Hello All,


State Solo & Ensemble - Congratulations to all of the students that participated in the FBA State Solo & Ensemble MPA.  All of these students pushed themselves as musicians to the highest level and earned SUPERIOR ratings.  Great job to all:
Corinne Carmichael
Emma DeBellis
Josiah Hall
Samantha Kuhn
David Malec
Coda Turner


Indoor Groups - All three of our indoor groups ended their competition season this past week at the GCGPC Championship.  We are very proud of all of their performances! The JV Winterguard earned a 75.34.  The Varsity Winterguard earned an 80.58.  The Black Gold Percussion Ensemble earned a 75.575


All-County - Since Snowapocalypse canceled the All-County Band events that week, this has been moved to April 2nd and 3rd.  April 2nd will be a rehearsal in the band hall 6pm-9pm.  April 3rd will be an all day rehearsal in the band hall with the concert in the auditorium that evening at 6:30. This concert is FREE.  Everyone is invited to come out and listen.  


Leadership Applications and other Paperwork - We have began handing out the applications for leadership, senior scholarships, Last Wills, and Letter/Bars.  These can be found on the locker room doors or by going to the following link: (http://www.miltonhighschoolband.com/mhs-band-documents.html). Please make sure you read through all info and observe the deadlines.  Most are due the day of the Spring Concert, May 2nd.  


MHS Campus Beautification Day/Leadership Clinic - For all of those interested in running for leadership please note that you will need to make plans to attend the campus beautification day/leadership clinic on April 5th.  This will be 8am-Noon.  Campus cleaning 8am-11am and leadership clinic 11am-Noon.  If you are not planning to run for leadership, you are still welcome to come out and attend.  


Beats and Eats Festival - The BPA is bringing back the Beats & Eats Festival! This will be held on Saturday, April 26th in Downtown Milton at Jernigan's Landing.  We are looking for arts and food vendors.  If you know anyone interested, please send them the attached poster or send them to this link: http://www.miltonhighschoolband.com/home/beats-eats-jazz-festival-april-26th Volunteer sign-ups are now available on CutTime.  Parents and students are may sign up.  


FBA State Concert MPA - We have received the performance schedule for State Concert MPA for Symphonic Band.  We will be performing on Tuesday, April 29th at 4pm at the Mattie Kelly theater at NWFL State College.  We will have a more detailed itinerary available soon.  


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


HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the following students according to CutTime:
Maddison Clark - Sunday (Today)
Tyler Broxson - Tuesday
Aubrey Burchett - Tuesday
Elliana Lazarus - Thursday


This Week:

• Monday
  
  • 4pm-6pm - Concert Band Rehearsal
    
• Tuesday
  
  • 4pm-6pm - Symphonic Band Rehearsal
    
• Wednesday
  
  • 8:30am - Tri-M Meeting
    
  • 6pm-9pm - All-County Rehearsal
    
• Thursday
  
  • 9am-4:30pm - All-County Rehearsal
    
  • 6:30-9pm - All-County Concert
    
• Saturday
  
  • 8am-11am - MHS Campus Beautification (Required leadership candidates)
    
  • 11am-12pm - Leadership Clinic (Required leadership candidates)
    
  • 3pm-11pm - BPA Southern Raceway Concession Sales
    

Looking Ahead to Next Week

• Mon - Rhodes ES Instrument Demonstration, Staff vs Students Pep Band
  
• Tues - Symphonic Band Rehearsal, MHSBPA Monthly Meeting
  
• Wed - Bagdad ES Instrument Demonstration, Tri-M Talent Show Rehearsal, Panther Percussion Rehearsal
  
• Thurs - Concert Band Rehearsal
  
• Fri - East Milton ES Instrument Demonstration, Tri-M Talent Show
  
• Sat - Prom
  

Together We Are THE MIGHTY BLACK & GOLD!!!

