Hello All,

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK THIS MARCHING SEASON!!! You did it band! We've finished our competition season and what a finale it was.  All of your hard work since May paid off in a huge way at the Deep South Marching Band Competition.  The Mighty Black & Gold earned straight superiors for the 3rd time this season.  On top of that, our percussion earned best in class.  The Colorguard earned overall 4th place and the band as a whole earned overall 3rd.  All of this on the coldest day of marching season so far and a tire blowout on bus 4 en route.  Great stories had by all! Good job band!

This Friday is our last football game.  The itinerary is below.  Parents, if you would like to help chaperone for this, please sign up using the link below.

Pine Forest Game Chaperone Sign-up:
CLICK HERE

The BPA will be selling concessions at PSC this Saturday from 8am-4pm for a craft fair.  If you would like to help with this, please sign up by clicking the link below.

PSC Craft Vendors Concession Help:
CLICK HERE

The band will be performing at a couple parades on Tuesday,  Both of these parades are during school.  Please see the itinerary below.  The T.R. Jackson parade is only for Leadership and some others that I have talked to.  The Rhodes ES parade is for all of the marching band.  Please wear show shirt and blue jeans/blue jean shorts.

The knife fundraiser will be distributed this week.  Please be ready to get this to your customers ASAP. 

Finally, please be aware that the next trip payment of $200 is due this Friday.  It is vital that the trip payments are up to date as we are in the process of booking rooms and if payments aren't up to date, you may loose your spot on the trip.  Remember, we are having to work with strict deadlines with the cruise because we are working through Carnival

That's it for this week.  I hope everyone has a spectacular week! 

Happy Birthday to the following students this week according to Charms:
Mikel Spears - Tuesday
Jillian Harper - Wednesday
Marcus Randolph - Wednesday
Christian Reyes - Wednesday

This Week:
Tuesday
- 9:15-10:30 - Leadership+ Storybook parade at T.R. Jackson
- Rhodes ES Storybook Parade
- 11:45 - Dismiss from class to get horns and walk to Rhodes
- 12pm - Line up at Rhodes
- 12:30 - Parade
- 1pm - All band attend 3rd lunch

Wednesday
- Half-day Early Release

Thursday
- 4pm-5:30 - Final Marching Band Rehearsal (Halloween Rehearsal)

Friday
- 2nd Trip Payment Due ($200)
- Milton vs Pine Forest Game
- 4:45 - Call time
- 5pm - Depart for Pine Forest
- 5:45 - Arrive Pine Forest
- 6:30ish - March-in
- 7pm - Kickoff
- 9:30ish - Depart for MHS
- 10:30ish - Arrive/Dismiss

Saturday
- Homecoming Dance
- 8am-4pm - PSC Craft Vendor Concessions

Sunday
- Daylight Savings Time Ends (Fall back 1 hour and Gain an hour of sleep! :-) 

Looking Ahead to Next Week:
Mon - All-County Auditions
Fri - Veteran's Day Observed (No Classes)
Sat - Veteran's Day Parade

Together We Are THE MIGHTY BLACK & GOLD!!!

Indoor Percussion time is here and players are needed! If you're not in percussion, and are interested interested in being a part of the BLACK GOLD PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE for indoor season, then sign up on the sheet outside the band office.  We are looking for mallet players and piano players. There will be an audition process for all positions.  The show is entitled , "CTRL+ALT+DELETE".  The idea is what happens on the inside of a computer through start up, surfing the web, and crashing due to a virus.  Fees will depend on how many people are taken.  Remember, anyone in band interested, just sign up on the sheet in front of the office.  ​

Wanted to give you a little more info about Deep South this Saturday at Theodore High School, AL.  I have attached the directions to the school that they sent us or you can click this link to a google map:

https://goo.gl/maps/WdnJdfKMdqQ2

The cost for the event is $6 at the gate and children 6 & under are free.  Parking is $5.  There will no videos for sale this time.  We will record our group and upload that to our YouTube channel.  As I receive more info, I will pass this along to you.  

Hello All,

And here we are, our final week of marching band competition! This week the Mighty Black & Gold Marching Band will be in performance at the Deep South Marching Band Festival in Theodore Alabama.  This is a best in class type show where our guard, percussion, and overall band will be pitted against other schools in our class.  We will be traveling via School bus to this event.  Parents, if you would like to help chaperone this trip, please click the link below.  For a complete run down of the itinerary, look at the calendar below or CLICK HERE. We will be meeting at 12:30 and performing at 6:40.  Please make sure you eat BEFORE call time at 12:30.

