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Hello All,

What a great first week of Band Camp! Our students worked very hard and have put almost half of our show on the field.  I have been extremely proud of this and the fact that everyone has managed without complaint how we are having to go back and forth from the band hall to the community center field.  They have been working on the track all weekend, I suspect to make up for lost time, so keep your fingers crossed that they will be finished before school begins.

This week is the last week of band camp and there are a few location changes that we need you to be aware of as the week goes on. The schedule will remain the same, but we may be shifting locations from the community center field to our football stadium:

Mon
7:15am-8am - Leadership Meeting
8:30am-11:45 - Community Center
2pm-5pm - Band Hall
6:30-9pm - Community Center

Tues
8:30am-11:45 - Community Center
2pm-5pm - Band Hall
6:30-9pm - MHS Football Stadium (Possibly back to Community Center; will email a confirmation)

Wed
8:30am-11:45 - MHS Football Stadium
2pm-5pm - Band Hall
6:30-9pm - MHS Football Stadium

Thurs
8:30-Noon - MHS Football Stadium

Parents, WE NEED YOUR HELP for this final week of band camp.  There are still lots of volunteer opportunities this week with the medical tents and band camp cafe.  Please CLICK HERE and click on the little yellow hand underneath the event to sign up.  We especially need help in the medical tents each day.  

This Thursday is the 2018 Preview Show!! YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS! We will begin marching in at 6:50. The Show will begin at 7pm at the MHS Football stadium.  Admission is of course FREE.  The BPA will be cooking free hotdogs and hamburgers at the stadium as well.  We are asking that each section brings side dishes and other items in addition to what the BPA is cooking.  Here is what each section needs to bring:

Drum Majors - Ketchup/Mustard/Mayo
Flutes - Potato Salad
Clarinets - Desserts
Bass Clarinets - Desserts
Alto Saxes - Plates
Tenor Saxes - Napkins
Bari Saxes - Spoons
Trumpets - Chips
Mellophones - Lettuce/Tomatoes/Onions (Sliced)
Trombones - Forks
Euphoniums - Cheese Slices
Tubas - Baked Beans
Percussion - Drinks (Two 12 packs of soda)
Colorguard - Macaroni or Pasta Salad
Managers - Ketchup/Mustard/Mayo

Please bring these items to the Quarterback Club Concession Stand at the stadium

Students, make sure you wear the correct summer uniform for the show.  Winds and Percussion will wear your polo shirts with all black cargo or jean shorts NOT gym shorts, white socks, and mostly white tennis shoes.  Colorguard will wear the black shirt with sparkly gold colorguard shirts which Ms. Byrd will get to you, black shorts, white socks, and mostly white shoes.  Call time is 6pm at the band room.

This Friday is Freshmen Get Acquainted Day at Milton High School.  Information about this for Freshmen and be found on our Facebook page or the Milton High School Official Facebook page.  ALL Returning members will be preforming in the pep rally that morning.  The schedule is below.  Wear show shirts and blue jeans or blue jean shorts.

Saturday is the DCI Trip to Atlanta.  It is not too late to sign-up to go on this trip! We still have 9 spots available.  Remember, just give us a deposit of $50 to secure your seat.  The full payment of $110 is due by Saturday before we depart.  The itinerary is below.  Make sure you bring money for food and/or souvenirs.  $40 should be more than enough if you bring cash.  

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

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the following students according to Charms:
Sydney Bates - Today (Sunday)
Marissa Zelensky - Saturday
Amethyst Wise - Next Sunday

This Week:
Monday
7:15am-8am - Leadership Meeting
BAND CAMP (Superheroes Day)
- See Schedule Above

Tuesday
BAND CAMP (Favorite TV/Movie Day)
- See Schedule Above

Wednesday
BAND CAMP (Section Day)
- See Schedule Above

Thursday
BAND CAMP
- See Schedule Above
2018 PREVIEW SHOW!!!!
- 6pm- Call Time in summer uniform
- 6:50 - March-in
- 7pm - Show

Friday
Freshmen Pep Rally
- Returning Members only are performing
- 10am - Call Time in Show Shirts and Jeans/shorts
- 11am-11:30 - Pep Rally

Saturday
DCI Trip to Atlanta
-6:45am Central Time - Bus Arrive
- 7am CT - Depart for Atlanta
- Noon Eastern Time - Lunch at the Varsity
- 2pm ET - Arrive at Mercedes-Benz Dome
-11pm ET - Depart for MHS
-3:30 CT - Arrive MHS and go home

Looking Ahead to Next Week
BAND HALL CLOSED

Looking Ahead to Two Weeks from now:
Mon - Teacher Pre-Planning, Full Marching Band Rehearsal
Tues - Teacher Pre-Planning, Full Marching Band Rehearsal
Wed - Teacher Pre=Planning
Thurs - MHS Open House, Full Marching Band Rehearsal
Fri - Teacher Pre-Planning

Together We Are THE MIGHTY BLACK & GOLD!!!

Great job to all members of the Mighty Black & Gold Band on a job well done today at the Car Wash-a-Thon!!!  And a very special “thank you” to all of the parent volunteers who helped make today’s fundraiser a huge success!!!
 
CONGRATULATIONS, we set a new record today with a grand total of 322 cars washed between the six locations!  This is a new record by almost 60 cars.  CLICK HERE a copy of the documentation sheet so that you can begin collecting pledges.  Please note that there are two paid amounts on the sheet…we said on the pledge sheet that the maximum amount of cars counted would be 300 cars…but we never expected to exceed that number.  So you have the amount owed for 322 cars and (300 cars). 
 
