Director's Update
4-8-19
Good Afternoon Parents and Students,
First of all, let me say how thankful I am to be a part of this loving band family and community. The love and support shown to the Irwin and Williams families has just been amazing. So many current and former band students have been there to show their support and the community and businesses have been very generous in their giving to help those in need. Let us all keep these families in our thoughts and prayers in the weeks ahead.
The band will be busy with several different things in the coming weeks so please check out the items in this email so that everyone knows what is going on.
Here are the reminders/updates for upcoming events:
1. This Thursday, April 11th at 6:30pm will be our MANDATORY Orlando trip meeting in the HHS Band Hall. Each traveling student along with one parent/guardian must be in attendance in order to travel with us. If there is a reason someone will not be able to attend please contact me ASAP. There will be 3 tables separated by alphabet where each student and parent will sign in. All chaperones and any student who will be turning 18 on or before May 15th, please bring your driver’s license so that we can make a copy of it. Students who will not be 18 by the trip please bring your student ID or another photo ID with you to the meeting. If you do not have one we will talk about that with you after the meeting. Also, everyone needs to bring their health insurance card so that we can make a copy of it for our records. We will go over all the necessary information for the trip and we will have notaries there to notarize all trip documents that will need to be signed. It will be a very informative meeting for the students and parents so that everyone will feel as comfortable as possible before the trip.
2. Next Monday, April 15th the Concert Band/Symphonic Band will be going to UIL Concert and Sight Reading Contest. Wind Ensemble will go on Tuesday, April 16th and Wind Symphony will go on Wednesday, April 17th. Please pay attention to the location of each contest as Wind Symphony will go to a different location from the other three bands. Anyone who is ineligible will not be able to go with us.
Their schedules are as follows:
Concert/Symphonic Band-Monday, April 15th
10:55am Come to band hall
11:00am Load Truck
11:25am Uniform Inspection
11:35am Load Buses
11:45am Depart HHS for Caney Creek HS (eat lunch on bus provided by school)
12:45pm Arrive at Caney Creek HS (13470 FM 1485, Conroe, TX 77306)
1:15pm Warmup
1:45pm Stage Performance
2:15pm Sight Reading
2:45pm Load Truck
3:15pm Depart for Dinner
3:45pm Dinner (please bring $10-$15 or sack dinner)
4:45pm Depart for HHS
5:15pm Arrive at HHS/Unload/Go Home
Wind Ensemble-Tuesday, April 16th
7:45am Arrive at Band Hall
8:00am Load Truck
8:30am Uniform Inspection
8:45am Load Buses
9:00am Depart HHS for Caney Creek HS
10:00am Arrive at Caney Creek HS (13470 FM 1485, Conroe, TX 77306)
10:30am Warmup
11:00am Stage Performance
11:30am Sight Reading
12:00pm Load Truck
12:30pm Depart for Lunch
1:00pm Lunch (please bring $10-$15 or sack lunch)
2:00pm Depart for HHS
2:30pm Arrive at HHS/Unload/Go To Class
Wind Symphony-Wednesday, April 17th
7:15am Arrive at Band Hall
7:25am Load Truck
7:40am Uniform Inspection
7:50am Load Buses
8:00am Depart HHS for Klein HS
9:15am Arrive at Klein HS (16715 Stuebner Airline Rd, Klein, TX 77379)
9:45am Warmup
10:30am Stage Performance
11:15am Sight Reading
11:45am Load Truck
12:15pm Depart for Lunch
1:15pm Lunch (please bring $10-$15 or sack lunch)
2:15pm Depart for HHS
2:45pm Arrive at HHS/Unload/Go to Class
3. Each band will be wearing their full uniform on the day of their performance. Please make sure that everyone has all of the parts to their uniform before the day of contest in case there are any issues. Each uniform should have the jacket, cross-belts, buckles and breastplate, pants, marching shoes with all white socks, black HMB t-shirt, and green HMB shorts.
4. Also, remember that being in uniform is not just about the uniform itself. Gentlemen should be clean- shaven. Senior rings are allowed and ladies may wear single stud earrings. No other jewelry! Ladies may wear their hair down and should have French manicure or natural skin tone color nails. Both men and ladies should have natural hair color. Please do not do anything that will distract from our performance. When we perform it is about the group, not the individual!
5. We will be taking each band to eat after contest is over so please send them with $10-$15 for that meal or a sack lunch/dinner.
6. Anyone may come and watch the performances at UIL Concert and Sight Reading Contest and there is no entry fee. If you are able to come I would encourage you to come and see what your kids have been working on since January and what they have been able to accomplish.
7. Just like during marching season, if there is any reason that a student needs to be picked up from the contest please notify us by email or handwritten note by this Friday, April 12th.
