Greetings everyone in the HHSB blogosphere!

Here is what the week looks like for us:

Monday:

Concert Band: Finish auditions

Percussion: African and rolling on keyboards

Symph: Rehearse 

W.E. Rehearse

MB: Basics Outside

Tuesday:

Concertband: Seat the band with new placements and sightread

Percussion: Rehearse anxiety, construct some new beats!

Symph:New piece

W.e. New Piece

MB: New drill for get smart and uniform fittings after rehearsal (please allow some extra time)

Wednesday 

Same as tuesday except Irish band initial meeting at 3:30pm in the HHS Band room 

Thursday

TBA with day classes, Marching band INSIDE for music.  Don't forget that there is pep band this friday as well!  (after this last road game, we are at home for a long time!) sign up in the band room

Friday 

Tba with band classes

Rehearsal for mb on the field, then there is a pep band engagement at Pinckney Lots closer!

Two new announcements:  Marching band please reserve oct 7 from 6-8 pm.  We will be practicing with the eighth graders for our joint performance that week!

Secondly, we have been invited once again to act as substitutes for the University of Michigan Hockey Pep band on oct. 11.  Information on this will be forthcoming. 

Finally, I wanted to thank EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE ENTIRE PROGRAM for a fantastic start to the year! Kids,  I am so lucky to be your band director!  Parents, you are doing a wonderful job with your children!  A perfect example of this is our performance at the Ann Arbor/Howell football game.  It is always tough when football loses, but I was so pleased with out playing AND our conduct at the game.  A couple of parents asked me to pass along that once again our kids were to be complimented for their polite demeanor.  Helping our kids become great citizens is just as important to me as making them great musicians.  I praise you all, yes yes I do!

-SMIGELL