Winter Concert & Silent AuctionJoin us on Tuesday, December 10th, for the HHS Band Winter Concert! The concert begins at 7 PM, but be sure to arrive early to browse our silent auction items and enjoy a signature sip. Before and during the concert, we will host our annual Silent Auction. This is a fantastic opportunity to find those last-minute Christmas gifts and support the band. The Biscuit Express will also offer a variety of their Signature Sips for purchase, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the band. Weekly ScheduleMonday: Symphonic Band Rehearsal 4:00-5:30 pm Tuesday: Winter Concert 7:00 pm Wednesday: Off. Auditions in Class. Band Christmas Party 4-5 pm. Thursday: Off. Auditions in Class Friday: Off. Auditions in Class. All state/District honor band registration due!!! Winter Concert - Tuesday, December 10th Concert Time - 7:00 pm Call time for students - 6:15 pm Dress - Tux/dresses with holiday accessories (santa hats, antlers, etc) as long as it doesn't impact your ability to perform. Silent Auction will be held before and through the intermission of the concert. All State / District Honor Band Auditions Registration - Due by Friday, December 13th (optional) When: All State/District Honor Band Auditions are Friday, January 31 and February 1st at Huntsville High School! Generally all high school students audition Friday evening except for Flutes and Bb Clarinets. Cost: $30 per student. You can choose your method of payment, but clearly label it as all state audition for your student in the box. If you are using a credit, you must inform Mrs. Tapia by the deadline! All payments must be submitted or declared to Mrs. Tapia by the deadline! Your payment to the band box or credit email to Mrs. Tapia is our indication to register you for all state!! If you audition, you must be able to attend district honor band (February 21-22 at Grissom HS) and/or All State Festival (April 10-12 in Mobile - additional hotel cost) in it's entirety, which means every rehearsal in full and the concert if you were to be selected. Everyone auditioning must own a copy of the book from which the audition music comes from (this is a copyright issue and a state rule). Please let us know if you need help with this! Audition music has already been shared with all students. Summer Schedule and April/May adjustments We are making some adjustments to our April/May schedule that will hopefully be beneficial to our families and program. The most impactful change is we are eliminating Rookie Camp after Memorial Day and replacing it with "Spring Training" sessions held in April and May after school. We will have all of the percussion and winds in marching band attend a couple of these sessions. This will allow us to plan better for the Fall while giving leadership team students and upcoming 9th grade students an extra week of off time in the summer. There are a few other additional changes that will mostly impact in class activities or leadership selection. You can view the whole schedule and a more detailed explanation here. We are updating our CutTime calendar to reflect these changes. Summer Schedule 2025 June 30 - July 2 Leadership Camp (Leadership team only - mornings and afternoons) July 9-11 Marching Percussion Camp (required for all marching band percussion) July 14-18 Band Camp Week 1 - All Day (required for all marching band students) July 21-25 Band Camp Week 2 - All day (required for all marching band students) Friday, July 25th Optional DCI Trip to MTSU (afternoon and evening) Tuesday, July 29 Rehearsal 6-9 pm (required for all marching band students) Thursday, July 31 Rehearsal 6-9 pm (required for all marching band students) Monday, August 4th First Day of School Exams You are not required to attend your winter band exam period during exam week unless you have not completed your band audition from the previous week. We encourage you to stay home and use this time to study for your other exams. Your band final grade is a combination of your winter concert and your audition. Please note that if you are on campus during your assigned band exam time, you are still required to be in the band room for the full length of the exam time - you can't roam around campus or be in the hallway. This is school policy. Some classes during the SPRING exams will be required to meet to rehearse for graduation. Winter Guard The schedule can be viewed here. Color Guard Auditions for next year have been set for April 21- April 25 from 4-6 in the Freshman Cafeteria. Color Guard Camp has been set for Tuesday, May 27 - Friday, May 30 (morning and afternoon). After some requests from families and a need to provide more guard equipment, we are going to do a color guard specific fundraiser where 100% of the profit will go towards our winter guard needs. This will be an item fundraiser consisting of a variety of flavors of popcorn (gallon size) and cookies. We will kick off later in December and it will run over the holiday to January 10th. We will give information in class on December 10th. All of this money will be used exclusively to benefit our color guard. St. Louis Trip Update! Thursday May 1 - Saturday, May 3. Cardinals update: We received an email from them before Thanksgiving: "We have not started our outreach for the 2025 season just yet. We have had some internal restructuring that has caused some delays. We hope to have all of our information out to you to complete by the end of the month." So sorry for the delay - we are working as fast as the Cardinals let us! To sign up and make a deposit, please click on this link to make an account - https://urtoursandevents.wetravel.com/trips/huntsville-high-school-band-trip-ur-tours-and-events-84984574 All payments for the trip will be made through this portal, directly to our travel company, UR Tours. There is also an option to mail a check directly to them. UR Tours offers OPTIONAL "cancel for any reason" travel insurance through a 3rd party provider. Information on travel insurance can be found in the portal or by going to this link: https://www.travelinsured.com/group.signup?group=158894&guid=06909dd1c24a4008bc2d21d72663716e Payment Schedule $150.00 PER PERSON ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 31ST TO CONFIRM TRIP DETAILS $200.00 PER PERSON ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 15, 2024 $250.00 PER PERSON ON OR BEFORE FEBRUARY 3, 2025 BALANCE DUE ON OR BEFORE MARCH 14, 2025 Upcoming Dates January 2-3 - Winter Guard Camp at HJHS January 25 - Winter Guard Competition at Mortimer Jordan HS January 31-February 1 All State/District Honor Band Auditions at Huntsville HS - Optional February 13-15 Winter Camp!! (Required for all Symphonic band and wind ensemble students) February 15 - Winter Guard Competition at Bob Jones HS February 22 - Mattress Sale! Questions/Concerns? Please contact the following: Grades, missing rehearsals/absences, conflicts, instruments, general band questions - [email protected] or [email protected] If you have any of the following issues, please direct your questions to [email protected]. They’ll be able to guide you to the appropriate point of contact.
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