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Director's Update
9-26-22
Good Evening Parents and Students,
I hope that everyone had a good weekend. Last Friday’s debut of the contest drill was solid considering it was the first time we performed it. It is a good starting point for us to build from going forward. With Homecoming being this week and our Pre-UIL Contest coming this weekend I have a lot of information to give you.
1. Our homecoming parade is this Thursday, September 29th in downtown Huntsville. The band will be in full uniform for this performance. This is a required performance for all band members who are currently eligible.
Here is the schedule:
3:40 Dismiss from classes
3:45 Eat Pizza
4:05 Marching Practice
4:30 Load Truck/Get into uniform
4:45 Meet
4:50 Load Buses
5:00 Depart HHS
5:15 Arrive at Parade/Unload
5:45 Form up
6:00 Parade Begins
6:50 Parade Ends/Load Truck
7:15 Depart for HHS
7:30 Arrive at HHS Band Hall/Unload/Go Home!!!
2. Friday, September 30th we have our next home game against Lamar Consolidated. This is also Homecoming. Because of this the band will be performing the drill before the game begins. We will march at 7:00 pm. If you want to see us perform you will have to arrive early to the game. Everyone will need to ride the bus home after this game since it is a home game.
Our schedule will be:
3:40 Run through Holiday with the GG’s on the marching field
4:00 Eat dinner
4:25 Get into Uniform
4:35 Section Leader/Senior Uniform Inspection (with Flip-Folders)
4:50 Full Band Uniform Inspection (with Flip-Folders)
5:05 Run through Drill
5:20 Load Truck
5:40 Meet
5:50 Load Buses
6:00 Depart HHS
6:10 Arrive at Bowers Stadium
6:15 Unload/Unpack
6:40 Setup behind end zone for warm up
7:00 Perform the drill
7:30 Kick-off
10:30 Approximate end of game
10:40 Load buses/truck
11:00 Depart for HHS Band Hall
11:15 Arrive at HHS Band Hall/Unload/Go Home!!!
3. Our Pre-UIL marching contest will be at Galena Park ISD Stadium on Saturday, October 1st. Below is the link to their website for more information about tickets, concessions, etc.
https://www.galenaparkisd.com/Page/6231
Our schedule will be:
7:45 Band Hall opens
8:00 Arrive at Band Hall
8:05 Get into uniform
8:15 Senior/Section Leader Uniform Inspection (No flip folders)
8:30 Full Band Uniform Inspection (No flip folders)
8:45 Run through Drill
9:00 Load the truck
9:15 Meet
9:30 Load buses
9:45 Depart Huntsville for Galena Park ISD Stadium (15025 Wallisville Rd, Houston, TX 77049)
11:15 Arrive/Unload/Use Restroom
11:45 Go to warmup area
11:55 Warmup
12:45 Perform
1:00 Get out of uniform/Load the truck
1:15 Discuss the performance
1:30 Depart for Huntsville
3:00 Arrive at HHS/Unload/Go home!
4. This week is homecoming so that makes our game a little bit different than usual. Instead of marching at halftime, the band will be marching before the football game begins to accommodate all of the homecoming court festivities at halftime. If you want to see us march you will have to get to the stadium a little before 7:00pm. Also, mums/garters will not be worn into the stadium by the band students. They must be given to them by their parent after the game begins early in the 1st quarter. The boosters will not be able to carry them into the stadium either because they will be carrying their own student’s mum/garter along with all of the band equipment that they have to carry. Once we are a few minutes into the 1st quarter I will let everyone know when it is ok to pin the mums/garters onto the students. Like last year we are going to do this on the track in front of where the band sits. I will release the students by groups/sections to go to the track and then we will release the parents. Thank you for your understanding on this.
5. We have a pep rally this Friday so make sure that your student arrives to school already dressed in their pep rally attire. (Tennis shoes, nice blue jeans, green polo tucked in with a belt)
6. The Band Booster Club needs some help with the concession stand this Friday. Please email HMB.concessions@gmail.com asap if you are interested in helping!
Sincerely,
John F. Green
HISD Director of Music
HISD Director of Bands
HHS Fine Arts Department Chair
441 FM 2821 East
Huntsville, Texas 77320
office 936.435.6147
fax 936.435.6637
Good Evening Parents and Students,
I hope that everyone had a good weekend. Last Friday’s debut of the contest drill was solid considering it was the first time we performed it. It is a good starting point for us to build from going forward. With Homecoming being this week and our Pre-UIL Contest coming this weekend I have a lot of information to give you.
