thursday from 2:30-5:30pm! Don’t forget your water jugs! - All pass offs are due by this Friday! You have until the end of the 9 weeks to submit these for a grade. - This Friday is our next home game, and it’s also 8th grade band night! Call time will be 5pm in the band room. Please arrive in your Mythos show shirt, solid black shorts, high black socks, and marching shoes. - Saturday is the SLPS Showcase!! This is our first major performance! All band is absolutely required to attend as it will be a test and performance grade! This is what we have been working for. Call time will be 10am in the band room this Saturday. See another post sent today with the full itinerary. Don’t forget your $7 for food for showcase. - Showcase tickets will be on sale through a ticket spicket link for $5 sent out tomorrow! Make sure to purchase from the pslhs link, not another school! - Homecoming week is coming up soon! The band homecoming reps have been decided and will be revealed tomorrow at rehearsal! - Seniors, please bring in the $15 you all agreed to pay to Ana for the senior sashes we will wear at the homecoming game! This is due by October 13th, but the sooner the better. -Thanks so much to all the band parents and volunteers who have been helping us out this year. Without you all, every event would be much harder. For the next several events we will be in need of volunteers. Showcase, crown jewel, MPA, and all football games, we will need around 8-10 volunteers. Please let us know if you can help out! - Again, don’t forget to read the show case itinerary sent out today as well! Thanks so much and have a wonderful day! Good morning band! First of all, thanks to all who have wished me well, I appreciate it. This fever snuck up really quickly on me but also seems to be leaving quickly. I’ll be good to go tomorrow 👍
Once again, I’d like to give a HUGE congratulations to you all for accomplishing the huge task of putting all of our drill on the field last Friday! This puts us in a great position to perform our absolute best over the next month. As we are in the latter half of the season, I’d like to prepare you all for what’s to come. It’s going to be so exciting! Read carefully! - This week we will have normally scheduled rehearsals on Tuesday and Thursday from 2:30-5:30pm. - This Saturday is our rehearsathon from 9am-5pm! Lunch will be provided, make sure to answer the survey sent out! This will also be a red shirt rehearsal - All pass offs will be due by next Friday, 9/29. Remember, students have until the end of the 1st 9 weeks to complete pass offs past the due date for a grade. - Our next home football game is going to be next Friday, 9/29, against Jensen. This is also our 8th grade band night! A form was sent to middle school directors a week ago, but if you know any 8th graders in band that you’d like to invite, let me know and I’ll get you the form! - Our first of 3 major performances will take place on September 30th! This is the SLPS Showcase of Bands at Lawnwood Stadium! A detailed itinerary for this day will be sent out next Monday. Call time will be 10am at pslhs. We will take buses for all major performances and meet at the school first. All students are required to ride the bus to competitions with the exception of extreme circumstances. Please answer the survey for food that was sent out yesterday! - Our other two major performances are on 10/14 (crown jewel) and 10/28 (Marching Music Performance Assessment). Detailed itineraries will be sent out for these a week before they happen. - For all performances, we will need volunteers! Preferably 10 for each performances! Chaperones will ride the buses and assist the band in any way needed during these trips! Thanks so much to all parents who have volunteered thus far! Please let me know you have any questions! See you all tomorrow for an awesome practice! Good morning band family! I hope you are having a great weekend! Can you believe we are already almost to the half way point of the marching season?? It is flying by… this also means it is GO time! Keep growing and taking those strides forward!
- We have normally scheduled marching rehearsals Tuesday and Thursday 2:30-5:30pm. We will begin learning the CLOSER this week! Be prepared! - Friday night is our first continuity rehearsal of the season! This will take place in the stadium at pslhs from 6-9pm. Please wear a red shirt…. Attendance is VASTLY important. Beginning at 5:30pm, the band will be provided pizza via a generous donation from band parent Mr. Whyms, aka Alexis’ dad! Make sure to give him a big thank you! - Our next home football game is on September 29th against Jensen beach high school! This will also be our middle school band night! - Competition season is right around the corner, with the SLPS “Showcase of Bands” first up on September 30th. This will be at Lawnwood stadium in fort pierce. A link to purchase presale tickets for this will be sent out this week. All presale ticket funds purchased with the link I send you will benefit OUR program… if you purchase tickets at the door, the will benefit the festival itself. - Our other two competition performances are on October 14th for crown jewel, and October 28th for marching MPA. Please refer to the band Calendar to stay up to date! - Students, please remember to practice at home! This is the single most beneficial thing you could do to help the band achieve max results…. Don’t wait until after it’s over and then wish you could have done more! Be winners NOW! You all are! - Have a wonderful day and please let me know if you have any questions! Good morning band family! I hope you have all been having a great long weekend and celebrating what is most important in life - each other! We are back at it tomorrow with a game week and an opportunity to make some awesome progress! Here’s what to expect!
PS - shout out to our leadership team for ensuring the band had a productive day of classes on Friday when I was out! Proud of you all for taking initiative over YOUR program! - We will have normally scheduled marching practices on Tuesday and Thursday from 2:30-5:30pm. If there are any parents available to help assist with practices after school, we all would be appreciative! - Friday is another home game! We are looking to wear full uniforms, so if you need marching shoes and haven’t filled out the survey sent out last week on remind, please do so today! The game itinerary will be posted tomorrow, and we are looking for volunteers for the game! Please let myself or Mrs. Roth know if you can help out! - We have pass off 3 due by Thursday. Wonderful job band taking the pass offs seriously. This WILL help us perform better in the long run. - Reminders, if you’ve ordered extra show shirts, please remember to bring in the $15 per shirt asap! - Don’t forget to be making progress on your band fees! - We will begin the planning stages of our 2024 band trip soon…. Stay tuned! Have an amazing day band fam! Much love and appreciation to you all. I’m thankful to be your director! |
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