It is hard to believe that we are entering the 4th week of school!  All students should have instruments and books by now and we have learned the first five notes for 6th grade and have been busy reviewing in 7th and 8th grade.  We will continue in book one for 7th grade and should finish by mid-September and move on to book two.  We should finish reviewing book two for 8th grade and I hope to start book three by the end of next week. 

We had a great turn out at parent orientation nights last week.  I hope to see everyone this Thursday night September 1st at 6:30 for our first band booster meeting of the year.

PLEASE LABEL ALL BOOKS AND INSTRUMENTS!  We are having problems with students leaving things out and this will help with that.  I have Amro luggage tags if you need them.  Please get a binder with sheet protectors (especially 7th and 8th grade) because sheet music is coming.

There are about 30 students that still have not turned in the colored information forms sent on the first day of band.  Please get those in ASAP so that we can put all of the information in our computers.  Also we have collected only about a third to half of our band fees and the original deadline is approaching this Thursday.   Please get the $125 fee in as soon as possible (checks made payable to Appling Middle School).  You will be getting Smart Music subscription renewal or activation codes by the end of the week and we cannot give you a code unless this is taken care of.  We are also working on the designs for our band tshirts and they are part of this fee as well as WTSBOA All-West audition fee, WTSBOA solo and ensemble festival, sheet music, band awards, school instrument upkeep, etc......  Please let me know if you have any questions or problems with your band fee.

We had a great turn out at our help sessions last week and will continue them this week.  Here is this week's schedule:

Monday - Woodwind help session 2:15-4:00 (geared more toward 7th and 8th graders)

Tuesday - Individual help session 2:15-4:00 (open to all band students)

Wednesday - Brass/Percussion help session 2:!5-4:00 (geared more toward 7th and 8th graders)

Thursday - Band Booster meeting 6:30 pm Band room

Friday - Hope to have Smart Music activation codes to give out.

 

Remember our band car wash has been rescheduled for Sept. 10.  I hope everyone has a great week.... see you Thursday night at our booster meeting!

 

Angela Sanders