HHS BAND WEEKLY NEWSLETTER October 7 - October 13, 2024

Things We Like

Last Friday, we traveled to Austin with our small but mighty crew to cheer on HHS. The seniors in attendance had a fantastic time conducting the band in the stands!

​Fundraising Night

Do you have the meal planning blues? Struggling to come to terms with fall break coming to an end? Let us help you!

Join us at Taziki’s Mediterranean Cafe on Whitesburg Drive! Enjoy a relaxing Mediterranean dinner and support the Huntsville High School Band!

Tuesday, October 8th from 5-8pm.
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***You will need a coupon/flyer for the band to receive credit. We’ll share it before Tuesday.

​Weekly Schedule

Monday: Off
Tuesday:  Marching Rehearsal 4-6.  Color Guard only 4-7
Wednesday:  Homecoming Rehearsal 4-5 pm (may be done early)
Thursday:  No after school rehearsal.  Parade 6:00 pm - see schedule
Friday:  Pep Rally at 10:00 am.  Homecoming Game vs. Albertville @Milton Frank Stadium

Thursday - Parade Information
Schedule
3:40 pm - School Dismisses.  Go eat dinner/break
5:00 pm - Back at school.
5:30 pm - Line up for parade (we are towards the very front)
6:00 pm - Parade Steps off
6:45 pm - Parade is over
7:00 pm - Go Home!

What to wear
Students will be in full band uniforms.
Color Guard will be in show uniform (Rach Star) uniform unless Huntsville Band Color Guard uniforms get situated in time.

More information:
To my knowledge, there has been no change to the parade route from previous years.  It will start by the baseball field, cross Bob Wallace, make our way to Mayfair park, and return to the school, finishing on Marcheutz Dr.  A map will be posted to social media this week.

Gameday Information and Schedule

Schedule
"B" Day load - load after pep rally
10:00 am - Pep Rally.  Band wears dry fit shirt.  Color Guard wears lululemon color guard skirts and t-shirt.  
3:40 pm - School dismisses!
5:30 pm - Meet at Milton Frank - unload equipment
5:45 pm - Sectionals/Section warm ups
6:10 pm - Full Band Warm up
6:30 pm - Line up for pregame
6:45 pm - March in!  Pregame show/National Anthem.
7:00 pm - Game Starts - we will be performing the homecoming halftime show/homecoming court announcement during halftime and our full show after the game!

~9:30 pm - Game ends.  Perform Show after the game.  Load equipment.

Uniform
Full Marching Uniform

Color Guard will be in Show (Classic Rach) Uniform unless we have our school HHS Band color guard uniforms ready.

Things you need
Instrument/Equipment (you are responsible for making sure it gets loaded)
FULL WATER JUG (the one you use for rehearsal)
Flip folder with stand tunes (winds and percussion)
All accessories (guard pom poms, reeds, sticks, mouthpieces, etc...)

St. Louis Trip Update! Thursday May 1 - Saturday, May 3
Based on the survey sent out, we have over 90 students interested in the trip, so we are confident we will have the number to support 90 paid travelers. All students in the Huntsville High School Band (which includes concert only students and color guard members) are welcome to join 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

Marching Competition - Saturday, October 19th (scheduled edited slightly from last week's newsletter)

We received the schedule for our October 19th competition early.  We will send out more information the week before, but here is the tentative schedule for that day:

Stone River Classic - Murfreesboro October 19th

7:45 am Band Room Open
8:15 am  All students in the band room 
8:30 am  Meet and Load.
8:45 am  Depart on 3 charter buses to Murfreesboro.
11:00  Lunch at Town Centre on Old Fort Parkway (Exit 78B) in Murfreesboro. (Chik fil a, whataburger, wendys, Steak and Shake, Target with Starbucks, KFC)
12:00 Back on bus.  Depart to stadium.  This is the same place we ate dinner before DCI this summer (for those that went)
12:30  Change/unload truck
1:50 pm Line up to move to warm up.
2:00 pm  Warm up
2:30 pm Travel
2:45 pm PRELIMS PERFORMANCE!!
2:30  pm  Return to truck/buses.   Get out of uniform.  Watch bands/eat dinner.
4:15 pm Prelims Awards.  Get Finals times and info.
6:00 pm Finals performances begin.  We will load truck and get out of uniform after finals performance as long as time permits before awards.  Free time to watch bands or eat concessions before Awards.  
8:00 pm Last Finals performance.
8:30 pm Riverdale HS Band (host) Performs
8:45 pm Finals Awards
9:30 pm Depart  
11:30 pm Arrive Back at HHS 

Upcoming Dates
Friday, October 18th - Game at Florence HS (leaving before school ends)
Saturday, October 19th - Marching Competition - Stones River Classic in Murfreesboro, Tn (all day event)
Friday, October 25th - Game vs. Bob Jones @ Madison City Stadium.
Saturday, October 26th - Marching Competition - Trussville, Al
Tuesday, October 29th - Fall Concert 7:30 pm (note the time).  HCMS band will be performing their Halloween concert at 6:00 pm in the auditorium this night as well.  
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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 

​A Big Thank You to Our Sponsor: The Biscuit Express