Hello All,

Well, I hope everyone enjoyed their first week of school.  It's crazy how quickly it went by and it will only move faster.

We will have our first football game of the year this Friday at Home vs Washington HS.  The itinerary is below.  We will be wearing our summer performance uniforms for the game along with the pep rally.  Remember for winds and percussion, this is your polo shirts, black shorts, mostly white shoes, and white socks. For those that still have not received your polos, no worries, you will get them this week.  No gym short, workout shorts, or basketball shorts.  Black jean shorts, black cargo shorts, or black flat front shorts are okay.  Guard will wear the same type of black shorts and shoes you wore are the preview show.  We do have your personalized shirts for you to wear! We will hand these out on Monday.

Parents, WE NEED YOUR HELP at the game this Friday.  There are two great opportunities to volunteer at the game.  If you have gone through the chaperone training and turned in the Santa Rosa County volunteer form, you are eligible to chaperone at any band event.  Just click the link below and Tina Beyers or Sandy Kennedy will give you a call with further details and to let you know if you are a go for this Friday. This is not a part of the BPA incentive.

Chaperone Sign-up:
https://www.charmsoffice.com/charms/volunteerR.asp?s=MiltonHSB&v=3792136

We also need help in the concession stand.  This is a great opportunity to meet new people, make new friends, and simply have fun-filled time cooking and serving! This is a BPA incentive event so you can work $25 off of the fair share.  

Concession Stand Sign-up
https://www.charmsoffice.com/charms/volunteerR.asp?s=MiltonHSB&v=3759293

Students, if you are interested in auditioning for the All-State band this year, there is a really great audition clinic being held at PSC in Pensacola this Saturday.  The cost is $10. This is not required but encouraged.  More info can be found by clicking HERE.

Congratulations to Katie Kilgore for winning the T-shirt design! I have attached the scanned copy of her drawing.  As soon as we get the digital design from Paradise Screen printing, I will send out the order form for everyone to order their shirts.  Students automatically receive shirts as part of their uniform.  

Finally, do to circumstances beyond our control the eclipse for this Monday has been cancelled! I do apologize for any inconveniences that this may cause in scheduling.  We will reschedule this event for April 8th, 2024.  ;-)

Have an amazing week! 

Happy Birthday to the Following student this week according to charms:
Jacob Still - Saturday

This Week:
Monday
- 12pm-3pm - Eclipse
- 6pm-9:30 - Full Marching Band Rehearsal

Tuesday
- Coke Fund Raiser Due
- 6pm-9:30 - Full Marching Band Rehearsal

Wednesday
- 3:45-4:45 - Leadership Team Meeting

Thursday
- 4pm-6:30 - Full Marching Band Rehearsal

Friday
- 3rd Fair Share Due ($50)
- Pep Rally
     - 1:30 - Meet at Band Hall in Summer Performance Uniform (Polo Shirts, etc)
     - 2:15 - March-in to gym
     - 2:40-3:21 - Pep Rally
- HOME GAME VS WASHINGTON HS
     - 6pm - Call time in Summer Performance Uniform (Polo Shirts, etc)
     - 7pmish - March-in
     - 7:15 - Pregame
     - 7:30 - Kickoff
     - 10pmish - March-out/Dismiss

Saturday
- 8am-11:30am - All-State Audition Clinic @PSC Pensacola

Looking Ahead to Next Week:
Mon - Marching Band
Tues - Marching Band
Thurs - Marching Band
Fri - Home Game vs. Choctaw

Together We Are THE MIGHTY BLACK & GOLD!!!

Interested in auditioning for all-state and need some help?  I have the perfect thing for you! Pensacola State College is hosting their 5th annual All-State audition clinic at the PSC campus on Saturday, August 26th.  Please CLICK HERE for more info and to sign up.  

Hello All,

And so it begins! The 2017-18 school year is upon us and I couldn't be more excited for this year.  Tomorrow brings new faces and new chances for relationships to blossom and grow amongst everyone.  Students, if you need help trying to figure out where your classes are and how to get there, just ask.  We are here for you! With this new school year, I encourage each of you to make a goal for yourself and tell people about it so they can hold you accountable and maybe even help you reach that goal.  Remember, tomorrow is a clean slate for your classes for the year.  Make your first impressions great.  Mr. Weaver and I already know how great you are.  Prove the same to your other teachers.  

