MILTON HIGH SCHOOL THE MIGHTY BLACK & GOLD BAND

Show Shirt Orders Due

10/9/2024

The 2024 Show Shirt design is here! If you would like a show shirt, please fill out the form below. They are $20 per shirt. You can pay in cash or make checks payable to MHS Band and placed in an envelope then put in the money box in front of the office. Online payment is not accepted at this time. Payment MUST be received before we place an order for shirts. Orders and payment are due by Wednesday, October 23rd. If money is not received by the 23rd, your shirt will not be ordered. Band fee payment overages cannot be used for purchases. See links below for pictures and order form:

Pictures of design - http://www.miltonhighschoolband.com/home/october-09th-2024

ORDER FORM - https://forms.office.com/r/SCgu5wayk9

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October 09th, 2024

10/9/2024

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FBA Marching MPA Schedule

10/8/2024

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This Week in the Mighty Black & Gold

10/6/2024

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Hello All,

WOW!! Way to go all students and parents of the Mighty Black & Gold!! The Blackwater Classic was a HUGE success from the performance all the way to all volunteers. Everyone rocked it! Students, OUTSTANDING performance. Student volunteers, way to go! Parent volunteers, THANK YOU. Everyone involved made the 2024 BC amazing event. What a band! Thank you to all. Our BPA board will be adding up everything and will give us a profit report soon. WE received countless complements from so many people about the great organization and wonderful hospitality of everything. One of our judges was even astonished at our students yelling for the bands. He said, "it did his heart good". Thank you thank you thank you to all.

FBA Marching MPA - This Saturday is the second marching band festival for the MB&G. Please see the itinerary below. We are planning to watch and support as many bands as possible on that day. This will be at Tate HS and tickets are $10. Students, please plan to wear your claw/leadership shirts on Saturday. You may wear any MHS band or black shirt for the game on Friday.

Sweet Season BPA Concessions Sales - The BPA will is selling concessions at Sweet Seasons farms in North Milton. This is a family friendly fun event occurring each weekend until the beginning of November. We need your help with to make these days successful. Parents and students may sign-up on CutTime. Please be reminded that you must work your entire shift. Please see any of our BPA board for more details. The address for the farm is 2260 Horn Rd, Milton, FL 32570

FFCC Marching Band Competition - We still have not received our schedule for this. As soon as we get that, we will make an itinerary. This is our final marching band competition on October 19th.

Santa Rosa County Marching Band Exhibition - This will be held at Navarre HS on Tuesday, October 22nd at 6pm-9pm. All of the high schools in Santa Rosa will be performing at this. This performance is simply a celebration of all of the students and will show off to each other. Parents are welcome to attend as well.

Tri-M Induction Ceremony - Mr. Coots has been working hard on putting together the Tri-M induction ceremony. This will take place at the auditorium Wednesday at 6pm. Please plan to wear nice clothes for this. Think Sunday's best. There will be performances given throughout as well. Parents are invited to attend as well.

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

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the following students according to CutTime:
Makayla Thompson - Tuesday
Matthew Erskine - Saturday

This Week:

Tuesday
- 6pm-8:30 - Marching Band Rehearsal
- 7pm - MHSBPA Monthly Meeting
Wednesday
- 6pm-7:30 - Tri-M Induction Ceremony
Thursday
- 4pm-7pm - Marching Band Rehearsal
Friday
- End of 1st Nine Weeks
- Pep Rally
  - Wear a band shirt or pep rally theme
  - 1:40 - Students meet at band room
- AWAY Game vs Gulf Breeze HS
  - Wear Full Uniform
  - 5:15 - Call Time
  - 5:30 - Depart for GBHS
  - 6:15 - Arrive GBHS/Unload
  - 7:30 - Kickoff
  - 10:30ish - Depart for MHS
  - 11:30ish - Arrive MHS/Dismiss
Saturday
- 8am-5pm - Sweet Seasons BPA Concession Sales
- FBA Marching MPA at Tate HS
  - 9am-11am - Rehearsal
  - 12:45 - Depart for Tate HS
  - 1:45 - Arrive at Tate HS
  - 2pm-5pm - Watch Bands/Eat at concessions
  - 5pm - Meet at trucks/Unload
  - 6pm - Warm-up
  - 6:45 - PERFORMANCE
  - 7pm-7:45 - Watch Bands
  - 8pm - Return to truck/Load
  - 9pm - Depart for MHS
  - 10pm - Arrive MHS/Unload/Dismiss
Sunday
- 10am-5pm - Sweet Seasons BPA Concession Sales

Looking Ahead to Next Week

Mon - Teacher planning day (No Classes)
Tues - Begin 2nd Nine Weeks, Marching Band Rehearsal
Wed - Percussion Chair Placement Auditions
Thurs - Percussion Chair Placement Auditions, Marching Band Rehearsal
Fri - AWAY Game vs West Florida HS
Sat - FFCC Marching Band Competition at Choctaw HS, Sweet Seasons BPA Concessions Sales
Sun - BPA Concession Sales

Together We Are THE MIGHTY BLACK & GOLD!!!