Hello All,
​
Welcome back! I hope everyone has had a wonderful and relaxing Spring Break.  We are now in the home stretch to the end of the school year.  Please make sure you stay up to date with everything.  


GCGPC Championships - If you have yet to see our indoor groups, you are really missing out.  They have also had outstanding performances these past few months at competitions.  You have one final chance to see them at Tate HS this Saturday for the GCGPC Championships.  See performance times below.  Tickets are $15 cash or $18 for credit cards at the door.  Come on out let's cheer for our guard and percussion.


State Solo & Ensemble - This Saturday is also FBA State Solo & Ensemble MPA at Leon HS in Tallahassee.  We have nine students that will be participating in this.  We wish these students the best of luck as they push themselves to participate at the state level with their individual solos and ensembles.

Cooper Barton
Corinne Carmichael
Emma DeBellis
Josiah Hall
Claire Kennington
Samantha Kuhn
David Malec
Sarah Meneely
Coda Turner


All-County - Since Snowapocalypse canceled the All-County Band events that week, this has been moved to April 2nd and 3rd.  April 2nd will be a rehearsal in the band hall 6pm-9pm.  April 3rd will be an all day rehearsal in the band hall with the concert in the auditorium that evening at 6:30. This concert is FREE.  Everyone is invited to come out and listen.  


Spring Concert - Everyone is invited and encouraged to come out and show your support for all of our students Friday, May 2nd in the Gym and Auditorium.  The whole concert will begin at 6pm in the gym with our Winterguards and Indoor Percussion groups.  Then we will transfer to the Auditorium to hear the rest of our groups at 7pm.  This is a totally FREE event.  Please come out and enjoy the year in review from all of our wonderful students.


Leadership Applications and other Paperwork - We have began handing out the applications for leadership, senior scholarships, Last Wills, and Letter/Bars.  These can be found on the locker room doors or by going to the following link: (http://www.miltonhighschoolband.com/mhs-band-documents.html). Please make sure you read through all info and observe the deadlines.  Most are due the day of the Spring Concert, May 2nd.  


MHS Campus Beautification Day/Leadership Clinic - For all of those interested in running for leadership please note that you will need to make plans to attend the campus beautification day/leadership clinic on April 5th.  This will be 8am-Noon.  Campus cleaning 8am-11am and leadership clinic 11am-Noon.  If you are not planning to run for leadership, you are still welcome to come out and attend.  


Beats and Eats Festival - The BPA is bringing back the Beats & Eats Festival! This will be held on Saturday, April 26th in Downtown Milton at Jernigan's Landing.  We are looking for arts and food vendors.  If you know anyone interested, please send them the attached poster or send them to this link: http://www.miltonhighschoolband.com/home/beats-eats-jazz-festival-april-26th We will be posting volunteer sign-ups on CutTime soon for various areas.  


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


HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the following students according to CutTime:
Nyla Kurtzke - Sunday
Alec Forester - Tuesday
Colin Williams - Tuesday
Anthony Cooley - Wednesday
Twyla Link - Wednesday
Justina Tolbert - Saturday

This Week:

• Monday
  • Half Day Early Release
  • 4pm-8pm - JV Winterguard Rehearsal
  • 6:30-8:30 - IP Rehearsal
• Tuesday
  • 3:45-5pm - Drum Major Audition Clinic
  • 6pm-9pm - Varsity Winterguard Rehearsal
  • 6:30-8:30 - IP Rehearsal
• Wednesday
  • 4pm-5pm - Panther Percussion Rehearsal
• Thursday
  • 6pm-9pm - Varsity Winterguard Rehearsal
• Friday
  • 6:30-8:30 - IP Rehearsal
• Saturday
  • FBA State Solo & Ensemble MPA at Leon HS, Tallahassee
  • GCGPC Championships at Tate HS
    • 12:43 - JV Winterguard Performance
    • 1:48 - Varsity Winterguard Performance
    • 8:05 - IP Performance

Looking Ahead to Next Week:

• Mon - Concert Band Rehearsal
• Tues - Symphonic Band Rehearsal
• Wed - All-County Rehearsal, Tri-M Meeting
• Thurs - All-County Rehearsal and Concert
• Sat - MHS Campus Beautification and Leadership Clinic

Together We Are THE MIGHTY BLACK & GOLD!!!

