Good morning band family! I hope you have all had a terrific Thanksgiving break and are feeling rested and recharged to finish out this semester! It’s been awesome so far, and I can’t wait to finish strong! 

There will be lots of news in this post, so please take your time to read everything and process accordingly as we plan for the last few weeks of 2022! 

- Starting this week, Winterguard will practice on Monday, and Thursday from 2:30-5:00pm. The switch to Monday is to allow all the band students to participate fully on Monday instead of having to miss half of band AND guard on Tuesdays. This schedule will continue through the remainder of winter guard season next semester. 

- Wind ensemble will practice this Tuesday from 2:00-4:00pm. Jazz band will meet after from 4:15-5:30pm! 

- Pit orchestra for anything goes will practice on Tuesday from 6-8pm! 

- I will be out of school on Thursday and Friday taking our two PSLHS representatives up to FSU for the Tri Stare Band Festival! There will be no practices after school on Thursday, with the exception of winter guard with Mrs. LeBlanc. 

- We will be marching in the Festival of Lights Parade next Saturday December 3rd! Call time will be 4:30pm in front of Bealls Outlet at the event center. The parade begins at 6pm, and will conclude by 7pm. A detailed post specifically about the parade will be published Monday morning. All students will be required to participate for a grade. 

- We are beginning out Gift Wrap Booth season very soon!! This is an amazing fundraiser for the band and is a ton of fun! The first thing we need to do is actually set up the booth! We will be doing this tomorrow evening after the mall closes. We will meet at school at 6pm first to load all of the supplies into the trailer, and then go over to the mall and set up starting at 7pm! We will need about 10 people to assist and make sure this runs smoothly! There will be cookies! Please let me know if you can come! 

- The shifts for the gift wrap booth will begin on Thursday December 1st!! I will be sending out the sign up document tomorrow so you all be begin selecting your shifts! Each student should plan on working at least two shifts. Volunteer hours will be awarded for all shifts worked for students! 

- In order for the Booth to continue to be a success, we NEED strong parental support! Luckily, we have amazing parents at pslhs. Each shift with students needs at least one  parent there. Parents, take a moment and fill out this survey to let us know how you plan on helping us out! 

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- Lastly, our winter concert is coming up soon on December 15th at 7pm! Tickets will be available on ticketspicket.com this week! Tickets will be $7! Also, we will be setting up at concert bake sale, and we are looking for volunteers who would like to help bake goodies to sell at the concert! Let us know by filling out the survey below! 

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Congrats to everyone who has successfully auditioned for the 2023 PSLHS Winter Production of “Anything Goes”. This is a tough show, and you will perform it for about 7 thousand people this January. Our rehearsals begin right away, with the first one being tomorrow from 6-8pm. 

Below you can find what part you’re on! See everyone tomorrow! 

Reed 1 - Flute, Clarinet, Alto Sax: Parker Button 
Reed 2 - Alto Sax: Charlie White 
Reed 2 - Flute: Adrianna Perfetti 
Reed 3 - Clarinet, Tenor Sax: Jacob Ingrum 
Reed 4 - Bass clarinet, clarinet, bari sax: TBD

Trumpet 1&2: Matthew Marquez and Caleb Burroughs
Trumpet 3: Philip Bergerman and Savannah Robson 

Trombone 1: Tyler White 
Trombone 2: Alex Gerohristodoulos 
Trombone 3: Matthew Roth 

Violin: Terrance Davis 
Bass: William Cromer 

Percussion: Andrew Risi 
Drumset: Dominic Dunnagan 

Hey everyone! I hope you are all doing well and got through the storm without any damage! We finally should be out of hurricane season (fingers crossed), so it seems our area was lucky for another season. 

We are now officially in Holiday Season! Here’s what to expect as we gear up for the winter concert and gift wrap booth season! 

- Due to the storm changes, I have altered the calendar a little bit to accommodate all ensembles before the concert. 

- Wind Ensemble will rehearse each Tuesday from 2-4pm between now and the winter concert, beginning this Tuesday. 

- Jazz band will rehearse AFTER wind ensemble on the same day from 4:15-5:30pm. Students in both wind ensemble and jazz will have two rehearsals on tuesdays. 

- The first winterguard practice will be THIS Tuesday from 2:30-5pm, all color guard members and any one additional interested in trying out for winter guard should plan to attend. Band students will split time with rehearsal and guard practice. 

- The first Pit rehearsal for Anything Goes will be this Tuesday from 6-8pm! A full list of those participating will be published tomorrow morning once I receive all the auditions. 

- Symphonic band will rehearse on Thursday from 2:00-4:00pm. This is for all students in 3rd period, plus additional students who want to play in symphonic as well. 

- Thursday evening from
 6-7pm, we will have a gift wrap booth meeting/ wrapping lesson for all that want to receive details regarding our fundraiser, and learn how to wrap like a pro! 

- We will be setting up the actual gift wrap booth on Sunday November 27th and are looking for about 8-10 students and adults to assist with loading up and constructing/decorating! We will meet at the school at 6pm to load, and set up at the mall at 7pm once it closes. Let me know if you’re available to help! 

