Hello All,

Keep it up MB&G!!! We are in the final week of competition season with the Pea River Marching Band Competition this Saturday.  Please pay careful attention to the itinerary below.  Saturday will be a busy afternoon/evening.  Make sure you bring money for dinner at the concession stand.  Please be aware that a finals performance will depend on how we do at Prelims.  For the retreat at the finals awards ceremony, all Leadership and Seniors will participate on the field with the rest of the band staying in the stands.  Please be aware that we will not unload Friday night after the game so everything will be ready to go for Saturday.  I also do not plan to unload the trucks when we return on Saturday since we will be returning late.  

Please be aware that the rehearsal this Thursday is our only one this week.  That being said, if you are not present at this rehearsal, you will not be able to go to the game at Pace this Friday.  

Be aware that the "Bring the Heat" event at Whataburger has been cancelled for Monday.  We are looking at a time to reschedule.  Pace's drumline was not going to be able to attend since their game from Friday night was rescheduled to Monday.  

Finally,  ALL FAIR SHARES SHOULD BE UP TO DATE.  We owe $41,000 in bills for this season for services rendered.  Please get these up to date now.  The 4th fair share's are due this Saturday.  

That is all for now.  I hope you have a great week!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the following students according to Charms:
Trey Grice - Today (Sunday)
Mikayla Peterson - Today (Sunday)
Jackson Sepulvado - Today (Sunday)
Donna McCoy - Wednesday
Garrett Allen - Thursday
Alissa Welch - Friday

This Week:
Tuesday
5:30-8:30 - Santa Rosa County Marching Band Exhibition
- 5:30 - Call Time in Full Uniform
- 6:30 - March-in
- 6:45-8:30 - Performances

Thursday
4pm-6:30 - Full Marching Band Rehearsal

Friday
- Report Cards
- Pep Rally
- 1:40 - Call Time in Show Shirts and Blue Jeans/Pep Rally Theme
- AWAY Game vs Pace High School
- 5:45 - Meet/Depart for PHS
- 6:15 - Arrive/Unload
- 7:30 - Kickoff
- 10pm - Depart for MHS
- 10:30 - Arrive MHS/Dismiss

Saturday
4th Fair Share Due (Winds & Perc. $50/CG $92)
Pea River Marching Band Competition
- 1pm - Call Time
- 1:30 - Depart for Elba High School
- 3:30 - Arrive Elba/Unload
- Prelims 
- 3:55 - Dress Time
- 4:55 - Warm-up
- 5:40 - Prelims Performance
- 6:20 - Prelmin Awards
- 8pm-10pm - Finals Performances (Performance Time TBD)
- 10pm - Finals Awards
- 11pm - Depart for MHS
- 1am - Arrive/Unload/Dismiss

Looking Ahead to Next Week:
Mon - Leadership Meeting
Tues - Escapades
Thurs - Leadership Parade at TR Jackson, Full band Parade at Rhodes ES, HC Pep Rally, Full Marching Band Rehearsal (Halloween Rehearsal), Year Medallion Ceremony
Fri - HC Parade, HOME game vs Catholic HS

Together We Are THE MIGHTY BLACK & GOLD!!!

Hello All,

WHAT A BAND!!! We are so proud of all of our students for your performance this past Saturday at the FBA marching MPA.  Your hard work paid off an earned us straight SUPERIORS! Way to go band! Thank you to the parents that helped out that day with the various areas. You had a big part in this as well! 

The marching season is almost done.  Here is what is left for our season just so you are aware:
10/15 - Rehearsal
10/17 - Away Game at Mosley
10/22 - Santa Rosa Marching Band Exhibition
10/24 - Rehearsal
10/25 - Away Game vs Pace
10/26 - Pea River Marching Band Competition in Elba, AL
10/29 - Escapades
10/31 - Pep Rally/Final Rehearsal unless we make play-offs
11/1 - HC Parade/Home Game
11/11 - Veteran's Day Parade
12/7 - Christmas Parade

WE NEED FAIR SHARES TURNED IN IMMEDIATELY! It is time to pay the marching band bills and we are needing fair shares to be up to date.  The 4th Fair Share is due next Saturday the 26th.  As of now, we are sitting on $41,350 total of bills that we owe for marching season.  This includes uniforms, drill writing, music arranging, and various other services in which you have been given.  We only have $13,000 in our account right now to pay these.  If we do not receive the remaining fair shares, we will begin cutting services for future events this year.  To check balances, login to your Charms account and go to your financial statement.  CLICK HERE to see info on how to login.  