1. Our homecoming parade is this Thursday, September 29th in downtown Huntsville. The band will be in full uniform for this performance. This is a required performance for all band members who are currently eligible.
Here is the schedule:
3:40 Dismiss from classes
3:45 Eat Pizza
4:05 Marching Practice
4:30 Load Truck/Get into uniform
4:45 Meet
4:50 Load Buses
5:00 Depart HHS
5:15 Arrive at Parade/Unload
5:45 Form up
6:00 Parade Begins
6:50 Parade Ends/Load Truck
7:15 Depart for HHS
7:30 Arrive at HHS Band Hall/Unload/Go Home!!!
2. Friday, September 30th we have our next home game against Lamar Consolidated. This is also Homecoming. Because of this the band will be performing the drill before the game begins. We will march at 7:00 pm. If you want to see us perform you will have to arrive early to the game. Everyone will need to ride the bus home after this game since it is a home game.
Our schedule will be:
3:40 Run through Holiday with the GG’s on the marching field
4:00 Eat dinner
4:25 Get into Uniform
4:35 Section Leader/Senior Uniform Inspection (with Flip-Folders)
4:50 Full Band Uniform Inspection (with Flip-Folders)
5:05 Run through Drill
5:20 Load Truck
5:40 Meet
5:50 Load Buses
6:00 Depart HHS
6:10 Arrive at Bowers Stadium
6:15 Unload/Unpack
6:40 Setup behind end zone for warm up
7:00 Perform the drill
7:30 Kick-off
10:30 Approximate end of game
10:40 Load buses/truck
11:00 Depart for HHS Band Hall
11:15 Arrive at HHS Band Hall/Unload/Go Home!!!
3. Our Pre-UIL marching contest will be at Galena Park ISD Stadium on Saturday, October 1st. Below is the link to their website for more information about tickets, concessions, etc.
https://www.galenaparkisd.com/Page/6231
Our schedule will be:
7:45 Band Hall opens
8:00 Arrive at Band Hall
8:05 Get into uniform
8:15 Senior/Section Leader Uniform Inspection (No flip folders)
8:30 Full Band Uniform Inspection (No flip folders)
8:45 Run through Drill
9:00 Load the truck
9:15 Meet
9:30 Load buses
9:45 Depart Huntsville for Galena Park ISD Stadium (15025 Wallisville Rd, Houston, TX 77049)
11:15 Arrive/Unload/Use Restroom
11:45 Go to warmup area
11:55 Warmup
12:45 Perform
1:00 Get out of uniform/Load the truck
1:15 Discuss the performance
1:30 Depart for Huntsville
3:00 Arrive at HHS/Unload/Go home!
4. This week is homecoming so that makes our game a little bit different than usual. Instead of marching at halftime, the band will be marching before the football game begins to accommodate all of the homecoming court festivities at halftime. If you want to see us march you will have to get to the stadium a little before 7:00pm. Also, mums/garters will not be worn into the stadium by the band students. They must be given to them by their parent after the game begins early in the 1st quarter. The boosters will not be able to carry them into the stadium either because they will be carrying their own student’s mum/garter along with all of the band equipment that they have to carry. Once we are a few minutes into the 1st quarter I will let everyone know when it is ok to pin the mums/garters onto the students. Like last year we are going to do this on the track in front of where the band sits. I will release the students by groups/sections to go to the track and then we will release the parents. Thank you for your understanding on this.
5. We have a pep rally this Friday so make sure that your student arrives to school already dressed in their pep rally attire. (Tennis shoes, nice blue jeans, green polo tucked in with a belt)
6. The Band Booster Club needs some help with the concession stand this Friday. Please email HMB.concessions@gmail.com asap if you are interested in helping!
Sincerely,
John F. Green
HISD Director of Music
HISD Director of Bands
HHS Fine Arts Department Chair
441 FM 2821 East
Huntsville, Texas 77320
office 936.435.6147
fax 936.435.6637
9-21-22
Good Afternoon Everyone,
After making two long treks in a row, we will be back to having a normal away game this week. It will be like the first game of the year in College Station. Our plan is to debut some of this year’s contest drill so be sure to check that out at halftime.