Hello All,


This will be the last weekly update for a couple of weeks.  I hope all of you have a wonderful, safe, and fun Spring Break! We look forward to seeing everyone again on the backside.  


FBA Concert MPA - OUTSTANDING JOB TO ALL!! We are so proud of the Concert and Symphonic bands for 2 wonderful performances at FBA Concert MPA. The Concert Band earned an excellents on stage and a superior in sight-reading.  The Symphonic Band earned overall superior on stage and a superior in sight-reading.  Wonderful music performed by AMAZING students! Thank you to the parents that helped chaperon and/or drive the truck.  


Student Shish Kabob Meat Sticking - We will have a big shish kabob meat sticking on Tuesday beginning 5th period-6pmish, or earlier if we get done.  All students must attend after school.  If parents would like to help out, please sign up on the CutTime event.


BPA Board Nominations - All nominations for the 2025-26 BPA Board are due by Monday at the BPA meeting. If you would like to nominate someone or if you would like to nominate yourself, please email me at [email protected].  Here is the list of all folks who have been nominated and accepted so far.  

• President
  • Amanda Makar 
• First Vice President 
  • Arlene Wires 
• Second Vice President
  • Mattie Jones 
• Secretary 
  • Ashley Preston 
• Assistant Secretary
  • Lauren Baugus 
  • Richard Roche 
• Treasurer 
  • Becky Wilson 
• Assistant Treasurer 
  • Angela Lindsey 
• Trustee
  • Richard Roche
  • Scott Hassler

BPA Monthly Meeting - The March BPA meeting will be on Monday this week instead of Tuesday.  Please make plans to attend this meeting at 6pm in math west room 131.


HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the following students according to CutTime:
Asher Brillinger - Sunday (Today)
Mathias Freitag - Monday
Hayden Barnette - 3/18
Geanessa Gibson - 3/21
Lilli Leadingham - 3/22
Skylar Thaxton - 3/22


This Week:

• Monday
  • 4pm-8pm - JV Winterguard Rehearsal
  • 6:30-8:30 - IP Rehearsal
  • 6pm - MHSBPA Monthly Meeting
• Tuesday
  • 1:30-6pmish - Shish Kabob Meat Sticking
  • 6pm-9pm - Varsity Winterguard Rehearsal
• Wednesday
  • 8:30am - Tri-M Meeting
• Thursday
  • 6pm-9pm - Varsity Winterguard Rehearsal
• Friday
  • End of 3rd Nine Weeks
  • 6:30-8:30 - IP Rehearsal
• Saturday
  • Escambia HS Indoor Competition
  • See Sam and Halle for complete itinerary
  • 4:47 - JV Winterguard Performance
  • 5:54 - Varsity Winterguard Performance

Looking Ahead to Next Week:
SPRING BREAK


Week of 3/24 - 3/29:

• 3/24 - Begin 4th Nine Weeks, JV Winterguard Rehearsal, IP Rehearsal
• 3/25 - Drum Major Clinic, Varsity Winterguard Rehearsal, IP Rehearsal
• 3/26 - Panther Percussion Rehearsal
• 3/27 - Varsity Winterguard Rehearsal
• 3/29 - FBA State S&E, GCGPC Championships

Together We Are THE MIGHTY BLACK & GOLD!!!