Deep South Marching Band Chaperone Sign-up:
CLICK HERE

Because we are one of the last bands to perform, we will be going directly to the stands after we leave the field.  There are only 3 bands then awards after us.  Because of this, we will not be able to eat until AFTER the award ceremony.  If you are planning to eat at the concessions before we leave to return to MHS and after awards, please fill out the meal form by clicking HERE.  THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL MEAL ORDER.  This is simply a count for the Theodore concession workers so they know what to have ready after the awards.  If you choose to eat at the concession, you will need to bring money to pay for it yourself. 

One final bit for Deep South.  I have not received any info on gate cost.  As soon as we get this info, we will pass this along to you.

The Pace vs Milton game is this week as well.  You will see the itinerary for this below.  Parents, if you would like to help chaperone, please sign up below.

Pace Game Chaperone Sign-up
CLICK HERE

Finally, parents, if you are not planning to go to the game but would still like to help the band in some way, why not help out selling concessions for the BPA at the Bands on Blackwater this Friday! This is a BPA incentive event and all help is welcome.  Just click the link below.

Bands on the Blackwater Concessions Sign-up:
CLICK HERE

I hope you've enjoyed clicking all of the links in this email LOL! Have a stupendous week! 

Happy Birthday to the following students this week according to Charms:
Victor Black - Today (Sunday)
Xavier Sapp - Monday
Garrett Allen - Tuesday
Lindsey McAllister - Tuesday
Logan Harris - Wednesday
Alissa Welch - Wednesday

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

Thursday
- 4pm-6:30 - Winds/Percussion Rehearsal
- 5pm-9pm - Colorguard Rehearsal

Friday
- 5th Fair Share Due ($25)
- Pep Rally
- 1:30 - Meet in show shirts and blue jeans or whatever the theme is.  
- 2:40 - Pep Rally
- 3:21 - Load ONLY BIG INSTRUMENTS on truck
- AWAY Game vs Pace HS
- 5:30 - Call Time
- 5:45 - Depart for Pace
- 6:15 - Arrive/Unload
- 7pmish - March-in
- 7:30 - Kickoff
- 10pmish - March-out
- 10:30 - Depart for MHS
- 10:45 - Arrive/Dismiss
- 4:30pm - Bands on Blackwater

Saturday
- DEEP SOUTH MARCHING BAND FESTIVAL
- 12:30-1:30 - Rehearsal (No instruments)
- 2pm - Depart for Theodore HS, AL
- 4pm - Arrive Theodore HS/Unload
- 5:40 - Warm-up
- 6:40 - PERFORMANCE
- 7pm - Go directly into stands and watch remaining 3 bands
- 8:15 - Awards
- 9pm - Eat at Concessions (BRING MONEY)
- 10pm - Depart for MHS
- Midnight - Arrive MHS
- 12:15 - Dismiss

Looking Ahead to Next Week:
Tues - Leadership perform at T.R. Jackson Story Book Parade, Full Marching Band Perform at Rhodes ES Story Book Parade, Halloween
Wed - Half-Day Early Release
Thurs - Full Marching Band Rehearsal (Halloween Rehearsal)
Fri - 2nd Trip Payment Due ($200 per person), Away game vs Pine Forest HS Final Game :*-(

Together We Are THE MIGHTY BLACK & GOLD!!!

October 28th is the final competition which is at Theodore HS in Alabama.  As you hopefully saw in the previous email, we will arrive at Theodore at 4pmish, perform at 6:40, then head directly into the stands and watch the 3 remaining bands ans remain there till the end of awards.  There will be an opportunity to eat at the concessions AFTER the award ceremony should you choose.  What we need from you is a tally of what you think you will be ordering that night so we can send this to the Theodore Band Boosters so they can be ready and stocked up for us.  THIS IS NOT A MEAL DEAL. They are simply going to keep their concessions open for us after the awards and need to know what to have ready.  You are responsible for paying for this at the concession stand.  Prices are included on the following form.  Please fill out the form by Sunday the 21st. 


CLICK HERE to access the form.