Congratulations on finishing another football season! We still have a few marching events left to end marching season (Veterans Day Parade, Milton Christmas Parade, and Pensacola Christmas Parade). We will now start making the full transition to concert and Indoor season. THANK YOU to all of our students, parents, and staff for an amazing marching season! A special thank you to our BPA Board for the countless hours of planning and volunteering to help our students!
All-State - A huge congratulations to Josiah Hall s for making the All-State Band. He will be representing Milton High School and Santa Rosa County in January at the FMEA Convention.
Concert and Indoor - As we move to full-on concert/Indoor season, we will be taking our big marching ensemble and splitting that into multiple smaller ensembles. Each of these ensembles will have their own afterschool rehearsals. Students are required to attend all rehearsals and performances associated with their ensemble. Make sure you look through the calendar carefully to see when these rehearsals and performances will take place.
Indoor Percussion - We will have an Indoor Percussion interest meeting this Wednesday at 7pm in room 131 in Math West. All students interested in participating with the Black Gold Percussion Ensemble need to plan on being in attendance. We will hold auditions this Thursday and Saturday. See schedule below.
Winterguard - We will be holding a Winterguard info meeting this Tuesday at 5:45 in room 131 of Math West. All guard students must attend this meeting. Any other student interested in Winterguard need to attend as well. Winterguard Camp and auditions will be held this week. See schedule below.
Veteran's Day Parade - Next Monday we will be celebrating all of our past, present, and future veterans with a parade. We will meet at 8am at the band hall. We will hand out plumes at the band hall and collect at my (Mr. Schultz's) truck at the end of the parade. The parade route begins at the anchor at MHS, goes south on Stewart Street, left down Berryhill Road, right on Willing Street in downtown Milton, and ends at Veteran's Memorial. Students will need to have a ride from Veteran's Memorial at the end of the parade. Remember to bring instruments and uniforms back on Monday. Everyone is welcome to attend the ceremony after the parade put on by the VA.
All-County Auditions - Thursday November 12th, the high school all-county auditions will take place at Milton High School. Students, WE NEED YOUR HELP with proctoring rooms that evening. Sign-ups have been posted on the locker room door. Students can receive volunteer hours for this. Please Please Please help us out. These auditions run smoothly only because of the students that help. Again, students can receive volunteer hours for these.
Fall Movie Concert - Mark your calendars. We will be presenting a performance in the MHS Auditorium at 6pm featuring all movie themes. Come get nostalgic as the Concert Band, Symphonic Band, and Blackwater Beats Jazz Band performs some of our favorite movie melodies. This is a FREE concert. Students are asked to dress as their favorite movie character or wear their summer uniform.
Sweet Seasons - THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to all of the parents and students that volunteered to work the BPA concessions at Sweet Seasons Farm over the past month! Because of you, we are able to supply our students with the best equipment possible.
That is all for now. I hope you have a wonderful week.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the following students according to CutTime:
Cayden Duke - Monday
Kellan Miller - Monday
Cambria Gray - Saturday
Emma DeBellis - Saturday
This Week:
- Monday
- 4pm-6pm - Symphonic Band Rehearsal
- Tuesday
- 4pm-6pm - Concert Band Rehearsal
- 5pm-5:45 - Winterguard Info Meeting
- 6pm-9pm - Winterguard Camp
- Wednesday
- 4pm-5pm - Panther Percussion Rehearsal
- 6pm-9pm - Winterguard Camp
- 7pm-8pm - Indoor Percussion Interest Meeting
- Thursday
- 6pm-9pm - Winterguard Auditions
- 6pm-8:30pm - Indoor Percussion Auditions
- Saturday
- 9am-12pm - Indoor Percussion Auditions
- Mon - Veterans Day (No School), Veterans Day Parade
- Tues - All-County Auditions, MHSBPA Monthly Meeting
- Wed - Concert Band Rehearsal, Symphonic Band Rehearsal
- Thurs - Movie Concert (Concert Band, Blackwater Beats Jazz Band, Symphonic Band Performance)
Together We Are THE MIGHTY BLACK & GOLD!!!