Hello all,

Thank you to my 7th grade students and parents for an awesome rehearsal after school yesterday. We had excellent attendance and the band is going to sound awesome at the concert on October 26th. 

Now it’s the 8th grade bands turn to have an awesome rehearsal.  Football players, I have spoken with Coach New and he has given me the green light to have you attend this rehearsal until 4pm tomorrow. I also know of a few cross country runners that will be with me until they leave for practice so this should be a well attended rehearsal. 

For those that are in Trojan band we will walk to the CHS band room to perform at the football game after rehearsal. We should be done around 7pm. 

Thanks all

Looking forward to another day full of band tomorrow. 

Hello all,

As we get closer and closer to our October 26th concert we need to hold an after school rehearsal to put the bands together. Please make sure your child attends these rehearsals. 

Tuesday Oct 13th – 7th grade will rehearse from 3-4:30 at the JH band room. 

Thursday Oct 15th – 8th grade will rehearse from 3-4:30 at the JH band room. Following this rehearsal we will walk to the HS band room for the Trojan band playoff game. 

Please make sure your child participates in all after school rehearsals this week it is vital to our success for our concert on October 26th. 

Thanks

Hello All,

Thank you to my awesome volunteer mom’s who came to help sort, you did such a fantastic job getting everything put together and organized.  A huge thank you to everyone who sold cookie dough to help support the band or to help fund your Carowinds Trip.  I will be releasing all the forms and info very soon for the 8th grade spring trip to Carowinds so look for an information sheet and health form very soon.

Thank you again,

Mr. Huls

Hello all,

Just a friendly reminder that cookie dough orders will be here tomorrow. Please make sure if you have a large order (6 or more boxes) you will need to come pick it up, it will be too large to take on the bus.

Remember the dough needs to stay frozen so distribute it as soon as possible or get it into the freezer as soon as you get home. 

If you can come help sort orders in the morning please stop by. I will have doughnuts and coffee for you.

Thanks all

Hello All,

Today I sent home playing test reports and progress reports with all 8th grade students.  On the report are some details about your child’s performance on their chair test and some insight into how they have been performing in class so far this year.  This is designed to be honest feedback on what they are doing, how they are doing it, and what they can do to improve.  The playing test reports should be signed and returned to me ASAP for a grade in class.

I did this process with the 7th grade grade band members a few weeks ago, so 7th grade parents you should have seen them already.  If not please let me know and Ill get you a new one.

Only a couple more weeks in this grading period so if you need to improve a grade the time is now.  The band room is open everyday after school and every morning at 7:15am for anyone that wants to pass off grades, or turn in late work.

Thanks all

Mr. Huls

Hello All

Due to the 90% chance of rain and thunderstorms, I am going to have to call off the performance today at the 8th grade football game.  I will let the kids know in class today so that everyone has plenty of time to make travel arrangements home.

Thanks

Mr. Huls

Thank you to everyone who sold cookie dough to help support the band or earn money toward their spring trip. 

The Junior High delivery date is Wednesday Oct 7th. I will need around 8-10 volunteers to come to the junior high at around 10 AM to help sort. If you can help please email me. 

Students will come home with their dough from school that day and it will need to be delivered immediately or stored in a freezer until it can be delivered. If you have a large order (more than 6 boxes) please plan on picking it up after school. 

Thanks all. 

Hello All,

This week there are no events happening after school, please make sure your children are practicing hard at home for District Honor Band auditions or for our upcoming concert on October 26th. 

PRIVATE LESSONS:

We have a number of students who have started private lessons since my private lesson post.  Students who take a private lesson either once a week or once every two weeks find that they enjoy band class more, achieve a higher chair position, and are prepared to participate in District Honor Band events.  Here are some of the instruments taking lessons throughout the week at school:

Mondays:  We currently have a Clarinet Teacher visiting the band room.

Tuesdays:  We currently have a Trumpet and Trombone teacher visiting the band room.

Thursdays:  We currently have an Alto Saxophone teacher visiting the band room.  (Benjamin Lively offers his first lesson for free!!!)

I have also had a number of students meet the instructors at UWG later in the day because that is what works best for the teacher and the parents schedule.

It is very exciting to see my students take their music education to the next level, I recommend it for all my band students.

Here is the updated private Instructor list again:

Instructors:

Flute:

• Valyncia Allen, vallen6@my.westga.edu

Clarinet:

• Valeetia Allen, vallen5@my.westga.edu
• Kyle Willoughby,  kylewilloughby318@yahoo.com

Oboe / Bassooon:

• Mike Maxwell, maxwemike@gmail.com

Saxophone:

• Ben Lively,  blively2@my.westga.edu

French Horn:

• Casey Hitzges,  caseyhitzges@yahoo.com

Trumpet:

• Zoe Kriegel, zkriege1@my.westga.edu

Trombone:

• Keidis Smith, ksmith70@my.westga.edu

Baritone / Tuba:

• Jon Buchholz, jbuchho1@my.westga.edu
• Kevin Hays, khays2@my.westga.edu

Percussion:

• Ryan Sanders, rsander6@my.westga.edu
• Emily Olson, eolson1@my.westga.edu

Thursdays 8th Grade Football game is a home game and will occur at Grisham Stadium at the HS.

Here is the Itinerary:

4:45pm – Students arrive to the Don Hall Band Room at the HS (behind the away stands) in uniform.

5:20pm – Play Pre-game and National Anthem in the stands

5:30pm – Game Starts

6:15pm – Eat pizza at the HS Band Room during half time.

7:00pm – Pickup for the HS Band Room.

A couple of friendly reminders:

1. I will need several parents to come help move equipment, setup, tear down, and pizza service.  Please email me if you are available.
2. If your child needs to stay after school until 4:45pm they will be allowed to, they will meet me right after school and we will walk as a group to the HS band room.  They should have something quiet to work on (like homework) at the HS.
3. Nothing will occur at the Junior High band room for this game, drop off and pick up should be at the HS band room behind the away stands at the HS stadium.

Thanks all

Mr. Huls

Hello all,

A friendly reminder that all cookie dough orders are due tomorrow.  Please be sure to check the following items before turning in your order.

1.  Make sure your order and your money match.  (please double check this) remove any names of people that did not pay.
2. Place all cash, and checks into one envelope, write your name on it, and staple it to the order form.
3. Be sure to write the total number of boxes at the bottom of the form.
4. Do not use dash marks for number of boxes, use actual numbers (sometimes two dashes looks like 11 boxes and not 2)
5. If you sold 10 or more add a name at the bottom of the order called “FREE BOX” and pick which one you want, this can be factored into your bottom total but not the cost of the order.

I will be counting the orders this week and will get them shipped off immediately.

Still one more night to sell, keep going!!!!!!!

Thanks

Mr. Huls