HHS Band weekly newsletter october 24-28, 2022

We begin every newsletter with... 

... Things We Like! 

Top to bottom, the best performance yet of our 2022 Show!  Congratulations to the Seniors, to the Leadership Team, to the directors and crew... and especially the students who make up the mighty Crimson Panther Marching Band! 

Schedule for the Week

Monday - Symphonic Band Rehearsal 4:00 - 5:30 pm
Tuesday - Off.  Band Board Meeting.  Woodwind Quintet performing for school board meeting.  
Wednesday - Off
Thursday - Marching Rehearsal 4-5:00 pm (1 hour only).  HCMS Halloween Concert at 6:00 pm at HCMS.  Mrs. Parker needs HHS students to judge Halloween costumes.
Friday  -  Football Game @Hazel Green

We will be transitioning to concert season after school rehearsals.   Symphonic Band rehearsals (Mondays 4:00-5:30 pm) will start Monday, October 24th.  Wind Ensemble after school rehearsals (Tuesday and Thursdays 4-5:30) will start next week (November 1st).

Playoff Information

After a confusing past few weeks, the football team made the playoffs as the #3 seed.   Congrats to Coach Fleetwood and our football team!   They will be playing the #2 Birmingham region seed Thompson High School in Alabaster on Friday, November 4th.  We have asked the school to provide us the funding for buses for this game.  More information coming.  We know there are unavoidable conflicts with theater students involved with Disenchanted.

Gameday Information - Friday

Schedule
Load trucks during classes - "B" Day Load
3:40 pm - School ends.  Make sure all equipment is loaded.  Go Eat Dinner or bring dinner to school.
5:00 pm - Meet back at school.
5:15 pm - Depart for Hazel Green HS in uniform.
6:00 pm - Arrive at Hazel Green HS.  Unload, warm up.
6:40 pm - Enter Stadium
7:00 pm -Game starts
~9:30 pm - Game ends. 
10:15 pm - Depart 
11:00 pm - Return to HHS.  Don't not park on Billie Watkins St.  

What to wear
New Uniforms!    Black Bibbers, black under shirt, black socks, black shoes, black gloves, gauntlets, and shako.  We will give you your plume at the game.  

Color Guard uniform - your show uniform and accessories.

Other information

The game is at Hazel Green High School - 14380 US-231, Hazel Green, AL 35750

Pictures / Veteran's Day Parade

We have many reasons to do group photos with our marching band in full uniform.   In addition to doing this yearly, we also need a group photo for the London New Year's Day Parade to use and for the Wind Ensemble to use in their program for their AMEA performance on Friday, January 20th in Birmingham.   Now that we have these uniforms, we are beginning to make plans for this.  

We are looking at doing these in Big Spring Park the morning of the Veteran's Day Parade on Friday, November 11 (no school this day).  This is the most convenient time we can find to do this!  A schedule is coming, but plan on pictures around 8:30 am that morning with parade line up around 10:00 am.

New York Trip for Band Seniors - Spring Break.

We need to know your committment to this trip and who may accompany you for our planning purposes.  Please fill this form out by next Sunday.  Information on the trip is included in the form.  

https://forms.gle/KKjsxE9sHdjziU2f9

London Connection! - FIRST PAYMENT DUE NOV. 1!

The first payment of $200 is due by November 1, 2022.  Please provide as many details as necessary with your payment on who is applies to.  For example, if I have 4 people going, I would make a payment for $800 and include in the memo every person going and their relationship to the student.  This helps us keep all of our records accurate!

Bob Smith, student
Jane Smith, Mother
Joe Smith, Dad
Jane Jones, Grandmother

 You can pay via Venmo, mail a check to our PO Box, or turn into the band box!

London information can be found in our google drive. Click here to access google drive

Upcoming Events
Tuesday, November 1 - London Payment #1 Due!!
Wednesday, November 2 - Halloween Party after school - organized by our student social chairs.
Thursday, November 3 - Fall Concert!  Band Booster Fee Payment #3 Due - remaining balance.
Friday, November 4 - Playoff Game at Thompson High School in Alabaster. (pending funds)
Friday, November 11 - Veteran's Day Parade
Tuesday, December 6th - Christmas Concert