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This Week in the Mighty Black & Gold

9/29/2024

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Hello All,

Welcome to BANDTOBER!!! Over the next four weeks, we will have SEVERAL events for the marching band. The next three Saturdays, the MB&G will be competing against bands in our region. This is the peek of marching season. Please make sure you are taking care of yourself and keeping up with everything. Schedules and itineraries will be available through Texts, emails, CutTime, Facebook, Website, Band room TV Announcements, Word-of-mouth, and everything in between. It is imperative that students are at all events. This will be the busiest and quickest part of marching season. Hold on tight!

Game Monday - As you know, the homecoming game has been moved to Monday. See itinerary below. I am trying to get permission to get the band out of 6th period so we can have a quick rehearsal before dinner. We have not had a rehearsal as a group since last Saturday. We will let you know if this is a go first thing in the morning. The BPA will be providing pizza dinner for the band. Because of how early everything will be, we are requiring students to stay on campus. If you do not eat pizza, please plan to bring your own food. We are not requiring hair to be in braids for the game.

BPA Concessions Help Monday - The BPA is desperate need of help for the game on Monday. All areas have been created for signup on CutTime. Please help! Since this is our homecoming game, we are expecting a bigger than normal crowd.

Chaperones for Game - We are also desperate in need of Chaperones for the game. Again, please signup on CutTime! For any questions, please reach out to Ashley Preston 850-698-0025 at [email protected]

Extra Rehearsals - You will see that we have added a couple extra rehearsals this week. Because of the events of last week, we are a little behind and need to catch up to be ready for our home competition this Saturday. We may add an additional rehearsal on Friday or extend the rehearsal on Thursday to 9pm for the full marching band. We will see how Monday and Tuesday goes to make this call. I apologize for having to wait to add these. We are in a very unique situation because of the storm and HC week. Again, we will communicate as soon as possible every situation.

Blackwater Classic - BC is upon us! This Saturday is the 7th annual Blackwater Classic. We will have 10 HS bands and 1 University band as our guests. This is our home competition. Parents, WE NEED YOUR HELP. Please sign up on the BC event on CutTime. Over the years, the BC has been praised for its organization and hospitality. WE CANNOT DO THIS WITHOUT YOU. As of this update, there are 48 out of 103 available jobs to be filled for Saturday. We If you are having trouble signing up on CutTime, but would like to help, please reach out to Arlene Wires at 850-910-5636 [email protected], Amanda Makar at 850-206-8446 [email protected] or Nicole Humber 662-706-0003 at [email protected]. I want to thank our committee for working hard on this event. They have really put together an exciting day and I can't wait for your hard work to be shown to the world! Y'all are AMAZING!!!.

Blackwater Classic Itinerary - The schedule is ready and the itinerary is set for BC. We will have rehearsal at 8am-11am that Saturday. After that, students will need to be seated in our section at 3:45pm to watch and support all performing bands. Symphonic Band will need to meet in the band room at 3:30 in uniform to get ready for the National Anthem. We perform the show at 7:45pm. The BPA will comp one meal per MHS band student that evening at the concession stand.

FBA Marching MPA - Saturday, October 12th is FBA Marching MPA. It will be held at Tate HS. Tickets are $10. Please plan to come out and watch our students showoff just for you. All high schools from Escambia, Santa Rosa, and Okaloosa Counties will be on display. We are still waiting on a performance time. We will have an itinerary for this once we receive the time.

FFCC Marching Band Competition - Our final competition of the year will be the FFCC marching band competition at Choctaw HS on Saturday, October 19th. We do not have our performance time as of yet.

SRC Marching Band Exhibition - The Santa Rosa County Marching Band Exhibition will be held on Tuesday, October 22nd at 6pm at Navarre HS. This is a FREE event in which all of the high schools in Santa Rosa County will be performing for each other and the public. More info to come.

