End of Year Banquet for Middle School Band

End of Year Banquet for Middle School Band

Monday May 15, 2017 at 6pm

SOA Cafeteria

It has been a wonderful year for the SOA MS Band; and to celebrate, we will hold an end of the year banquet

for all band students and their families in the SOA Cafeteria on Monday May 15th at 6pm.  

This year's dinner will be a potluck

We are asking 6th grade families to bring a meat or pasta dish (lasagna, fried chicken,etc...) and

for all 7th grade families to bring a hot or cold side dish.

The band booster board will provide dessert, drinks, paper products and a large salad.

Eighth grade families please just come and enjoy as we celebrate the 8th grade students.  

Please bring all dishes to the food tables by 5:45 so we can set up and begin on time.  

If you have any questions please email Teresa Muthard at mikemuthard@hotmail.com.

Thank you and we look forward to seeing everyone at the banquet on Monday.

Band Booster Board

What to Do Spring Concert 2017

What to Do Spring Concert

Tuesday 5/9/2017

·        3:35pm – Report to the RMMT with instruments

o   6^th grade band on stage

o   7^th &8^th gr. In house

·        Rehearsal order

o   6^th grade @ 3:45

o   Jazz band @ 4:00

o   Wind Ensemble @4:45

·        5:00 – Report to band room for Pizza and dessert

·        5:30 – change clothes

·        5:45pm - 6^th grade on stage

§  jazz band in front 2 rows left side of house

§  7^th & 8^th grade band in second row of the theater

·        6:00 pm – All warm up

·        6:15 pm – house opens

·        6:30pm - Concert begins – 6^th grade band

·        6:55-  Jazz ensemble plays

·        7:20 – Wind Ensemble plays

·        7:50 – concert Finale – all students!

·        8:00 – Concert over / reception in lobby

Other information:

1.     Parent help supervising students in the band room and in the RMMT will be required.

2.     Concert BLACK attire for all students!  Don’t forget your black socks (hose) and shoes.

What to bring for the Spring Concert reception:

For our final concert on May 9th, we are asking all our band families to bring in something for a post-performance reception, so everyone can enjoy a treat.

Please bring the following:

6th graders - Dessert

7th graders - Salty snack, cheese and crackers, or fruit

8th graders - Dessert

Bring food to the lobby before the concert. Boosters will be waiting to take your item.

Thank you for your help with this so we can make sure everyone gets a little something.

Thank you and see you at the concert!

The Band Booster Board

Important Update from Mrs. Reed!

Dear parents,

Wow! We have had a very exciting and successful weekend!  Our 6th grade band students did great at the SCBDA solo &Ensemble festival.  They received 17 superior ratings!  The 7th &8th grade wind ensemble went to the GNAI band contest in Chattanooga Tn., and received a superior rating, best Brass ( French Horns), best woodwinds (Flutes), and Kelly Thorvalson (oboe) won the most outstanding soloist for the Middle school division.  I have posted pictures on the Facebook page.

This week is going to be challenging for us to prepare for our annual spring concert on Tuesday May9!  The 6th &8th gr. students are in testing everyday this week and the 7th grade has testing next week.  The students really want to have our concert, so it will be shorter in duration.  I have put a lot of thought into this conundrum and with guidance from some of the 8th grade band students I have decided to have 2 after school rehearsals listed here.

Thursday May 4 is for 7th and 8th graders only.  Rehearsal time is 3:45 - 5:15 p.m.

Tuesday May 9 is for all grades.  Rehearsal time is at 3:45.  Boosters will feed them pizza between rehearsal and the concert.

I know that this is not ideal for any of us, however I believe that this will make the best of a hard situation.  The students do not want to cancel the concert and I have looked at the calendar and there are just not dates available.  I always work hard to avoid things like this but the state  did not release the testing calendar until January and then they or the school made changes to it in March and then again as late as the week of spring break making it nearly impossible to work around.  I have told the students that they will not be penalized if they do not attend the rehearsal on Thursday and those that come will receive an A in powerschool for their attendance.  They must attend the concert.

We are all coming off of such a successful weekend! Thank you for all of your constant support of me and our fantastic students.  We could not have done any of this with out YOU!

Humbly,

Suzanne Reed

IMPORTANT: GNAI packing and luggage drop-off on Thursday, April 27

Dear Wind Ensemble Families,

All luggage will need to be dropped of to the middle school band room on Thursday, April 27, no later than 3:30 p.m.  We are leaving at 7:30 am on Friday, April 28 and want to make the morning of the travel as easy as possible, for everyone.

Band students can bring their luggage to school with them on Thursday morning. Please bring it and your instrument to the band room and place it in the location marked for you. Luggage must be tagged with the student's name and it cannot be locked. Your instrument must be in a case and tagged with your name, but not locked.  Each piece of luggage must be inspected prior to it being loaded onto the bus. Parent volunteers will be performing luggage inspections on Thursday at 4:30 p.m.

All students must pack:

-  their red band T-shirt, 

-  comfortable shoes for Six Flags, , 

-  appropriate, comfortable clothes for travel,  

-  and all formal uniform attire. Boys must have black shoes, black socks, red bow tie and cummerbund and medals, white tux shirt and studs, and their black jackets.  Girls must have black, closed toe shoes, black knee hi's or stockings, the formal dress and red sash with medals. You may pack your formal concert attire in a garment bag, separate from your luggage, if you wish. The inspection will include making sure all of these items are present.

Other options for luggage drop off on Thursday, 4/27 include:

-  Early morning 7:30 am - 8:00 am - Pull into the bus loop and park behind the MS band room.  The back door will be open for your to bring in luggage. 

-  Mid morning. 11:30 am to 1:00 pm, Mrs. Reed will be in her planning period and able to let you in the back door to the band room to bring in luggage. Pull into the bus loop and park behind the MS band room. 

The students are allowed to bring a small carry on bag for the bus ride, but it will be searched by their chaperone prior to boarding the busses on the morning of departure.

This will be an amazing trip for your band students.

Thank you for your cooperation and support,

Adina Garner

SOA MS Band Booster President

Volunteers Needed!

Baggage Inspectors As you know, all checked bags and instruments are due at the school Thursday, April 27th.  We need volunteers to help inspect and tag this luggage for the MS Band GNAI Trip. Before baggage is boarded on busses Friday morning, we are required to inspect everything - garment bags, luggage, and instrument cases. To do this, we need volunteers to meet in the MS band room at 4:30pm, Thursday, 4/27. Please sign-up! Even if your child is in the 6th grade and not going on this trip, you are still invited to help.  This is a great way to wrap up getting all your Fair Share hours. Thank you!

April/May PE Calendar!