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What's up this Week??? 9/15 - 9/20

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This week in Marching Band... Wednesday :  Full Ensemble rehearsal from 6:00 - 8:30 PM. ( Everyone please bring your hat and jacket to the practice !) Thursday:   Full Ensemble reahearsal from 3:15 - 4:45 PM ( yes, you'll need your hats and jackets again!) Friday:   Full Ensemble rehearsal from 3:15 - 4:30 PM, followed by trailer loading, band dinner and suiting-up.  (We will mainly practice the pre-game in this rehearsal + a "run" of the "football show", i.e., no pre-show or props.) Saturday:  Farm Festival Parade and Park Performance ( summer uniform ) - Band member report time: 9:00 AM , Line up at 9:30 AM and step off at 1 0:00 AM New Albany Marching Band Festival ( Full Uniform ) - Band member report time:  4:00 PM , Buses leave at 5:00 PM , Food trucks open at 6:00 PM, Festival begins at 7:00 PM NOTE :   Parents were sent pre-ticket order forms through their email via Google Classroom.  Please check your email accounts and save some ...
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Marching Band Logistics: Week of September 8th-13th

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This week's Marching Band Logistics and Info... Wednesday:  6:00 - 9:00 PM - Marching Band Practice Thursday:  3:15 - 4:45 PM - Marching Band Practice Friday:  3:15 - 4:30 PM - Marching Band Practice, followed by trailer loading, band dinner, shoe and instrument polishing and suiting-up. (away game) Saturday:  Mt. Vernon High School Band Show - Band member report time to the practice field is 4PM , followed by trailer loading and shoe and instrument shining.  The bus will leave CHS at 5:30 PM and the Mt. Vernon Show begins at 7:00 PM .  Tickets are available at the gate for $8. Next Saturday :   New Albany Marching Band Festival @ 7:00 PM. (Student report time to be 4:00 PM and buses will leave at 5:00 PM.) The Final Marching Band Show  is at Xenia High School on Saturday, October 18th:   Times TBA. Please refer to the Marching Band Calendar, Music Department Calendar and the Marching Band Handbook for information.
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Great 1st Show!!

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Congratulations to the Marching Band... Congrats for a great first performance!  Please be sure to review your UDB and go over both the music and drill for part 3 as we will be learning it this Wednesday evening! *  Just a reminder about attendance ... We're beginning to get last minute surprises about band members not being able to be at some Wednesday evening rehearsals.  PLEASE..... unless you have an approved " school-sanctioned " athletic competition, do not miss Wednesday evening band practices.  This is the only time we introduce and learn new material.  If you are absent it throws everyone off when you return and don't know what was taught!  All fall athletic schedules were due in the band office by the 1st day of band camp on July 21st .   That way we are able to plan our rehearsals efficiently. Thanks for your cooperation!!  😀
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  More Marching Band Reminders... #1. This week begins our Fall Practice Schedule .  Practices are:  Wednesdays from 6:00 - 9:00 PM and Thursdays from 3:15 - 5:00 PM #2. Fridays there is band practice from 3:15-4:30 PM followed by trailer loading, band dinner, and suiting-up for the performances. #3  Proper Marching Band Practice attire :  Shorts, t shirts and sneakers.  No long pants, boots, crocs, etc...  All our teams change and dress appropriately for their practices...and we're no different. #4 Just a reminder that all students registered for the HS Band class and required to participate in marching band.. .unless they have received special permission from the administration due to an illness or major scheduling conflict.  Marching band is part of the band curriculum and is not an extra-curricular activity. #5 1st Home game against Utica this Friday...Polos and khakis!!! PLEASE NOTE:   As per our recent agreement with the school adminis...
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Marching Band Reminders!

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  Welcome back everyone! Just a reminder that we have marching band practice (full Ensemble) this coming Wednesday and Thursday evening from 6-8 PM .  Attendance is mandatory.  All brass and woodwind players will need to be sure they have a LYRE for their instrument for this Thursday as we will be doing the pre-game and you'll need your flip folder attached to your instrument.    Lyres are available at most music stores...BUT are peculiar to the make and model of the instrument.  They ARE NOT a one-size-fits-all thingy! Next week we begin our Wednesday evening and Thursday afternoon band practices.  There will most likely also be some sectional rehearsals as needed, but we will reveal those to you once we can meet as a band staff to determine the times. NOTE:   "IF" you are a fall athlete then, as usual and as it has been done for 25 years, you should be willing to miss one after school athletic practice per week to attend Thursday afternoon ba...
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Everybody get Pumped... Here comes Band Camp '25!!!

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 Greetings to all our wonderful TPMB Members and their families! I hope your summer has been fun so far and you've had time to relax and unwind  from the end of the school year!  Thanks to all of you who participated in both the Memorial Day Parade Ceremony AND the USA Days Parade.  A special thanks goes out to Mrs. Teschler and Mr. Lunder for stepping up to the Plate to take charge for the USA Days Parade.  I have literally been all over the country for over a month, and as I write this, am still 1500 miles from Centerburg....but thinking about you nonetheless! Just a couple things so you can get ready for camp!  SEE BELOW🠋 1.  By now all band members should have enrolled in the Marchingbandmovement.com course.  I had sent you the link back in May and told you to please go through some of it so you were ready for camp.  Each night of the first week of camp we will send out a short video assignment for you to complete.  These are marc...
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Tentative Band Camp Schedule 2025

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  Tentative Band Camp Schedule : Hello all band members and families... While we have all the band camp dates set as per on the music website, we are still ironing out a few schedules and will let you know the final one as soon as possible.  We have a number of instructors...all of which work full time jobs and/or attend college classes during the summer.  We need to schedule the kids for when the instructors can also be present...to teach.  We should have this in place by the weekend and will post it, update it and shoot it out there to everyone as soon as we can!  Please see what we currently do have in place (below)... Band Camp Week #1   (July 21st - 25th) Monday :   9AM - 12 Noon - Student Leadership Training, 1PM - 4PM - New Member Orientation (includes ALL incoming 8th and 9th graders). Tuesday : 9AM - 12 Noon - Visual Design Team Meeting, 1PM - 4PM - ALL brass and woodwinds players Wednesday :  9AM - 12 Noon - Band Managers and Drum ...
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