Not-to-miss meeting for students and parents alike!

Mr. Schayot will be:
* unveiling the 2010 GHS Eagle Marching Band Show
* introducing the light changes to the class schedule and after-school rehearsal schedule that will make a positive impact on your student’s 2010 fall schedule 
* solidifying the 2010 marching contest schedule and 2010 summer marching camp start date

This meeting will be in conjunction with the regularly scheduled band booster meeting.  We hope to see everyone there!

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Garage Sale

There are multiple volunteer activities up to and including the big event on March 6. The immediate needs are for volunteers to monitor the drop off (as well as the donations themselves).

Click here for all the activities.

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Drop off nights are at Climatized Containers anytime between 4:00pm and 6:00pm Feb. 25th and Mar 4th.  Look for the car parked in front with the GEORGETOWN EAGLE BAND sign in the window!
http://www.containerpeople.com/(for directions to the storage facility)
2000 Leander Street
Georgetown, TX 78626-7830
(512) 868-2000

Georgetown’s Bridal Showcase

February 27, 2010 – Saturday
http://www.georgetownchamber.org/bridalshow.asp

We will be selling Gatorade and water: MS and HS Band students and parents alike are encouraged to volunteer!

Please take a second to volunteer:

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We are looking for volunteers to assist in one of three available shifts.

1. 11:30am to 1:30pm – Take waters and Gatorades from GHS down the street to the Chamber of Commerce (next to old Eagle Field) and set up sales table.
2. 1:30pm to 3:30pm – continue sales and relieve shift one
3. 3:30pm-5:30pm – continue sales, relieve shift two and take leftovers back to GHS Band Hall.

Thank you in advance for your support of the GISD BANDS Water / Gatorade Sales at the Georgetown Bridal Showcase!

Friday 12/4

• Here are TYPICALLY the instruments auditioning on Friday Dec.4th (not all students go on Friday): we will know for sure by Wednesday.
  • Flute
  • Clarinet
  • Trumpet
  • Horn
  • Trombone
  • Percussion
• ** These instruments ONLY will be taking roll at 4:00pm in the GHS Band Hall One to load the bus for Vista Ridge HS. Parents are encouraged to pick-up their student from Vista Ridge HS Friday night as the bus will not head back to GHS until approximately 10:30pm.
• ** Students will to bring a MINIMUM of $6.00 for food as they will be eating at Vista Ridge**
• Hotdog, Chips and Drink: $4.00
• Chick-Fil-A, Chips and Drink: $6.00
• Pizza Slice, Chips and Drink: $5.00
• ** Ninth graders competing Friday evening will be bussed to GHS from the NGC in time for roll check in the GHS Band Hall.

Saturday 12/5 – All Region

• The remaining instruments that did not audition Friday will compete Saturday…along with the students selected to move on in competition from Friday night.
• * Parents may drive their student to the audition, or the student may ride the bus.
• * Roll check on Saturday at GHS is at 1:00pm in RH1 for any students wishing to ride the bus to the Saturday auditions at Vista Ridge… the bus will be leaving soon after, so be prompt at 1:00pm for roll.
• * Students NOT riding the bus need to be checked into their room at Vista Ridge HS no later than 2:00pm. (signs are posted on-site where to go)
• * Students participating in Saturday competition are exempt from the parade.
• * Parents are encouraged to pick their student up from the Vista Ridge HS audition afterwards as the bus will not head back to GHS until approximately 7:00pm.
• Directions to Vista Ridge HS:
  • 200 S Vista Ridge Blvd, Cedar Park, TX 78613

