Things We Like Members of our leadership team visited Blossomwood Elementary School, one of our feeder schools, to help celebrate their PBIS Kickoff! Our students enjoyed performing for the Blossomwood Panthers and sharing their excitement for music. We look forward to seeing these young musicians grow and join the HHS Band family in the years ahead. Boston Butt and Poinsettia Fundraisers Boston Butt Sale – $60 each (8–10 lbs) Slow-cooked by Chuck Wagon BBQ — perfect for tailgates or family meals! Orders due: Oct. 15 Pickup: Oct. 25 Payment: Venmo @HuntsvilleHS-BandParentAssoc Help us reach our goal—share with friends and family! Share on Facebook | Share on Instagram Print Order Form Poinsettia Sale – Red, White, or Pink Add holiday cheer to your home or office! Sizes & Prices: 6” – $12 | 8” – $20 | 10” – $25 Orders due: Oct. 31 Delivery: Week before Thanksgiving through 2nd week of December Payment: Venmo @HuntsvilleHS-BandParentAssoc Spread the word to help support the band! Share on Facebook | Share on Instagram Print Order Form Thank you for supporting the HHS Band! Fall Break Game UpdateStudents and Parents, I have made the decision for the band to not attend the Fall break game. I know some of you were looking forward to the optional game, so I am sorry we have to cancel. We are still working through Friday. There were football players on the field during our halftime show specifically in areas where our students were performing. They ran into color guard members and cursed at them. There was also an incident between some players and me when I was trying to avoid this from happening on the sideline. There are reports of some football players threatening band members after the game. We feel like a break is needed. Some of you may and should be angry at this, but know we are taking care of it. I am proud of how our students conduct themselves every day. We have the best kids and families. Don’t say or do anything that would put any blame on us. Let us handle this situation. I hope you all have a terrific fall break!!! Thank you for everything you do. Stuart Tankesley Tennessee Valley Marching Invitational - Saturday, October 18thSchedule 9:30-11:30 am Rehearsal 11:30 - 12:00 pack/load (Truck will be loaded by the field) 12:00-1:30 pm- Lunch on your own 1:30 pm - Meeting in the band room (not traveling in uniform) 1:45 pm -Depart on 3 charter buses. 3:10 pm - Arrive at Muscle Shoals HS. Unload trucks When we arrive, help unload, go watch performances, get food. 6:00 pm Everyone back by the trucks, getting in uniform and preparing for warm up 6:40 pm Lined up to move to warm up 6:55 pm Warm up 7:25 pm Travel 7:35 pm Gate 7:40 pm PERFORMANCE. Load equipment immediately after performance and return to the stadium for awards. 9:00 pm Awards and possible UNA exhibition after awards (we've seen them twice so we may not stay depending on the timing of everything) 10:00 pm Depart 11:30 pm Back at School Location Muscle Shoals High School and Middle School: James F. Moore Stadium Spectators should note that James F. Moore Stadium is located behind Muscle Shoals Middle School (100 Trojan Drive) NOT Muscle Shoals High School Transportation 3 Charter Buses Uniform FULL BAND UNIFORM!!!!! Please make sure you have everything in your garment bag!! Winds and Percussion: Black full length (not short ankle) socks Black Marching Shoes Shako (except Tubas and front ensemble) Gauntlets Gloves (except percussion) Jacket/Bibbers Wear your dry fit polo under your uniform. Hair should be pulled back off of your face. No jewelry Color Guard show uniform with black jazz shoes, tan gloves, gold clip on earrings. Hair should be pulled back off of your face. No jewelry (unless it's part of your uniform). Things you need Instrument or equipment (larger instruments loaded on trailer and brough to stadium - you are responsible for making sure YOUR instrument/equipment gets loaded or placed in the proper location to get loaded) Water jug Money for food SNACKS/extra drinks (sometimes the concession lines can get long) All accessories (sticks, guard poms, mouthpieces, reeds, etc) Things everyone should know