8. The week after contest we will be having our band evaluations for next year. Remember, this is not a tryout but an evaluation. We will use the results of the evaluation paired with how the student has done throughout the year to determine which band class each student should be placed in so that they and the band can be successful. Things that will be taken into account are but not limited to: All-Region participation/results, Solo and Ensemble participation/results, playoff grades, rehearsal/sectional attendance, and finally behavior and attitude. The students will be getting their music for that by Friday of this week. We will go in the order listed below to help you plan on when your student will finish. We will begin promptly after school and finish as soon as possible. I do not anticipate that any day would go past 6pm. If there is an unavoidable conflict with this please have your student communicate with us beforehand so we know. Percussion will evaluate during percussion class.
Tues. 4-23 Oboe/Bassoon/Trombone/Saxophone/Flute
Thurs. 4-25 Bass Clarinet/Clarinet/Tuba/Baritone/Horn/Trumpet
Sincerely,
John F. Green
HISD Director of Bands
Huntsville Hornet Military Marching Band
441 FM 2821 East
Huntsville, Texas 77320
Office 936.435.6147
Fax 936.435.6637
Good Afternoon Parents and Students,
First of all, let me say how thankful I am to be a part of this loving band family and community. The love and support shown to the Irwin and Williams families has just been amazing. So many current and former band students have been there to show their support and the community and businesses have been very generous in their giving to help those in need. Let us all keep these families in our thoughts and prayers in the weeks ahead.
The band will be busy with several different things in the coming weeks so please check out the items in this email so that everyone knows what is going on.
Here are the reminders/updates for upcoming events:
1. This Thursday, April 11th at 6:30pm will be our MANDATORY Orlando trip meeting in the HHS Band Hall. Each traveling student along with one parent/guardian must be in attendance in order to travel with us. If there is a reason someone will not be able to attend please contact me ASAP. There will be 3 tables separated by alphabet where each student and parent will sign in. All chaperones and any student who will be turning 18 on or before May 15th, please bring your driver’s license so that we can make a copy of it. Students who will not be 18 by the trip please bring your student ID or another photo ID with you to the meeting. If you do not have one we will talk about that with you after the meeting. Also, everyone needs to bring their health insurance card so that we can make a copy of it for our records. We will go over all the necessary information for the trip and we will have notaries there to notarize all trip documents that will need to be signed. It will be a very informative meeting for the students and parents so that everyone will feel as comfortable as possible before the trip.
2. Next Monday, April 15th the Concert Band/Symphonic Band will be going to UIL Concert and Sight Reading Contest. Wind Ensemble will go on Tuesday, April 16th and Wind Symphony will go on Wednesday, April 17th. Please pay attention to the location of each contest as Wind Symphony will go to a different location from the other three bands. Anyone who is ineligible will not be able to go with us.
Their schedules are as follows:
Concert/Symphonic Band-Monday, April 15th
10:55am Come to band hall
11:00am Load Truck
11:25am Uniform Inspection
11:35am Load Buses
11:45am Depart HHS for Caney Creek HS (eat lunch on bus provided by school)
12:45pm Arrive at Caney Creek HS (13470 FM 1485, Conroe, TX 77306)
1:15pm Warmup
1:45pm Stage Performance
2:15pm Sight Reading
2:45pm Load Truck
3:15pm Depart for Dinner
3:45pm Dinner (please bring $10-$15 or sack dinner)
4:45pm Depart for HHS
5:15pm Arrive at HHS/Unload/Go Home
Wind Ensemble-Tuesday, April 16th
7:45am Arrive at Band Hall
8:00am Load Truck
8:30am Uniform Inspection
8:45am Load Buses
9:00am Depart HHS for Caney Creek HS
10:00am Arrive at Caney Creek HS (13470 FM 1485, Conroe, TX 77306)
10:30am Warmup
11:00am Stage Performance
11:30am Sight Reading
12:00pm Load Truck
12:30pm Depart for Lunch
1:00pm Lunch (please bring $10-$15 or sack lunch)
2:00pm Depart for HHS
2:30pm Arrive at HHS/Unload/Go To Class
Wind Symphony-Wednesday, April 17th
7:15am Arrive at Band Hall
7:25am Load Truck
7:40am Uniform Inspection
7:50am Load Buses
8:00am Depart HHS for Klein HS
9:15am Arrive at Klein HS (16715 Stuebner Airline Rd, Klein, TX 77379)
9:45am Warmup
10:30am Stage Performance
11:15am Sight Reading
11:45am Load Truck
12:15pm Depart for Lunch
1:15pm Lunch (please bring $10-$15 or sack lunch)
2:15pm Depart for HHS
2:45pm Arrive at HHS/Unload/Go to Class
3. Each band will be wearing their full uniform on the day of their performance. Please make sure that everyone has all of the parts to their uniform before the day of contest in case there are any issues. Each uniform should have the jacket, cross-belts, buckles and breastplate, pants, marching shoes with all white socks, black HMB t-shirt, and green HMB shorts.
4. Also, remember that being in uniform is not just about the uniform itself. Gentlemen should be clean- shaven. Senior rings are allowed and ladies may wear single stud earrings. No other jewelry! Ladies may wear their hair down and should have French manicure or natural skin tone color nails. Both men and ladies should have natural hair color. Please do not do anything that will distract from our performance. When we perform it is about the group, not the individual!
