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Homecoming Week Activities/Schedule

  Homecoming Week: Wednesday:   Homecoming Parade:  All marching band members report to the band room BY 5:30 PM.   The Homecoming Parade begins in the bus pick-up / drop-off area at 6 PM!  Please wear your Band Polos!  NO EVENING BAND PRACTICE ! Thursday:   Last after school marching band practice ( This is a big one so if you usually attend your after school athletic practice please try to ask your coach to be excused) .  We want the Homecoming Show to be a big one + we're performing the entire festival show, not just the football show! Friday:  3:15 - 4:00:  Run through of the Pre-Game Show ONLY !  ON THE FIELD.  This is also the 7th Grade Band Night so please help us by guiding them in the right direction, and by letting them share your flip books in the stands!  We'll bring a rack of black music stands so you can all share with the younger kids!  Be yourselves, but don't get overly crazy...we don't want to "s...

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

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 ...

Marching Band Logistics: Week of September 8th-13th

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.