This Week in Band 10/6/14

This Week in Band

Advanced Band

• Monday - Football game at Franklin Stadium.  Refer to itinerary that was sent home with the permission slip.  Students will stay after school for rehearsal and leave by bus for Franklin Stadium.  Located at Ben Franklin Middle School on Hillcrest Drive.  Students should bring a sack lunch or $5 for pizza.  We will return to Walker at 8:30PM.  Students can be picked up at the game at 8:00PM or at Walker at 8:30PM
• Thursday - Parade at WT White High School.  Advanced band members will perform at the WT White homecoming parade at 4:30PM.  Students should be picked up at WT White HS in the East parking lot by the portable buildings.  There will NOT be a bus coming back to Walker.  
• After School - Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday every week the band hall is open for practice from 3:45 to 5:00.  Woodwinds have a required section rehearsal on Tuesdays.  Brass and Percussion are Thursdays.  There is a bus that will transport students to their home elementary schools at 5:30 each of the three days.
• Students should be practicing and preparing the scales and music for All-City Auditions that take place Nov 3 at Walker MS

Beginning Band

• Morning practice times start this week.  The band hall opens every day at 8AM.  Students are encouraged to come in before school to take advantage of the time and have supervised practice time
• Students should be practicing Lessons 1 - 5 this week