That is all for now.  I hope you have a wonderful week!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the following students according to Charms:
Melvin Rios - Sunday
Gabriella Bowen - Monday
Erin Puckett - Thursday

This Week:
Monday
Teacher Planning Day (No Classes)
3pm-7pm - Indoor Percussion Auditions

Tuesday
6pm-9:30 - Full Marching Band Rehearsal

Thursday
AWAY Game vs Panama City Mosley (Wear normal uniform minus Gloves/Gauntlets & Helmets. Guard bring jackets)
-1:30 - Call Time/Load
- 1:45 - Depart for PC
- 4:30 - Arrive/Eat Dinner at Pier Park (BRING MONEY)
- 6pm - Meet at busses/Leave for stadium
- 6:30 - March-in
- 7pm - Kick-off
- 10:30 - Depart for MHS
- 12am - Arrive/Unload/Dismiss

Looking Ahead to Next Week:
Mon - Whataburger "Bring the Heat" Jalapeno Eating Contest
Tues - Santa Rosa County Marching Band Exhibition
Thurs - Full Marching Band Rehearsal
Fri - AWAY Game vs Pace HS, Pep Rally, Bands on Blackwater
Sat - Pea River Marching Band Competition, 4th Fair Share Due ($50), 4th Guard Fair Share Due ($92)

Together We Are THE MIGHTY BLACK & GOLD!!!

Parents and Students,

Below is the itinerary for the Pea River Marching Band Competition on Saturday, October 26th at Elba High School in Elba, Alabama. CLICK HERE for the competition schedule with the line-up of bands.  A couple things to bring to your attention with this, first, we will not be unloading the trucks the Friday night before hand because we will not be rehearsing before we leave for Elba.  Secondly, this is a Prelims and Finals format.  If we perform well enough at prelims, we will perform at finals.  We won't know the exact schedule after the prelims performance until after the prelim awards are complete.  Please plan for anything.

Address to Elba: 371 Tiger Dr, Elba, AL 36323

1:00 – Meet/Competition Day Routine
1:30 – Depart for Elba
3:30 – Arrive Elba HS
3:55 – Dress Time
4:55 – Warm-up/B
5:25 – Move to Gate
5:40 – Performance
6:20 – Prelims Awards
8:00-10:00 – Finals Performances (Performance Time TBD)
10:00 – Finals Awards
11:00 – Depart for MHS
1:00 AM – Arrive/Unload/Dismiss

Hello All,

WHAT AN AMAZING DAY AT THE BLACKWATER CLASSIC!!! Thank you so much to our students for supporting the bands all day and thank you to all of our wonderful parents in the BPA for helping in all of the various areas! Without you, this festival could not have happened! It was a fun-filled 19 hour day.  Students, once again, you did an outstanding job with your performance.  Can't wait to see what this thing will look like in the end as we continue to push forward and upward to the end of the season.

We are now in the second week of competition season with our performance at the Florida Bandmasters Association (FBA) Marching Music Performance Assessment (MPA) at Tate High School this Saturday.  Please see the itinerary below.  I want to remind everyone that ALL performances and rehearsals are REQUIRED! These are incredibly important performances and everyone MUST be in attendance.  These have been on the schedule for over a year.  

Please be aware that we only have 2 more Tuesday Night Rehearsals left for marching season.  Also, Tuesday, October 22nd, we will be hosting the annual Santa Rosa County Marching Band Exhibition at Milton High School.  This is the event where all of the marching bands in Santa Rosa County.  This will begin around 6:30 with a mass march-in from all of the bands.  After that, is the competition in Elba, AL on Saturday, October 26th.  Itinerary for this is to come.  

Finally, as the season is almost at an end, we are in desperate need of fair shares to be paid.  We have been sitting on a lot of bills to be paid for services rendered and it is now time to pay them.  We need fair shares up to date ASAP.  You can pay these online through our website or directly on your charms account.  You can also pay to the money box in front of the band office.  Thank you in advance for taking care of this.

That is all for now.  I hope you have a wonderful week!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the following students according to Charms:
Paxton Boothe - Today (Sunday)
Hannah Johnson - Today (Sunday)
Katie Whitson - Wednesday

This Week:
Tuesday
6pm-9:30 - Full Marching Band Rehearsal
7pm - MHSBPA Monthly Meeting

Thursday
4pm-6:30 - Full Marching Band Rehearsal

Friday
End of the 1st Nine Weeks
5th Trip Payment Due ($225)
Final Uniform Payment Due ($45)
Final Guard Uniform Payment Due ($59)
1:40-3:25 - Pep Rally (Wear Show Shirts/Blue Jeans or Pep Rally Theme
HOME Game vs Gulf Breeze HS (Hobbs MS Night)
- 5:45 - Call Time
- 6:15 - Meet and Greet Hobbs MS
- 7:30 - Kickoff
- 10:30 - March-out/Dismiss

Saturday
FBA MARCHING MPA at Tate High School
- Noon-2pm - Call Time/Rehearse
- 3pm - Depart for Tate HS
- 4pm - Arrive Tate HS
- 4:55-5:25 - Warm-up
- 5:40 - Performance
- 6pm - Load/Ratings announcement
- 7pm-8:45-Watch Bands (Eat at Concession Stand)
- 9pm-Load Buses/Depart for MHS
- 9:45 - Arrive MHS/Unload
- 10pm - Dismiss

Looking Ahead to Next Week:
Mon - Teacher Planning Day (No Classes), Indoor Percussion Auditions
Tues - Full Marching Band Rehearsal (Final Tuesday Marching Band Rehearsal)
Thurs - AWAY Game vs Mosley HS

Together We Are THE MIGHTY BLACK & GOLD!!!