We will hold our first meat sticking in the cafeteria this Tuesday starting 5th period.  This does not mean that the whole band will meat 5th period.  The Concert band will get it started then the Symphonic band will continue.  Everyone except tubas will meet after school until 6pm or earlier, depending on when your table is finished.  Our leadership will be in charge of quality for each table.  When your table is done and no meet is left to stick and everything is clean, that table will be able to leave.  We started doing this last year and found it was much mo-betta than how we used to do it.  We will go over specifics with everyone on Tuesday.  Parents are invited to come out and help if you would like.  This event does qualify for the BPA incentive program.  The only other even this week is the rehearsal on Thursday.

Finally, students, if you would like to turn in a shirt design, I will continue to take those by Monday.  We will vote for these on Thursday of this week.  

I hope everyone has a phenomenal week!

Happy Birthday to the following students according to charms:
Shelby Needham - Today (Sunday)
DJ Russell - Monday
Kameron Fewox - Friday
Abigaille Flores - Saturday
Elizabeth Hays - Saturday

This Week:
Monday
- FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL! :-)

Tuesday
- 5th Period (1:30) - 6pm

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

Looking Ahead to Next Week:
Mon - Marching Band Rehearsal
Tues - Marching Band Rehearsal
Wed - Leadership Meeting
Thurs - Marching Band Rehearsal
Fri - Home Game vs Washington, 3rd Fair Share Due, Pep Rally

Together We Are THE MIGHTY BLACK & GOLD!!!

Hello All,

Let me begin by saying what an outstanding job from our students at the preview show! Lots of things to work on but lots of good things intertwined. If you haven't had a chance to see the performances, please visit our YouTube channel by clicking HERE.  I can't wait to get started back and launch this year BEYOND! Thank you to all of the parents that helped cook and serve and got everything ready for the dinner. You fed a lot of people in a little amount of time.  Thank you!

So once a gain we return this week, this time with a similar schedule as we will have for the rest of marching season.  For the most part, starting this week we will have a consistent rehearsal schedule of Mondays, Tuesdays, & Thursdays 6pm-9:30.  When 9th/JV football starts, we will move our Thursday times to 4pm-6:30.  This will start later in August or September.  This week and next week are kinda wonky with the open house on Thursday and the first week of school next week, but everything will settle right in eventually.

Parents, Tuesday will be the monthly BPA meeting at 7pm.  I highly encourage everyone to be there as the BPA will be reviewing some changes in the BPA by-laws as well as going over events and activities over the next month. Immediately following the meeting, we will have the 2nd and final chaperone meeting for marching season.  Weather you think you will be chaperoning students or not, it is very important that you attend this meeting. 

Milton High School will be hosting an open house this Thursday 5:30-7pm.  This will be a great chance to meet your teachers and map out your routes to go class to class.  I encourage everyone to come up and visit during those times. We will have rehearsal immediately following.  

Students, WE NEED A DESIGN FOR THIS YEAR'S SHOW SHIRT.  Each year, students draw up a design and submit it.  We vote on the designs and the one with the most votes goes on the shirt after the folks at Paradise Screen Printing refine it. Things that need to go on the shirt: Show Title (BEYOND) and the year.  Everything else is up to you.  I would love to have all designs submitted by this Thursday so we can vote on them during the first week of school and maybe even have them by our first game.  

Finally, This Saturday is the Drum Corp International Finals in Indianapolis. We will be hosting a final DCI viewing party at the band room starting at 3:30 if you would like to watch.  

Have a wonderful week! 

Happy Birthday to the following students this week according to charms:
Ian Harris - Wednesday
Jonah Hyler - Wednesday
Jacob Lindquist - Thursday
Hannah Mack - Friday
Rachel Campbell - Saturday
Melissa King - Saturday
Kaylynn Melvin - Saturday

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

Tuesday
- Coca-Cola Truck Sale Fund Raiser Begins
- 6pm-9:30 - Full Marching Band Rehearsal
- 7pm - MHSBPA Monthly Meeting
- 8pm or after the BPA meeting - Final Chaperone Meeting

Thursday
- Show shirt designs due
- 5:30-7pm - Milton High School Open House
- 7pm-9:30 - Full Marching Band Rehearsal

Friday
- 1st Uniform Payment Due ($75)

Saturday
- 3:30 - DCI Finals Viewing Party

Looking Ahead to Next Week:
Mon - FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
Tues - Meat Sticking
Thurs - Full Marching Band Rehearsal

Together We Are THE MIGHTY BLACK & GOLD!!!