5. We will be taking each band to eat after contest is over so please send them with $10-$15 for that meal or a sack lunch/dinner.
6. Anyone may come and watch the performances at UIL Concert and Sight Reading Contest and there is no entry fee. If you are able to come I would encourage you to come and see what your kids have been working on since January and what they have been able to accomplish.
7. Just like during marching season, if there is any reason that a student needs to be picked up from the contest please notify us by email or handwritten note by this Friday, April 12th.
8. The week after contest we will be having our band evaluations for next year. Remember, this is not a tryout but an evaluation. We will use the results of the evaluation paired with how the student has done throughout the year to determine which band class each student should be placed in so that they and the band can be successful. Things that will be taken into account are but not limited to: All-Region participation/results, Solo and Ensemble participation/results, playoff grades, rehearsal/sectional attendance, and finally behavior and attitude. The students will be getting their music for that by Friday of this week. We will go in the order listed below to help you plan on when your student will finish. We will begin promptly after school and finish as soon as possible. I do not anticipate that any day would go past 6pm. If there is an unavoidable conflict with this please have your student communicate with us beforehand so we know. Percussion will evaluate during percussion class.
Tues. 4-23 Oboe/Bassoon/Trombone/Saxophone/Flute
Thurs. 4-25 Bass Clarinet/Clarinet/Tuba/Baritone/Horn/Trumpet
Sincerely,
John F. Green
HISD Director of Bands
Huntsville Hornet Military Marching Band
441 FM 2821 East
Huntsville, Texas 77320
Office 936.435.6147
Fax 936.435.6637
3-8-19
Good Afternoon Parents and Students,
I wanted to email you one last time before we go to spring break. Below I have a few dates for you to add to your spring calendars and I wanted to get those to you as soon as possible. Students, please practice some over the break so that we do not lose the momentum that we have built on our contest music over the past few weeks. Also, have a fun spring break but also be careful and come back to us safely. Also, I would like to say that my prayer is that everyone has a safe and restful spring break with family whether you are going to be in Huntsville or traveling.
Here are the dates with a short description of each:
Friday, March 29th- HISD Percussion Concert
Was supposed to be yesterday but we had to postpone due to an auditorium conflict. This will be a concert featuring the HHS, MPMS and HIS percussion students.
Thursday, April 11th- Mandatory Trip Meeting
This meeting is for those going on the May band trip to Orlando, Florida. Every student along with one parent/guardian must attend this meeting in order for their student to be able to travel. I will send out more details right after spring break but for now I just wanted everyone to be able to put it onto their calendars.
Tuesday, May 28th and Thursday, May 30th- Summer Music Rehearsals
This will be music rehearsals for next year’s HMB (current 8th-11th grade). These rehearsals will give a preview of next year’s marching music and give the students more to work on over the summer.
Sincerely,
John F. Green
HISD Director of Bands
Huntsville Hornet Military Marching Band
441 FM 2821 East
Huntsville, Texas 77320
Office 936.435.6147
Fax 936.435.6637
Good Afternoon Parents and Students,
I wanted to email you one last time before we go to spring break. Below I have a few dates for you to add to your spring calendars and I wanted to get those to you as soon as possible. Students, please practice some over the break so that we do not lose the momentum that we have built on our contest music over the past few weeks. Also, have a fun spring break but also be careful and come back to us safely. Also, I would like to say that my prayer is that everyone has a safe and restful spring break with family whether you are going to be in Huntsville or traveling.
Here are the dates with a short description of each:
Friday, March 29th- HISD Percussion Concert
Was supposed to be yesterday but we had to postpone due to an auditorium conflict. This will be a concert featuring the HHS, MPMS and HIS percussion students.
Thursday, April 11th- Mandatory Trip Meeting
This meeting is for those going on the May band trip to Orlando, Florida. Every student along with one parent/guardian must attend this meeting in order for their student to be able to travel. I will send out more details right after spring break but for now I just wanted everyone to be able to put it onto their calendars.
Tuesday, May 28th and Thursday, May 30th- Summer Music Rehearsals
This will be music rehearsals for next year’s HMB (current 8th-11th grade). These rehearsals will give a preview of next year’s marching music and give the students more to work on over the summer.
Sincerely,
John F. Green
HISD Director of Bands
Huntsville Hornet Military Marching Band
441 FM 2821 East
Huntsville, Texas 77320
Office 936.435.6147
Fax 936.435.6637
3-5-19
Good Morning Everyone,
I have an important trip reminder for those going on the band trip in May.
