Hello All,

And welcome to competition season for marching band!! The next THREE weeks are the busiest 3 weeks of marching season with major performances each Saturday.  We begin with our own Blackwater Classic Marching Band Festival this Saturday.  Then move on with the FBA marching music performance assessment at Ft. Walton Beach High School next Saturday.  After that, we go to Gulf Breeze High School on a Tuesday Night to simply perform for all of our peers from all of the high schools in Santa Rosa County.  Finally, that same week on the third Saturday, we close out competition season performing twice at the Emerald Coast Classic Competition at Choctawhatchee High School.  It is highly important that you keep an eye on the charms calendar this week as we have a few added rehearsals as well as itineraries for each day.  All rehearsals are vital to attend as we will be adding and fixing as needed.  We can't do this when students are missing.  Please keep healthy! 

Thank you so much to everyone whose has signed up to volunteer so far for our first Blackwater Classic Marching Band Festival!! There are still a few spots that need to be filled.  Please continue to sign up by clicking HERE.  We will have a volunteers meeting at then end of rehearsal on Thursday at 6:30 this week.  Please make plans to be there as we will go over all of the ins and outs of your responsibilities.  Students will have a sign up this week for items wee need you to do. We Also need help in the concession stand for that day.  Please sign up for concessions by clicking HERE.

All leadership and Symphonic Band, you will be performing our National Anthem to start the festival this Saturday.  We will rehearse this in class.  We will also choose which additional percussion we need.  

This Tuesday at 5:30 we will take group/section pictures.  Please clean your uniforms and bring everything in for this picture.  We will meet in the band room first and line up, then head to the stadium.  After we finish, you will have time to change and begin rehearsal.

Parent shirts are in! If you have already paid for your shirts, I will send them home with the student.  We can give you your shirts upon payment at the end of each rehearsal this week.  

Finally, we will be at Gulf Breeze High school this Friday.  The itinerary is below.  If you would like to chaperone for this game, please sign up by clicking HERE.   

This Week:
Monday
- 6pm-9:30 - Full Marching Band Rehearsal
- 5:30-8:30 - Adult Meat Sticking (Sign-up by clicking HERE)

Tuesday
- 5:30 - Group/Section Pictures
- 6pm-9:30 - Full Marching Band Rehearsal
- 5:30-8:30 - Adult Meat Sticking (Sign-up by clicking HERE)

Wednesday
- RADA Cutlery Fundraiser Due

Thursday
- 4pm-6:30 - Winds/Percussion Rehearsal
- 6pm-8:30 - Colorguard Rehearsal
- 6:30 - Blackwater Classic Volunteers Meeting

Friday
- 4th Winds/Percussion Fair Share Due ($75)
- AWAY Game vs Gulf Breeze
    - 5pm - Call Time/Depart for GBHS
    - 6pm - Arrive @ GBHS
    - 7pm - Kickoff
    - 10pmish - POST-GAME PERFORMANCE
    - 10:30ish - Load Truck
    - 10:45 - Depart for MHS
    - 11:45 - Arrive and Unload winds Truck

Saturday
- BLACKWATER MARCHING BAND CLASSIC @ MILTON
    - 10am-12pm - Rehearsal
    - 2:30 - all students meet at stadium for opening ceremony
    - 3pm - 8pm - Watch Bands
    - 8pm - Meet at Band Room to change
    - 8:30 - Warm-up
    - 9:20 - Performance
    - 9:45 - Awards Ceremony

Looking Ahead to Next Week:
Mon - Full Marching Band Rehearsal
Tues - Full Marching Band Rehearsal
Thurs - Winds/Percussion Rehearsal, CG Rehearsal
Fri - Away Game vs Crestview, Bands on Blackwater
Sat - FBA Marching MPA, Full Marching Band Rehearsal

Together We ARe THE MIGHTY BLACK & GOLD!!

Hello All,

Hope all is well with everyone this weekend.  PART 4 IS HERE!! PART 4 IS HERE!! We are very excited to announce that we did receive the final part for our show this weekend and will be focusing on that all week.  Because of this, I have rescheduled our group/section pictures to next Tuesday.  This Tuesday will be a normal rehearsal.  