Hello All,

What a great first week of camp we had!! I am so proud of everyone's hard work as we now have half of our show on the field! Thank you to all of our parent who have volunteered to keep our students going each day. 

First and foremost, outstanding job at the annual carwash yesterday!! If you haven't heard already, we washed a total of 301 cars and took in $2,300 worth of donations.  This set an all time high record for both! This could not have happened without your help and hard work.  Thank you to all!! We will have a sheet ready for you with the breakdown for each site that you can show your folks that gave pledges.

The second week is upon us and with this next week comes some fun things including a section show-off day on Wednesday and the first performance of the 2017 Mighty Black & Gold on Thursday.  The schedule for the week will remain the same except for Thursday.  Right now, we are scheduled to go 8am to Noon on Thursday, however, we will most likely end rehearsal at 11am or 11:30 depending on how confident in the performance we will be.  We will let you know by Wednesday when we will dismiss for Thursday's practice.

The performance will begin at 7pm on Thursday night at the band practice field.  We will start marching in around 6:50.  All wind and percussion students will wear their polo shirts  which will be passed out on Monday and black, dress shorts.  Cargo shorts are okay as long as they are solid black.  Gym shorts are not acceptable for the uniform.  Also, students must have mostly white shoes.  Color guard will wear solid white tank tops and black shorts.  This will be our summer performance uniform until we wear full uniforms.  

Along with the performance, the BPA will serve hamburgers and hotdogs afterwards.  We will be giving out a list of items for each section of the band to bring for the dinner, i.e. chips, salads, condiments, etc.  These items can be brought in throughout the week.  

Finally, freshmen day is this Friday.  All MHS freshmen will be given their schedules and shown around campus by the SGA.  Please call the guidance office for more info about this.  All upperclassmen will need to be present at 10am in a show shirt and blue jean shorts to get ready for the pep rally for the freshmen.  

Band Camp Parent Volunteer Sign-up:

Monday
- Lunch Café - CLICK HERE
- Dinner Café - CLICK HERE

Tuesday
- Lunch Café - CLICK HERE

Wed
- AM Med Tent - CLICK HERE
- Lunch Café - CLICK HERE
- Dinner Café - CLICK HERE

Thurs
- AM Med Tent - CLICK HERE

Happy Birthday to the following students this week according to Charms:
Lauren Sauls - Tuesday
Eliza Lewis - Thursday
Marissa Zelensky - Friday
Amethyst Wise - Saturday

This Week:
Monday
- New Member Trip Payment Due ($150)
- Band Camp
     - 8am-noon - Outside
     - noon-2pm - Lunch
     - 2pm-5pm - Inside music/Sectionals
     - 5pm-6:30 - Dinner
     - 6:30-9pm - Outside

Tuesday
- Band Camp
     - 8am-noon - Outside
     - noon-2pm - Lunch
     - 2pm-5pm - Inside music/Sectionals
     - 5pm-6:30 - Dinner
     - 6:30-9pm - Outside

Wednesday
- Band Camp
     - 8am-noon - Outside
     - noon-2pm - Lunch
     - 2pm-5pm - Inside music/Sectionals
     - 5pm-6:30 - Dinner
     - 6:30-9pm - Outside

Thursday
- Band Camp
     - 8am-noon - Outside/Dismiss
- 7pm - 2017 PREVIEW SHOW

Friday
- Freshmen Day
     - 10am - All NON-FRESHMEN arrive at band room in show shirt and blue jeans shorts
     - 10:40 - March to Gym
     - 11am - Perform pep rally for freshmen
     - 11:45 - Dismiss

Looking ahead to 2 weeks from now:
Mon - Full Marching Band Rehearsal
Tues - Full Marching Band Rehearsal, MHSBPA Monthly Meeting, Final Chaperone Meeting, Coke FR Kicks off
Thurs - Full Marching Band Rehearsal
Friday - 1st Uniform Payment ($75)

Together We Are THE MIGHTY BLACK & GOLD!!!