Good afternoon Mustang Band!

• Congratulations to the Mustang Band for making school history at the Bands of America Regional Championship. The band is the 2022 BOA New Mexico Class 2A Champion, winning awards for Outstanding Music, Visual, and General Effect. The band advanced to FINALS and placed 2nd winning the award for Outstanding Music.
• Thank you to all of the parents that volunteered on the trip! You are AWESOME!
• BANDtober is almost upon us! See below for upcoming dates.
• We have extra show shirts for sale! Please email Mr. Redd for available sizes. Shirts are $25 each and can be paid for by check or cash. Verify availability with Mr. Redd before depositing any money.
• The Pit Crew Scholarship recognizes and rewards senior members of the GHS Mustang Band who maintain a good academic standing and who exemplify what might be called the “pit crew work ethic” – working behind the scenes, doing unglamorous but necessary work, without seeking a reward other than helping the band. Band member(s) who are selected to receive a scholarship are recognized at the annual band banquet with a financial award that can range from $500 - $1000. The link to apply for a Pit Crew Scholarship will be posted on the Band Website on November 1st, 2022. The deadline to submit an application will be November 15th, 2022.
• The 4th installment of band fees was due Aug 1. Please refer to the Band Fee Payment document for more information. Please note: if you are paying through PayPal and do not send the payment directly to treasurer@grapevinehsband.com, the processing fees will be charged to your Charms account.
• All Mustang Band members should be practicing their ALL REGION music at home and with their private lesson teachers.

• The band calendar at grapevinehsband.com is your one-stop shop for all dates and times.
  
• Join the 2022-23 Remind! Info below.

• Lessons are available for all members of the band program. Please go to https://www.grapevinehsband.com/private-lessons.html and set up lessons if you have not already.
• All Families can raise funds for their individual band account NOW with the Scrip Fundraiser. See below for details.

Monday -

8:40am - Learn new drill

5:30-8:30pm - Stadium Rehearsal MPS

Tuesday -

7:00am - Marching Band

Wednesday -

7:00am - Marching Band

Thursday -

7:00am - Marching Band

Friday - ITINERARY

7:40am - Marching Band

7:00pm - Mustangs @ Colleyville (AWAY)

Saturday - ITINERARY

HEB Marching Contest

9:30am - Marching Band Rehearsal

2:30pm - Elements of Design: Line. Shape. Color.

Thursday night September 29th (10:00am-9:00pm) leave the cooking to Torchy's Tacos and help support the GHS band 15% of all sales will go to support the GHS Band -

Just show them the Flyer (Linked below)!!!

Includes: Dine-In, Carry-Out, Bar Tabs, Catering, Gift Cards and Groups Orders

Thursday night patio will be open - football will be on TV's to enjoy the Texas Night.

Volunteers Needed

We still need several volunteers to round out our concession stand volunteer shifts. Please sign up to help. We especially need help on 9/23 in the visitor, North and South stands. We have opened up the Visitor's side concession stands for the Varsity home game on 9/9 and 9/23. We are needing a few more volunteers for those shifts and for closing shifts on the South and North stand for all games. Please help the band with fundraising by volunteering a couple of hours to work one oft hese shifts.

JV/Freshman

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4ba8aa22a0fdc43-concession

Varsity

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4ba8aa22a0fdc43-varsity

Can you take a Vacation Day off work on Monday, October 17?

The UIL Marching contest is on Monday, October 17th during the work day. We need as many volunteers to help get the equipment to the contest, props/pit on and off the field as we do for a normal contest. In the past it has been incredibly hard to get volunteers since it is a business day. Can you plan ahead to take the day off work and help the band? Does your company offer volunteer hours? Can you use your volunteer hours for this volunteer opportunity? Plan ahead and take the day off work if you can. We would be very grateful for your help.

SPONSORSHIPS

We are still looking for local Business Sponsors for this season. If you know of any businesses or warm leads please let us know: fundraising@grapevinehsband

If available to assist, please contact our Guard Liaison, Brigitte Iafrate, at guard_liaison@grapevinehsband.com or 972-948-0357.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

GHS Band Flickr - https://www.flickr.com/photos/grapevinehsband/albums

More info - https://www.grapevinehsband.com/color-guard.html

Music for All’s honor ensembles are among the crown jewels of the Music for All National Festival. Individual high school musicians are selected by recorded audition. Members play challenging repertoire under the direction of renowned conductors, alongside outstanding student musicians from across America. Each honor ensemble performs in concert on the final evening of the Festival, Sunday, April 2, 2023. Application Audition Deadline: October 1, 2022

LEARN MORE AND APPLY HERE!

Honor Ensemble Dates:

Thursday, March 30-Sunday, April 2, 2023

Here are the links to stay connected!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GrapevineMustangBand

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ghsmustangband