​Please reach out with any questions! 

Hello everyone! I hope you are having a nice weekend! Here is the news for this week! 

- Wind ensemble will rehearse on Tuesday from 2:00-4pm! This for all students in 7th period, This will be graded. 

- Pit orchestra auditions for anything goes are this week! Instead of doing live auditions, we will be doing these through video form. We are in need of: saxophones, clarinets, flutes, trumpets, trombones, and percussion (drum set separate audition) 
-Students who are interested in playing in the pit orchestra should make a video of them playing the following: a technical selection of music, at least 30 seconds in length, a lyrical selection of music, at least 30 seconds in length, and your full range chromatic scale from the lowest note you can play to the highest. Chromatic scales should be played in even 8th or 16th notes. 
-If you’re auditioning on multiple instruments, you should play the audition on each instrument you want to play. For example, if you play clarinet and saxophone, record yourself playing something lyrical and technical on both instruments
-Students interested in drum set should be able to demonstrate the following styles: 
standard swing - 16 measures at quarter note = 120 
2 beat swing - 16 measures at half note = 100
Standard rock - 16 measures at quarter note = 100
Classic show groove (boom chick) - 16 measures at quarter = 120, please 
16 measure free style with 8 being a drum solo 

- All videos should be emailed to troy.wiley@stlucieschools.org by Tuesday, 11/8/22, at 8pm. (there will be NO live audition. 


There appears to be a possible tropical storm/hurricane heading our way. Please stay prepared and stay tuned for any possible updates to the school schedule. 



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Thanks everyone for your auditions today! I heard some fine playing form a lot of you. Remember, these chairs can change via challenges (see me if you want to challenge), or by someone not living up to the expectation. All chairs were determined off of today's audition.  * = first chair player. Chair order will be as typed out. 

Flute: 
Adrianna Perfetti * 
Rodrigo Flores 
Aaliyah Diaz 
Logan Fairchild 

Clarinet: 
Stephany Roberts* 
Jake Ingrum - (will have opportunity to play some solos) 
Omar Victoria 
Izzy Fletcher 
Jelyssa Legentus 
Dennelys Santos 
Ashonni Chrenshaw 
Astrid Ajpacaja 
Maliyah Lawton 

Alto Saxophone: 
David Henry* 
Kirsten Bremekamp 
Lily Broedel 

Tenor Saxophone: 
Tyler Mosier 
Garrison Hall 
Kenny Gurrero 

Bari Sax: 
Trenton Wilmarth 
Kiley Ooms

Bass Clarinet: 
Gray Von Stein*

Trumpet: 
Philip Bergerman* 
Jonathan Marquez 
Landunn Taggert 
Robert Zollo 
Ashton Teague 
Tamiya Furgeson 
Jonathan Waller 
Benny Bukaty 
Darian Walker 

French Horn: 
Bernadine Estinoble* 
James White 
Kayla Brewer
Jacob Dao 

Trombone: 
Alexandra Gerohristodoulos* 
Christian Garcia 

Euphonium: 
Areeza Anda* 
Shannon Martin 

Tuba: 
Jack Markham* 
Brian Vega Hernandez 
Brenden Bourdeau 

Students will wear their red band polos and black pants for this game! We are traveling to South County stadium in St. Lucie West for this game against Centennial. 

We are looking for 8-10 parents to chaperone and ride the buses with us. Please sign up at the link below if you are able to help! 

Parent Chaperone Sign Up - Away game, 11/4/22 (microsoft.com)
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Call time will be 5pm in the band room. Please make sure to EAT before the game. Students will need their instruments, and stands tunes music. 

5pm - call time
5:15pm - load up 
5:30pm - depart PLSHS 
6:00pm - arrive at South County 
6:30pm - quick warm up 
6:45pm - enter stands 
7:00pm - kick off 
9:30pm - game ends (approx) 
9:45pm - load up/depart 
10:30pm - dismissal from PSLHS 

Good morning! The final day of the official Marching Band Season is quickly approaching us! This is for the biggest event of the season, Marching Music Performance Assessment. This event will be at Jensen Beach High School. Our band performs at 4:40pm, but will have a call time of 11:00am at PSLHS. Students should wear typical band uniform, and plan to eat before arrival. Also, bring at least $10 for the concessions stand, or bring your own dinner. 

We are hoping to have 8-10 parent volunteers for this event! So far, parents have been amazing, and I know you will be just as amazing for this final event! Please fill out the survey if you can help out! 

Parent Chaperones - marching MPA, 10/29/22 (office.com)

Below is the schedule: 

11:00am - call time in band room
11:30am - continuity rehearsal 
12:45pm - transition to band room/snack break 
1:00pm - Leadership meeting in auditorium 
1:15pm - Senior send off in the auditorium 
1:45pm - load equipment truck 
2:00pm - load buses 
2:20pm - depart PSLHS 
2:40pm - arrive at JBHS/bathroom break 
3:00pm - change into uniform and unload trailer 
3:40pm - line up for warm up 
3:55pm - warm up 
4:40pm - perform 
5:00pm - load instruments and change out of uniform 
5:30pm - dinner break at concessions 
6:30pm - watch remaining bands from stands 
9:00pm - Final season ratings announced 
9:20pm - load buses 
9:30pm - depart 
9:45pm - unload buses and truck 
10:00pm - dismissal 

Good morning band family. I hope you are enjoying this beautiful day so far. I’d like to congratulate our students again on a fine performance last night! The show is getting better and better, each performance moves us closer and closer to our goal! 