Also, if you haven’t already turned in your pledge amount totals, please go to the following link and complete the Google doc:
 
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScAKlm7wHLCmfp53FW0QjS8cFdKfarULkrOCopha6CXjBLBCQ/viewform?usp=sf_link
 
Here are our totals:
 
Advanced Auto Parts (Dogwood Drive)    -                56 cars               $218 in donations
Circle K (Hwy 90 & Ward Basin Rd)           -                35 cars               $241 in donations
Kids Discovery (Hwy 90)                             -                36 cars               $154 in donations
Milton High School (Stewart Street)          -                63 cars               $432 in donations
Ollie’s (Hwy 90)                                             -                80 cars               $485 in donations
Stuckey’s (I-10 Exit 28)                                -                52 cars               $370 in donations
 
GRAND TOTAL                                            -              322 CARS             $1,900 in donations
 
You may begin turning in your pledges to the money box once you collect over the next couple of weeks.  REMEMBER that all the pledge money that you collect goes directly towards your Fair-Share.  If you had 50 cents in pledges…you just made over $150 washing cars!  
 
Please let me know if you have any questions.  Have a great weekend!

Hello All,

BAND CAMP IS HERE!!!!! And I hope everyone is uber excited! These are the most important 2 weeks to kick start marching season.  For directions to the Community Center field, CLICK HERE.  Here is a reminder of the itinerary for each day:

Week 1 Monday Through Thursday
7am - Band Hall Opens
8:30-11:45 - Outside Marching at Community Center
11:45-2pm - Lunch
2pm-5pm - Inside Music/Sectionals
5pm-6:30 - Dinner
6:30-9pm - Outside Marching at Community Center

Week 2 Monday Through Wednesday
7am - Band Hall Opens
8:30-11:45 - Outside Marching at Community Center
11:45-2pm - Lunch
2pm-5pm - Inside Music/Sectionals
5pm-6:30 - Dinner
6:30-9pm - Outside Marching at MHS Football Stadium

Week 2 Thursday
8:30-Noon - Outside Marching at MHS Football Stadium
6pm - Call Time for Preview Show
6:45 - March-in
7pm - Preview Show

ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY!!!!!!

During every dinner and lunch break, the Band Camp Cafe will be open at the softball concession stand behind the band hall on the MHS campus.  Prices and items are posted in around the band hall.  I encourage everyone to use this unless you bring your own lunch because the prices here are significantly less than anywhere around campus.  We will have a parent at the band hall at 8am on Monday morning to collect cafe money for student accounts.  Students may take advantage of this or go somewhere else, just know that students are on their own during those breaks.  We will have staff and parents up at the band hall to keep watch though.  

Students, our leadership has come up with themes for each day.  I highly encourage all to participate.  I hear that prizes will be rewarded for participation :-) Here are the themes

Week 1
Monday - Tie Dye
Tuesday - Camouflage
Wednesday - Twin, Dress up like someone else in band
Thursday - Favorite Holiday

Week 2
Monday - Superheroes
Tuesday - Favorite Movie/TV Show
Wednesday - Section Decides

Speaking of clothes to wear, please go ahead and and start getting the appropriate clothes for the preview show.  Winds and percussion will wear their band polo shirts along with SOLID black shorts, white sock, and mostly white shoes.  The shorts must not be gym shorts, but can be cargo-type shorts.  Colorguard will wear the black sparkly shirts that Miss Byrd has ordered for you along with black spots shorts with spandex underneath and white tennis shoes.

Parents, we need your help during band camp.  There are several volunteer opportunities over the next 2 weeks with Band Camp Cafe and the Medical Tent.  Please go to our calendar and sign up by clicking the little hand at each event.  There are multiple shifts per area per day.  You can access the calendar easily by clicking HERE.

Parents, there are still SEVERAL openings for the carwash.  WE NEED YOU HELP.  if we don't have the parents at the location for whatever shift, we will have to close that shift and move those students to other locations which means we probably won't meet our goal of 300 vehicles washed.  PLEASE HELP!!!! You can sign-up by clicking HERE.

Last but not least, the DCI Atlanta trip is just around the corner.  We still have about 12 spots available for anyone interested.  The total cost of this trip is $110.  To secure your seat, please get us $50 ASAP.  For everyone that has already placed a deposit, the $60 is due by the day we leave which is Saturday, July 28th.  We will get you an official itinerary for that day this week.  

That is all for now.  I hope everyone has as Courageous week :-) 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the following students according to charms:
Shaiyanne Grundin - Today (Sunday)
AJ Hulling - Today (Sunday)
Francis Young - Tuesday
Jennifer Herrera - Wednesday
Katelyn Matteson - Wednesday
Emma Wortman - Thursday
Isabella Noda - Friday

This Week:
Monday
Band Camp (Tie Dye Day)
 - SEE ITINERARY ABOVE
Sophomores and Freshman Sign-up for Carwash Loactions

Tuesday
8pm-9:30 - Lumpia Delivery
Band Camp (Camouflage Day)
 - SEE ITINERARY ABOVE

Wednesday
Band Camp (Twin Day)
 - SEE ITINERARY ABOVE

Thursday
Band Camp (Favorite Holiday Day)
 - SEE ITINERARY ABOVE

Saturday
8:30am-2:15 - Car Wash

Looking Ahead to Next Week:
Mon - Band Camp (Superheroes Day)
Tues - Band Camp (Favorite TV/Movie Day)
Wed - Band Camp (Section Day)
Thurs - Band Camp, PREVIEW SHOW
Fri - Freshman Day Pep Rally (Upperclassmen Only)
Sat - DCI Trip

Together We Are THE MIGHTY BLACK & GOLD!!!