Our FOCUS this week:

1. Continue to find volunteers for Spring UIL Event (April 26, 27, 28)

2. Purchase tickets for the Band Banquet. Advance purchase only. No tickets sold at the door.

3. Apply for FBBC scholarships (deadline is Wednesday, April 20th.)

Our FOCUS next week;

1. Host Spring UIL Event (April 26, 27, 28)

2. Last week to purchase tickets for Band Banquet (deadline is Friday, April 29th)

3. Sign-Up Genius to recruit helpers for Band Banquet

Tickets are now on sale for the band banquet! The last “normal” banquet was 2019 and we are so happy to be getting back to normal. This event will include a catered meal, awards ceremony, and entertainment. The purpose is to celebrate student achievement, with a focus on our 27 seniors! It is also a great time for students and parents to socialize and cap off the school year.

Tickets are $20 per person (the 27 senior students will attend FREE of charge). The flyer shown below describes the details! Your student will receive a paper copy in band class. However, if it does not make it home please click on the link to print your own copy. Cut-off the bottom indicating your food choices, staple your check, and place in the black box outside of the band director’s office in the band hall. Deadline is April 29th.

Looking forward to a wonderful evening! Next week, there will be a Sign-Up genius to recruit volunteers at the event itself: set-up/decorations, check students in, take pictures in the “photo booth”, serve the meal, serve drinks, serve dessert, clean up, etc. If you have any questions, Contact Chrystal Limon (Band Banquet Chair) at davidandchrystallimon@gmail.com .

Please take a look at the volunteer needs for the April 26-28 Spring UIL Event at CLHS. We are fortunate that our students don’t have to take a bus to another location and miss most of a day of school. We are also fortunate that our students can learn leadership skills and earn volunteer hours while hosting the event. Parents are needed to help in TWO ways.

First, provide a couple of volunteers in the sight-reading room to “mange the clock” (timer) – you will be trained! There are three shifts: one LONG morning shift and two shorter afternoon shifts. Those who sign up for the LONG morning shift will have lunch provided.

Parents are also needed for hospitality for the judges. There are three shifts: set-up breakfast, set-up lunch, and clean-up. You will be reimbursed same day for your expenses.

Each year the Falcon Band Booster Club awards two scholarships to Falcon Band seniors, one for a music major, and one for a non-music major. Please read over the attached information regarding the scholarships, and if you are interested fill it out and turn it in to the FBBC mailbox on the wall outside the band office by Wednesday April 20.

Please email Cathy Morse if you have questions.

April 26th, 27th, 28th – UIL Concert and Sight-Reading Evaluation (We are host!)

April 30th – Freshman Marching Camp

April 30th – Color Guard Performance (2 pm)

May 2nd – Freshman Parent Meeting (7 pm)

May 3rd – Falcon Band Booster Club Meeting (7 pm)

May 7th – Wind Ensemble U of H Performance (1 pm)

May 9th, 10th, 11th – Auditions for Band

May 14th – Band Banquet (6 pm to 10 pm)

May 17th – Band Spring Concert

May 18th – Orchestra Spring Concert

May 21st – Marching Camp (8 am – 3 pm)

May 25th – CLHS Graduation (8 pm)

If you would like to contribute to the Band Buzz, then contact the appropriate committee or board member. They can send fully edited information to the following e-mail address: VP@clhsband.org . The deadline for submissions is midnight Thursday night.

If you think that you may have missed an email, you can always find the Band Buzz on our CLHS Band Website.

Feel free to ask questions with one of the contacts in the link below.

FBBC Board and Committee Chair Contact Info