Hello All,

Another week down and another great performance by the Mighty Black & Gold Marching Band! Thank you students for bringing the spirit that we are known to do beginning at the pep rally and then to the game.  Also thank you to the parents for helping out with keeping the band watered and moving equipment and the many other jobs you do when you chaperone! 

This week is another average week.  Please be aware that the cookie dough FR is due on Wednesday by the end of the school day.  Also Panther and Symphonic Band students will be in concert set on Monday so make sure all concert instruments are brought to school.  

We will be wearing summer uniforms until further notice to this week's game at Choctaw HS.  If this changes this week, I will let everyone know.  We are waiting on the colorguard uniforms and the helmets to arrive.  In the mean time, the only addition that you will need to provide to the actual uniforms is black shin-high socks.  Please go ahead and purchase these this week just in case we do go into full uniforms.

Parents, The 2018 Show Shirt design is here! I have already placed the order for the student shirts.  If you would like a show shirt, please fill out the form at the following link:

http://www.miltonhighschoolband.com/2018-show-shirt-order-form.html

We do NOT need a size for your student as they automatically receive a shirt as part of their band fair share.  Any additional shirt for you or other members of your friends or family will be $12 per shirt.  You can pay in cash or make checks payable to MHS Band either immediately or when the shirts come in.  Shirts should arrive.  Please provide this information by Friday, August 31.  Shirts should be here by the week of September 15th.  These will be black cotton shirts.  The students will have the dry-fit shirts.  

One final item for you to plan for is the big shishkabob meat sticking next Wednesday, September 5th! This will begin with Concert Band at 1:40 and will end by 6pm if not earlier.  All students must attend.  Remember, the sale of these kabobs by the BPA at various events helps to provide the band with much needed equipment.  

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

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the following students according to Charms:
Jacob Still - Today (Sunday)
Taylor Farrell - Monday
Coleton Henderson - Monday

This Week:
Monday
3:30-4:30 - HC Door Committee Meeting
6pm-9:30 - Full Marching Band Rehearsal

Tuesday
3:30-4:30 - HC Door Committee Meeting
6pm-9:30 - Full Marching Band Rehearsal

Wednesday
Cookie Dough FR Due

Thursday
4pm-6:30 - Winds/Percussion Marching Rehearsal
5pm-8:30 - Colorguard Rehearsal

Friday
AWAY Game vs Choctaw HS
4:45 - Call Time (In Summer Uniform So Far)
5pm - Depart for Choctaw
6pm - Arrive Choctaw HS
7pm - Kickoff
10pmish - Load Truck/Depart for MHS
11:30ish - Arrive MHS/Unload/Dismiss

Looking Ahead to Next Week:
Mon - Labor Day (No Classes)
Tues - HC Door Committee Meeting, Full Marching Band Rehearsal
Wed - Meat Sticking
Thurs - Wind/Percussion Marching Rehearsal, Colorguard Rehearsal
Fri - HOME Game vs Ft Walton Beach HS

Together We Are THE MIGHTY BLACK & GOLD

Do to Charms email server being down, I am posting the weekly update to our website and Facebook first until the system is back up.  

Hello All,
 
Well, the first week of school is done and this snowball is now on an unstoppable path.  Hopefully everyone has eased into the routine of things nice and well.
 
We had a great first game of the season and can’t wait till the next game this Friday at Washington.  Parents, if you would like to volunteer to chaperone this game, please CLICK HERE. 
 
Thank you to all of the parents that came out this past week to help stick shishkabobs! We will have a mass kabob meat sticking with the students on Wednesday September 5th 1:30-6pm.  Please make sure you mark your calendars. 
 
Speaking of marking your calendars, preparations are underway for the 3rd annual Blackwater Water Classic on Saturday, October 6th.  Mr. Weaver has began creating each committee for this marching band festival.  There are NUMEROUS areas for parents to help.  IF you would like to volunteer, you can go ahead and sign-up now by clicking HERE.  Remember, without your help, this competition will not be the success that it has come to be!
 
Students, for those of you that are interested in auditioning for All-State, Pensacola State College will be hosting their annual All-State clinic at their campus this Saturday.  For anyone interested, please CLICK HERE for registration and more info. 
 
