Wind Ensemble & Wind Symphony:
Highlights for the week include:
- Mason Crosby (Kicker for Green Bay Packers & GHS Graduate) Pep Rally FRIDAY
- Choir UIL this week â?” be sure you eat lunch in commons Tuesday and Wednesdayâ?¦ no students in music building in late morning through afternoon, as we are the hosts for Region 26 UIL Choir Concert / Sightreading Contest
Tuesday, 4/19 A-day RH2 we will take roll in RH2 and then head to PAC after daily band announcements
BRING YOUR MARCHING INSTRUMENTS TODAY! They should all be in RH2.
Wednesday, 4/20 B-day we will take roll in the PAC
Thursday, 4/21 A-day RH1 concert instruments, we will hand out your Spring Concert Music!!
Friday, 4/22 B-day RH1 BRING YOUR FLIPFOLDERS!!!
Rehearsal for Mason Crosby Pep Rally 8:45am for Instrumental Ensemble
Tunes for flip folder:
- Fight Song
- School Song
- Metal Shop
- Hey
- Eagle Nation
- Immigrant Song
- Techno
- 1:15pm Ninth grade band students released from classes at NGC to load bus
- 1:20pm Bus departs NGC to GHS
- 1:30pm GHS students released from classes at GHS to head to band hall
- 1:45pm warm-up in RH1
- 2:00pm move to GHS Main Gym
- 2:15pm begin playing as people enter Gym
- 2:30pm Pep Rally begins
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- Metal Shop
- Fight Song
- Wonga-boom
- National Anthem (choir)
- Mr. Tucker speaks
- Mayor of Georgetown speaks
- Mason Crosby speaks
- School Song
- (play exit music)
Students will be dismissed from GHS. 9th grade parents please pick up students at GHS, not NGC.
Friday-All Jazz Students
All jazz students will meet at the NGC band hall immediately after school – no later than 4:15. We will have already have placed equipment at EVHS from our Wednesday Jazz Ensemble rehearsal. Students are responsible for getting themselves to the EVHS Band Hall after school. PARENTS – IF YOUR CHILD NEEDS TO CARPOOL, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND WE CAN SET SOMETHING UP. Please remember to bring a sack dinner on this day. Students will be allowed to eat when they are “off duty” between five pm and seven pm. All jazz students will need to wear their Georgetown Jazz Shirt during the day Friday as you are helping to run the festival. Students will have assigned positions to help as contest hosts all day. Awards will be at 8:30pm followed by TC Fusion. All students need to stay to the end of the festival.
Saturday-All Jazz Students
All jazz students will meet at the EVHS band hall at 2:45. Students are responsible for getting themselves to the EVHS Band Hall and for having a sack dinner for later. Students are able to eat while not “on duty” between five and seven pm.
All Jazz Ensemble students will need to wear their Georgetown Jazz Shirt during the day Saturday as you are helping to run the festival. Jazz Ensemble will also need to bring their Dress black clothes for the evening concert, instrument and music. Once Vista Ridge has completed the stage performance we will meet on stage for a warm-up prior to our performance. Our concert will start around 8:30pm followed by the awards ceremony, and Temple Jazz Orchestra. All students will need to stay to the end of the festival.
Jazz Band students will need to arrive in dress black clothes, with their instrument, music, and their jazz festival shirt and change of clothes as at 2:45. Once you have completed your clinic, you will change and help host the festival. After the last person has completed their task you can meet with Ms. Frost for further instruction. The Jazz Ensemble performs at 8:30, followed by the awards ceremony, and Temple Jazz Orchestra concert. All jazz students need to stay to the end of the festival.
Red Poppy – Sunday
Both the GHS Jazz Ensemble and the NGC Jazz Ensemble will performing from 3:00pm to 4:00pm. Both bands will need to meet at the Main Red Poppy Stage in front of the court house on Austin and 8th at 2:00pm to unload equipment. Jazz Band will start playing at 3:00 - 3:30. We will switch bands and change equipment then close with the Jazz Ensemble from 3:30 – 4:00. All students will need to wear their Georgetown Jazz shirt and khaki shorts. Footwear can be tennis shoes or sandals and sunglasses are optional. All jazzers will watch and support the other groups in the audience. All students will need to stay after to help put equipment away and travel back to GHS Band Hall together to put instruments/equipment away. Parents please help with any transportation needed.