Believe it or not, competition season is just around the corner.  In fact, it begins next Saturday, October 1st with our own festival, the Blackwater Classic Marching Band Festival.  It is looking to be a huge event on the MHS campus, just take a  look at the line-up by clicking HERE.  This is our first band festival that we have hosted in nearly 20 years.  We need your help in making this a successful event.  There are PLENTY of jobs for folks do volunteer for ranging from equipment help to hospitality room attendant and beyond.  This is a BPA incentive event and so all volunteers will earn money off of student fair share! Just CLICK HERE and sign up for a slot.  Remember, without your help, this event cannot be a success.  

This Friday we will be hosting Hobbs and King Middle School.  They will march in with us and play in the stands with us! Because of this, we will meet at 5:45 instead of 6pm this week so we aren't rushed with m arching in and pregame.  If you would like to volunteer for the concessions or the chaperone side, please click the links below:

Concessions - CLICK HERE
Chaperones - CLICK HERE

If you ordered a parent polo shirt, they did arrive.  You can pick them up or have your child pick them up at the band office at any time.  If you placed an order for a show shirt, they should be here this week, maybe even tomorrow.  We can send the shirts home with your child as soon as we receive payment.  remember, it's $10 per shirt.  

This Week:
Monday
- 6pm-9:30 - Full Marching Band Rehearsal

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

Thursday
- 4pm-6:30 - Winds/Percussion Rehearsal
- 6:30-8:30 - Colorguard Rehearsal

Friday
- HOME GAME vs Pine Forest HS (Hobbs/King MS Night)
    - 5:45pm - Call Time
    - 6pm - Middle Schools Arrive
    - 6:40 - March-in
    - 7:30 - Kickoff
    - 10:30ish - March-out/Dismiss

Looking Ahead to Next Week:
Mon - Full Marching Band Rehearsal
Tues - Full Marching Band Rehearsal, Group/Section Pictures
Thurs - Wind/Percussion Rehearsal, CG Rehearsal
Fri - Away game at Gulf Breeze
Sat - BLACKWATER CLASSIC MARCHING BAND FESTIVAL

Together We Are THE MIGHTY BLACK & GOLD!! 

​I just realized that even though forms may have been submitted online, Google was not recording them correctly.  I have erased that other form and created a new one and tested it out and the new form does work.  If you already submitted, I need you to resubmit your order at the following link:

http://www.miltonhighschoolband.com/2016-show-shirt-order-form.html

If you have not placed your order, please do so by this Thursday.  Remember, I do NOT need your child's size that is in the marching band.  Thank you for your understanding! 

Hello All,

Things are just trucking right along with the Mighty B&G! 

This week, we will have the 2nd mass meat sticking in the cafeteria on Wednesday.  Because it is a half-day as well, we will begin at 1pm and be done by 5:30, hopefully sooner.  Parents, if you would like to volunteer and fulfill another BPA incentive, please sign up HERE.

Friday night at the game is Band and ROTC Senior Night.  We will be giving a little form to our seniors Monday to fill out with some information to be announced at the game.  Parents of seniors, we would like to have all of you at the ready by 6:50 at the area by the band section where the front ensemble usually warms up at the northeast corner. The senior recognition will start about 7pm.  

Parents, if you would like to volunteer at the game, please click on the links below:
Chaperone - CLICK HERE
Concessions - CLICK HERE

Finally, this Tuesday is college day at PSC for all Juniors & Seniors.  This is not required but it is a good chance for students to get some information about different colleges around the area and meet with some college counselors.  Because we also have rehearsal that night, we have asked our students that if they go to it, please go to the 6pm-7pm shift at PSC Milton.  We will still have rehearsal at the normal time from 6pm-9:30.  Juniors & seniors, if you decide not to go to college day, you must be at rehearsal at 6pm.

This Week:
Monday
- 2nd Uniform Payment Due ($75)
- 4:30-5:30 - Leadership Meeting
- 6pm-9:30pm - Full Marching Band Rehearsal

Tuesday
- 6pm-7pm - PSC College Day (Juniors & Seniors)
- 6pm-9:30 - Full Marching Band Rehearsal
- 7pm - MHSBPA Meeting
- Last Chaperone Meeting After BPA Meeting

Wednesday
- Half Day Early Release
- 1pm-5:30 - Meat Sticking

Thursday
- Colorguard Fair Share Due ($100)
- 4pm-6:30pm - Wind/Percussion Rehearsal
- 6pm-8:30 - Colorguard Rehearsal

Friday
- Trip Intention Forms Due
- HOME GAME vs CATHOLIC HS (Band Senior Night)
    - 6pm - Call Time
    - 6:40 - March-in
    - 7pm - Senior Recognition
    - 7:15 - Pregame
    - 7:30 - Kickoff
    - 10:30ish - March-out/Dismiss

Saturday
- All-State Tryouts @Pace HS

Looking Ahead to Next Week:
Mon - Full Marching Band Rehearsal
Tues - Group Band Photos, Full Marching Band Rehearsal
Thurs - Wind/Percussion Rehearsal, CG Rehearsal
Fri - Home Game vs Pine Forest (Hobbs/King MS Night)

Together We Are THE MIGHTY BLACK & GOLD!!