For those students and parent chaperones going on the trip, please log on to www.superholiday.com and follow the instructions in the handout attached in the email that was sent out to create your online trip account. You must complete all of the steps!!! Each student and parent chaperone must complete this individually. Please fill in all demographic information but DO NOT send any payments through this website. All online payments should be submitted through Charms. Regarding the lodging information, ALL STUDENTS should select Quad Occupancy while ALL CHAPERONES should select Double Occupancy. We are now a week behind on this and it must be done by tomorrow, Wednesday, March 6th. Please email Mr. Holland at dmholland@huntsville-isd.org if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
John F. Green
HISD Director of Bands
Huntsville Hornet Military Marching Band
441 FM 2821 East
Huntsville, Texas 77320
Office 936.435.6147
Fax 936.435.6637
Good Morning Everyone,
I have an important trip reminder for those going on the band trip in May.
For those students and parent chaperones going on the trip, please log on to www.superholiday.com and follow the instructions in the handout attached in the email that was sent out to create your online trip account. You must complete all of the steps!!! Each student and parent chaperone must complete this individually. Please fill in all demographic information but DO NOT send any payments through this website. All online payments should be submitted through Charms. Regarding the lodging information, ALL STUDENTS should select Quad Occupancy while ALL CHAPERONES should select Double Occupancy. We are now a week behind on this and it must be done by tomorrow, Wednesday, March 6th. Please email Mr. Holland at dmholland@huntsville-isd.org if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
John F. Green
HISD Director of Bands
Huntsville Hornet Military Marching Band
441 FM 2821 East
Huntsville, Texas 77320
Office 936.435.6147
Fax 936.435.6637
2-25-19
Good Afternoon Everyone,
Here is a reminder for the Pre-UIL Concert that I sent out the schedule for last week.
Tomorrow, February 26th will be our HISD Pre-UIL Concert in the HHS Auditorium. This is an opportunity to play our UIL Contest music for 3 judges and receive valuable feedback so that we can perfect our music for the UIL Concert and Sight Reading Contest in April. It is also a good opportunity for the parents to come and hear what your students are working on. This is because most parents are unable to attend our contest in April as it is during the work day. The band will wear their full uniform for this concert just as we will for UIL Contest. All grooming rules apply to this performance as well. We are trying to make this performance as close to the real thing as possible. This concert is also required for everyone regardless of their eligibility because it is a concert that is part of our curriculum and we are assuming that everyone is going to be eligible by the time of contest. This year the HHS bands will perform first, followed by the MPMS bands. The High School student schedule is as follows:
4:30 HHS Wind Symphony Warmup on stage
5:00 HHS Wind Symphony Performance
5:00 HHS Wind Ensemble Warmup in Choir Room
5:20 HHS Symphonic/Concert Band Warmup in Dance Room
5:30 HHS Wind Ensemble Performance
5:50 HHS Symphonic/Concert Band Performance
*** Each student will need to get into uniform at the band hall 30 minutes prior to their band’s warmup time and need to be completely ready 10 minutes prior to that time.
Sincerely,
John F. Green
HISD Director of Bands
Huntsville Hornet Military Marching Band
441 FM 2821 East
Huntsville, Texas 77320
Office 936.435.6147
Fax 936.435.6637
Good Afternoon Everyone,
Here is a reminder for the Pre-UIL Concert that I sent out the schedule for last week.
Tomorrow, February 26th will be our HISD Pre-UIL Concert in the HHS Auditorium. This is an opportunity to play our UIL Contest music for 3 judges and receive valuable feedback so that we can perfect our music for the UIL Concert and Sight Reading Contest in April. It is also a good opportunity for the parents to come and hear what your students are working on. This is because most parents are unable to attend our contest in April as it is during the work day. The band will wear their full uniform for this concert just as we will for UIL Contest. All grooming rules apply to this performance as well. We are trying to make this performance as close to the real thing as possible. This concert is also required for everyone regardless of their eligibility because it is a concert that is part of our curriculum and we are assuming that everyone is going to be eligible by the time of contest. This year the HHS bands will perform first, followed by the MPMS bands. The High School student schedule is as follows:
4:30 HHS Wind Symphony Warmup on stage
5:00 HHS Wind Symphony Performance
5:00 HHS Wind Ensemble Warmup in Choir Room
5:20 HHS Symphonic/Concert Band Warmup in Dance Room
5:30 HHS Wind Ensemble Performance
5:50 HHS Symphonic/Concert Band Performance
*** Each student will need to get into uniform at the band hall 30 minutes prior to their band’s warmup time and need to be completely ready 10 minutes prior to that time.
Sincerely,
John F. Green
HISD Director of Bands
Huntsville Hornet Military Marching Band
441 FM 2821 East
Huntsville, Texas 77320
Office 936.435.6147
Fax 936.435.6637
2-20-19
Good Evening Parents and Students,
We just returned from the Texas Music Educators Association Convention last week. I am so thankful to be able to attend this convention every year and collaborate with some of the finest teachers in the state of Texas and in our country. I appreciate our administration allowing us to attend this convention. I hope that the things we directors learned can help our band program continue to get better.
Here are a few announcements and reminders for this week and the near future:
1. Congratulations to Cade Mahlen and Will Saumell on being named drum major for the 2019-2020 school year. We appreciate the hard work by them and all of those who tried out during the three days of camp.
