Congratulations to the following students for earning a chair in the 2017-18 Santa Rosa County All-County Honor Band!
Adeline Belova - Flute - 1st chair Rachel Bly - Flute - 12th Chair Alyson Tolle - Flute - 15th Chair Sara Heuer - 13th Chair Marisol Baduya - 20th Chair Alex Merritt - Alto Sax - 1st Chair Luke Justice - Alto Sax - 4th Chair Rachel Campbell - Tenor Sax - 2nd Chair Cheree Faulk - Tenor Sax - 7th Chair Raywood Miller - Bari Sax - 2nd Chair Sydney Mosley - Trumpet - 4th Chair Justin Scott - Trumpet - 6th Chair Alex Salter - Trombone - 5th Chair Alysa Gregg - Trombone - 6th Chair Bryan Moses - Trombone - 9th Chair Jacob Still - Euphonium - 4th Chair Mesa Fitzgerald - Euphonium - 5th Chair I would like to congratulate two of our students for making 2 separate honor bands in Florida.
First, Lauren Sauls earned plaement in the 2017 Tri-State honor Band at the Florida State University. This honor band will take place the first weekend in December. she will perform with other students from around the southeast. Second, I would like to congratulate Adeline Belova for earning chair placement in the 2018 All-State concert Orchestra. This means that she was one of the top three chairs in grades 9 and 10 in the state of Florida. She will be traveling down to Tampa the 2nd week of January and performing at the 2018 Florida Music Educators Association Convention. Please join me in congratulating these 2 wonderful musicians!! ! Hello All,
Great final game everyone!! The band received a ton of compliments after our show along with during the stands. You brought it and it showed! Thank you again for your hard work this season. Thank you to the parents for all that you have done as well. We are not quite done with marching season and we definitely are not done with band. This Saturday is the Veteran's Day parade in Milton. Pace High School will be joining us and possibly other schools. The itinerary if below. The parade will start at the bus ramp of MHS and go south on Stewart street to Berryhill. It will go left on Berryhill towards downtown then a right onto Willing in downtown Milton. The parade will stop just past the Veterans Memorial. After we are done, we will dismiss. We will have the band truck at the end of the parade route to hand out water. If you are not going to hold on to your instrument, you may put it on the truck. You will need to make sure your case gets on there before the parade starts. Parents, if you would like to help walk with the band, please sign up using the link below. Parade Walkers Sign-up: CLICK HERE On Monday, the All-County auditions will take place at Milton HS. I have attached the schedule of auditions. Please make sure you arrive to your room a few minutes early just in case the rooms are running ahead of schedule. You will check in at the band room BEFORE you audition. Please make sure you wear nicer clothes for these auditions. Not formal or even semi-formal outfits, but something that will give you a good first impression. Thank you for those that have signed up to help for the auditions. I will meet with you in class to go over your responsibilities. Please make sure you wear your show shirts. As I said earlier, band is definitely NOT over. We are now entering what is actually our busiest time of year. We take our one big marching ensemble and split that into 7 to 8 different ensembles all with their own rehearsal schedules. The indoor Winterguard will have their interest/audition camps this Tuesday through Thursday in the cafeteria 6pm-8:30. If you are interested in Winterguard and not already in the colorguard, come out and see what it is all about. Indoor percussion is also starting up this week. This Thursday, the Black Gold Percussion Ensemble will have an interest meeting at 6:30 in the band hall. Again, if you are interested in participating in this ensemble, please go to the meeting. Monday is the final call for all trip payments and contracts. If you have not already turned these items in, it must be received by us on Monday. The Rada cutlery Fundraiser is in. If you have not already picked up your items, please do so ASAP. These are in the band room office. We can either give it to a parent during school or to the student at the end of the school day. That is all for now. I hope everyone has a fantastic week! Happy Birthday to the following students this week according to charms: Bailey Jones - Today (Sunday) Curry Silcox - Today (Sunday) Garrett Wales - Monday Madison Merritt - Wednesday Paige Cardwell - Friday Katelyn Durham - Saturday Abdul Muhammad - Saturday Savannah Weeks - Saturday This Week: Monday - All-County Auditions (Times Attached) Tuesday - 6pm-8:30 - Indoor Winterguard Interest/Audition Camp Wednesday - 6pm-8:30 - Indoor Winterguard Interest/Audition Camp Thursday - 6pm-8:30 - Indoor Winterguard Interest/Audition Camp - 6:30 - Indoor Percussion Interest Meeting Friday - Veteran's Day Observed (No School) Saturday - Veteran's Day Parade - 8am - Call Time in Full Uniform - 8:30 - Mass Warm-up/Block-up - 9:30 - Parade Start - 10:15ish - Parade end/Dismiss - 11am - Ceremony begins - Optional stay Looking Ahead to Next Week: Mon - Yankee Candle FR Due, Solo & Ensemble Music Sale Tues - Concert Band Rehearsal, MHSBPA Monthly Meeting, IP Rehearsal Thurs - IP Rehearsal Together We Are THE MIGHTY BLACK & GOLD!!! Indoor season is upon us and all of our indoor groups are gearing up and getting ready for the 2018 season. If you are interested in Indoor Winterguard and are not already in the colorguard, please sign-up on the list in front of the band office. The interest/audition camps will be November 7th, 8th, & 9th, 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm in the MHS Cafeteria. We have two Winterguard groups that meet during the spring. Placement in these groups will be determined during those 3 audition dates. Remember, if you are currently in colorguard, you must participate in the winterguard season. If you have any questions, please contact Samantha Byrd at (850)501-2936 or sbyrd99468@gmail.com. |
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