Band Camp
Band Camp 2013 runs from Monday, August 5 through Friday, August 16, and also includes the Exhibition Night Performance on Monday evening, August 19 for all Band & Color Guard members.
The annual June Band Mailing will be mailed out around June 15, and includes music to be practiced and prepared prior to Band Camp.
The various documents also included in the June Mailing can be downloaded here as well - note these are, temporarily, the 2012 documents:
- August 2012 Band Camp Calendar (including hourly schedule for each day) AVAILABLE NOW *
- * Upperclassmen, please note a different format for Week 2's schedule: Full Band & CG Stadium rehearsals on drill from 8:00 am - 12:00 noon, followed by Uniform Distribution from 12:30 - 3:30 pm. (Most sports will be switching to afternoon practices, so we should be conflict-free for Band members in sports.)
Please note the
July 15 DUE date for paying Band Fees, ordering supplies, and returning the Permission & Medical Information Forms.
Exhibition Night - Monday, August 19, 2013:
Students' Schedule:
6:15pm Call Time (to be at school)
6:30pm *Roll Check & **Inspection; Rehearsal
7:45pm Pre-performance "break" in stadium
8:00pm Marching Patriots' 2012Exhibition Night Performance
8:20pm [approximate time] Dismissal
* Roll Check taken at "SET 0" with CHARTS in-hand; no instruments;
**Inspection= Charts in-hand; Band/Guard Polo Shirts (tucked in); long, blue jeans; Drillmaster uniform shoes & plain white socks; no hats or sunglasses allowed.
+ NOTE: ALL students must be in attendance, including those who missed any Band Camp day(s).
Parents' Schedule:
6:00-7:00pm Reception for all Band & CG parents and family members; refreshments offerred. In the Glass Commons (the lobby between the Performing Arts Center and the windows to the Pool. All Parent Organization committees will have information tables set up where you can learn about, and sign up to help with annual projects. There will also be a table for Band & CG Spirit Wear where you can view & order logo t-shirts, sweatshirts, and buy logo hats.
7:00pm Information meeting for ALL PARENTS inside the Performing Arts Center ["PAC"] Mainstage. In this important meeting, parents will learn about various resposnsibilities students [and their parents have], as well as information about fund raising, trips, volunteer opportunities, and other topics.
7:45pm [approximate time] Meeting ends; family members move to stadium.
8:00pm [approximate time] Exhibition Night Performance
+ NOTE: We urge–and appreciate–attendance by ALL parents, including those who have attended past meetings & performances.
Band Camp 2011 Pictures - Links good until June 30 only!
Thank you to Band Parent Garry Berg for taking Band Camp candids & posting them to PICASA. Enjoy a photo essay of our Band Camp 2011, and feel free to download picture files that you may print. (No printing done by the Band Office or Mr. Berg.)
All of these Picasa photots will come down June 30, 2012 as Mr. Berg closes his account.
Links to Band Camp photos:
Sign Up for the Band & Color Guard Email Notification System
Again this year, we are using a school-based system to communicate important reminders / updates / bulletins.
We strongly encourage parents and students to subscribe to the list, as this system will be our principal medium for notifying band members and families of event cancellations, important reminders, and other urgent communications. *(Please subscribe all email addresses your family monitors.)
To subscribe, unsubscribe, or make any changes to your listing, visit:
http://hermes.d125.org/mailman/listinfo/band_parents/
Please help us by providing your NAME along with your email when you register !