​I have submitted the design to Paradise Screen Printing to get professionally "done up" for this year's show shirt.  I am currently acquiring all of the marching band student tee shirt sizes and will be placing that order this afternoon.  I will be placing the order for parent, friend, and other non-marching band student shirts next Friday.  These shirts for the 2nd order will be $10 per shirt.  If you would like to place and order for a shirt, please got to the following link and fill out the form:


http://www.miltonhighschoolband.com/2016-show-shirt-order-form.html


Remember, please DO NOT include your child's shirt size that is in marching band! We will have already placed that order.  Orders are due no later than Thursday, September 15th so I can have them ready before our competition.  

Hello All,

Happy Labor Day weekend! I hope you have been able to relax and enjoy the weekend! There are just a few important details for this week.  

First, now that wind and percussion uniforms have been distributed, it is very important that you try on the uniform.  If there is anything that needs to be altered, you may bring it back in and we will have it fixed for you before Friday.  Please do this BEFORE Friday!! We will not handle any uniform issues on Friday of the game.  All uniform issues need to be taken care of by Thursday.  We will be in full uniform for Friday night's game and every game/competition for the rest of the year. We are hoping to receive the colorguard uniforms this week.  

Tuesday of this week will be a Helmet rehearsal.  All returning members will need to bring their helmet to rehearsal with the box to get the tag for this year.  All new students will get their helmets on Tuesday as well. 

Percussion, our guest clinicians had a lot of good things to say about you and your rehearsal this past Saturday.  I know A LOT was fixed.  Thank you for being great students and following their direction.  This Saturday you will have a wonderful opportunity to hear other percussion group from around the area as well as perform for those groups and be critiqued by some of the world's top percussionist in DCI and other organizations.  This is at Escambia High School.  We will transport our students on a bus with one equipment truck.  If any parent is interested in chaperoning, please CLICK HERE to sign up.  We also need a truck driver if anyone is interested.  The itinerary for the day is below. Students will need to bring money for lunch at EHS concessions.

Mr. Weaver sent out the band trip info last week.  I have created a page on our website where we will post all new information as we get it.  I have already posted the trip information/intent form on that page along with attaching it to this email.  CLICK HERE to go to the trip page.  We will go over all of this in each band class this week.  

Finally, Thank you to all who have volunteered for various things with the BPA and chaperoning! If you would like to volunteer for the game this week, please click on the links below:
Concession Stand - CLICK HERE
Chaperone Side - CLICK HERE

This Week:
Monday
- Labor Day (No Classes)
- 8:30am-2pm - Leadership Tubing Trip @ Adventures Unlimited

Tuesday
- 6pm-9:30 - Full Marching Band Rehearsal (BRING HELMETS!!!)

Thursday
- 4pm-6:30 - WInds/Percussion Rehearsal
- 6pm-8:30 - Colorguard Rehearsal

Friday
- HOME GAME VS FWBHS
     - 5:30pm - Call Time
     - 6:15 - March-in
     - 6:40 - Pregame
     - 7pm - Kickoff
     - 10:30ish - March-out/dismiss

Saturday
- Day of Percussion at Escambia High School (Bring Money for Lunch)
    - 7am - Percussion meet and load at the band room
    - 7:30 - Depart for EHS
    - 8:15 - Arrive EHS
    - 9am - DOP
    - 6pm - Depart for MHS
    - 7pm - Arrive and unload MHS

Looking Ahead to Next Week:
Mon - Full Band Rehearsal, 2nd Uniform Payment Due
Tues - Full Band Rehearsal, MHSBPA Meeting
Wed - Half Day, Meat Sticking
Thurs - Wind/Percussion Rehearsal, CG Rehearsal, 2nd CG Fair Share Due
Fri - HOME GAME VS CATHOLIC (Band Senior Night)

Together We Are THE MIGHTY BLACK & GOLD!!