Thank you for attending our meeting. Your support is greatly appreciated. The many positive comments helped. We have worked tirelessly to put together an outstanding trip, but in truth, we are all very tired.
The general pecking order for decision making for the band trip is: Band Group Needs, Individual Student Needs, Chaperone Needs, then Staff Needs. We all agree with this philosophy and will maintain it as we travel.
Thank you to all of the parents and students who assisted at the meeting. You saved everyone a lot of time.
It was worth our time to print and organize the point sheets. Many parents made sure that their son or daughter was present this morning for testing and/or music help. There is only one student below 100 points. With only 12 students below the 150 mark, we now have 83% of the band at 180 points or more. The final opportunities for testing will be on Friday at 7:30 AM and after school until 5 PM.
For band rehearsal for Friday, we will meet on the track at 10:30 a.m. sharp.
Monday’s Concert will be in the North Gym at 7:00 p.m.
-Call Time: 6:30 p.m. in the multi-purpose room
-Dress: Full (freshly dry cleaned) uniform- Black Shoes, Black Socks, Uniform Pants, Uniform Jacket and Suspenders.
-There will be brief chaperone group meetings following the concert.
-Packing for percussion, tubas, band banner and flags will take place after the concert. This will take a while, we need to disassemble and pack the harnesses and pack/secure/weigh all of the instruments.
We are missing a few of the small tour books that go in our neck pouches. A few families or shadow trip members must have accidentally picked one up. Shadow trip booklets are larger and were in your document packet. We only had enough for each band member or chaperone traveling on the trip. If you have an extra, please return it a.s.a.p. so we can get it to the right person.
Uniform Collection
Band Uniforms will be collected from 7:45-9:00 AM the first day back after spring break, Tuesday, April 6, with follow-up on Wednesday, April 7. Students should bring their uniforms to their first period band class room, where parent volunteers will facilitate the collection. The more volunteers we have, the quicker and smoother the process will be. Anyone who is able to help between 7:45 and 9:00 AM on Tuesday, April 6 or Wednesday, April 7, please contact Mary Hundert at maryhundert@aol.com or 921-7133, or Lynn Yule at lynn.yule@akzonobel.com or 991-2532.
We have ‘Shaker Band’ neck pouches for the shadow trip. We will have them available when you check in at the airport.
Click here to see which hotel band members will be in for the Innsbruck nights.
Click here to view the Slideshow Presentation from Wednesday night's meeting (PDF version, download time will be long due to the large file size).