Michael S. Schultz
Assistant Band Director
Milton High School
(850)983-5611
schultzm@santarosa.k12.fl.us
www.miltonhighschoolband.com

The Parent volunteer walk-through for Blackwater Classic is tonight at 6:00 PM in the Bandroom NOT 6:30.  See you tonight! 

Hello All,

Welcome to the marching band competition season everyone! Over the next several weeks, The Mighty Black & Gold Marching Band will be in performing at 2 festival format, one county exhibition, and one full competition.  The festival formats are the Blackwater Classic and FBA Marching MPA.  These are where we will recieve a rating on a 5 point scale.  The exhibition is on October 22nd and will simply be a "showoff" of all of the marching bands in Santa Rosa County.  Finally, the full competition, hosted in Elba, Alabama, will pit us against some of the top marching bands in the region in a prelims/finals format.  This is the busiest time for the marching band and attendance is extremely important at ALL events.  Students, please make sure you take care of your bodies especially during this month.  We need all hands on deck.  Hold on everyone! This is gonna be quick!

Parents, WE STILL NEED HELP AT BLACKWATER CLASSIC! There are several open spots available on the sign-up.  This will not be a success without you.  I know we all work several hours a week, but our students need and deserve your support.  Please help out where you can.  Unfortunatly, you must be a school board apporved volunteer.  Thank you to those who have already signed up.  Please make sure you are at your locations at the times listed.  Click the following link to sign up:

https://www.charmsoffice.com/charms/volunteerR.asp?v=4982521

Students, don't forget about pictures tomorrow (Monday) at 4pm.  Please make sure you bring your uniforms.  You will need everything minus helmets.  Colorguard, you will need to do hair and make up like it is a performance.  You will have your uniforms Monday morning! :-)  I will go ahead and tell you that once we are done with pictures, we will be doen for the evening.:-) Ya'll have been working hard and deserve to have the rest of the evening off! Managers, please make sure you wear show shirts and blue jeans.  .

Everyone, the next month is going to fly by and will be very easy to get lost in when and where to be and also what to wear.  Please look at the calendar way ahead of time so you can stay up to date with your schedules.  Good luck to everyone and let's start the competition season off right!! :-)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the following students according to Charms:
Alyssa Mae Tiongco - Today (Sunday)
Cassie Silvani-Brightman
Jordan Brignano - Tuesday
Regan Kennington - Tuesday
Alysa Gregg - Wednesday
Triston Putonti - Saturday
Isabel Wimmer - Saturday

This Week:
Monday
4pm-7pm - Pictures/Full Marching Band Rehearsal

Tuesday
6pm-9:30 - Full Marching Band Rehearsal

Thursday
4pm-6:30 - Full Marching Band Rehearsal
6pm - Volunteers BC Walkthrough
6:30 - Leadership BC Walkthrough

Friday
HOME Game vs Washington HS (Band/ROTC Senior Night)
- 6pm - Call Time
- 6:30 - March-in
- 6:55 - Senior Night Events
-7:30 - Kick-off
-10:30 - March out/Dismiss

Saturday
BLACKWATER CLASSIC MARCHING BAND FESTIVAL
9:45am - Call Time
10am-11:30am - Rehearsal in the stadium
3:30 - Call time for symphonic band in band hall in uniform minus helmets
3:45 - Call time for all band minus symphonic band in stands
3:50 - Symphonic Band National Anthem
4pm-7:35 - Watch Bands (Eat dinner at concessions)
7:35 - Get Ready for Warm-up
8:05-8:35 - Warm-up
8:40 - Ready Gate
8:45 - Performance
9:05-9:35ish - Awards
9:35-10:30 - Clean-up

Looking Ahead to Next Week:
Tues - Full Marching Band Rehearsal
Thurs - Full Marching Band Rehearsal
Fri - 5th Trip Payment Due ($225), Final Uniform Payment Due ($45), Final Guard Uniform Payment Due ($59), Pep Rally, Home Game vs Gulf Breeze HS (Hobbs MS Night)
Sat - FBA MARCHING MPA

Together We Are THE MIGHTY BLACK & GOLD!!!