​Hello All,


FBA Concert MPA - Here we are! We are in the final week of FBA MPA season.  This Friday is the FBA Concert MPA performances for the Concert and Symphonic Bands at Ft. Walton Beach HS.  The full itinerary is below.  We will wear our uniforms minus gauntlets, gloves, and helmets.  Make sure you bring your bibbers, BLACK socks, and Bando shoes.  Please note that we will be taking students to Uptown Station in Ft. Walton to have dinner.  Students will need their own means of payment.  Restaurants available are McDonalds, Taco Bell, Buffalo Wild Wings, and more. The Concert Band performs at 4:30pm and the Symphonic Band at 8:30pm.  This concert is FREE.  come on out and support our students.


Student Shish Kabob Meat Sticking - Just a heads up that we will have a big shish kabob meat sticking on Tuesday, March 11 beginning 5th period-6pmish, or earlier if we get done.  All students must attend after school.  


Indoor Groups - If your haven't seen our indoor percussion and guard groups yet, you are really missing out.  All of these students have been working so hard and putting on fabulous performances! You can watch them on our YouTube page.  The guard will be performing at the Escambia Indoor Show on the 15th.  Percussion and guard will finish out their seasons on the 29th at Tate High School for the GCGPC Championships.  Go ahead and make plans now to attend!.


8th Grade Orientation - The Marching Band will be performing this Tuesday for the 8th grade orientation pep rally.  Students will need to wear a band shirt for this.  We will meet in the band room at 9:15 and end by around noon.  


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


HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the following students according to Cutime:
Ben Kloth - Sunday (Today)
Corinne Carmichael - Monday
Joseph Cutiyog - Tuesday
Frankie Pentz - Thursday
Allison McKinney - Friday


This Week:

• Monday
  • 4pm-6pm - Concert Band Rehearsal
  • 4pm-8pm - JV Winterguard Rehearsal
  • 6:30-8:30 - IP Rehearsal
• Tuesday
  • 9:15-Noon - 8th Grade Orientation Pep Rally
  • 4pm-6pm - Symphonic Band Rehearsal
  • 4pm-5pm- Concert Brass Sectional
  • 4pm-6pm - Concert Tubas/Low Reeds Sectional
  • 6pm-9pm - Varsity Winterguard Rehearsal
  • 6:30-8:30 - IP Rehearsal
• Thursday
  • 6pm-9pm - Varsity Winterguard Rehearsal
• Friday
  • FBA Concert MPA
    • 12pm - All band students eat 1st lunch
    • 12:30 - Meet at band room
    • 12:45pm - Load Buses and Depart for Ft. Walton Beach HS 
    • 1:45 - Arrive FWBHS and go to Auditorium to watch bands
    • 2pm-3pm - Concert Band Watch Bands 
    • 2pm-4:45 - Symphonic Band Watch Bands
    • 3pm - Concert Band Meet at Band Truck
    • 3:45pm - Concert Band Warm-up
    • 4:30pm - CONCERT BAND PERFORMANCE
    • 4:45 - Concert Band Sight Reading
    • 5pm - Depart for Uptown Station
    • 5pm-6:30 - Dinner at Uptown Station
    • 7pm-9pm - Concert Band watch Bands perform
    • 7pm - Symphonic Meet at Truck
    • 7:45pm - Symphonic Band Warm-up
    • 8:30pm - SYMPHONIC BAND PERFORMANCE
    • 8:45pm - Symphonic Band Sight Reading
    • 9:30pm - Depart for MHS
    • 10:30pm - Arrive MHS/Unload/Dismiss

Looking Ahead to Next Week:

• Mon - MHSBPA Monthly Meeting, JV Winterguard Rehearsal, IP Rehearsal
• Tues - Shish Kabob Meat Sticking, Varsity Winterguard Rehearsal
• Wed - Tri-M Meeting, Panther Percussion Rehearsal
• Thurs - Drum Major Clinic, Varsity Winterguard Rehearsal
• Fri - IP Rehearsal
• Sat - Escambia Indoor Competition

Together We Are THE MIGHTY BLACK & GOLD!!!