Hello all,

What: Band Parent/Student Meeting
When: This Thursday, 7pm
Where: MHS Football Stadium

We have decided to switch this meeting, originally scheduled for 6pm online, to 7pm in the MHS Football Stadium.  This meeting is mainly for all marching band students and parents.  We will be going over how the summer will work, so far, and a little bit of what the fall will look like. Also, we would like to introduce all of our new and returning members to the MB&G! We will record this meeting and post it on our band YouTube page for anyone that cannot make it or for those that would prefer not to attend due to risks with the virus.  Please understand that if you do attend, we must adhere to a couple guidelines from the county during this meeting:

1. Masks are HIGHLY encouraged
2.  Everyone must maintain a 6 foot distance from each other as best as possible

Again, we do understand if you prefer not to risk attending in person.  We are simply making ourselves available that evening to explain and give answers to any questions you may have about the MHS Band. We will open the gates by 6:30.  We hope to see you there or at some point in the future.  

Together We Are THE MIGHTY BLACK & GOLD!!!

If anyone is interested in auditioning for the 2020-21 All-State Honor Band, please see the links below.  Make sure you read through the requirements at the top of each file, then find your instrument prepared piece below that.  These auditions will take place at Milton High School in September.  We do not have any more information as to the extent to which the all state clinic will take place in January.  Please prepare as normal for now.

9th/10th Grade Woodwinds - CLICK HERE

9th/10th Grade Brass and Percussion - CLICK HERE

11th/12th Grade Woodwinds - CLICK HERE

11th/12th Grade Brass and Percussion - CLICK HERE

Hello All,

I have received a few emails regarding when the wind audition results will be released so I wanted to inform everyone as to why there is a delay.
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Because of how we had to receive the wind auditions this year, there were several students that have had technical difficulties.  We have been able to work with these for the most part.  We do not want to send a results list out to everyone until we have the majority of these situations worked out and submitted.  Sending the list too early would create confusion as we add to the list because some students would shift chairs and/or band placement.  Please be patient as we work through this process.  I also want to clarify that these auditions are meant to be used to place the wind students in the appropriate band class for the 2020-21 school year and for chair placement purposes.  As long as you have participated in our wind auditions, you are a member of the Milton Band.  We must have the audition, however.  Below is the list of students by which we have received auditions.  You will notice that the students at the top have missing parts of your audition.  Please just go ahead and rerecord these if you are one of those students.  Yes, we have looked everywhere for them.  No we did not find them.  Just rerecord those parts.  You can find that audition info by CLICKING HERE.  If you are reading this and do not see your name on this list, this means that we did not receive you audition.  Please submit ASAP.  Again, CLICK HERE for audition info.  If you have technical problems with this process, please contact us so we can work through the situation. We will also communicate with each of those individuals directly shortly.  Remember, new woodwind and brass marching students will start on July 6th.  All returning and new Winds and Brass will be together starting July 13th.  

All Guard and Percussion students must attend the percussion and guard camps beginning on July 6th as part of your audition process.  There is nothing you need to prepare right now.  This is simply for us to place you on the appropriate equipment, i.e flag/rifle, front ensemble/battery, etc.  We will communicate anything that you will need to prepare if the need arises.  

Finally, I do want to inform everyone of potential class number caps for the new school year.  The county is currently working with the health department, principals, program leaders, teachers, coaches and more to determine the best route for classes.  This includes all organizations, clubs, classes, sports, etc. for the entire county.  Other counties are all planing through the same situations.  Please understand that if there are guidelines to place a cap on classes or other items, we may need to adjust the band class sizes, potentially even creating a 4th concert band class.  Again, EVERY CLASS AND ORGANIZATION in the county would have to work with the same guidelines.  I do not know what these will be or even the extent of the possibility.  I'm simply communicating with you of this potential.  Again, we will work through any situation and hurdle in our way because that is what we do. :-) Thank you for reading through this and I hope you are staying safe and healthy! 

List of wind player auditions received:

Student Name     Missing
Allen, Amber        Prepared Piece

Barker, Zachary    Prepared Piece

Gregg, Alysa         Prepared Piece

Jordan, Shayla      Prepared Piece

Mallernee, Hazel   Prepared Piece

Nall, Jacob             Prepared Piece

Pettigrew, Kadee  Prepared Piece

Griffith, Kelsie       Scales

Miles, Sarah          Scales

Morta, Kaithlyn     Scales
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Ammons, Jada

