Sunday, September 27, 2015

This Week in Band! WT White Homecoming Parade

This week in Band!


Beginning students


Beginners are working on fundamentals!  Each beginning student is working hard to complete the following assignments in order to get to start taking their instrument home:

  • Turn in their instrument form and fee
  • Demonstrate they can assemble and disassemble their instrument properly and be able to explain the process
  • Produce a characteristic tone on the mouthpiece and the first 5 notes on the fully assembled instrument while maintaining proper hand position, posture and focus


Advanced Band


Advanced students have a parade Thursday. It will be at WT White High School. The parade kicks off around 4 and will be finished around 5. Pick up your student at WT White in the parking lot on the North East side of the building on Welch Road.  Here is a link to a map.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/W.+T.+White+High+School,+4505+Ridgeside+Dr,+Dallas,+TX+75244,+United+States/@32.9173545,-96.8315786,16z/data=!4m6!1m3!3m2!1s0x864c20ca452247cd:0xd0c6967848310678!2sW.+T.+White+High+School,+4505+Ridgeside+Dr,+Dallas,+TX+75244!3m1!1s0x864c20ca452247cd:0xd0c6967848310678?hl=en

Schedules and permission slips will be sent home this week with students

Volunteers are needed!  We need 2 more adults to volunteer as chaperones for the band. LCC , Dance and Cheer also need chaperones.   A total of 10 are needed. Duties will be easy. Just ride the bus with us and hand out water to students.

Practice schedule this week


The band hall will be open for students to practice the following days this week:

Morning Practice, 8:00 - 8:30. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday

Afternoon Practice, 3:45 - 4:30, Tuesday, and Friday


Sunday, September 20, 2015

This Week in Band 9/21 - 9/25

This Week in Band!

Advanced band to perform Tuesday, Sept 22

The Advanced band 7th and 8th grade students will perform at the Walker football game this coming Tuesday.  Here is the schedule:

3:45 - Meet in the bandroom for rehearsal
4:30 - Eat snack, pack up, load busses - If you want to order pizza you must turn in your $5 by Monday - tomorrow!
5:30 - busses leave Walker for Loos Stadium
6:00 - Game begins
8:00 - Load busses to return to Walker
8:30 - Arrive at Walker band hall. - Have your ride waiting

Important Information!!!
- Students will wear their band t-shirt and school pants or shorts for the performance
- Students can bring $5 for pizza or bring their own food for snack time - turn in by Monday!
- Students must be picked up in the band room parking lot (south east corner of the school).

Beginning Band! 

Students are being assigned instruments and lockers this week!

Instrument forms should be turned in at this time.  If you haven't turned yours in yet, please do so as soon as possible. 

Thursday, September 17, 2015

This Week in Band

This Week in Band!

 Advanced band to perform Tuesday, Sept 22

The Advanced band 7th and 8th grade students will perform at the Walker football game this coming Tuesday.  Here is the schedule:

3:45 - Meet in the bandroom for rehearsal
4:30 - Eat snack, pack up, load busses
5:30 - busses leave Walker for Loos Stadium
6:00 - Game begins
8:00 - Load busses to return to Walker
8:30 - Arrive at Walker band hall. - Have your ride waiting

Important Information!!!
- Students will wear their band t-shirt and school pants or shorts for the performance
- Students can bring $5 for pizza or bring their own food for snack time
- Students must be picked up in the band room parking lot (south east corner of the school).

Beginning Band 


Beginning Band Students have received instruments and are being assigned lockers this week.  Students will start bringing instruments home after they complete the following: 
  • Turn in their instrument form signed by a parent
  • Turn in their instrument fee
  • Demonstrate they are able to assemble, disassemble and care for the maintenance of the instrument
  • Demonstrate they can play the first five notes on the instrument with a clear, open, focused, well supported characteristic sound. 

All Students

All students need to turn in their instrument form by Friday September 18. 

An honor and a privilege

Please see the band Facebook page for an important announcement. https://www.facebook.com/walkermsband/