I’d like to thank our amazing band parents and leadership for stepping up big yesterday at the showcase to ensure that everything happened. Things did not happen as they should have, and you all stepped up to save the day, and it just shows that the pslhs band family is truly the best around! I appreciate you all! 

Moving forward, it is the LAST WEEK of the official marching band season, as well as homecoming week! Crazy to think it’s here. Let’s have two more solid rehearsals and make this show all that it can be. I KNOW you will do it. Here is what to expect this week. 

- Tuesday and Thursday will be normally scheduled marching band rehearsals. 2:30-5:00pm. Thursday is the seniors last marching rehearsal! 

- Wednesday we will have optional sectional time for any section that wants to practice after school. 

- Wednesday is also Jag challenge, which is a super fun school wide event for homecoming! Our band will be playing at this event, and call time will be 5pm. Please wear your band polos, and black pants. The band room will be open after school on Wednesday. This event will wrap up by 8pm and students can be picked up in the student parking lot! 

- Friday is the homecoming football game, and also alumni night!! This will be our final home game of the season. Call time will be 5pm. Details regarding this game will come out Tuesday. 

- Saturday is the big day!!! Marching band MPA. This event is the final evaluation of the hundreds of hours of work we’ve put in this season! We perform at 4:40pm at Jensen beach high school. A detailed itinerary will be published tomorrow. Our call time will be at 11:00am at the school! 

Please feel free to reach out with any questions, comments, or concerns! Have a wonderful day. 

Good morning, band family! I apologize for this coming out later, there was some shifting around of what's happening on the game, and I wanted to make absolute certain I was providing you the correct information. 

The major change to the game schedule is we will be performing our show PRE GAME, at 6:40pm. This is because they are moving the Senior Night Ceremony to half time as opposed to pregame like in the past. There is a large number of seniors this year between football, band, and cheerleading, and the administrators decided they wanted more time for the ceremony, and to allow more parents to be in the stands for it. We are hoping that all of our supporters can make it to the stadium by 6:40pm in order to see our show!! If you can not, you can catch it on Saturday at the SLC Marching Band Showcase!! Tickets purchased on ticketspicket.com, just search Port St. Lucie High School. We perform at 7pm! 

Senior students and their escorts will report to the track BEFORE halftime begins, approximately at 8:15pm. During halftime, our band will be cheering loud and proud for you! 

We are looking for parent volunteers! Please let us know if you can volunteer to chaperone :) 
Parent Chaperones - Home game, 10/21/22 (microsoft.com)

Here is the schedule below: 

5:00pm - call time in band underwear (show shirt, black shorts, high black socks, marching shoes) Bring your uniforms. 

5:10pm - section warm up 

5:30pm - Full band warm up 

6:20pm - transition to starting show position. 

6:40pm - Full Show - Fireborn 

6:55pm - National anthem 

7:00pm - kick off! 

8:15pm - Senior Night Ceremony 

9:45pm - Dismissal 

Good morning! This is Saturday, October 22nd, is the 5th annual St. Lucie County Marching Band Showcase! This is an event where the high school marching bands in SLC can perform their shows for the community and receive valuable feedback before the MPA! Also, middle school students from around the county will have a chance to perform with the high school students and see what marching band is all about! The event begins at 6:25pm, with gates opening at 5:45pm. Tickets must be purchased at the following link: 
Port St. Lucie Jaguars - Ticket Spicket

Parents - thank you all so much for your AMAZING help this year. For this Saturday's event, we are looking for 8-10 parents to help chaperone students and help anywhere that is needed. I don't know what kind of parental help other bands are bringing, so I would love to have our A team present! Here is the link to sign up if you can. 

Marching Band Showcase - 10/22/22 (microsoft.com)

This event is at PSLHS this year, so it will be nice and easy for our students. Below is the detailed schedule. Students should arrive in their show shirt, black shorts, high black socks, and marching shoes, just like for Crown Jewel. Students need to eat lunch before arriving, and remember to bring their money for the dinner break if they selected an option from the survey last week. If they did not select an option, they should bring their dinner with them. 

11:30am - Call time in the band room 

12:00pm - Continuity rehearsal in the stadium 

1:15pm - bathroom/chill break. Section games encouraged! Executive leadership will assist with the arrival of other bands, guiding them where to go. 

2:00pm - report back to the stadium. 

2:30pm - mass band rehearsal with all middle and HS students 

4:00pm - dinner break 

5:15pm - change into uniform 

6:15pm - report for mass band performance on field 

6:30pm - report to warm up 

7:00pm - transition for performance 

7:10pm - perform! 

7:30pm - load equipment back into band room/put hats and bibbers back into the band room. 

8:00pm - watch final bands 

8:45pm - assist other bands with equipment and exit. 

9:00pm - dismissal.