Announcements and reminders:
1. Our next away football game is this Friday, September 23rd at 7:30pm at Montgomery ISD Stadium. If you need to pick up your student from the game before we leave, please shoot me an email by Friday morning.
Our schedule will be:
3:30 Release to come to the Band Hall
3:40 Get in Uniform
4:00 Senior/Section Leader Uniform Inspection (with flip folders)
4:15 Full Band Uniform Inspection (with flip folders)
4:30 Run through Drill (half uniform)
4:45 Load the band truck
5:00 Meet
5:15 Load Buses (Get Band Booster purchased meals going onto bus)
5:30 Depart HHS
6:15 Arrive at Montgomery ISD Stadium (22628 TX-105, Montgomery, TX 77356)
6:20 Unload/Unpack
6:45 Form Up/March in
7:30 Kick-off
10:30 Approximate end of game
10:40 Load truck
11:00 Depart for HHS
11:45 Arrive at HHS Band Hall/Unload/Go Home!!!
2. This is a final reminder about grades for the 1st 6 weeks. Any students who are currently failing a class have until Friday at 3:40pm to get everything turned in, corrected, etc. to fix their grades. If they are failing on their report card, they will become ineligible for at least the following 3 weeks. Again, I have let the band know that if we have too many people failing after this week, we will not be able to do the current contest drill that we have been working on over the past few weeks. We would have to ditch it and replace it with a much more watered down and less interesting drill that I know they will be disappointed by. I hope it does not come down to that but again, their grades are up to them.
3. I hope everyone has been selling those HMB cards! The boosters have begun taking the money for those. There are two options for turning in that money to get your cards to hand out. The money can be turned in to the band booster drop box inside Mrs. Stifflemire’s office or it can be done in person before or after practice on Mondays. If it is turned in in person, the cards will be given to the students directly. If it is turned in to the drop box, the cards will be given to the student as soon as they have time to check the box and issue the cards. If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Vaughan at hmb.vicepres@gmail.com and she can help you out.
4. Our Pre-UIL marching contest will be at Galena Park ISD Stadium on Saturday, October 1st. Below is the link to their website for more information about tickets, concessions, etc.
https://www.galenaparkisd.com/Page/6231
Our schedule will be:
7:45 Band Hall opens
8:00 Arrive at Band Hall
8:05 Get into uniform
8:15 Senior/Section Leader Uniform Inspection (No flip folders)
8:30 Full Band Uniform Inspection (No flip folders)
8:45 Run through Drill
9:00 Load the truck
9:15 Meet
9:30 Load buses
9:45 Depart Huntsville for Galena Park ISD Stadium (15025 Wallisville Rd, Houston, TX 77049)
11:15 Arrive/Unload/Use Restroom
11:45 Go to warmup area
11:55 Warmup
12:45 Perform
1:00 Get out of uniform/Load the truck
1:15 Discuss the performance
1:30 Depart for Huntsville
3:00 Arrive at HHS/Unload/Go home!
5. Senior band parents, I plan on taking our seniors on a band trip at the end of this school year like we did two years ago when we didn’t have a large full band trip. I will get more details out to you all soon, but here are some of the highlights. Most likely we will go to Branson, MO again and stay 4 days, 3 nights. It will cost between $600-$800 per person. This trip is not required but I wanted everyone to know about it so that anyone who wants to go can begin planning and fundraising. Also, if there are any senior band parents that would like to chaperone the trip, please understand that I will not ask someone to chaperone if they have not gotten enough experience chaperoning throughout the school year with our regular band trips. If you are interested in chaperoning the senior trip, please make sure that you talk with Mr. Vaughan at HMB.chaperones@gmail.com about getting into the chaperone rotation for games, contests, etc. so you can get some experience.
Sincerely,
John F. Green
HISD Director of Music
HISD Director of Bands
HHS Fine Arts Department Chair
441 FM 2821 East
Huntsville, Texas 77320
office 936.435.6147
fax 936.435.6637
Good Afternoon Everyone,
After making two long treks in a row, we will be back to having a normal away game this week. It will be like the first game of the year in College Station. Our plan is to debut some of this year’s contest drill so be sure to check that out at halftime.
Announcements and reminders:
1. Our next away football game is this Friday, September 23rd at 7:30pm at Montgomery ISD Stadium. If you need to pick up your student from the game before we leave, please shoot me an email by Friday morning.
