Thursday, July 22, 2004

 

HOWELL HIGH SCHOOL BANDS FAQ SECTION:

#1 Can I still sign up for band camp?

YES YOU CAN!!! bring $165.00 to the high school with name, address, what instrument you play, and what year in high school you will be next year attached on a piece of paper and leave it c/o Jason Smigell, Band Camp!  No form needed!  You can still sign up, Mr. Stimson is writing a few extra spots for the band in anticipation of latecomers.  However, once the spots are gone, you will be unable to march the first show, which this year is half the season.

 
#2. Do I have to go to band camp?
YES!!  There are some exceptions, but you must get in touch with Mr Smigell SOON.  Band camp is going to be especially important this year because we will be learning most of the show for FESTIVAL

#3 Are we going to marching festival? 
YES.  It will october 5th.  We will be learning the show at band camp.  This show will be much longer and complex than our normal shows.  We will be showing a portion of it at the first game, a portion of it at the second game and perhaps the whole thing at homecoming pregame. 

#4 Won't it suck to have only one show all year
See question 5

#5 How many shows are we doing this year?
3 shows: The festival which we will be working on the first half of the season.  A short middle school play along show with the eighth graders, and a super sweet senior show to finish the season.

#5 What are the shows?

Here are the songs:

Festival show: (A Berry Berry Beatles show....  Chuck Berry and the Beatles... get it?)
Magical Mystery tour
Rock and Roll Music
Saw her standing there
Roll over Beethoven

 
Middle school show
TBA

Senior show:
In a Young Man's Mind (Killer rock funk)
The contender (Jump Swing action from Royal Crown Review)
School Days (HOLY SMOKES hot Chuck Berry tune)

 
THESE SHOWS ARE ON FIYUH (fire)!!!  Thanks to Tonia, Shelby,and  Brian the music is copied and you can get a copy during the mass picture taking on July 26th

#6. When is band camp and the schedule and all the other stuff that has been sent out at least 3 times by Mr Smigell, the boosters and word of mouth?

No problem, I will be attaching them as soon as I figure out how to attach things to the blog.

#7 is there another band director this year?

YES, his name Jim Shouldice joins us for band camp and the whole year as another fine addition to the Howell Instrumental Music Program.

 
okay, that's all for now, the information on band camp will be very soon, as soon as I figure out how to attach it.

 

 

Friday, July 09, 2004

Hello bloggers!


Here are some little tidbits of information that is very important:

#1: If you have not turned in your money for band camp, you still can, but YOU MUST DO IT SOON!! If you have not signed up for marching band at all, there is still time but you must do it NOW!!!!


If you are a new marching band member, you need to get your uniform fitted on july 22, 2004 between 9am-12pm or 4pm-7pm

Everybody needs to show up on july 26th for pictures!!! Refits of old members happens between 10am and 12pm. Pictures will be taken at 1pm in the fieldhouse.

any questions, email me at smigellj@howellschools.com

special thanks to sue baker, charlene baker, tonia bragg, noah gordon, kim zepp, brian mulvihill, shelby schmidbauer, luke collier, sherry dingman, vicky kihn, robin keeney and the booster board for all of their fine work during the summer so far!

special thanks to luke, ricky and meghan for helping me move.