Antonio, Ciana

Barnes, Darin

Barrett, Venetia

Barton, Jonathan

Beare, Antonio

Bishop, Lauren

Blalock, Emily

Bowen, Gabriella

Brignano, Jordan

Brown, Anna

Brown, Christian

Brummet, James

Caasi, Jordan

Cabrera, Ileana

Campbell, Logan

Carrillo, Carli

Carrillo, Denise

Castleberry, Desiree

Chipley, Chloe

Clark, Reagan

Cole, Hailey

Cole, Presley

Coleman, Landon

Colon, Ethan

Coulter, Melia

Davenport, Triston

Davis, Kaden

Davis, Savannah

Dearinger, Makayla

Diaz, Andres

Duval, Dustin

Farrell, Taylor

Francis, Chase

Galloway, Megan

Ganus, Faith

Garrett, Hope

Gentry, Marina

Gloss, Allison

Goodman, Carly

Hassler, Sara

Hayhurst, Tyler

Heuer, Sara

Hinnant, Carolyn

Holifield, Ashlynn

Holland, Ethen

Holt, Suzannah

Hreczkosij, Michael

Huling, Austin

Jalomo, Adam

Jarvis, Austin

Johnson, Kaitlin

Johnson, Nathan

Jones, Lillie

Jones, Seth

Justice, Andrew

Kelley, Aaron

Kellner, Mason

Kemp, Bryan

Kilgore, Katie

Kirton, Dylan

Lewis, Nathaniel

Malec, Joseph

Malec, Kaleb

Maney, Alexander

Mann, William

Mason, Natalie

McCrory, Donnelle

McKinney, Autumn

McKinney, Brian

Meneou, Sydney

Merritt, Dylan

Metzler, Tyler

Morris, Savannah

Moulder, Aiden

Nester, Anna

Noda, Isabelle

Odom, Averi

Padgett, Mathyas

Parker, Amyah

Peterson, Mikayla

Pierce, Mattie

Pitts, Brenden

Pringle, Anaya

Raben, Alora

Raney, MiKayla

Rose, Harrison

Salgado, Ryan

Seaman, AnneMarie

Silcox, Curry

Skinner, Alyssa

Skipper, Zachery

Skultety, Dominick

Skultety, John

Sommers, Jack

Still, Jacob

Tiongco, Mae

Tucker, Simeon

Tyree, Kellan

Underwood, Bailey

Walker, Madison

Walker, Sarah

Webb, Shandon

Weekley, Daniel

Weeks, Savannah

Wells, Rebecca

Whitson, Katherine

Wilbur, Brianna

Williams, Caden

Willis, Nathaniel

Wimmer, Isabel

Witherell, Daniel

Wright, Gabriela


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

​Hello All,

Please, please, please read everything in this email from top to bottom! I promise there’s not a Monster at the end of this Book as much as Grover from Sesame Street would like you to think. Haha.

First, I want to thank you all for your understanding with the delayed response in regard to getting this schedule out to you.  We have been waiting for the much-anticipated guidelines from the county as to what extent all groups (Band, Football, etc.) in Santa Rosa County will be able to practice this summer.  Thankfully, our county, in conjunction with the local health department has come up with very practical guidelines for us to follow, especially considering what we have seen from the surrounding county guidelines.  With the SRC guidelines, we must adjust our normal schedule accordingly to maintain the safest yet most productive learning environment.  We will be in the “Step 2” phase when we return according to the SRC guidelines.  After “step 2”, we will begin “step 3” of the guidelines on July 20th.  “Step 3”, so far, is mostly back to normal with guidance from the Health Department.  We may still have to screen students before rehearsals so far.  CLICK HERE to see the complete draft of the SRC guidelines if you would like to look through those.  Here are the main points of the “Step 2” guidelines:

• Step 2 ends July 17
• Students and staff must check-in, making sure there are no COVID symptoms and will have temperature checks upon arrival to the band room
  • Procedures for this will be forthcoming from us
• Everyone must be no less than 6 feet distanced from each other
• “Pods” of no more than 50
• These 50 must be comprised of the same “pod” each time; for example: Woodwinds and Brass as “pod” 1, Percussion & guard as “pod” 2 or any combinations within
• Practices can only be a total of 120 minutes per day
• No shared equipment
• All school-owned equipment will be cleaned after each rehearsal
• No congregating before or after rehearsals
• Only Directors/Staff/Students allowed at rehearsals
• All students must bring their own water bottle.
• Cooling towels will not be provided
  • Students can bring their own but may not share
• Hydration stations are not allowed
• Exit immediately after rehearsals. No congregating with other people.

Please understand that all of this could change one way or another at any point.  The SRC administrators were very clear at our meeting in saying that we must look at everything with “fluidity”.  If something does change with our schedule, we will let you know as soon as possible. Please make sure you put these dates in your calendar.  If you would like to sync the band calendar to your phone, CLICK HERE and scroll towards the bottom to access the instructions. 