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

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the following student according to CutTime:
Shaela Basan - Tuesday

This Week:

Monday
- HOME Game vs PC Mosley (Homecoming)
  - Wear Uniforms
  - Braids not required
  - 2:30pm - Dismissed to band room Quick Rehearsal/eat and get ready (Pizza provided by BPA)
  - 4pm - Call Time
  - 4:10 - Uniform Inspection
  - 4:30 - March-in
  - 5pm - HC Events
  - 6pm - Kickoff
  - 7:30ish - Halftime Performance
  - 9pmish - March-out/Dismiss
Tuesday
- 6pm-9pm - Marching Band Rehearsal
Wednesday
- 4pm-6pm - Colorguard Rehearsal
Thursday
- 4pm-7pm - Marching Band Rehearsal
- 7pm-9pm - Extra Percussion Rehearsal
Friday
- 9am-8pm - Blackwater Classic Setup
- 4pm-7pm - Possible Marching Band Rehearsal
Saturday
- BLACKWATER CLASSIC
  - 8am-11am - Rehearsal in Stadium
  - 3:30 - Symphonic Band Call Time
  - 3:45pm - All Band Call Time (Where Claw/Leadership Shirts)
  - 4pm-6:30 - Watch & Support Bands/Eat at Concessions
  - 6:30 - Ready in Full Uniform in Band Room
  - 7:05-7:35 - Warm-up
  - 7:45 - PERFORM
  - 8pm - Watch USA Band
  - 8:30-9pm - Awards Ceremony
  - 9pm-10pm - Clean-up
  - 10:30ish Dismiss
Sunday
- BPA Concession Sales at Sweet Seasons 10am-5pm

Looking Ahead to Next Week:

Tues - Marching Band Rehearsal, MHSBPA Monthly Meeting
Wed - Tri-M Induction Ceremony
Thurs - Marching Band Rehearsal
Fri - Away Game vs Gulf Breeze HS
Sat - FBA Marching MPA, Sweet Seasons BPA Concession Sales
Sun - Sweet Seasons BPA Concession Sales

Together We Are THE MIGHTY BLACK & GOLD!!!

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This Week in The Mighty Black & Gold

9/22/2024

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Hello All,

THANK YOU BAND!!! Three words that are simple, but mean so much! Our students did an amazing job this weekend with our mini camp. We got the vast majority of our closer on the field with music. Also outstanding job to our parents and student who worked the Southern Raceway event for the BPA. Thank you to the BPA for supplying snacks for our students during the lunch break. Thank you to all of the parents and students for adjusting to the location change. It was a GREAT weekend for the MB&G! The BPA would also like to say thank you to all the parents and students who volunteered at Southern raceway this past Saturday. It was amazing!

Homecoming Week - HAPPY HOMECOMING. This week there are lots of events and dress-up days to enjoy each day. I encourage everyone to take part and get into the spirit of homecoming. The MB&G will be playing a huge part as always. Here is a rundown of the uniforms for the week:
Tues- Wear a band shirt or dress like Adam Sandler for Escapades
Thurs - Bring formal uniform to school for pep rally, change during 5th period
Fri - Summer Uniform for Parade, Formal Uniform for game.

Escapades - This Tuesday is Escapades. This is the after school pep rally in the gym. All of the class skits will be performed and the HC court will be introduced. Parents are invited to come out and watch. The itinerary is below. Call time is 5:45 in summer uniform.

Marching Band/Section Pics - We will be taking our marching band and section pics on Tuesday at 4pm-5:45. Please make sure you bring your uniform to school on Tuesday. Students may leave their bibbers with their uniforms this week since we will be wearing these on and off throughout the week.

HC Parade - We will meet at 9am in the band room for the HC parade then bus to King MS in rotation on 2 buses. The parade will kickoff around 10:30. Students will be dismissed at the end. Buses will run at Noon. See itinerary below.

BPA Not Feeding Band Friday - The BPA would like to say thank you to all the parents and students who volunteered at Southern raceway this past Saturday. It was amazing!

BPA Concessions for Game - We are still in need of volunteers for the Homecoming game. If we do not have enough people, we will not be able to operate. Please go on cuttime for all volunteer opportunities.

HOME Game vs Mosley HS - This Friday is our homecoming game. See itinerary below. Take note that we will be performing our halftime show at POST GAME before we march back to the band room. We will also be giving a special performance for the students of Hobbs MS at the practice field before the game. We will also be inviting all of our Band Alumni to join us in the stands at the 2nd half of the game.

Weather This Week - Everyone is watching the weather this week. The Athletics and Administration will make calls as the progresses as far as HC events and game. We will do our part with communicating as we receive word.

