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!

Invitation to a High School Band event!

Parents and friends of the SOA Bands:

The High School Band Boosters is excited to announce a Spring Instrument Fundraiser and Silent Auction/Raffle on Sunday, April 23, 2017, at 2 pm at the new Rusty Bull Brewing Company located at 3005 Montague Avenue, North Charleston. Tickets are only $20.00 for admission ($15 for students) and includes food and non-alcoholic beverages from The Caterer of Charleston, as well as the ability to bid on many wonderful items.  You may buy your tickets at the door on Sunday. Beer and wine will also be available for purchase.

The High School wants us to know that one of the auction items is a slightly used student grade clarinet. This may be a nice item with the winning bid for a beginning clarinet student.

All proceeds for the event will go toward new instruments, to allow our children to continue to grow their abilities. Please come out on Sunday from 2 pm to 5 pm to the Rusty Bull Brewing Company and support the High School Band!

Thank you for your continued support,

SOA High School Band Board Boosters

What to Do! Spring showcase, April 6th!

SOA MS BAND

WHAT TO DO

SOA SHOWCASE

4/6/17

5:00PM – CONCERT BAND to Pegasus Garden

5:15PM – The Concert band Performs!

5:35pm – Concert band is done, Go and enjoy the rest of the showcase!

5:35 pm – 8^th grade to Pegasus Garden with instruments

5:45pm – band students Grades 8-12 take places in Pegasus Garden – Warm up – Tune up

5:55pm – Dedication of Tree /band plays

6:15pm – 8^th grade is finished, enjoy the showcase!

6:20pm- HS chamber groups and Jazz groups play

7:35pm – move instruments and equipment to band room

8:00pm – Go HOME!

Performance attire = Red band shirts and jeans

Bring Money for the food trucks, clothespins, & bug spray.

Mandatory Band Meeting!!!

Please remember...

Our mandatory Band Parent Meeting for the band trip to Chattanooga, TN is this Monday, April 3rd at 7:00 p.m. in the Cafeteria.  At least one parent (or adult proxy) must attend this important meeting.  Trip details and expectations will be discussed.  

We will also be collecting the Band Trip Permission Forms if you have not already handed them in.  These were sent home with your student (and were handed out during the Pre-Festival Concert) and include:

-  CCSD Instructional Field Trip Permission Signature Form

-  SOA Field Trip Behavior Contract

-  CCSD Permission to Swim on Field Trip

-  Emergency Student Information Sheet for SOA field trips

-  Medication form:  After Hours/Overnight Field Trips

-  Parental Consent to CCSD Health Care Chaperone

These forms are due back to Leah King no later than April 3rd.

We look forward to seeing you Monday evening.

Sincerely,

Theresa Horan

SOA MS Band email coordinator

Clarinet for Sale!

Clarinet, an E11 Buffet for sale, used for one year and in perfect condition. Please contact Milena Urroz at milenaurroz@gmail.com if you are interested.