Week 25: Spring 2020
January 27-31
A Note From Your Directors
Staley Band Families,
Beginning Band: All Elementary tour permission slips are due Monday, January 27th!
Advanced Band: Concert/Symphonic bands have a ensemble/solo contest on Friday. Sectionals are also back to normal this week. See below for details.
All band families: Please see below about the annual Kiss-O-Grams.
Thank you,
-Mr. Wood, Ms. Hoffman, Mr. Seymour, & Mr. Martinez
Week 25 AB Sectional Schedule
Sectionals are back to normal!
Advanced Band Schedule for Week 25 click HERE!
Honor Band will be creating a new sectional schedule for Week 26 through the end of UIL season based on Track/Soccer involvement.
All track practices happen after school so many sectionals may need to happen in the morning to limit conflicts.
Beginning Band Elementary Tour Permission Slip
- On Tuesday, ALL beginning band students were given a permission slip for the Rogers and Bright Elementary tour happening on Thursday, January 30th.
- If your student has misplaced their permission slip then you may click the link to access another copy. bit.ly/2RiX2IU
- There are 2 different arrival options so please choose the best option that works best for your family.
- Permission slips are DUE Monday, January 27th.
Solo Contest 1 Info
When: Friday, January 31, 2020 - 4:30-6:15pm
- Concert Band: 4:30pm
- Symphonic Band: Individual times TBD
Attire: "Nice attire" (no jeans), or Black Band polo/pants/socks/shoes
Symphonic Band will be performing their solo that was assigned before Thanksgiving.
Concert Band will be performing their ensemble they are working on in class.
Special Olympics Shirt
Every year the Staley Band performs for the FISD Special Olympics at Memorial Stadium. All students will either wear their blue band shirt or the official supporter t-shirt that you can purchase at the link below. While we encourage everyone to purchase a t-shirt, it is not required. The deadline to purchase the shirt is February 4th.
Kiss-O-Grams
- The Staley Band Parent Association will sell little bags of hershey kisses during lunches on (2/10, 2/11, and 2/12) and will deliver February 13th!
All money raised will come back to the Staley Band to assist in various events we have left this year.
- We would LOVE for every student to bring in 1 bag of Original Hershey kisses (NO NUTS).
- The class(es) with 100% participation will win a prize!
*If you would like to volunteer to sell during lunches then please sign up HERE.
Private Lessons
- Lessons play a vital role in the individual students success in band! Lesson are for the students who might be a little behind, and even for those who are excelling and would like an added enriching challenge.
- To enroll in lessons please send Ms. Hoffman an email at 'hoffmans@friscoisd.org' expressing your interest. Please also include your student's name and instrument.
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Upcoming Events
- Jan 20: MLK Day - No School
- Jan 30: BB Elementary Tour (Details TBA)
- Jan 31: Solo Contest 1 (Symphonic band and AB percussion only)
- Feb 7: Valentine Gram Hershey Kisses due
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Staley Band
Ms. Hoffman - hoffmans@friscoisd.org
Mr. Seymour - seymours@friscoisd.org
Mr. Martinez - martinezp@friscoisd.org
Website: staleyband.org
Location: 6927 Stadium Lane, Frisco, TX, USA
Phone: 469-633-4500
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