12/5- Saturday – Christmas Stroll Parade

• Percussion and Sousaphones meet at GHS at 10:30am to move equipment to square!
• 11:00am – Meet at southeast corner of parking lot at 10th & Church
• No cars/trucks are allowed inside the barricades this year. We will need to park somewhere nearby 10th and Church and WALK our instruments into the parking lot where we warm up. DO NOT MOVE BARRICADES!
• ALL GHS BAND AND COLORGUARD STUDENTS ARE GRADED ON THIS PERFORMANCE. BE ON TIME AND PREPARED WITH NECESSARY ITEMS LISTED BELOW NO LATER THAN 11:00AM !
• Dress: Band polo, jeans, tennis shoes and holiday-themed head-wear (santa hats, reindeer antlers, lit-up heads, etc).
• Jackets are appropriate if weather is cold.
• Bring: Flip Folder, decorated instrument and festive head-wear
• We will hand out your parade music on-site at 10th and Church.
• 12:00pm – parade begins
• 12:30pm – projected dismissal from 10th & Church (we march in a circle)
• ***Students are encouraged to decorate their instruments (as long as it does not impede the proper playing)***
• ** Students making it on to Phase Two Auditions of All-Region Band will be excused **
• * Students already signed up to take the SAT this date will be excused

Saturday 12/12 – Holiday on Parade at Sun City

• INFO: MANDATORY FUNDRAISER FOR ALL BAND and COLORGUARD STUDENTS – We will be wearing full marching uniform… you need to bring:
  • Black Marching Shoes & Black Socks
  • Blue Band Shorts OR warm long-john type clothing for underneath the uniform if it is COLD.
  • Holiday-themed headwear. Santa hats, reindeer antlers, lights on your head, etc.
  • You may decorate your horn as long as it plays properly.
• We will go caroling through Sun City and will be dismissed from GHS
• Tentative Schedule
  • 9:00am – warm-up in RH1
  • 10:30am – perform in “teams” – each “team” is on a bus and plays holiday-themed carols
  • throughout Sun City door to door- this is a fundraiser for our program.
  • 12:00pm – bring your sack lunch, we perform through lunch (kids eat on bus between gigs)
  • 4:30pm – last performance of the day
  • 5:00pm – unload buses
  • 5:30pm – depart band hall

• DUE DATE for entry fee of $12.00 payable to GPAA BAND for All-Region Band Auditions
• All students who have been working up the All-Region Etudes please have your money turned in this Wednesday to the lock box in the band hall. Write your name and “Region Band” in the memo line of the check. (this is mandatory for students in Wind Symphony and highly encouraged for students aspiring to joining Wind Symphony next Fall).
• The auditions will occur on December 4th and 5th (some students compete Friday night and some compete Saturday afternoon) at Vista Ridge HS.

PEP RALLY Friday!

• 11/20 – 7:45am – roll check in RH1 for pep rally
• Attire – black triangle T and jeans
• Ninth graders will be expected to attend and will be bussed back to the NGC for 5th period
• ** The Lady Eagle Volleyball Team is going to STATE! We will be sending them off in style with a pep rally! This will be a graded performance for all band students**

Spring Trip to South Padre !

• DUE DATE Friday, 11/20
• $100.00 trip payment #2 to GPAA BAND.
• We can still fit in more students for the spring trip to South Padre. May 6th – May 8th is the dates of the trip. Package includes a Luau on Friday night, hotel stay, Schlitterbahn beach and performance in a brand new performance hall. If you would like to add in to the trip, your trip payment to catch up would be $250.00 payable to GPAA BAND. Email Mr. Schayot for more details at schayotj@georgetownisd.org

Saturday 12/5- Christmas Stroll Parade

• Percussion and Sousaphones meet at GHS at 10:30am to move equipment to square!
• 11:00am – Meet at southeast corner of parking lot at 10th & Church
• ALL GHS BAND AND COLORGUARD STUDENTS ARE GRADED ON THIS PERFORMANCE. BE ON TIME AND PREPARED WITH NECESSARY ITEMS LISTED BELOW NO LATER THAN 11:00AM !
• Dress: Band polo, jeans, tennis shoes and holiday-themed head-wear (santa hats, reindeer antlers, lit-up heads, etc).
  Jackets are appropriate if weather is cold.
• Bring: Flip Folder, decorated instrument and festive head-wear
• We will hand out your parade music on-site at 10th and Church.
• 12:00pm – parade begins
• 12:30pm – projected dismissal from 10th & Church (we march in a circle)
• ***Students are encouraged to decorate their instruments (as long as it does not impede the proper playing)***
• ** Students making it on to Phase Two Auditions of All-Region Band will be excused **
• * Students already signed up to take the SAT this date will be excused

