HELLO EVERYONE! THIS IS SMIGELL WITH AN IMPORTANT NEWS FLASH!!!

PLEASE TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS POST! HAVE THEM GOTO THE BLOG AND LOOK AT IT TOO! EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT IN MARCHING BAND OR EVEN IN BAND AT ALL BUT USED TO BE! CHECK THIS OUT!

Ok... enough of the caps. Here it goes:

#1.Marching Band is officially in motion! We went to the sheet music store and picked out a bunch of MB music. We are going to playtest it al and pick out the show from the 11 tunes that we brought back. WE NEED KIDS TO PLAYTEST IT WITH US THIS COMING MONDAY, JULY 21st from 6-8pm at Parker HS. Yes drumline, that is right during rehearsal, you are entertaining guests... your fellow band members! Hooray! If you are going to come to the playtest, please rsvp me at Jsmigell@mac.com and put COMING TO PLAYTEST in the subject header.

#2. IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO JOIN MARCHING BAND!!!! I will be writing the drill this week, so you can still join if you want, scroll down a few posts and get the info. send the money in for band camp and join the REVOLUTION!

#3. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A SQUAD LEADER, I WILL BE HAVING A COUPLE SEMINARS THIS COMING WEEK AND WILL ADMINISTER THE TEST SEVERAL TIMES TO fit everyones schedule. The first seminar will be an hour before the playtest session, monday July 21st in the parker high band room at 5 pm. Here is what you need to qualify:
-You must have marched in the Howell marching band at least one complete season.

-You must be at least starting 11th grade during the 08-09 school year

-you must pass the squad leader chart-reading test (not hard, but necessary)

-You MUST ATTEND BOTH THE SQUAD LEADER CLINIC ON 8/7/08 AND THE NEW PERSON CLINIC (TO TEACH THEM) ON 8/8/08 do not bother to apply if you cannot make those days.

-YOU MUST ATTEND BAND CAMP.. Do not apply for squad leader if you are not coming to band camp.

-You must not have anything conflicting with the marching band regular season rehearsals and performances... Sometimes we make compromises with general members regarding sports and other after school activities.. actually, we are pretty flexible most of the time. THIS IS NOT THE CASE WITH DRUM MAJORS AND SQUAD LEADERS. It is impossible to gain respect from your squad or the band if you are there less than the general membership.

If you have read all of this and would like to apply for squad leader, please rsvp me at jsmigell@mac.com and put SQUAD LEADER in the subject header.


ok... band camp is AUGUST 11-15 2008. Much more information to follow very soon, but I wanted to get this out quickly! If you have any questions regarding camp or anything else band related, please feel free to email me at jsmigell@mac.com

Thanks!

Smigell