HHS BAND WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 13-19, 2025

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We love our HHS flute section!  Follow them on Instagram @hhs_flutes7 

Spirit Night At Urban Cookhouse

​Weekly Schedule

Monday: Symphonic Band 4-5:30 pm. Winter Guard practice 4-6 pm FA Cafeteria
Tuesday:  Wind Ensemble 4-5:30.  
Wednesday:  Off.  
Thursday:  Wind Ensemble 4-5:30
Friday:  Off.   

All State and District Honor Band Auditions - Friday, January 31/Saturday, Feb 1
We will once again be hosting 700+ middle school and high school students (and their families) from Madison, Morgan, and Limestone counties as they try out for all state and district honor band.  This is a huge service to our band community and we need your help volunteering!  The event will take place in the Freshman Academy and Fine Arts Building.

Adults - we will need help on Friday late afternoon/evening and all day Saturday running the registration table.  We may also need some extra hands for food and hospitality.  You are able to sign up to help in CutTime to help with registration or hospitality.

Students - we require all wind ensemble and symphonic band students to serve one shift either Friday or Saturday.  Students serve as judge assistants and runners throughout the 2 days.  A sign up sheet will be posted in the band room starting this week.

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 that 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 2025June 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

Winter Guard 
The schedule can be viewed here.  

First competition - January 25th at Mortimer Jordan HS 
Tentative Performance time 4:10 pm.
Tentative departure time on school bus from HHS 12:00 pm. (eat lunch prior to arriving)
Tentative Award Ceremony (comments only) - 7:40 pm.
Tentative Back at School - 10:00 pm

St. Louis Trip Update! Thursday May 1 - Saturday, May 3.

The Cardinals organization let us down in their information regarding the national anthem.  We are no longer going to be able to perform for the game.  We are very disappointed in the way we were treated with this situation.  We are working on another performance plan.

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
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Upcoming Dates
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.

• Band Student Account Balances, band fees
• Business or Individual Sponsorships
• Fundraising Questions 
• Volunteering/Chaperones 
• Cut Time, Band App, or Social Media Questions 
• Senior Night 
• Uniforms (except color guard uniforms)  
• Color Guard including uniforms (except for absences, conflicts, or grades) 
• Percussion 
• General Band Boosters Questions 

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