Saturday 12/12 – Holiday on Parade at Sun City

• INFO: MANDATORY FUNDRAISER FOR ALL BAND and COLORGUARD STUDENTS – We will be wearing full marching uniform… you need to bring:
  • Black Marching Shoes & Black Socks
  • Blue Band Shorts OR warm long-john type clothing for underneath the uniform if it is COLD.
  • Holiday-themed headwear. Santa hats, reindeer antlers, lights on your head, etc.
  • You may decorate your horn as long as it plays properly.
• We will go caroling through Sun City and will be dismissed from GHS
• Tentative Schedule
  • 9:00am – warm-up in RH1
  • 10:30am – perform in “teams” – each “team” is on a bus and plays holiday-themed carols
  • throughout Sun City door to door- this is a fundraiser for our program.
  • 12:00pm – bring your sack lunch, we perform through lunch (kids eat on bus between gigs)
  • 4:30pm – last performance of the day
  • 5:00pm – unload buses
  • 5:30pm – depart band hall

• Concert horns needed today for upperclassmen.
• Ninth graders need marching horn. You will end your day at the NGC.
• Ninth grade tubas bring your concert tubas to the NGC today.
• No after school rehearsal today.
• Eat at Mama Fu’s tonight from 5:15pm — 6:15pm ! (before the booster meeting!)
• 6:30pm — Band Booster Meeting — GHS RH1

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

• Bring warm marching clothes today!
• Bring marching instrument today. NO concert horn needed today.
• Ninth graders will end their day at GHS.
• After-school rehearsal — 4:00pm to 6:15pm
  • 4:00pm – stretches, roll, indiv WW/Brass arc warm-ups on practice field
  • 4:15pm – Georgette run-through “Blazing Saddles”
  • 4:25pm – Form concert arcs behind pit.
  • 4:30pm – Record marching show for Audio CD (mic will be in the tower)
  • 4:50pm – Dismiss pit to roll back to band hall and DISASSEMBLE ALL MARCHING EQUIP.
  • 4:51pm – Winds and Battery record stand tunes and Gette tunes
  • 5:30pm — Prepare combined halftime show with McNeil Band “Salute to America’s Finest”
  • 6:00pm — Announcements
  • 6:15pm — Parent pick-up in GHS west student lot

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

• Concert horns needed today. NGC students will end their day at the NGC.

Thursday, November 5, 2009 – Away Game v McNeil

• Bring to school:
  • Upperclassmen: Concert Instrument & Marching Instrument
  • Freshmen: Bring Marching instrument
  • Show Shirt
  • Black socks – PROVIDED BY STUDENT –must be calf-length. No ankle length allowed!
  • Black marching shoes
  • Blue Shorts
  • Black Triangle T
  • Flip folder ON A LANYARD
• Schedule
  • 3:45pm — Change into show shirt, blue shorts, black socks and black marching shoes
  • 4:00pm- DINNER in commons
  • 4:30pm- Clear commons, – everyone go put on uniform!
  • 4:55pm- Load buses
  • 5:10pm — depart Georgetown HS
  • 5:35pm — arrival at RRISD Stadium on Parmer Lane
    • RRISD Stadium
    • 10211 W Parmer Ln, Austin, TX 78717
  • 5:40pm- unload trailer
  • 6:00pm — rehearse with McNeil HS band outside main gate –
  • 6:20pm – load stands
  • 6:30pm — warm-up
  • 6:40pm — water break
  • 6:50pm — school song
  • 7:00pm- kickoff
  • 8:00pm – halftime
  • 9:15pm – Released by sections from stands to load trailer
  • 9:45pm — Depart RRISD Stadium
  • 10:08pm- Arrival at GHS — PARENTS… please pick-up in west lot outside band hall doors facing Austin Ave… not in circle drive as that is where our 18-wheeler needs to unload!
  • 10:30pm- approximate dismissal

Friday, November 6, 2009

• Clean the band hall day! Bring your concert horns, we will begin preparations for our next concert!
• Enjoy our much deserved weekend off !!!!

Warm Up Photos – Performance Photos