Spring TripWe have officially been approved for the Orlando trip departing Wednesday evening March 11th and returning Monday morning, March 16th. Full information on this trip is found in Cut Time in an announcement/email message from August 19th. ALL SPOTS FOR THE TRIP ARE CURRENTLY FILLED. HOWEVER, WE ARE LESS THAN 5 SPOTS AVAILABLE FROM MAKING A 3RD BUS AND GETTING EVERYONE ON THE WAITING LIST GOING. IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT GOING (STUDENTS OR PARENTS) AND HAVEN'T SIGNED UP, PLEASE JOIN OUR WAITING LIST. OUR GOAL IS TO INCLUDE EVERYONE WITHOUT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTING THE PRICE. HUNTSVILLE HS BAND in Orlando, FL, USA Marching Band Field Trip!!!! Thursday, October 16thWe are teaming up with Hampton Cove Elementary School and providing a great music opportunity for their kindergarten students on Thursday, October 16th. During the morning hours (during school), we are planning to bus to Milton Frank and meet our HCES friends. We are planning to do an interactive instrument and color guard/majorette experience, learning about all the different instruments and marching band. We will play our stand tunes and do our competition halftime show performance before returning to school around lunch time. More information to come! Clarinets and Saxophone - Reed Day on Wednesday, November 5thDr. Melissa Koprowski is a VanDoren performing artist who lives here in town. Although from Alabama, she has taught all over the US including being a clarinet professor at the University of Wisconsin. She "retired" to be a full time mom to her 6 kids. Every few years, she comes and does a special reed presentation during class to our clarinets and saxophones that's really helpful to them. She will have free reeds for them to try and give away as part of the presentation. Unfortunately, she is only available during our B day 1st period band class, but if there is a concert only student who wants to join us, please see Mr. Tankesley and we can ask your teacher for permission to come. Courtyard by Marriott Performance - November 13th Courtyard by Marriott on University Dr is doing a grand re-opening on Thursday, November 13th after school from 4-6. Our leadership team will be performing. Any other marching band students that want to join us are welcome! Courtyard by Marriott is giving us a donation and allowing us some free hotel rooms for our clinicians. Trumpet and Trombone MutesAll trumpet and trombone players in the HHS Band program should own a metal straight mute. These are easy to find at one of the local music stores (Gadsden, Hallman's, Madison Band Supply) or ordered online. Dennis Wick, Jo Ral, Tom Crown, Yamaha, and Bach are all good straight mute companies. College CornerUniversities often offer marching band days, instrument days, and honor bands as a way to give high school students additional opportunities and recruit for their university. If you are interested in doing one of these events, they are generally marked as an administrative absence or field trip (excused by the school). I would be happy to do a form or recommendation to get anyone involved if you are interested. I will attempt to post SOME of the events offered in our state and area, but there are many so not everything will get posted on here! It's a great chance to meet new people, experience college music, and see a university you may be interested in attending in the future. The vast majority of events are open to all high school students (grades 9-12).
Upcoming DatesOctober 16th - Marching Band and HCES collaboration during school day at Milton Frank. October 17th - Football Game vs. Florence at Milton Frank Stadium October 18th - Band Competition (all day) at Muscle Shoals October 22nd - Homecoming Marching Band Rehearsal 4-5 pm (Wed) October 23rd - Homecoming Parade (No rehearsal - just marching the parade) October 24th - Homecoming Game vs. Bob Jones (Milton Frank) October 28th - Fall Concert (All students) October 30th (THURS) - Final regular season game vs. Lee at Milton Frank November 5 - Reed Day for Clarinets and Saxophones during 1st block November 11 Veteran's Day Parade November 13th - Leadership performance at reopening of Courtyard by Marriott Huntsville. The 25-26 Band Schedule can be found here and on the Cut Time calendar. Questions/Concerns? Please Contact The Following:Grades, missing rehearsals/absences, conflicts, instruments, general band questions - [email protected] or [email protected] For color guard, contact Annabelle Rizzardi at [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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