That is all for now.  I hope everyone has a terrific week!
 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the following students according to Charms:
Abigaille Flores - Today (Sunday)
Elizabeth Hays - Today (Sunday)
Darin Barnes - Friday
Sarah Walker - Friday
 
This Week:
Monday
3:30-4:30 - HC Door Committee Meeting
6pm-9:30 - Full Marching Band Rehearsal
 
Tuesday
3:30-4:30 - HC Door Committee Meeting
6pm-9:30 - Full Marching Band Rehearsal

Thursday
4pm-6:30 - Marching Band Rehearsal
5pm-8:30 - Colorguard Rehearsal
 
Friday
3rd Fair Share Due ($50)
1:40 - Call Time for Pep Rally (Wear Any year show shirt or section shirt and blue jeans/jean shorts)
AWAY Game vs Washington HS
5pm-Call Time (Wear Summer Uniforms)
5:15 - Depart for Washington HS
6pm - Arrive WHS/Unload
7pm - Kick-off
11:30ish - Arrive back at MHS
 
Saturday
PSC All-State Clinic (Click HERE for more details)
 
Looking Ahead to Next Week:
Mon - HC Door Meeting, Full Marching Band Rehearsal
Tues - HC Door Meeting, Full Marching Band Rehearsal
Wed - Cookie Dough FR Due
Thurs - Marching Band Rehearsal
Fri - AWAY game vs Choctaw HS
 
Together We Are THE MIGHTY BLACK & GOLD!!!​

Hello All,

It is finally here!! The First Day of School and the beginning of the 2018-19 school year.  With this first day come numerous opportunities.  Students, you have a chance at a clean slate for your classrooms.  I encourage you to take full advantage of this in a positive way.  There is not a single teacher on this campus that is not willing to help you succeed, so don't be afraid to ask for help.  Remember, you also have 230 family members to help you not just in the classroom, but around campus and in life.  Of course you always have Mr. Weaver and me for whatever you need even if it's just a simple chat, we are here for you!

Students, this is just a reminder that all show shirt designs entries are due by Monday at the end of the school day.  Remember, the shirt must have our show title, "The Courage Within" as well as the year, 2018-19.  We will vote on the design later in the week.  Please make sure you put your name on the back of the drawing.

This Friday is our first game of the season.  Please make sure you pay attention to the itinerary below.  Call time is 6pm, 5pm for colorguard, all in summer uniform.  Parents, There are a couple volunteer opportunities for you at the game.  Please click on the following links to sign-up for the concession stand or chaperone.

Concessions Sign-up: CLICK HERE
Chaperone Sign-up: CLICK HERE

Parents, the August BPA meeting is this Tuesday at 7pm where we will be going over a ton of information for the beginning of the football season.  Immediately after that meeting will be the second and final chaperone meeting.  If you plan to chaperone this year and you did not attend the first meeting, please make plans to attend this meeting.  

Just so everyone is aware, we will be attending 3 Saturday competitions again this year.  These have been on charms for quite a while, but I do want you to make sure you have planned for these required performances.  All 3 will be all day events, so make sure that you plane to be in attendance for everything on those days. The dates are as follows:

October 6th - Blackwater Classic at Milton HS.  (We will work with any ACT takers)
October 13th - FBA Marching MPA at Ft. Walton Beach HS
October 20th - Emerald Coast Marching Band Competition at Choctaw HS

Students, the All-State auditions will be here before you know it.  If you have not already received the required materials for this audition, make sure you look at the announcements on the locker room door or CLICK HERE.

