General information that applies to all students and parents can be found towards the top of every newsletter, while information specific to your child's ensemble can be found in that particular section by scrolling down.

After you've read through everything, feel free to contact a director if you have any questions. All of our contact information is at the bottom of this newsletter.

As a reminder, payments for Plans 2 and 4 are due this Friday, January 13 via cash, check, or online via RevTrak. Plan #2 is $50 and Plan #4 is $12.50. Thank you for taking care of this.

With the cold weather here, does your student need a(nother) hoodie to wear? Interested in ordering a hoodie for Band? For the first time ever, we are now placing orders for a Band Hoodie that features our Jazz Band logo! No, you do not have to be in Jazz Band to order one!

Click on the form below to order one NO LATER THAN THIS FRIDAY, January 13. Cost is $25, due by Friday, January 20 at 4pm:

Our annual Band Picture Day is coming up on Wednesday, February 1. Students will wear their band uniform to school that day and take their ensemble picture during their normal class period. Beginners will meet in the Game Gym during 2nd Period STRIPES to take their group picture. These are the pictures that will be featured on the Band pages of the Yearbook.

You will have the opportunity to order individual pictures of your band student with their instrument in their band uniform on this day as well. Photo Texas Photography will be providing a variety of products. Order forms will be provided directly to students during the last week of January so you can decide ahead of time. Alternatively, you may choose to order online. More information will be forthcoming.

Please click below to see all of the Band Events for the remainder of the school year in order to plan your family's activities. Remember, performances are a required part of our curriculum, so please contact a director ASAP for any conflicts.

Click here to see the Calendar page of our website to find all of the current events, including special rehearsals, contests, and performances for the whole school year. Be sure to Subscribe to our calendar using the instructions provided on the website. Alternatively, you may prefer the List of Band Events format that can be found clicking on the link.

Parent Chaperone Sign-Up - Make sure to sign up to become a chaperone at BOTH the link and the district volunteer background check. Instructions for this process can be found here. Then, be sure to join our Remind texts for Band Chaperones here.

Students will soon get their Solo Assignment to complete, which helps them to become familiar with their instrument solo they will be performing at our Solo Contest on Saturday, February 18.

Once completed, we ask for parents to sign this in order for them to show you what they are learning, and how you can best support them to prepare for this upcoming performance!

If you haven't already, make sure you sign up for our Remind texts for the Beginner's Ensemble here. Students may do this as well with parent permission. This is important piece of communication to receive reminders throughout the year.

We will be preparing for our UIL Concert & Sightreading Evaluation, which happens on Wednesday, March 8 at Lake Belton HS. This is our biggest group contest of the year, and we will be restarting after school sectionals this week. The times for all sectionals (including Percussion) will be 4:00-5:00pm, and a grade will be taken for each sectional:

• Symphonic Band Brass members (trumpets, horns, trombones, euphoniums, & tubas) will have their sectional every Monday.
• Symphonic Band Percussion members will have their sectional every Wednesday.
• Symphonic Band Woodwind members (flutes, oboe, bassoon, clarinets, & saxophones) will have their sectional every Thursday.

Thank you in advance for making preparations to pick up your student promptly at 5:00pm at the bus loop/staff parking lot.

If you haven't already, make sure you sign up for our Remind texts for Symphonic Band here. Students may do this as well with parent permission. This is important piece of communication to receive reminders throughout the year.

We will be preparing for our UIL Concert & Sightreading Evaluation, which happens on Wednesday, March 8 at Lake Belton HS. This is our biggest group contest of the year, and we will be restarting after school sectionals this week. The times for all sectionals (including Percussion) will be 4:00-5:00pm, and a grade will be taken for each sectional:

• Wind Ensemble Brass members (trumpets, horns, trombones, euphoniums, & tubas) will have their sectional every Monday.
• Wind Ensemble Woodwind members (flutes, oboe, bassoon, clarinets, & saxophones) will have their sectional every Tuesday.
• Wind Ensemble Percussion members will have their sectional every Wednesday.

Thank you in advance for making preparations to pick up your student promptly at 5:00pm at the bus loop/staff parking lot.

If you haven't already, make sure you sign up for our Remind texts for Wind Ensemble here. Students may do this as well with parent permission. This is important piece of communication to receive reminders throughout the year.

Jazz Band will be having their next chair test this Thursday to determine music parts for the upcoming Temple Jazz Festival contest performance coming up on Thursday, March 30.

The test is from our new 10-Minute Jazz Warm-Up: m. 17-44 at 108 bpm. The grading rubric includes: Articulation - 50%, Note Accuracy - 25%, and Pulse - 25%.

We are preparing for the TMEA All-Region Jazz Auditions, which takes place on Friday, February 3 at Bonham MS in Temple. More information about these auditions will be given when we get closer to the date.

If you haven't already, make sure you sign up for our Remind texts for Jazz Band here. Students may do this as well with parent permission. This is important piece of communication to receive reminders throughout the year.

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