During this time, communication is paramount.  If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us.

Mr. Weaver – Head Band Director – weaverg@santarosa.k12.fl.us
Mr. Schultz – Assistant Band Director – schultzm@santarosa.k12.fl.us

​June 26th 5pm-7pm

• All School-owned instruments MUST be returned

July 2nd 6pm

• Band Parent and Student Meeting
• Zoom Meeting Link
• https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85040016654?pwd=NjVDZFVrQlphMGtRRnhML1pvZzdCdz09
• Meeting ID: 850 4001 6654
• Password: 6hZajq

July 3rd 6pm

• Leadership Meeting

July 6th – 10th – “Step 2” Guidelines in Place

• 1:30-4pm – Rookie Camp (ALL NEW MARCHING WOODWINDS & BRASS ONLY, All Woodwind and Brass leadership)
  • This is Monday through Friday
  • We have allotted 30 minutes for check-in
  • Rehearsal will begin at 2pm and end at 4pm
  • Students must be picked up as soon as rehearsal ends
  • Rehearsals will be outside unless there is inclement weather
  • Procedures forthcoming
• 4:30-7pm – ALL GUARD AND PERCUSSION
  • We have allotted 30 minutes for check-in
  • Rehearsal will begin at 5pm and end at 7pm
  • Students must be picked up as soon as rehearsal ends
  • Rehearsals will be outside unless there is inclement weather
  • Procedures forthcoming

​July 13th – 17th – “Step 2” Guidelines in Place

• 1:30-4pm – Modified BAND CAMP (ALL WOODWINDS & BRASS)
  • This is Monday through Friday
  • We have allotted 30 minutes for check-in
  • Rehearsal will begin at 2pm and end at 4pm
  • Students must be picked up as soon as rehearsal ends
  • Rehearsals will be outside unless there is inclement weather
  • Procedures forthcoming
• 4:30-7pm – ALL GUARD AND PERCUSSION
  • We have allotted 30 minutes for check-in
  • Rehearsal will begin at 5pm and end at 7pm
  • Students must be picked up as soon as rehearsal ends
  • Rehearsals will be outside unless there is inclement weather
  • Procedures forthcoming

July 20th – 22nd – “Step 3” Guidelines in Place

• Normal, BAND CAMP (ALL MARCHING BAND MEMBERS)
• Please see slight adjustments in time!
• 9am-9pm
  • 9am-Noon – Outside
  • Noon-1:30 – Lunch
  • 1:30-4:30 – Inside/Sectionals
  • 4:30-6pm – Dinner
  • 6pm-9pm – Outside

July 23rd - “Step 3” Guidelines in Place

• Normal, BAND CAMP (ALL MARCHING BAND MEMBERS)

• 9am-noon
• 7pm - 2020-21 Preview Show

Finally, I wanted to briefly inform everyone that we have also adjusted our rehearsal times for the fall semester regarding the marching band.  As of now, we plan to rehearse on every Tuesday 5pm-9pm and Thursday 4pm-7pm.  We will not have any Monday rehearsals for marching band unless the need arises.  This schedule will start the week of August 4th.  Just like the summer schedule, this is subject to change.  We will notify you of any changes. 

CONGRATULATIONS!! YOU HAVE MADE IT TO THE END! See, No Monster 😊 Thank you

​Hello All,

It has been far too long since we have been together and can't wait until July when we start things band up.  

ALL SCHOOL OWNED INSTRUMENTS MUST BE RETURNED TO THE BAND ROOM ON FRIDAY, JUNE 26TH 5PM-7PM.  All you will do is drive up and hand these to me out of your vehicle and depart.  If you have a school-owned instrument, this is REQUIRED.  

We will be holding a virtual band meeting for everyone to join through Zoom on Thursday, July 2nd at 6pm.  Please make plans to join on this as we will be going over everything you need to know about the 2020-21 MHS Band.  Understand that the Band includes all winds, percussion, colorguard, and managers students and parents.  This will be interactive and you will be able to talk to us live! Here is the info:

MHS Band Parent and Student Meeting
Jul 2, 2020 06:00 PM

Zoom Meeting Link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85040016654?pwd=NjVDZFVrQlphMGtRRnhML1pvZzdCdz09

Meeting ID: 850 4001 6654
Password: 6hZajq

I will be sending another email later today or tomorrow about the exact schedule and guidelines for our return in July.  We have finally received guidance from the county and are in the process of planning accordingly.  July 6th/week is the set date for all marching rookies and July 13th is the set day/week for all marching band members.  Please hold questions about this until I send the email with the exact schedule.

Until then, Stay Safe, Stay Healthy, and Together We Are THE MIGHTY BLACK & GOLD!!!