Band Notes 4/22 to 4/28

Happy Sunday afternoon everyone. It sure is nice to see beautiful days starting to happen!

Thanks to many of our parents that were willing to help out getting things organized around the band room! Carrie Babcock, Kori and Matt Baker, Jaime Lamanna, Lisa Forsyth and a few others helped organize our parent storage room and get uniforms orgainzed for the upcoming Lilac Parade (May 18). Thank you to our U of I Jazz Festival chaperones Amanda Short andHeather Capeller. We had a beautiful day on campus

Congrats to Jazz 1 Combo on their Runner Up finish at U of I. I hope to know more specific results for the other entries throughout the week. Congrats to our members recognized as outstanding musicians - Teghan Bright, Collin Capeller, Valin Gabriel, Jace Samaha, Katherine Selby, Asher Wynne. Special thanks to all of you that play a vital role in those positions that don't often get individual recognition. You are the foundation of our group!

Thanks to Chip Miller for his work making timpani covers for us!

THIS WEEK - We are just four weeks out from the Lilac Parade. Students, bring athletic shoes to class for marching outside as weather allows.

• Friday & Saturday April 26 & 27 - State Solo & Ensemble Contest

  • Takes place in Ellensburg, WA

  • Ensemble only members will leave Friday at 7am returning by approx 9pm the same night.

  • Soloists will be spending the night on Friday, competing on Saturday.

COMING UP

• April 29, 30 & May 2, 5:30pm to 8pm - Color Guard and MBCG Percussion auditions

• May 1, 6pm to 7pm - So Cal Chaperone Meeting #2

• May 7, 7pm - Bandwagon Meeting

  • Please join us if you're interested in volunteering in 2024/2025. We have many junior parents that will be spending their final year with us next year. We'll need folks to shadow them and take on those roles in 2025/2026!

• May 9, 6:30pm to 8pm - Lilac Parade Rehearsal

  • Required for ALL BAND MEMBERS

• May 14

  • 6:30pm to 7:30pm - Lilac Parade Rehearsal

  • 7:30pm to 8:30pm - So Cal Info Night

    • final trip details and meet your chaperones

    • Don't forget to use our So Cal 2024 Information Guide if you have questions about the trip. You can also email me if you have questions.

• May 15  - Dine Out at Texas Road House

• May 16, 6:30pm to 8pm - Final Lilac Parade Rehearsal

• May 17

  • All Day, Jazz 1 at Spokane Jazz Orchestra Workshop & Concert

  • During classes - semi trailer loading (all equipment & uniforms for So Cal)

• May 18 - Lilac Parade

  • Takes place in evening. Exact times TBA pending parade position

• May 19 - Truck Loading of personal luggage

  • Exact time TBA (likely a few hours mid morning into mid afternoon)

• May 22 - Depart for So Cal trip

• May 27 - Return from So Cal

• May 28 - FINALE CONCERT CANCELED

• June 3 - Awards Concert

• June 6 - Band Picnic (not required, opportunity to sign yearbooks and say goodbye to seniors!)

• June 7 - MHS Graduation (required for all non-senior band members)

• June 11 - Bandwagon 2024/2025 Executive Board Meeting

• June 12 - Dine Out at Chipotle

• June 13 - 2024/2025 Info Night