Our schedule will be:
3:30 Release to come to the Band Hall
3:40 Get in Uniform
4:00 Senior/Section Leader Uniform Inspection (with flip folders)
4:15 Full Band Uniform Inspection (with flip folders)
4:30 Run through Drill (half uniform)
4:45 Load the band truck
5:00 Meet
5:15 Load Buses (Get Band Booster purchased meals going onto bus)
5:30 Depart HHS
6:15 Arrive at Montgomery ISD Stadium (22628 TX-105, Montgomery, TX 77356)
6:20 Unload/Unpack
6:45 Form Up/March in
7:30 Kick-off
10:30 Approximate end of game
10:40 Load truck
11:00 Depart for HHS
11:45 Arrive at HHS Band Hall/Unload/Go Home!!!
2. This is a final reminder about grades for the 1st 6 weeks. Any students who are currently failing a class have until Friday at 3:40pm to get everything turned in, corrected, etc. to fix their grades. If they are failing on their report card, they will become ineligible for at least the following 3 weeks. Again, I have let the band know that if we have too many people failing after this week, we will not be able to do the current contest drill that we have been working on over the past few weeks. We would have to ditch it and replace it with a much more watered down and less interesting drill that I know they will be disappointed by. I hope it does not come down to that but again, their grades are up to them.
3. I hope everyone has been selling those HMB cards! The boosters have begun taking the money for those. There are two options for turning in that money to get your cards to hand out. The money can be turned in to the band booster drop box inside Mrs. Stifflemire’s office or it can be done in person before or after practice on Mondays. If it is turned in in person, the cards will be given to the students directly. If it is turned in to the drop box, the cards will be given to the student as soon as they have time to check the box and issue the cards. If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Vaughan at hmb.vicepres@gmail.com and she can help you out.
4. Our Pre-UIL marching contest will be at Galena Park ISD Stadium on Saturday, October 1st. Below is the link to their website for more information about tickets, concessions, etc.
https://www.galenaparkisd.com/Page/6231
Our schedule will be:
7:45 Band Hall opens
8:00 Arrive at Band Hall
8:05 Get into uniform
8:15 Senior/Section Leader Uniform Inspection (No flip folders)
8:30 Full Band Uniform Inspection (No flip folders)
8:45 Run through Drill
9:00 Load the truck
9:15 Meet
9:30 Load buses
9:45 Depart Huntsville for Galena Park ISD Stadium (15025 Wallisville Rd, Houston, TX 77049)
11:15 Arrive/Unload/Use Restroom
11:45 Go to warmup area
11:55 Warmup
12:45 Perform
1:00 Get out of uniform/Load the truck
1:15 Discuss the performance
1:30 Depart for Huntsville
3:00 Arrive at HHS/Unload/Go home!
5. Senior band parents, I plan on taking our seniors on a band trip at the end of this school year like we did two years ago when we didn’t have a large full band trip. I will get more details out to you all soon, but here are some of the highlights. Most likely we will go to Branson, MO again and stay 4 days, 3 nights. It will cost between $600-$800 per person. This trip is not required but I wanted everyone to know about it so that anyone who wants to go can begin planning and fundraising. Also, if there are any senior band parents that would like to chaperone the trip, please understand that I will not ask someone to chaperone if they have not gotten enough experience chaperoning throughout the school year with our regular band trips. If you are interested in chaperoning the senior trip, please make sure that you talk with Mr. Vaughan at HMB.chaperones@gmail.com about getting into the chaperone rotation for games, contests, etc. so you can get some experience.
Sincerely,
John F. Green
HISD Director of Music
HISD Director of Bands
HHS Fine Arts Department Chair
441 FM 2821 East
Huntsville, Texas 77320
office 936.435.6147
fax 936.435.6637
9-18-22
Good afternoon Parents and Students,
Just a reminder that after-school marching practice will go from 4:30-5:30pm tomorrow afternoon. This is to help all the NHS officers and inductees have time to go home and change before their Induction Ceremony that evening. Since practice will only be an hour, please be on time so we can make the most of that time! Any makeup tests and tutorials should be wrapped up by 4:15 so you can make it over to the band hall in time.
Jazz Band reminder: we are performing for the NHS induction. If you are staying at the band hall after marching practice remember to bring your Concert Black attire with you to school. Pizza dinner will be provided by Ms. Gaston and NHS.
