McKinney Boyd Band Newsletter
Week of 1/13-1/17
Weekly Announcements
Congratulations to our Area participants and 2020 All Stater
Congratulations to Remy Thomas for earning a spot for the TMEA annual convention as an All state performer for the 3rd time!
He will travel down to San Antonio in February and perform with the top 2% of other Texas High School performers for the annual convention.
We are so proud of all of our Area candidates for making it so far and are proud of all their efforts and discipline:
Ava Bigalke Oboe
Colin Kaeo Eb Clarinet.
Anna Bose Bb Clarinet
Jackson Kiger Bb Clarinet
Amy Gilmore Bb Clarinet
David Park. Bs. Clarinet
Blake Paul Bari Sax
Kimberly Armstrong Horn
Reagan Giles Horn
Tristan Kuhnert Horn
Andrew Davis Horn
Devin Drinan Tenor Trombone
Savannah Brito Tenor Trombone
Chance Brady. Euphonium
Remy Thomas Percussion
Eli Ringel. Percussion
Alejandro Maestas Percussion
Next band payment due
Our next band payment is due on January 15th.
This is our penultimate payment with the final payment being February 15th.
***Remember that all fees must be paid in full in order to attend the Spring Trip to Corpus Christi.
Please turn in payments to the lock box outside of Mr. Treadwell's office.
Please help us to stay on track and be able to make our end of the year payments and maintain our schedule for this year and next years budget.
Sectionals begin this week for all Honors, Sym 1 and Sym 2.
Please refer to the google calendar for the most up to date information for our sectional schedules. They will also be reminded in class to the students.
Movment Camp # 1 on January 23rd
We will be having our first Movement/Choreography camp on January 23rd from 6-8pm. Dinner is included for the students!! This event involves Incoming freshmen (8th graders), Current 9th, 10th and 11th graders only.
We are going to hype up, build choreography vocabulary and build relationships with our new incoming members. We will be working with Mr. Fernandez and our Choreographer for next year.It will be a blast!!
The next camps to put on your radar are:
February 20th and March 26th.
**Side note to students/parents associated with Cockrill, defer to their concert for this night if you would like to go. and we will catch the kids up on 2/20 and 3/26. We were locked to when the indoor gym was available and apologize for this oversight.
Incoming Freshmen meeting ALSO on January 23rd
After the students finish eating and transition to the indoor gym, incoming parents will have a brief meeting in the Cafeteria from 7:00-8:00PM.
Our reasons for doing are two fold:
1. It encourages more incoming freshmen to be at our 1st Movement camp and have a stronger indication of next years numbers.
2. It prevents the Middle School students/parents from having to have even MORE things to do and schedule for multiple nights at the High school in January. (We'll transition them in slowly ;) )
****Side note to students/parents associated with Cockrill, defer to their concert for this night if you would like to go. We will work with Cockrill staff to make sure all information is available and given to you.
HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! THIS NIGHT IS CRUCIAL FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR PROGRAM!
Looking Ahead: Solo Contest accompanists
NOW IS THE TIME!
Solo contest seems like it is a ways out, but now is the time to make arrangements for piano accompanists.
It is highly encouraged that anyone wanting to participate in the March 21st MISD solo contest should do these two things before ASAP:
1. Look at our website and secure one of our approved accompanists. CLICK HERE
2. Order a hard copy of their solo through a music publisher (can take up to 6 weeks to arrive)
Here are two of our favorite music suppliers (PENDERS) AND (JWPEPPER)
If you have any further questions about securing a solo/accompanists, feel free to talk to a private lesson teacher or one of the Boyd band directors.
Cool Weather is here!
The cold weather has made an appearance and will likely appear again, students are only allowed to wear the following Boyd Band spirit wear items:
Boyd Band pullover hoodie $30
Boyd Band front zip hoodie $35
Boyd Letterman's Jacket
Boyd Band beanie $15
Boyd Band nylon jacket $35
Plan ahead and get these items early! Log on and order now! http://boydband.membershiptoolkit.com/
Online spirit wear orders will only be filled on Wednesdays. You may log onto your Membership Toolkit account (boydband.membershiptoolkit.com) and order any day of the week on Membership Toolkit. We will gather all of the orders, fill them from our stock and place them in a labeled box in the band hall for your student to pick up. We will send you an email once it is in the box. If we are out of the item you ordered, we will let you know.
Band Photos available on Smug Mug
All of the photos from this summer up to today are on the website!!
password: broncoband
All images are downloadable by clicking on the individual images, then to the left of the green "buy" button is a download arrow. If anyone wants to order prints or other products directly from smugmug, that is when you'd use the green "buy" button.
There is also a Smugmug app where you can see all the pictures!
After downloading the app, go to "find photographer" and search for boydhsband. After that they can enter the usual password and then have access.
Have questions??
Reach out to our Boyd Band Photographer at boydbandphotography@gmail.com
Calendar for the Week
Week 1/13-1/17
January 13th- Other than Sectionals, no other planned activities
January 14th- Other than Sectionals, no other planned activities
January 15th- "Fiddler on the Roof" Pit Rehearsal 3:15-5:30pm, Sectionals, "What's great at Boyd Night"- 6:00-7:30PM
January 16th- All Region Band Clinic @ MHS 6:00-9:00PM
January 17th- All Region Band Clinic @ MHS- All Day.
January 20th- MLK Day (NO SCHOOL)
Looking Ahead
January 23rd- Movement Camp #1 (Incoming Freshmen, Current Freshmen, Sophomores and Juniors) 6:00-8:00pm,
January 23rd- Incoming Freshmen parent meeting 7:00-8:00pm
January 30-February 1st- "Fiddler on the Roof Performance- 7:00PM
January 31st- "Fiddler on the Roof Performance"- 11:00PM
February 5th- Pete Tolhuizen Clinic during classes (All classes)
February 12th-15th- TMEA (Rehearse Ensembles in class)
February 18th- MBHS Ensemble Recital
February 20th- Movement Camp #2
February 22nd- Band Leadership Workshop- 9:00AM-5:00PM
McKinney Boyd High School Bronco Band Social Media/Contact
Email: ttreadwell@mckinneyisd.net
Website: boydband.com
Location: 600 North Lake Forest Drive, McKinney, TX, USA
Phone: 469-302-3400
Facebook: facebook.com/mbhsbroncoband