Centerburg Music Department

  Update for the weekend... Attention:  Ticket pre-sales for Saturday's New Albany Band Show may be purchased at: https:/sites.google.com/napls.us/newalbanyband/marching-band-festival?authuser=0 Spectator tickets also available at the gate! Friday Night ... It's 7th Grade Band Night! 3:15 - 4:30:     Band practice 4:30 PM:          Load trailer 5:00 PM:        Pizza and soda. (Please be sure to sign-up for pizza AND give-in your $3!) 6:00 PM:          Meet at the elementary, tune and warm up with 7th graders 6:30 PM:          Enter stadium for pre-game Saturday Evening ...  New Albany Band Show. 7PM start time. 4:15 PM          Band member report time to band room (polish shoes, instruments) 4:45 PM          Load buses and leave for New Albany 5:45 PM          Arrive at New Albany  (we will partake of the food trucks prior to the start of the festival at 7 PM.)   Be sure to bring $ !!! 7:00 PM          Band show begins.  We are the first band on! 8:30 PM          Show conclud

  Great job on Saturday everybody!  We scored a rating of " EXCELLENT ".  In case you are unaware, the ratings for competitions are: Superior Excellent Good Fair Poor * Judges score sheets will be posted on the whiteboard.  Audio adjudications will be reviewed in band classes! This week's marching band schedule ... Monday:  6:00 - 8:00 PM practice.          Wednesday:  3:15 - 5:00 practice.     Friday:  3:15 - 4:30 practice Friday football game:  Home Game. (It's 7th grade band night so they'll be in the stands with us!) Saturday: (  New Albany Marching Band Festival ) begins 7 PM. *NOTE:  Band members and parents:  There are some students whose pants are exceedingly long.  They are all bunched-up and are even sliding underneath their shoes as they're marching. It is the student's/parent's responsibility to have them hemmed/adjusted if needed!  Also... black socks are required.  Please do not wear ankle socks.  the skin of your ankles should not be

  We apologize for the confusion...  but unfortunately the schools are experiencing a driver shortage.  Last week even some of the athletic teams needed to provide their own transportation to games and meets. In any case... 1). We do have 2 buses scheduled for this Saturday and students are signing on to a buses as we speak. 2)  Thank you to all the parents who came quickly to the rescue by volunteering their driving services.  We actually had 60% of the b and assigned to cars by 10 AM today.  Although you might not be needed for transportation, please come and cheer-on the band !  The massed band finale is at 4 PM and we take the field for performance at 11:35 AM! 3). The schedule is the same... 8:00 AM. School report time 9:00 AM.  Buses leave 10:00 AM registration at the university 11:05 AM various marching band clinics 11:35 AM Performance 4:00 PM   Massed band performance 5:00 PM?  Return to school *Tickets are $5 pp. at the gate and concessions are available!   See ya's the

  ATTENTION FAMILIES...! Unfortunately we were unable to be supplied with buses for our Saturday Band Show at Ohio Wesleyan University.  There are simply not enough drivers at this time!   So... We need parent volunteers to carpool students to the band show AND bring them back to school again once the band festival is over. We have School permission forms for both drivers and students that will need to be filled out before we leave! We'll need to pull-out at 9 AM and we'll be returning about 5 PM . PLEASE shoot either Mr. Dettmar or Mrs. Teschler an e-mail or phone call if you're able to help us. Band Office Phone:  740-625-6055, ext. 2185 chuck.dettmar@centerburgschools.org anne.teschler@centerburgschools.org * Please be sure to specify how many students you can fit in your car.  Thanks!

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  Saturday 9/25  Update:    For Ohio Wesleyan University Marching Band Clinic & Show 8:00 AM:    Report to school. (Same protocol as previous post!) 10:00 AM:  Check-IN 10:30 AM:  Pit Instruments unload / Band Warm-Up. 11:05 AM:  Marching Band Masterclasses/clinics 11:45 AM:  CHS Trojan Pride Performance 4:20 PM:    Massed Band Performance and awards NOTE:  Spectator information links will be available on Tuesday!!

  Weekly Update: #1... Great show Friday night!  You are to be commended for how you handled the uniforms.  It was hot!  But you dealt with it, and kept things together!  Congrats! #1A:  We'll be starting the senior show this week so please be sure to have your dots, 3-ring binders and flip books  ready.  YOU MAY USE YOUR FLIP BOOK FOR THIS SHOW AND IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE MEMORIZED! #1B: This coming Wednesday Dr. Richard Edwards from Ohio Wesleyan University will be joining the period 9 High School Band.   He'll be presenting his program as well as working with the band on a selection we'll be performing with all the other bands this coming Saturday ( Salvation is Created ).  8th Graders will be excused from their 9th period class to join us on the stage!  Yes... your teachers already know! # 2. This week practices:  Monday evening from 6:30 - 8:30 PM. DRUM LINE will be holding clinics from 5:30 - 6:15 PM  (before the 6:30 practice) for the remainder of the season. P

 Update: Upcoming Events: Wednesday, 9/15:   CHS Homecoming Parade (evening... exact times TBA) POLOS/KHAKIS Friday, 9/17:  Homecoming Game against Highland  7 PM... FULL UNIFORM ... Please refer to the marching band handbook for instructions! Saturday, 9/18:  Centerburg Old Time Farm Festival Parade - 10 AM (exact times TBA)... FULL UNIFORM . Next Week: Friday, 9/24:  Away Game against Cardington 7 PM Saturday, 9/25:   Ohio Wesleyan University Marching Band Clinic and Performance ... FULL UNIFORM * Load trailer at 9:00 AM * Buses leave at 9:30 AM * Trojan Pride Band performs in the OWU Stadium at 11:35 AM. Tickets are $5 per person at the gate!  Come cheer us on! NOTES:    RIDING THE BUS ...  Generally speaking, everyone goes on the bus and comes home on the bus!  The only exceptions would be an emergency.  While it isn't a big deal if a parent (once in a blue moon) asks to take their student home from the game, it can cause some logistical issues including:  Getting the in