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Calling ALL Jaguar Band Families!

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Help Wanted: Game Day Meal Pick Up and Serve

2 Week Practice Schedule

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As we wrap up one week we look forward to another! Let’s celebrate this past week's successes, and boy was there plenty to celebrate! Let’s start with the Granger HS Football game. It was definitely an adventure on a Friday night. Much traffic due to ACL caused us to arrive to the game after it had already started and after a few quick conversations with the Granger HS Principal and Band Director it was agreed upon that both bands would perform post-game! What a great experience for everyone! As the band finished their postgame performance they were met with high fives from the granger football team and countless accolades from the parents and audience in attendance. They were all so appreciative that we stayed to perform for them and to share our music and a glimpse of our journey! We were also able to watch their band perform their halftime show as well as play a song together with them. In the process, our students made many new friends and numerous memories that will last a lifetime.

After a late-night arrival back at Johnson, our dedicated Jaguar Band students arrived at JHS for a run through early the next morning. After a quick lunch, we headed to the Vista Ridge Marching Contest where our Jag Band had another successful performance. Our Johnson Jaguar Band placed second in the 4A division by just a couple of points short of being 1st, and also took home the awards for outstanding Percussion and Color Guard! This was a great accomplishment within itself. However, it is important to acknowledge that our Jaguar Percussion finished in 6th place and our Jaguar Color Guard finished 5th! This was out of all 4A, 5A and 6A Bands! There were a total of 26 bands at this festival and our students' accomplishments shine extra bright when put into perspective!! An EXTRA shout out goes to these two groups for their success!

We also want to acknowledge the time, effort and sweat that our parents have put in with uniforms, meals, and props!! We cannot be successful without these key components! Thank you so much to these dedicated parents! If you have not already volunteered please get involved and help us reach even greater heights!

This week we have a home football game against Hays HS on Thursday and we head to the Central Texas Marching Classic on Saturday where we see one of the toughest lineups in the state of Texas! We have a lot of work to do with continuing to improve our execution of what we already know and also adding the remaining portions of the 2019-2020 production of “Our Journey”!!

Here we go! Let’s have an awesome week of rehearsal and performances.

Pit Crew needs your help! You do not have to commit to all games and/or competitions - you can sign up for as many or as few as you are available for. We have an amazing show and need help loading/unloading trailer and setting up equipment and props on the field. At competitions, this needs to be done in a certain time frame so the more help we have, the better! No experience is necessary!

If you signed up before, please check again! We have added the HaysCISD Marching Festival on Oct. 23rd!

If you are interested in helping on the Pit Crew, please sign up at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0848ABA62CA57-proppit or contact pitcrew@johnsonbands.com or text/call Clover Clamons at 512-468-8319.

** It is highly recommended that you assist your student with his/her hair before he/she arrives at the band hall (ready for inspection). If your student needs help with hair, they must bring their own products (comb, gel, bobby pins, bun makers, bun hair nets, etc.) and arrive in the hair room (library) no later than 15 minutes before inspection.

Show hair guidelines:

Hair needs to be in a bun, braids, or neatly pinned up. This is for ALL hair length, even those with shorter hair must have their hair up and back. Be sure to wet hair, use gel, a comb and bobby pins. We also recommend donut bun makers and bun hair nets to keep buns in place. The BOYS that have a regular length haircut simply need to apply some product (gel, spray, etc.) in an effort to keep it styled and neat. Those with long hair will need to pull it up and back. In an email sent on 9/16 through Charms there were 3 video examples of show hair (this was email with show hair info and info about Seguin game).

THANK YOU to the volunteers who helped with game day and Vista Ridge meals last week!

Please know that on competition days we serve the students lunch and dinner. So we need help to serve meals TWICE on those days. If you sign up for meal plans, please do not also sign up for Pit Crew.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give!

Volunteer Background Check:

https://hays.ezcommunicator.net/edu/hays/login_form.aspx?app=0

Sign Up Genius to Volunteer on GAME DAYS:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a49abac2ca4fd0-game

Sign Up Genius to Volunteer on COMPETITION DAYS:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a49abac2ca4fd0-competition

Monday, 10/7: 4:45 pm - 7:45 pm

Tuesday, 10/8: 4:45 pm - 7:45 pm

Thursday, 10/10: 7:00 am - 8:00 am

Friday, 10/11: 4:45 pm - 6:45 pm

Tuesday, 10/15: 4:45 pm - 7:45 pm

Thursday, 10/17: 4:45 pm - 7:45 pm

Friday, 10/18: 4:45 pm - 6:45 pm

If you didn't buy an ad and wish you had, you still can!

Future purchases will be featured in the remaining home football games (beginning with 10/24 home game). The football programs are also great advertising space. PLEASE share this information with your JHS friends and any business owners you may know! Deadline for 10/24 home game is Saturday, 10/19.

To order, go to https://www.johnsonbands.com/programads or fill out the form below and either mail it to P.O. Box 333, Buda, TX 78610 or give it to Tracye Mendez, JHS fine arts secretary.

Questions? Email programads@johnsonbands.com

10/10: 6:30 pm: Home Game vs Hays

10/12: 12:15 pm: Texas Marching Classic (Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex)

10/14: Student/Staff Holiday

10/15: 6:30 - 7:30 pm: Band Boosters General Membership Meeting (this is student holiday but there is still rehearsal and meeting).

10/17: Happy Birthday Mrs. Mendez!

10/17: 6:00 - 9:00 pm: Chick-Fil-A Buda Spirit Night Fundraiser

10/19: Johnson HS 4A UIL Region Marching Contest

10/23: 7:00 pm: Hays CISD Marching Festival

10/24: 7:00 pm: Home Game vs Central Catholic

10/31: 7:00 pm: Away Game vs Seguin

11/1: BOA Super Regional @ Alamodome

11/2: BOA Finals

11/7: 7:00 pm: Away Game vs Jarrell

* Please see the calendar on Charms or Band Booster website for details. Details below.

• Please know that, as the Charms calendar has listed since school started, we WILL have practice from 4:45 pm to 6:45 pm on Tuesday, October 15th even though this is a school holiday.

Behind every great band are great band parents!

V.I.P.S. (Volunteers in Public Schools) is required by HaysCISD for all volunteers that will be around students. Volunteers must be approved as a VIP volunteer BEFORE volunteering.

TO SIGN UP:

• From www.hayscisd.net choose Community> Become a Hays
• CISD volunteer.
• Follow the prompts given to complete the application.
• Our VIPS coordinator is Ms. Conder. When you visit the band hall, please see her immediately to get a name badge. Bring your driver’s license in for her to see.

TO LOG VOLUNTEER HOURS:

• Go to www.hayscisd.net
• Choose the “community” tab
• Click on “become a Hays CISD volunteer”
• Click on “VIPs Rewards”
• Click on “Log your VIPs Hours (volunteers)” and log in
• Click on the drop down menu on the left –“volunteer”