2. This Friday, February 22nd, will be our Solo and Ensemble Contest at The Woodlands College Park HS. Dress for this contest will be: Solid black clothing on bottom with black dress shoes and black socks, black belt, white long sleeve dress shirt for gentlemen and school dress code appropriate white top for ladies (no bling). Ladies may wear a solid/mostly black dress if they would like. Percussionists only will wear all black. Gentlemen must be clean shaven and all hair needs to be of natural color. As a reminder, each student will receive a grade for their performances at Solo and Ensemble so please encourage them to be practicing their music. Unfortunately, ineligible students will not be able to participate with us at this event. The students will be told if they are ineligible no later than Thursday when we get the final grade report. There will be a concession stand at the contest so please send a little money with your student so they can eat dinner. Also, if your student needs to be picked up by someone from the contest once they have finished all of their events please send a written note or an email to us by Friday.
The schedule will be:
11:38 Load percussion instruments during B lunch
12:08 Band students who have D lunch will have to eat lunch during C lunch
12:38 C Lunch ends/everyone comes to the band hall/load tubas, bari saxes and euphoniums
12:45 Meet
12:50 Load buses
1:00 Depart for College Park HS
2:00 Arrive at College Park HS/unload
4:00 Contest begins
8:30 Approximate end of contest/load instruments and buses
10:00 Arrive at HHS/Go Home!!!
3. Those who are taking a solo to solo and ensemble contest need to bring their $25 accompanist payment to Mr. Holland by Friday, March 8th. The band is paying the accompanists more than the $25 for their services but we are only charging the students $25 in an effort to ease the financial burden. Please take care of this so that your student does not have to go on the fees and fines list.
4. Next Tuesday, February 26th will be our HISD Pre-UIL Concert in the HHS Auditorium. This is an opportunity to play our UIL Contest music for 3 judges and receive valuable feedback so that we can perfect our music for the UIL Concert and Sight Reading Contest in April. It is also a good opportunity for the parents to come and hear what your students are working on. This is because most parents are unable to attend our contest in April as it is during the work day. The band will wear their full uniform for this concert just as we will for UIL Contest. All grooming rules apply to this performance as well. We are trying to make this performance as close to the real thing as possible. This concert is also required for everyone regardless of their eligibility because it is a concert that is part of our curriculum and we are assuming that everyone is going to be eligible by the time of contest. This year the HHS bands will perform first, followed by the MPMS bands. The High School student schedule is as follows:
4:30 HHS Wind Symphony Warmup in Dance Room
5:00 HHS Wind Symphony Performance
5:00 HHS Wind Ensemble Warmup in Choir Room
5:20 HHS Symphonic/Concert Band Warmup in Dance Room
5:30 HHS Wind Ensemble Performance
5:50 HHS Symphonic/Concert Band Performance
*** Each student will need to get into uniform at the band hall 30 minutes prior to their band’s warmup time and need to be completely ready 10 minutes prior to that time.
5. We are currently in our first week of our new sectional schedule for Concert and Sight Reading Contest. All students will have two rehearsals per week. Below is an excerpt of the Spring Schedule that everyone received back in December. We have paper copies of these at the Band Hall also if the students need a copy.
From this point UIL Concert & Sight Reading Contest is only 6 weeks away. Starting Monday, Feb. 12th through Thursday, April 12th, the after school rehearsal schedule will be as follows:
Mondays
4:00-5:30-Full Symphonic/Concert Band
4:00-4:45-WS B. Cl/Bassoon/Tenor/Bari Sax/Bones/Tones/Tubas/Perc.
4:45-5:30-WE Flutes/Oboes/Clarinets/Alto Saxes/Trumpets/Horns
Tuesdays
4:00-4:45-Full Symphonic Band/Concert Band
4:00-4:45-WE B. Cl/Bassoon/Tenor/Bari Sax/Bones/Tones/Tubas/Perc.
Wednesdays
4:00-5:30-Full Wind Ensemble
4:00-4:45-WS Flutes/Oboes/Clarinets/Alto Sax/Trumpets/Horns
Thursdays
4:00-5:30-Full Wind Symphony
6. For those students and parent chaperones going on the trip, please log on to www.superholiday.com and follow the instructions in the attached handout to create your online trip account. Each student and parent chaperone must complete this individually. Please fill in all demographic information but DO NOT send any payments through this website. All online payments should be submitted through Charms. Regarding the lodging information, ALL STUDENTS should select Quad Occupancy while ALL CHAPERONES should select Double Occupancy. Please complete this no later than Monday, February 25. If you have any questions, please email Mr. Holland at dmholland@huntsville-isd.org .
7. Please remember that the last trip payment is due Friday, March 1st. By this time the trip should be paid for in full for your student. If there is an issue with that happening by then please contact Kristen Burnett at hmb.president@gmail.com
Sincerely,
John F. Green
HISD Director of Bands
Huntsville Hornet Military Marching Band
441 FM 2821 East
Huntsville, Texas 77320
Office 936.435.6147
Fax 936.435.6637
Good Evening Parents and Students,
We just returned from the Texas Music Educators Association Convention last week. I am so thankful to be able to attend this convention every year and collaborate with some of the finest teachers in the state of Texas and in our country. I appreciate our administration allowing us to attend this convention. I hope that the things we directors learned can help our band program continue to get better.