Friday, December 10 – All Region Band auditions for:
- Flute, Clarinet, Alto Sax, Trumpet, Horn, Tenor Trombone & Percussion
- Vista Ridge HS, Leander ISD
- 200 South Vista Ridge Blvd., Cedar Park, TX, 78613.
- A map to the school can be found on their website at http://vrhs.leanderisd.org/.
- 5:30pm student check-in
- Bus Transportation provided. (leaves GHS at 4:30pm)
- Georgetown students are asked to ride the bus to the audition. Most parents then have their child call/text them once their audition is done. By the time the parent arrives at Vista Ridge, the results will be posted. This gets the kids home earlier. Your second option is the students riding the bus home to GHS, but the bus typically arrives to GHS at 11:00pm.
Saturday, December 11 – All Region Band auditions for:
- Flute, Bassoon, Bb Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, French Horn, Tenor Trombone, Euphonium and Percussion.
- 1:30pm student check-in
- Bus Transportation provided. (leaves GHS at 12:30pm)
- To avoid students waiting for hours in the cafeteria, we are asking the following instruments to arrive at Vista Ridge High School at 3:30pm for a 4:00pm check-in in the cafeteria:
- Oboe, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Trumpet, Bass Trombone, Tuba and Bass Clarinet.
- 4:00pm student check-in
- Bus Transportation provided. (leaves GHS at 3:00pm)
- Georgetown students are asked to ride the bus to the audition. Most parents then have their child call/text them once their audition is done. By the time the parent arrives at Vista Ridge, the results will be posted. This gets the kids home earlier. Your second option is the students riding the bus home to GHS, but the bus typically arrives to GHS on Saturday at 7:00pm.
Student Guidelines:
- To support anonymity, students should not wear any shirt or jacket that identifies their school. Letter jackets must be left in the cafeteria.
- No electronics are permitted in the audition room (this includes cell phones and gaming devices). Students will be asked (and expected) to surrender their cell phone when they enter the audition room.
Happy Holidays, Georgetown Band!
Saturday 12/4
Holiday on Parade at Sun City & Georgetown Square Christmas Stroll
- 10:00am to 5:45pm
- We will march in the noon parade on the Georgetown Square and then be bussed out to Sun City to perform short performances in select neighborhoods spreading the holiday spirit!
- Students need to bring:
- Sack Lunch with a drink (we will provide water at Sun City)
- Black Marching Shoes & Black Socks
- Black Triangle T
- Blue Band Shorts OR warm long-john type clothing for underneath the uniform if it is COLD. (we march in full uniform)
- Holiday-themed headwear. Santa hats, reindeer antlers, lights on your head, etc. Ladies, do your best to keep your hair up and off the collar.
- You are encouraged to decorate your horn as long as it plays properly. We recommend using blue painter’s tape on your instrument to affix decorations.
- GUARD: Be dressed in track suit, black guard shirt, tennis shoes, Santa hat, hair 1/2 up/down. Don’t forget your red flag and candy cane!
- We will be bused to the square, march in the Stroll Parade at noon, and then go caroling through Sun City and will be dismissed from GHS
- Schedule
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Monday, November 22, 2010
- During Classtime: Percussion – Local Auditions day one.
- Woodwinds and Brass – All-Region Music Day – preparation for local auditions
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
- During Class: Percussion – Local Auditions day two
- Woodwinds and Brass – Band Rehearsals on concert music
- TAKE YOUR INSTRUMENTS HOME! Check out with a director on the way out the door when your day at GHS ends… we are taking a grade on your concert instrument going home.
Happy Thanksgiving, Eagle Band! Don’t forget to perform your Local Audition music for pets, family and friends.!
Jazz Festival