Thank you and have a good rest of your weekend!
Good afternoon Parents and Students,
Just a reminder that after-school marching practice will go from 4:30-5:30pm tomorrow afternoon. This is to help all the NHS officers and inductees have time to go home and change before their Induction Ceremony that evening. Since practice will only be an hour, please be on time so we can make the most of that time! Any makeup tests and tutorials should be wrapped up by 4:15 so you can make it over to the band hall in time.
Jazz Band reminder: we are performing for the NHS induction. If you are staying at the band hall after marching practice remember to bring your Concert Black attire with you to school. Pizza dinner will be provided by Ms. Gaston and NHS.
Thank you and have a good rest of your weekend!
9-14-22
Good Afternoon Everyone,
I hope everyone is having a good week so far. Last week’s away game went well. We made it there and back safely, we had a nice performance at halftime and their home crowd gave us a nice response when we finished as well so that was nice. Also, I would like to thank everyone for being on time to pick up your students Friday night. I know it was a late one! We have another late one this Friday but hopefully we won’t get back any later than we did this past week. Pray for no traffic on 45 coming home!
Announcements and reminders:
1. Our next away football game is this Friday, September 16th at 7:00pm at Clear Creek ISD Challenger Columbia Stadium. (1955 W Nasa Blvd, Webster, TX 77598) Because of how far away this game is, we are once again taking charter buses with the GG’s and Flagmen. Remember, if you need to pick up your student from the game before we leave, please shoot me an email by Friday morning.
Our schedule will be:
12:58 Come to band hall at the end of 5th period
1:00 Get in Uniform
1:15 Senior/Section Leader Uniform Inspection (with flip folders)
1:30 Full Band Uniform Inspection (with flip folders)
1:45 Run through Drill (half uniform)
2:15 Meet
2:30 Load Buses (Get Band Booster purchased meals going onto bus)
3:00 Depart HHS
6:00 Arrive at Challenger Columbia Stadium (1955 W Nasa Blvd, Webster, TX 77598)
6:05 Unload/Unpack
6:20 Form Up/March in
7:00 Kick-off
10:00 Approximate end of game
10:10 Load truck
10:30 Depart for HHS
12:15 Arrive at HHS Band Hall/Unload/Go Home!!!
2. This next announcement is about GRADES, GRADES, GRADES!!! Progress reports came out last week. We normally get a report who shows us who is failing but there have been some technical challenges, so it has taken us some time to finally figure that out. After looking at the grades for the band at the progress report I hate to announce that we had at total of 75 students failing one or more classes with the majority of them failing more than one class! These students have until next Friday, September 23rd at 3:40pm to be passing ALL their classes otherwise they become ineligible to participate in football games, pep rallies, parades, contests, etc. Pretty much, they would not be able to do anything that we do during marching season except come to practice… PLEASE help us get the students’ grades where they need to be. We will be talking to each student over the next few days so that they know exactly what they must fix by next Friday. At that point it will be on them to fix it. Finally, I have let the band know that if we have too many people failing after next week we will not be able to do the current contest drill that we have been working on over the past couple of weeks. We would have to ditch it and replace it with a much more watered down and less interesting drill that I know they will be disappointed by. I hope it does not come down to that but again, their grades are up to them.
3. Last week we sent home presale forms for our HMB discount card fundraiser. These cards have awesome discounts at local businesses here in Huntsville. The cards are sold for $15 each. For every card sold $10 goes to help the students pay off band fees, clothing, save money for band trips, etc. and the other $5 goes to the Booster Club. Please DO NOT send the money for the cards back with your students until we tell everyone when we are going to start collecting the money. I will let you know soon when we will start collecting the money and distributing the cards. Hopefully it will be next Monday. When the boosters start taking the money, students will turn it into them, and the boosters will give the students the cards to distribute to those they sold to. If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Vaughan at hmb.vicepres@gmail.com and she can help you out.