Here are a few announcements and reminders for this week and the near future:
1. Congratulations to Cade Mahlen and Will Saumell on being named drum major for the 2019-2020 school year. We appreciate the hard work by them and all of those who tried out during the three days of camp.
2. This Friday, February 22nd, will be our Solo and Ensemble Contest at The Woodlands College Park HS. Dress for this contest will be: Solid black clothing on bottom with black dress shoes and black socks, black belt, white long sleeve dress shirt for gentlemen and school dress code appropriate white top for ladies (no bling). Ladies may wear a solid/mostly black dress if they would like. Percussionists only will wear all black. Gentlemen must be clean shaven and all hair needs to be of natural color. As a reminder, each student will receive a grade for their performances at Solo and Ensemble so please encourage them to be practicing their music. Unfortunately, ineligible students will not be able to participate with us at this event. The students will be told if they are ineligible no later than Thursday when we get the final grade report. There will be a concession stand at the contest so please send a little money with your student so they can eat dinner. Also, if your student needs to be picked up by someone from the contest once they have finished all of their events please send a written note or an email to us by Friday.
The schedule will be:
11:38 Load percussion instruments during B lunch
12:08 Band students who have D lunch will have to eat lunch during C lunch
12:38 C Lunch ends/everyone comes to the band hall/load tubas, bari saxes and euphoniums
12:45 Meet
12:50 Load buses
1:00 Depart for College Park HS
2:00 Arrive at College Park HS/unload
4:00 Contest begins
8:30 Approximate end of contest/load instruments and buses
10:00 Arrive at HHS/Go Home!!!
3. Those who are taking a solo to solo and ensemble contest need to bring their $25 accompanist payment to Mr. Holland by Friday, March 8th. The band is paying the accompanists more than the $25 for their services but we are only charging the students $25 in an effort to ease the financial burden. Please take care of this so that your student does not have to go on the fees and fines list.
4. Next Tuesday, February 26th will be our HISD Pre-UIL Concert in the HHS Auditorium. This is an opportunity to play our UIL Contest music for 3 judges and receive valuable feedback so that we can perfect our music for the UIL Concert and Sight Reading Contest in April. It is also a good opportunity for the parents to come and hear what your students are working on. This is because most parents are unable to attend our contest in April as it is during the work day. The band will wear their full uniform for this concert just as we will for UIL Contest. All grooming rules apply to this performance as well. We are trying to make this performance as close to the real thing as possible. This concert is also required for everyone regardless of their eligibility because it is a concert that is part of our curriculum and we are assuming that everyone is going to be eligible by the time of contest. This year the HHS bands will perform first, followed by the MPMS bands. The High School student schedule is as follows:
4:30 HHS Wind Symphony Warmup in Dance Room
5:00 HHS Wind Symphony Performance
5:00 HHS Wind Ensemble Warmup in Choir Room
5:20 HHS Symphonic/Concert Band Warmup in Dance Room
5:30 HHS Wind Ensemble Performance
5:50 HHS Symphonic/Concert Band Performance
*** Each student will need to get into uniform at the band hall 30 minutes prior to their band’s warmup time and need to be completely ready 10 minutes prior to that time.
5. We are currently in our first week of our new sectional schedule for Concert and Sight Reading Contest. All students will have two rehearsals per week. Below is an excerpt of the Spring Schedule that everyone received back in December. We have paper copies of these at the Band Hall also if the students need a copy.
From this point UIL Concert & Sight Reading Contest is only 6 weeks away. Starting Monday, Feb. 12th through Thursday, April 12th, the after school rehearsal schedule will be as follows:
Mondays
4:00-5:30-Full Symphonic/Concert Band
4:00-4:45-WS B. Cl/Bassoon/Tenor/Bari Sax/Bones/Tones/Tubas/Perc.
4:45-5:30-WE Flutes/Oboes/Clarinets/Alto Saxes/Trumpets/Horns
Tuesdays
4:00-4:45-Full Symphonic Band/Concert Band
4:00-4:45-WE B. Cl/Bassoon/Tenor/Bari Sax/Bones/Tones/Tubas/Perc.
Wednesdays
4:00-5:30-Full Wind Ensemble
4:00-4:45-WS Flutes/Oboes/Clarinets/Alto Sax/Trumpets/Horns
Thursdays
4:00-5:30-Full Wind Symphony
6. For those students and parent chaperones going on the trip, please log on to www.superholiday.com and follow the instructions in the attached handout to create your online trip account. Each student and parent chaperone must complete this individually. Please fill in all demographic information but DO NOT send any payments through this website. All online payments should be submitted through Charms. Regarding the lodging information, ALL STUDENTS should select Quad Occupancy while ALL CHAPERONES should select Double Occupancy. Please complete this no later than Monday, February 25. If you have any questions, please email Mr. Holland at dmholland@huntsville-isd.org .
