This Week in the Mighty Black & Gold

Hello All,


THANK YOU - THANK YOU - THANK YOU - We just cannot say it enough! Once again, all of you came together and blew everyone away! The Performance was AMAZING!  The students were AMAZING! The organization was AMAZING! The volunteers were AMAZING! Every director that we spoke with just could not stop praising how everything was for the Blackwater Classic! All thanks to all of you! All of you are are so amazing! Thank you!


Sweet Season BPA Concessions Sales - The BPA will is selling  concessions at Sweet Seasons farms in North Milton.  This is a family friendly fun event occurring each weekend until the beginning of November.  We need your help with to make these days successful.  Parents and students may sign-up on CutTime.  Please be reminded that you must work your entire shift.  Please see any of our BPA board for more details.  The address for the farm is 2260 Horn Rd, Milton, FL 32570


FBA Marching MPA - Saturday, October 11th is FBA Marching MPA.  It will be held at Ft. Walton Beach HS.  Tickets are $15.  Please plan to come out and watch our students showoff just for you. All high schools from Escambia, Santa Rosa, and Okaloosa Counties will be on display.  We are still waiting on a performance time. The itinerary for this is as follows:

• 9am - Loading Crews Arrive and Load trucks
  
• 10am - Band call time/Dry performances of show
  
• 11am - Lunch (Provided)
  
• 11:45am - Depart for FWBHS
  
• 12:45pm - Arrive/Unload FWBHS
  
• 2:15 - Warm-up
  
• 3pm - PERFORMANCE
  
• 3:30 - Load truck
  
• 4pm - Depart for MHS
  
• 5pm - Arrive MHS/Unload/Dismiss
  

SRC Marching Band Exhibition - The Santa Rosa County Marching Band Exhibition will be held on Monday, October 13th at 6pm at Pace HS.  This is a FREE event in which all of the high schools in Santa Rosa County will be performing for each other and the public.  Since this is at Pace, students will need to plan their own rides to Pace.  We will meet at 5pm.  Students will also need to bring their own equipment.  We will pack all front ensemble equipment in the band truck.


Little Big Horn Marching Band Competition - The Little Big Horn competition is on October 18th at Opp High School in Alabama.  We have a TENTATIVE performance time of Noon.  We will have more info about this as we receive it.  For students going to the homecoming dance, we will send however many buses back early with those students.  Students not attending the dance will stay and represent MHS for the awards ceremony and watch bands.  Here is the TENTATIVE schedule:

• 7:30am - Call Time
  
• 8am - Depart for Opp HS, AL
  
• 10am - Arrive/Unload
  
• 11:15-11:45 - Warm-up
  
• NOON - PERFORMANCE
  
• 12:30 - HC Crew Depart
  
• 12:30-8pmish - Watch Bands
  
• 2:30ish - HC Crew Arrive and Go Home
  
• 8:30pmish - Depart from Opp HS
  
• 10:30ish - Arrive MHS/Unload/Dismiss
  

Homecoming Week - HC week at Milton is a busy, but FUN week! Just to give you a rundown of events that week:

• Mon, Oct 13 - SRC Marching Band Exhibition at Pace HS (Secure your own ride for this)
  
• Tues, Oct 14 - Escapades (Night Time Pep Rally in the Gym)
  
• Thurs, Oct 16 - Pep Rally During School (Longer), Marching Band Rehearsal
  
• Fri, Oct 17 - HC Parade, HC Game, Post-Game Performance, Load Trucks AFTER Post-Game Performance
  
  • The HC Game will also be band alumni night.  All MHS Band alumni are welcome to join us during the 2nd half in the stands.  bring your instruments.  We will not provide instruments.
    
  • The HC Game is also middle school night.  Avalon, Hobbs, and King MS students will be with us.  We will perform for them at the practice field.  They will march-in with us and play with us in the stands during the 1st half of the game, then leave at the half.  
    
  • We will perform our show at post game, then march out
    
  • We will load the trucks after we return to the band room.  
    

That is all for now.  We hope you have a wonderful week! 


HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the following students according to CutTime:
Drake Clift - Sunday
Lorelei Dickson - Monday
Makayla Thompson - Wednesday
Jayden Middleton - Saturday


This Week:

• Tuesday
  
  • 6pm-8:30 - Marching Band Rehearsal
    
• Wednesday
  
  • 3:30-4:30 - Tri-M Meeting
    
• Thursday
  
  • HOME Game vs Gulf Breeze (Football & Cheer Senior Night
    
    • 4pm-5pm - BPA Dinner for Students
      
    • 5:45 - Call Time
      
    • 6:30ish - March-in
      
    • 7:30 - Kickoff
      
    • 10:30 - March-out/Dismiss
      
• Friday
  
  • 4pm-7pm - Marching Band Rehearsal
    
• Saturday
  
  • 8am-4pm - BPA Concession Sales at Sweet Seasons Farms
    
  • FBA Marching MPA at Ft. Walton HS
    
    • 9am - Loading Crews Arrive and Load trucks
      
    • 10am - Band call time/Dry performances of show
      
    • 11am - Lunch (Provided)
      
    • 11:45am - Depart for FWBHS
      
    • 12:45pm - Arrive/Unload FWBHS
      
    • 2:15 - Warm-up
      
    • 3pm - PERFORMANCE
      
    • 3:30 - Load truck
      
    • 4pm - Depart for MHS
      
    • 5pm - Arrive MHS/Unload/Dismiss
      
• Sunday
  
  • 9am-5pm - BPA Concession Sales at Sweet Seasons Farms
    

Looking Ahead to Next Week:

• Mon - Teacher Planning Day, Tri-M Door Decorating, SRC Marching Band Exhibition
  
• Tues - Begin 2nd Nine Weeks, Escapes (Night Time Pep Rally)
  
• Thurs - Pep Rally, Marching Band Rehearsal, BPA Monthly Meeting
  
• Fri - Homecoming Parade, HOME Game vs West FL HS (Homecoming/Middle School Night/Band Alumni Night), LOAD TRUCKS AFTER GAME
  
• Sat - Little Big Horn Marching Band Competition at Opp, AL, BPA Concession Sales at Sweet Seasons Farms
  
• Sun - BPA Concession Sales at Sweet Seasons Farms
  

Together We Are THE MIGHTY BLACK & GOLD!!!