It's competition season!
It's finally time! For the next 4 Saturdays in October our marching band and color guard will be traveling to competitions around the eastern half of our state. It begins with Cavalcade of Bands, Saturday, October 7th in Kennewick at Lampson Stadium on the campus of Kennewick HS. For more information about the show visit CavalcadeofBandsWA.org Stay tuned for an itinerary from Mr. Campbell detailing the plan for our students.
Have a great week, everyone. Thank you for your participation and for reading!
REPEATERS/UPDATES
PACIFIC NW MARCHING BAND CHAMPIONSHIPS
Please sign up to help us out! CLICK HERE for the SIGNUP GENIUS. Thank you so much to Mark Rodewald and the rest of the crew for your help organizing this event!
We NEED YOUR help the day of the event; especially those of you not involved in the marching band and color guard that day! This fundraiser is one of our primary sources of assisting students that need help for our So Cal trip - PLEASE HELP!
SO CAL
We're up to 97 of our band and guard students registered for this awesome experience! I do intend to run an informational meeting about this trip middle of October to answer any questions you might have. I'm hoping for October 19th so tentatively put that on your calendars (MHS, 7PM).
LAST WEEK
MBCG at HALFTIME!
Congrats to the marching band and color guard on their first performance of the year at Homecoming halftime, and special kudos for performing the entire show - that's awesome!
OPEN HOUSE
Thanks to everyone that attended open house - It was great to see everyone! Primary take away was the need for the important course documents. CLICK HERE to complete & sign a Google Form Acknowledgment of our syllabus, student code, anticipated fees, schedule, and permission to travel. These are all important to be aware of to avoid conflicts and misunderstandings.
THIS WEEK - www.meadbands.org/calendar
Check out the day-by-day list below of activities happening outside the school day.
Also this week, students will have the first playing assignment of the year that will also serve as our seating assignment data.
Monday 10/2
MBCG Rehearsal
Tuesday 10/3
MBCG Rehearsal - 3pm to 6pm, MHS
All-State Audition Recordings Take Place
PLEASE complete the application worksheet
Wednesday 10/4
All-State applications completed/sent by Mr. Lewis
Thursday 10/5
MBCG Rehearsal - 3pm to 6pm, MHS
Friday 10/6 - NO SCHOOL for STUDENTS
Playing Assignments Due by MIDNIGHT! (upload to the folder I shared with your name on it)
MBCG Rehearsal - Noon to 3pm, report to Union
MBCG to Kennewick/Cavalcade of Bands - COMPETITION!
Stay tuned for more info from Mr. Campbell (itinerary, etc).
Saturday 10/7 - Cavalcade of Bands, Kennewick HS, Kennewick WA