7. Please remember that the last trip payment is due Friday, March 1st. By this time the trip should be paid for in full for your student. If there is an issue with that happening by then please contact Kristen Burnett at hmb.president@gmail.com
Sincerely,
John F. Green
HISD Director of Bands
Huntsville Hornet Military Marching Band
441 FM 2821 East
Huntsville, Texas 77320
Office 936.435.6147
Fax 936.435.6637
| HMB Trip Registration.pdf |
2-12-19
Good Morning Parents and Students,
I know you have missed my emails but there has not been quite as much going on lately but here are a few things for the near future.
1. The last trip payment was due Friday, February 1st. If you are behind on your payments at all there will be a band parent here after school today and before school on Thursday to take money and write receipts. Our last trip payment is due Friday, March 1st so please keep that in mind.
2. Drum Major Camp started last Friday and will conclude today after school. Next Monday, February 18th will be the try-out. This is a little earlier than normal for drum major tryouts but we wanted to do them a little earlier this year because of the band trip.
3. This week, Wednesday the 13th through Saturday the 16th all of the band directors in the district will be gone to the Texas Music Educators Association Clinic and Convention in San Antonio. This year is a special trip because our own Emily Gray made the All-State 5A Symphonic Band and will be traveling with us there to perform. Just to give you an idea of how big an honor this is, there are about 72,000 students from around the state that enter the All-State process and only around 1700 make an All-State group. This is also the first time in 8 years that the HMB has put someone in the All-State Band! Congratulations Emily.
4. While the directors are gone to TMEA this week this is a great opportunity for the students to get a lot of great work done practicing their solos and small ensembles for our Solo and Ensemble Contest that is coming up soon. The students will have all class period to be able to practice. I also want to remind the students of my expectations about their behavior while we are gone. I expect Mrs. Record and the substitute teachers to be treated with respect and for everyone to follow the instructions we leave for them.
5. Speaking of the Solo and Ensemble Contest. It will be held Friday, February 22nd at The Woodlands College Park High School after school. I will send out a detailed schedule next week but for now here are the highlights. For those taking a solo they will need to get us their $25 to pay for their accompanist. That needs to be to us before Friday the 22nd. The students will need to wear black on bottom/white on top dress clothes. White dress shirts for guys/girls and white blouses for girls is appropriate. Gentlemen may also add a tie and/or jacket if they wish. Ladies may wear majority black dresses as long as they are school dress code approved. They will need to bring a little bit of money for the concession stand.
6. Tuesday, February 26th will be the HHS/MPMS Pre-UIL concert in our HHS auditorium. This is where each band will play their 3 UIL pieces for judges who will provide us feedback as we get closer to our UIL contest in April. Again, I will send out a detailed schedule next week.
7. The 4th 6 weeks ends this Friday. Please help your student make sure that they are passing ALL of their classes by the end of this week or they will be ineligible for Solo and Ensemble Contest. This is not good for them or the rest of the band.
8. This is just a quick reminder that our new sectional schedule begins next Tuesday, February 19th. Please check the spring calendar that we gave out so that everyone knows when their 2 sectionals are.
Sincerely,
John F. Green
HISD Director of Bands
Huntsville Hornet Military Marching Band
441 FM 2821 East
Huntsville, Texas 77320
Office 936.435.6147
Fax 936.435.6637
Good Morning Parents and Students,
I know you have missed my emails but there has not been quite as much going on lately but here are a few things for the near future.
1. The last trip payment was due Friday, February 1st. If you are behind on your payments at all there will be a band parent here after school today and before school on Thursday to take money and write receipts. Our last trip payment is due Friday, March 1st so please keep that in mind.
2. Drum Major Camp started last Friday and will conclude today after school. Next Monday, February 18th will be the try-out. This is a little earlier than normal for drum major tryouts but we wanted to do them a little earlier this year because of the band trip.
3. This week, Wednesday the 13th through Saturday the 16th all of the band directors in the district will be gone to the Texas Music Educators Association Clinic and Convention in San Antonio. This year is a special trip because our own Emily Gray made the All-State 5A Symphonic Band and will be traveling with us there to perform. Just to give you an idea of how big an honor this is, there are about 72,000 students from around the state that enter the All-State process and only around 1700 make an All-State group. This is also the first time in 8 years that the HMB has put someone in the All-State Band! Congratulations Emily.
4. While the directors are gone to TMEA this week this is a great opportunity for the students to get a lot of great work done practicing their solos and small ensembles for our Solo and Ensemble Contest that is coming up soon. The students will have all class period to be able to practice. I also want to remind the students of my expectations about their behavior while we are gone. I expect Mrs. Record and the substitute teachers to be treated with respect and for everyone to follow the instructions we leave for them.
