Hello everyone! Contrary to all other blog entries and calendars... THE PREFESTIVAL CONCERT IS NEXT TUESDAY FEB 21, 7pm (report time is 6:30) -Smigell  ¶ 9:45 AM

  NYC TRIP
The last payment of $243 (if you have already paid $500) is due Monday, February 20th

PRE-FESTIVAL CONCERT
Please join us next TUESDAY, FEB 21 (sorry for wrong info earlier) at 7:00 pm at th HHS Auditorium for our Pre-Festival Concert. As an extra bonus Percussion Ensemble will be performing!!!

FESTIVAL ALERT:
Wind Ensemble will be performing at 8:45 pm (Report time 6:45pm at the High School)
at South Lyon HS on FRIDAY, MARCH 16th.
That date is correct. Mark your calendars and make plans accordingly! :)

Concert Band will be performing at South Lyon HS
Saturday, March 17th at 1:25pm (Report time 11:30).

Symphonic Band will be performing at South Lyon HS
Saturday, March 17th at 3:30 pm (Report time 1:30pm).

Please mark your calendars and make appropriate arrangements!  ¶ 4:29 PM

  Hey folks this is Mr. Smigell. I am going to try out this twitter thing. Maybe not as evil as Facebook? My screen name is Smigellj if you want to follow me.  ¶ 4:12 PM

  Brand new Yankee Candle fundraiser is in the band room. Due date is March 1, 2012. Please make checks payable to Howell Band Boosters.  ¶ 6:14 PM

  NYC Attendees:

Just a few notes: A sign up for rooms will be posted this week for Freshman attendees. Please choose your roommates by this Friday!

The final cost of the trip will be $743 (Instead of $750!). Your third and final payment will be due Monday, February 20th. It is imperative to get the final payments in on time. We must pay the tour company ASAP and it takes me a couple of days to process everyone's payments. Thank you in advance for getting those payments in on time or earlier (if you can!).

If you have paid in full already, I will work on getting you a refund when I turn in the last payments to the school.

Robin Taylor  ¶ 12:04 PM

  Tupperware is sorted and ready for pick up! We are very sorry about the delay!! Check the practice room next to Mr. Smigell's office for your order. Names are stapled to the bag or box. Thank you Mrs. Sumner for taking care of that!

Pasta fundraiser has been extended! Please turn in your forms next Friday, February 10, 2012.

I want to get the word out for a possible Lock In date, April 27, 2012. We could use chaperone's!We need you to get your background check done as soon as possible if you don't have one for the high school. You do need them at all schools, and we do have to check before events. Festival is coming up too and we might need chaperone's there as well. Please let Christyne MacDermaid know if you can help with Lock In. 734-476-0312 text is fine, or email christynemacdermaid@yahoo.com. I'll let everyone know as soon as we here if we have the April 27 date.  ¶ 6:00 AM

  FESTIVAL ALERT:

Wind Ensemble will be performing at 8:45 pm at South Lyon HS on FRIDAY, MARCH 16th. That date is correct.  Mark your calendars and make plans accordingly! :)

Concert Band will be performing at South Lyon HS Saturday, March 17th at 1:25pm. 

Symphonic Band will be performing at South Lyon HS Saturday, March 17th at 3:30 pm.

Please mark your calendars and make appropriate arrangements! :)  ¶ 10:27 AM

  Quite a few announcements!

Pasta fundraiser started again. Forms are in the band room. Please turn in on Jan. 31, 2012. This is a quick, short one mostly for those that asked us to repeat.

Spirit Cups were due today. I honestly can't pick them up until Monday morning, so a tiny extension!! Monday morning will be the end though!!

Great fundraising opportunity for March!! Home Show March 23-25, 2012 at the Howell High Field House. We will post sign ups next week. We could really use an extra parent to help that weekend. If you're interested, or not interested, but can help :) please contact me. Christyne MacDermaid 734-476-0312, or christynemacdermaid@yahoo.com. Hopefully we'll have another contact for Home Show soon because I cannot be there this weekend. We want to get it going so the students can make money.

Mark your calendars! The band boosters and students have been given the privilege of selling Pepsi and Ice during the balloonfest this June again. Sign up sheets will be available later in the year.

Senior Slide Show!! Please start getting your photos to Mrs. Bondie, or Katie. There are many ways to do this. Personally handing them to Katie digitally or a physical photo will do. We can send them via email to shannone1@aol.com, or mail to Mrs. Bondie, 1021 Oak Cluster Court, Howell MI 48855. In the past there have been sweet baby pictures that make us cry/laugh at banquet, and then a grown up picture as well. Photos from the whole year are great too! We love to include the year together at banquet and possibly last concert.
Please contact Mrs. MacDermaid (above) w/any questions.  ¶ 5:14 PM