Saturday, September 28, 2019

HOMECOMING & OCTOBER CALENDAR / INFO

OCTOBER CALENDAR

October 2nd - Band Booster Meeting at 6:30 pm in the band room
October 4th - Pie fundraiser orders due
                      - Homecoming parade and football game (marching band). See below!
October 8th - Marching band photo after practice (approx. 3:30) See below!
October 11th - Marching Band - Home football game vs. Canton
October 14th - Marching band extra rehearsal for band concert at 2:30 in auditorium CANCELLED!
October 15th - Fall Concert:  report time for all students 6:30 pm.  Concert starts at 7 pm in the  auditorium (see Sept. 22nd blog post - concert info)
                        - Basket raffle: tickets may be purchased starting at 6 pm until the concert begins.  If   you'd like to donate a basket, please contact Lisa Grager at lgrager@live.com (see Basket Blog Post)   
October 17th - High school conferences 4:30 to 7:30 pm
October 18th - Marching band/pep band - away football at Brighton High School
October 22nd - New York City trip information meeting - 7 pm in the band room (see below)
October 25th - Marching band - Senior night football game

HOMECOMING FRIDAY!

Home Game #3 - vs. Salem (Homecoming):
Friday, October 4th - @7pm

SCHEDULE BELOW! 
  • Entire MB goes to Pep Rally // MB, Color Guard, Drumline Plays @ 1:40 pm at the Field House
  • Right after school, the MB goes to the Football Stadium
  • MB does a dress rehearsal with the homecoming court
Uniforms: After Dress Rehearsal
Load the Buses/Leave: 4:00 pm - students will be bused to and from the parade
Arrive / Unload the Buses: 4:15pm
Parade: 5:00pm - the parade begins in front of Family Video area and ends at the Library
~~~ Performs in the Homecoming Parade ~~~
Tailgate: 5:30 pm (If you or your parents volunteered to bring stuff for it, please remember ^.^)
Uniforms: 6:20 pm - Be back in Uniform
Step Off: 6:35 pm
Pregame: 6:45 pm - MB Performs their "Halftime" at Pregame Show
Kickoff: 7:00 pm - MB Performs During Halftime (with Court stuff)
Game Ends: 9:30 pm-ish (Depending on timeouts, injuries, etc.) This will be a longer performing game due to the special things that happen during Pre-Game, Half-time, and Post-Game.
STUDENTS WILL NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO GO BACK HOME UNTIL EVERYTHING IS DONE. Students must bring this season's MB shirt, black socks, black shoes, etc.

Tailgate for the Game:Everyone needs to bring $3 per person please if you are not donating something or helping with something (listed on the Sign Up link). You can drop off money early in an envelope in the mailbox in the band room w/your name (and your families names) on it. This helps with the extra costs needed to feed everyone. Thanks!
Sign Ups for what is needed for the tailgate is here: SIGN UP HERE! 
Marching Band Photos
October 8th - immediately after marching band practice!  Dan Zeppa from DZ Productions/Photography will be taking a group photo of our marching band.  Students may get individual photos taken also but they are optional.  Order forms are not due until AFTER the photos are taken - around October 31st!  

We will need volunteers to help with uniform distribution and turn in!  If you can help from 3 pm until approximately 4:30 pm, please contact Christyne MacDermaid at christynemacdermaid@gmail.com or 734-476-0312


Band Program Trip - New York City Info Meeting:

  • October 22, 2019
  • 7 pm
  • High School Band Room
It's been a Howell Bands tradition that every two years Mr. Smigell takes a trip to another city to expand the horizons of the bandos. Highlights include taking in the city sights, good eats, a ball game, a play or museum, a symphony performance, and a clinic opportunity with a luminary of the music world. During our last NYC trip, the clinician was Michael Adelson, the cover conductor for the New York Philharmonic and Conductor of the Auros Group for New Music in Boston. Typically, each student has a chance to go on two trips, usually New York and Boston.  We were last in NYC in 2016.

Please attend if you are interested in the trip this school year.  There will be information for students and interested chaperones.  There are a limited number of student and chaperone spots.  Instructions will be given at the meeting for signing up and the process for potential chaperones.  Below are a few details about the trip:
  • NYC OPTIONAL trip - open to all current Howell Bands students
  • Depart HHS April 23rd at 4:30 am
  • Return to HHS April 26th around 9 pm
  • Cost:  APPROXIMATELY $1,050 per person plus $61.50 for travel insurance 
Questions about anything?  Feel free to contact Laura Allegoet at allegoel@howellschools.com
Posted by at