5. Speaking of the Solo and Ensemble Contest. It will be held Friday, February 22nd at The Woodlands College Park High School after school. I will send out a detailed schedule next week but for now here are the highlights. For those taking a solo they will need to get us their $25 to pay for their accompanist. That needs to be to us before Friday the 22nd. The students will need to wear black on bottom/white on top dress clothes. White dress shirts for guys/girls and white blouses for girls is appropriate. Gentlemen may also add a tie and/or jacket if they wish. Ladies may wear majority black dresses as long as they are school dress code approved. They will need to bring a little bit of money for the concession stand.
6. Tuesday, February 26th will be the HHS/MPMS Pre-UIL concert in our HHS auditorium. This is where each band will play their 3 UIL pieces for judges who will provide us feedback as we get closer to our UIL contest in April. Again, I will send out a detailed schedule next week.
7. The 4th 6 weeks ends this Friday. Please help your student make sure that they are passing ALL of their classes by the end of this week or they will be ineligible for Solo and Ensemble Contest. This is not good for them or the rest of the band.
8. This is just a quick reminder that our new sectional schedule begins next Tuesday, February 19th. Please check the spring calendar that we gave out so that everyone knows when their 2 sectionals are.
Sincerely,
John F. Green
HISD Director of Bands
Huntsville Hornet Military Marching Band
441 FM 2821 East
Huntsville, Texas 77320
Office 936.435.6147
Fax 936.435.6637
| 2019 Spring Rehearsal Schedule |
1-7-19
Happy New Year Everyone,
I hope that everyone had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! As we get ready to start school back up again this week I wanted to touch base on a couple of things.
1. Attached you will find a copy of the new sectional schedule and spring calendar for the remainder of the year. We gave out copies of this to the students before we left for Christmas break but here it is just in case it did not make it home. Please use these when scheduling doctor appointments, etc. so that your student doesn’t miss out on important rehearsals and/or events.
2. Speaking of the sectional schedule, please make sure that your student is attending their after school sectionals. These sectionals are very similar to our after school marching rehearsals in that they are vital to the band’s success. If there is a conflict please have your student talk to us in advance so we can help them resolve it. We are trying to teach them time management skills among other things and we will help them to work out conflicts with other activities if they will communicate with us IN ADVANCE. We will not be starting after school practices this week but will begin next week beginning Monday, January 14th.
3. Parents of Symphonic and Concert Band members please pay close attention to the sectional schedule for those groups as we are doing something a little differently this year. We will be combining those two bands into one larger band for UIL Concert and Sight-Reading Contest. We believe this will give those two bands a better chance of being successful, especially in sight-reading. Therefore, all Symphonic AND Concert Band members should attend the appropriate Symphonic Band sectional each week.
4. The next trip payment of $300 is due this Friday the 11th. Make sure you don’t get too far behind in your payments as it is difficult to get caught up. As always students/parents can put payments into the booster lock box at any time or you can pay in person on Thursday morning when there will be a booster officer at the band hall before school. If you pay by check make sure it is made out to HBBCI and include a phone # and driver’s license #.
Sincerely,
John F. Green
HISD Director of Bands
Huntsville Hornet Military Marching Band
441 FM 2821 East
Huntsville, Texas 77320
Office 936.435.6147
Fax 936.435.6637
Happy New Year Everyone,
I hope that everyone had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! As we get ready to start school back up again this week I wanted to touch base on a couple of things.
1. Attached you will find a copy of the new sectional schedule and spring calendar for the remainder of the year. We gave out copies of this to the students before we left for Christmas break but here it is just in case it did not make it home. Please use these when scheduling doctor appointments, etc. so that your student doesn’t miss out on important rehearsals and/or events.
2. Speaking of the sectional schedule, please make sure that your student is attending their after school sectionals. These sectionals are very similar to our after school marching rehearsals in that they are vital to the band’s success. If there is a conflict please have your student talk to us in advance so we can help them resolve it. We are trying to teach them time management skills among other things and we will help them to work out conflicts with other activities if they will communicate with us IN ADVANCE. We will not be starting after school practices this week but will begin next week beginning Monday, January 14th.
3. Parents of Symphonic and Concert Band members please pay close attention to the sectional schedule for those groups as we are doing something a little differently this year. We will be combining those two bands into one larger band for UIL Concert and Sight-Reading Contest. We believe this will give those two bands a better chance of being successful, especially in sight-reading. Therefore, all Symphonic AND Concert Band members should attend the appropriate Symphonic Band sectional each week.
4. The next trip payment of $300 is due this Friday the 11th. Make sure you don’t get too far behind in your payments as it is difficult to get caught up. As always students/parents can put payments into the booster lock box at any time or you can pay in person on Thursday morning when there will be a booster officer at the band hall before school. If you pay by check make sure it is made out to HBBCI and include a phone # and driver’s license #.
Sincerely,
John F. Green
HISD Director of Bands
Huntsville Hornet Military Marching Band
441 FM 2821 East
Huntsville, Texas 77320
Office 936.435.6147
Fax 936.435.6637