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

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the following students according to Charms:
Melissa King - Today (Sunday)
Kaylynn Melvin - Today (Sunday)
Shelby Needham - Monday
Amanda Tweedy - Monday
Alan Leicht - Tuesday
Madison Saterfield - Thursday

This Week:
Monday
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
Begin 1st Nine Weeks
Show Shirt Design Entries Due

Tuesday
Cookie Dough FR Kickoff
3:30-4:30 - Homecoming Door Committee Meeting
4:30 - Leadership Meeting
6pm-9:30 - Full Marching Band Rehearsal
7pm - MHSBPA Monthly Meeting
8pm - 2nd and Final Chaperone Meeting

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

Friday
HOME Game vs Mosely
6pm - Call Time in Summer Uniform
6:45 - March-in
7:30 - Kick-off
8:45ish Halftime performance
10:30ish - March-out

Saturday
8am-6pm - Mud Races (BPA Event)

Looking Ahead to Next Week:
Mon - Full Marching Band Rehearsal, HC Door Committee
Tues - Full Marching Band Rehearsal, HC Door Committee
Thurs - Full Marching Band Rehearsal
Fri - 3rd Fair Share Due ($50), AWAY Game vs Washington, Pep Rally

Together We Are THE MIGHTY BLACK & GOLD!!!

Hello All,

Welcome back! I hope everyone has enjoyed a well-deserved week off.  I want to first say congratulations on a very successful band camp!! All of our students worked extremely hard for those 2 weeks and presented one of the best preview shows to date.  Thank you to all of our amazing students, wonderful parents, and staff for doing your part to get us through those two weeks.  If you missed the preview show, you can watch all three runs as well as the march-in on our YouTube channel by clicking HERE.

 This week we get to start back and get back to work on our show as well as prepare for the start of school.  I do want to inform everyone that unfortunately, the construction on the track is still yet to be completed. Because of this, none of the groups that use that field are able to use it until the construction crew finishes.  We have been told that it could take another 2 weeks, but with certain factors, we shall see.  Until then, we will be practicing on the MHS Baseball field for the time being.  I know this will be weird, but at least it is back on campus and we will not have to travel up the road with all of the equipment.  Just so you know, we cannot use the community center because of little league sports starting back up.  Also, the football team is having to travel to East Milton to hold their practices.  None of the groups are allowed to practice in the football stadium so the grass can stay as alive as possible for all of the groups that use that for the year.  We will still do what the Mighty Black & Gold always does and find the Courage to push through any obstacles that get in our way.  This is the whole theme to our show this year after all :-) 

Some good news, the storage shed that we have desperately needed was delivered last week.  Our leadership team will be meeting tomorrow at 3pm to "debandcamp" the band hall as well as move stuff to the shed.  This should return to us much needed rehearsal space for our students in the band room.

Our first game is the first Friday of school. This is just a preseason kickoff game, but the Marching band will still be performing.  Call time for this is 6pm with kickoff at 7:30.  Uniform will be the summer uniform just like at the preview show.  Please make sure you have all of the appropriate clothes.  Just so you know I plan to have us go into full uniforms by the first game in September.  I will be posting the itinerary for each game on the charms events next week.  

Parents, you can go on our calendar now and sign-up to volunteer for each football game this year now.  Just click on the little hand on under each event and sign up.  I want to remind you that the final chaperone meeting is next Tuesday after the BPA meeting.  If you plan to chaperone at any even this year and you did not attend the first chaperone meeting, you must attend this meeting.  We need concessions help as well.  The concessions side are BPA incentive opportunities.

That is all for now.  I hope everyone has a pronominal week! 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the following students according to Charms:
Amber Allen - Today (Sunday)
Dylan Kirton - Tuesday
Hannah Mack - Saturday

This Week:
Monday
Teacher Pre-planning
3pm - Leadership Workday
6pm-9:30 - Full Marching Band Rehearsal

Tuesday
Teacher Pre-planning
6pm-9:30 - Full Marching Band Rehearsal

Wednesday
Teacher Pre-planning

Thursday
Teacher Pre-planning
5:30-7pm - MHS Open House
7pm-9:30 - Full Marching Band Rehearsal

Friday
Teacher Pre-planning

Looking Ahead to Next Week:
Mon - FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
Tues - Leadership Meeting,Full Marching Band Rehearsal, MHSBPA Monthly Meeting, Final Chaperone Meeting, Cookie Dough FR Kick-off
Thurs - Full Marching Band Rehearsal
Fri - Home Game vs Mosley
Sat - Mud Races BPA Event

Together We Are THE MIGHTY BLACK & GOLD!!!