McKinney Boyd Band Newsletter
Week of 7/22-7/28
Weekly Announcements
Meet the Directors: Mr. Travis Treadwell
Travis Treadwell serves as the Director of Bands at McKinney Boyd High School. His teaching responsibilities include leading the Honors band, co-teaching the marching, symphonic 1 & 2 and concert bands, along with co-leading the Jazz band and assisting the feeder middle school band programs.
Mr. Treadwell is a native of Lubbock, Texas, where he attended Frenship High School and was a three-time All-State tenor trombonist.
Mr. Treadwell earned his degree in Music Education at Texas Tech University, where he studied trombone under Mr. James Decker, was a member of the Goin’ Band from Raiderland, and was a member of the Symphonic Wind Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Sarah McKoin. Mr. Treadwell is also a past president of the Kappa Kappa Psi Alpha Omicron Chapter.
Mr. Treadwell’s has spent the last year serving as Director of Bands for Independence High School in Frisco and for the three years before that as the Associate Director of Bands at McKinney Boyd High School. He also served five years in Fort Worth ISD at Paschal HS.
Mr. Treadwell’s hobbies include all things outdoors including fishing and camping. He mostly enjoys spending quality time with his wife Elizabeth and two dogs Ryder and Harli. Mr. Teadwell’s wife Elizabeth is a band director at Cobb Middle School in Frisco ISD.
More director's coming soon......
Uniform Fittings happening this week!!
This is a come and go event. Please come as you can.
Monday, July 22nd: 6AM- 12PM (noon)
Tuesday, July 23rd: 10:30AM- 3:00PM
Wednesday, July 24th: 10:30AM-3:00PM
Stay active and hydrated starting now!
One week to go!
Now is that time when it is best to make sure you are spending some part of your day outside to begin acclimating to the Texas weather.
Staying hydrated during summer band is very important and that process starts NOW. Make sure you drink plenty of water throughout the day and the rest will take care of itself.
Bluecoats will be in McKinney on Monday
Summer Band packing list
- An INSULATED water bottle (No plastic water bottles), Camelbak systems also work well but do not count as a INSULATED water source
- Shorts and tennis shoes are an absolute must!
- Light colored shirts (must be within school dress code)
- Sunglasses and Hats
- Sunscreen 30 SPF or higher
- All flavors of instruments (Marching and Concert)
- Flip folders and all your music
- Your best attitude and smile
Wind Players Only--Additional Supplies
Breathing Tubes
3/4" Compact Ball Valve
You can buy these at either Lowe's or Home Depot (around $2). To the best of your ability, have this by July 29th.
Summer band Parking/Drop off
Just a friendly reminder –
Parking lot drop off/pick up diagram
No parking in the fire lane is allowed during any band pick-up, summer or school year. Please follow the line of cars around the perimeter of the marching field (in yellow) Students are to be picked up in that line on the far left of the parking-lot (where all the construction is). Please communicate to your student to look both ways before crossing the road. We want to ensure that all 200+ students and parents are safe during band pick-up.
This pick-up makes more sense when there is not construction happening in the back by the band hall. Typically, students will exit the band hall in the back and not the auditorium doors. Although we are not exiting in the back due to construction, we will still follow normal drop-off/pick-up procedures to ensure the safety of all students and individuals in the parking-lot.
We will follow this for the remainder of the camp and for summer camp in July/August.
Thank you for your support and cooperation!
New remind 101: Join now!
In addition to this weekly newsletter, we will be using the Remind 101 App to communicate.
Please join the following reminds:
Send the following codes to the number 81010:
Students: @boydbands
Parents: @mbbandfam
**Choosing to not be a part of the remind system will not be a valid excuse for being accountable for information communication
Summer band timeline/rehearsal update
***Please always refer to the google calendar. It will have the latest and most correct information
Leadership work days: 7/27 from 6:00am-3:00pm and 7/28 from 2:00pm-7:00pm
July 29- August 2nd (Same as before)
7:00-10:30- Outdoor Block
11:00-1:00pm- Indoor block (Masterclasses)
3:00-5:00pm- Indoor block (sectionals/full band)
August 5th-August 10th (A few changes)
Monday + Tuesday
7:00-11:00am- Outdoor block
11:00-1:00pm- Lunch
1:00-5:00pm- Indoor block (sectionals/full band)
Wednesday + Thursday
4:30pm-8:30pm- Outdoor block
Fan Pledge Fundraiser @ 6:00pm
Friday
Performance for Boyd faculty call time @ 1:00pm, dismissed afterwards
4:30-8:30pm- Outdoor block
Saturday
8:00am BRONCO CAMP (10th-12th graders)
DCI World Championships in Auditorium 6:00-10:00pm
August 12-August 16th (LOTS of changes)
Monday-Wednesday
4:30-8:30pm- Outdoor block
Wednesday
Band Photos (Tentative) in the AM, NO REHEARSAL for afternoon if you make your FAN- PLEDGE quota.
Thursday
First day of school= NO REHEARSAL
Friday
3:30-6:30pm full band rehearsal
FAN PLEDGE FUNDRAISER
Friday, Jul 12, 2019, 06:00 PM
Mckinney Boyd Cafeteria
Lone Star Ambassadors: Europe Tour 2020
I am excited to announce that the Lone Star Ambassadors (LSA) will be once again traveling to Europe in the Summer of 2020.
If you have ever needed an excuse to travel across Europe this is the trip for you!!!
We will be having an informative meeting on:
August 23rd in the Boyd Band hall at 6:30pm
***This trip is not limited to just students (Current 8th-Class of 2019) but also offered to their families as well!
It is an amazing adventure, you won't be disappointed. Come see what it's about!
Here are some photos from our last trip.
Germany
Montreux, Switzerland
Venice, Italy
Band Parent Meeting/ Marching Band Concert
Tuesday, Aug 20, 2019, 07:00 PM
McKinney Boyd Cafeteria
Calendar for the Week
Week 7/22-7/28
Monday 7/22- Uniform fittings 6AM-12PM
Tuesday 7/23- Uniform fittings 10:30AM-3:00PM, Color Guard Camp 1PM-5:30PM
Wednesday 7/24- Uniform fittings 10:30AM-3:00PM, Color Guard Camp 1PM-5:30PM
Thursday 7/25- Color Guard Camp 1PM-5:30PM
Friday 7/26- Band Hall Move in day!, Color Guard Camp 1PM-5:30PM
Saturday 7/27- Leadership work day 6AM-3PM
Sunday 7/28- Leadership work day 2pm-7pm
Looking Ahead
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