McKinney Boyd Band Newsletter
Week of 3/16-3/21
Weekly Announcements
Important updates due to school closure!!!
Please read thoughtfully and carefully
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Events cancelled this week.
4/14- NTCA Winter Guard Championships
4/16- After school Tom Bennett Clinic
4/19- Preview Concert
4/21- Solo Contest (See more information below)
Important information for Private lesson students/teachers
If you feel that you do not want to risk it, then we suggest "donating" your normal lesson fee's and working with your teacher to reschedule as necessary.
***This suggestion is for your discretion***:
We want to make sure that you are aware that teaching privately in some cases is the only source of income for many of our teachers. Any week/day that school is cancelled directly impacts their livelihood. Our teachers also have mortgages, rent, bills and groceries to take care of. Please keep this in mind when making your decisions.
Solo Contest Cancelled: What this means for you
We suggest 1 of 2 options to work with your accompanists.
1. Very much like our private teachers, this income loss affects their livelihood. Consider "donating" your fee despite not getting a second rehearsal/performance.
2. Your accompanist can work with you for a partial refund based on how many rehearsals you have already had. (Ex. 1 rehearsal= $30 refund, 2 rehearsals= $15 refund ect...) All of these transactions/communications are your responsibility.
Letter Jackets:
Solo contest is one of the ways you can earn a letter jacket. We will be using ensemble contest as a substitution for this year. If you made a 1st division on a class 1 ensemble you will qualify for a letter jacket.
Going forward: A day at a time
We will take everything in stride and will communicate as necessary.
Please take care of yourself mentally and physically.
Students- Please practice your instrument, their is still no word on how this will affect UIL preparation/evaluations. No matter when we return, we will want to start off on the best foot. Practicing daily will help in that transition.
Spring Trip Update
***The trip is still on as of 3/13/20, updates will come as this situation progresses.
Just a few more things before we take off to Corpus:
1. Bus Sign ups
2. Chaperone meeting (April 14th @ 6:00pm in the BH)
3. Trip Meeting (April 16th @ 5:00-8:30pm)
** 1 Parent and all students traveling must attend this meeting, no exceptions.
****Special note to non chaperone parents- Even though our chaperone positions are filled, adults are more than welcome to make their own accommodations to travel to corpus/ see our concert in San Antonio.
Boyd Band Boosters Board and Liaison interest form
Athletic Physical clinic dates are now set for the district (UPDATED INFORMATION)
You can attend ANY date on ANY campus. Whatever is the most convenient for you!
They are at:
MHS on 4/16 from 3:00-6:00PM
MBHS on 4/18 from 7:00-11:00AM
MNHS on 4/22 from 3:00-6:00PM
***The official Yellow Fine Arts physical forms are in the mail organizer outside of Mr. T/Ms. Santamaria's office. WE CANNOT ACCEPT ANY PHYSICAL FOR THE 2020-2021 SEASON UNTIL AFTER APRIL 1ST!!
Please take advantage of this opportunity and be all set for next year!
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
Looking Ahead
March 26th- Movement Camp #3 6:00-8:00pm
March 28th- Leadership Training camp (SASI) 9:00AM-4:00PM
April 14th- Spring Trip Chaperone meeting @ 6:00pm in BH
April 16th- Spring Trip Meeting (Required for one parent and every student traveling to attend)
April 18th- Sports physical day hosted at MBHS
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