BPA Sweet Season Concession Sales - The BPA will be set up out at Sweet Seasons Farm with the concession trailer starting this weekend. Saturday from 8-5, Sunday from 10-5. We are still in need of volunteers so If you would like to volunteer, please sign up on cuttime. If you volunteer, you get into the farm for free and can do all of the activities at the Farm.

Blackwater Classic - Blackwater Classic is quickly approaching along with the rest of Bandtober. We are working on putting together a performance schedule of bands for that day. This is October 5th. Please remember that students will need to be at the school all day. We will rehearse that morning, then watch/support all of the visiting bands. We will be performing at the end of the night right before the University of South Alabama Marching Band I will send out an exact schedule as soon as it is available. If you are interested in helping out for this event, please email Nicole Humber at [email protected] or Arlene Wires at [email protected] for more info.

That is all for now. I hope everyone has an AMAZING week!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the following students according to CutTIme:
Makayla Slay - Tuesday
Derek Weaver - Wednesday
Jenn Williams - Thursday

This Week:

Monday
- HC Dress-up Day: Distract the Dolphins - White Lie Shirts
- 6pm-9pm - Battery Percussion Rehearsal
Tuesday
- HC Dress-up Day: Make Mosley Our Waterboy - Dress Like Adam Sandler
- 4pm-5:45 - Marching Band/Section Pics
- Escapades
  - Wear a band shirt or dress like Adam Sandler
  - 5:45 - Call Time in Band room
  - 6:30 - Start
  - 8pmish - End/Dismiss
Wednesday
- HC Dress-up Day: Trick Play Mosley - Teacher/Student Swap
Thursday
- HC Dress-Up Day: We Can Be Anything to Beat Mosley
  - 9th...Classic Barbie & Ken - Wear preppy attire
  - 10th....Rock N Roll Barbie & Ken - Dress like a rocker
  - 11th...Beach Barbie & Ken - Wear Tropical attire
  - 12th...Before the Barbie & Ken - Wear Togas
- Pep Rally
  - Wear UNIFORM (BRING UNIFORM TO SCHOOL)
  - 12:45 - Go straight to band room after 4th period
  - 1:30 - March to Gym
  - 2:09-3:24 - Pep Rally
  - 4pm-7pm - Marching Band Rehearsal
Friday
- Homecoming Parade
  - Wear Summer Uniform
  - 9am - Meet in band room
  - 9:15 - Depart for King MS
  - 10:30 - Parade Start
  - Noon - Students Dismissed
- HOME Game vs PC Mosley (Homecoming & Hobbs MS Night)
  - 5:30 - Call Time
  - 5:45 - Special performance for Hobbs students
  - 6:15 March-in
  - 6:30 HC Events
  - 7:30 - Kickoff
  - 10:30 - POST GAME PERFORMANCE
  - 11pmish - Dismiss
Saturday
- 8am-5pm - Sweet Seasons BPA Concession Sales
- 8am-Noon - Battery Percussion Only Rehearsal
Sunday
- 10am-5pm - Sweet Seasons BPA Concession Sales

Looking Ahead to Next Week:

Mon - Full Percussion Ensemble
Tues - Marching Band Rehearsal
Thurs - Marching Band Rehearsal
Fri - Blackwater Classic Setup
Sat - BLACKWATER CLASSIC MARCHING BAND FESTIVAL

Together We Are THE MIGHTY BLACK & GOLD!!!

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Mini Band Camp Location Change

9/20/2024

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Good morning,

We have ran into a little glitch for our mini band camp on Saturday. We found out that the Special Olympics crew will be utilizing our campus 7am-2pm, including the practice field. We are not allowed to use our football field that day so the grass can recoup itself. We have reached out to the Pace band directors and they are letting us use their practice field during the 9am-noon session. We will not be using equipment for the morning session since we are only setting drill. We will be back on MHS campus practice field at 2pm. The BPA will be feeding the band FREE snacks and drinks at noon at Pace. We are asking students to secure rides to each location. I apologize for this last minute change. We must have this camp to ensure that everything is complete in time for Bandtober, also so the students can finally perform in full to the best they can! Front Ensemble will not need to be at rehearsal until 2pm.

Please see link for exact location:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/jcKhftH2Z26nM17N8

Itinerary for Saturday:

9am-Noon - Rehearsal without equipment at Pace HS (NO FRONT ENSEMBLE)
Noon - BPA serving snacks and drinks at Pace
2pm-5pm - Rehearsal with equipment at MHS practice field (Including Front Ensemble)

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