Symphonic Band Update
Below is important information about the week to come!
ANNUAL GALLERIA TRIP!
Students will need money for ice skating and food if they are going to eat. Students will be available to eat lunch at school or bring their own lunch. No large purchases of any kind will be made.
12:39 PM Report to the Band Hall
12:45 PM Depart for Galleria
1:45 PM Arrive at Galleria
1:45 PM Eat lunch and mall time
-Students must stay in groups of at least three the entire time.
3:15 PM Check-in #1
5:00 PM Check-in #2 and depart for Argyle
7:30 PM Approximate Arrival Home
Friday, Feb 8, 2019, 12:30 PM
Galleria Dallas, Dallas Parkway, Dallas, TX, USA
Argyle Ensemble Contest
This is a major co-curricular event for all students.
Percussion scheduling and information will come from Mr. Lemish.
Students will be scheduled beginning at 4:15 PM. Click the link below to let us know your student's potential schedule conflicts so we can create the best schedule
Dress: Semi formal attire to consist of a nice button up or polo with khakis or nice pants for guys and a nice dress and appropriate blouse and pants for girls. Tennis shoes, shorts or t shirts are not appropriate attire.
Thursday, Feb 21, 2019, 04:15 PM
Argyle Middle School, Canyon Falls Drive, Roanoke, TX, USA
Recording assignments
Percussion parents, please disregard.
Your students need to their ensemble recording submitted by midnight today! Please ask your students if they've submitted their recording.
Practice reports
Percussion parents, please disregard.
Practice Reports are due with a parent signature the first school day of every week. This is no longer just a completion grade. Your students will earn a grade based on the amount of minutes they practice throughout the course of the week. The rubric is below:
0 - No practice report turned in OR 0 minutes on practice report
70 - 1 to 29 minutes practiced
80 - 30 - 59minutes practiced
90 - 60 - 119 minutes practiced
100 - 120 minutes or more
Sectionals
PLEASE DO NOT SCHEDULE ANY MAJOR DENTAL/ORTHODONTIC PROCEDURES UNTIL AFTER MAY 20TH
If you take a look at our competition schedule, you'll notice just how busy it is, with a major event every 2-3 weeks.
Now that our competitive season has started, it’s important that all band students stay in playing shape for the entire semester. Please do not schedule your students to get braces or have any major procedures done until the end of the semester. These can take your students out of playing shape for several weeks sometimes as they learn to adjust the way they play and get used to the braces. The best time to do this is over the summer!
It’s also important to make sure you don’t have braces tightened within a few days of a performance as that will affect your students pretty dramatically as well.
Private Lessons - Now is your best opportunity to get started!
Please email me if your student is not in private lessons but you'd like more information!
Private lessons are highly encouraged and will help improve your student’s individual ability. Your student will receive one on one instruction from an expert on their instrument once per week for 30 minutes. What the high school is able to achieve is built over time and starts in the middle school. Private lessons are such a large contributor to the entire program’s success. Lessons have already begun to be scheduled, but it is not too late! We strongly encourage private lessons for ALL students!
Email a director for more information!
Concession sign up!
THANK YOU TO OUR BAND SPONSORS!
Bojan Gutic
Argyle Middle School
Email: bgutic@argyleisd.com
Website: www.argyleband.org
Location: Argyle Middle School, Canyon Falls Drive, Roanoke, TX, USA
Phone: 940-246-2126 3104
Facebook: facebook.com/argylemsband
Twitter: @argylemsband