4. This is a heads-up reminder that our Pre-UIL marching contest will be at Galena Park ISD Stadium on Saturday, October 1st. That will be on us before we know it, so I wanted to give you some basic information about it. The band would need to be at the band hall around 8:00am and we will leave around 9:30am. We march at 12:45pm and would be home around 3:00pm. Below is the link to their website for more information about tickets, concessions, etc.
https://www.galenaparkisd.com/Page/6231
5. Senior band parents, I plan on taking our seniors on a band trip at the end of this school year like we did two years ago when we didn’t have a large full band trip. I will get more details out to you all soon but here are some of the highlights. Most likely we will go to Branson, MO again and stay 4 days, 3 nights. It will cost between $600-$800 per person. This trip is not required but I wanted everyone to know about it so that anyone who wants to go can begin planning and fundraising. Also, if there are any senior band parents that would like to chaperone the trip, please understand that I will not ask someone to chaperone if they have not gotten enough experience chaperoning throughout the school year with our regular band trips. If you are interested in chaperoning the senior trip, please make sure that you talk with Mr. Vaughan at HMB.chaperones@gmail.com about getting into the chaperone rotation for games, contests, etc. so you can get some experience.
6. Finally, attached is a flyer for tomorrow night’s HMB spirit night at Chick-fil-a. Your purchases only count if you physically come inside the store. Drive through orders DO NOT COUNT. Come out and support the HMB from 5:30-7:30pm and thanks to Chick-fil-A for their support!
Sincerely,
John F. Green
HISD Director of Music
HISD Director of Bands
HHS Fine Arts Department Chair
441 FM 2821 East
Huntsville, Texas 77320
office 936.435.6147
fax 936.435.6637
Good Afternoon Everyone,
I hope everyone is having a good week so far. Last week’s away game went well. We made it there and back safely, we had a nice performance at halftime and their home crowd gave us a nice response when we finished as well so that was nice. Also, I would like to thank everyone for being on time to pick up your students Friday night. I know it was a late one! We have another late one this Friday but hopefully we won’t get back any later than we did this past week. Pray for no traffic on 45 coming home!
Announcements and reminders:
1. Our next away football game is this Friday, September 16th at 7:00pm at Clear Creek ISD Challenger Columbia Stadium. (1955 W Nasa Blvd, Webster, TX 77598) Because of how far away this game is, we are once again taking charter buses with the GG’s and Flagmen. Remember, if you need to pick up your student from the game before we leave, please shoot me an email by Friday morning.
Our schedule will be:
12:58 Come to band hall at the end of 5th period
1:00 Get in Uniform
1:15 Senior/Section Leader Uniform Inspection (with flip folders)
1:30 Full Band Uniform Inspection (with flip folders)
1:45 Run through Drill (half uniform)
2:15 Meet
2:30 Load Buses (Get Band Booster purchased meals going onto bus)
3:00 Depart HHS
6:00 Arrive at Challenger Columbia Stadium (1955 W Nasa Blvd, Webster, TX 77598)
6:05 Unload/Unpack
6:20 Form Up/March in
7:00 Kick-off
10:00 Approximate end of game
10:10 Load truck
10:30 Depart for HHS
12:15 Arrive at HHS Band Hall/Unload/Go Home!!!
2. This next announcement is about GRADES, GRADES, GRADES!!! Progress reports came out last week. We normally get a report who shows us who is failing but there have been some technical challenges, so it has taken us some time to finally figure that out. After looking at the grades for the band at the progress report I hate to announce that we had at total of 75 students failing one or more classes with the majority of them failing more than one class! These students have until next Friday, September 23rd at 3:40pm to be passing ALL their classes otherwise they become ineligible to participate in football games, pep rallies, parades, contests, etc. Pretty much, they would not be able to do anything that we do during marching season except come to practice… PLEASE help us get the students’ grades where they need to be. We will be talking to each student over the next few days so that they know exactly what they must fix by next Friday. At that point it will be on them to fix it. Finally, I have let the band know that if we have too many people failing after next week we will not be able to do the current contest drill that we have been working on over the past couple of weeks. We would have to ditch it and replace it with a much more watered down and less interesting drill that I know they will be disappointed by. I hope it does not come down to that but again, their grades are up to them.
3. Last week we sent home presale forms for our HMB discount card fundraiser. These cards have awesome discounts at local businesses here in Huntsville. The cards are sold for $15 each. For every card sold $10 goes to help the students pay off band fees, clothing, save money for band trips, etc. and the other $5 goes to the Booster Club. Please DO NOT send the money for the cards back with your students until we tell everyone when we are going to start collecting the money. I will let you know soon when we will start collecting the money and distributing the cards. Hopefully it will be next Monday. When the boosters start taking the money, students will turn it into them, and the boosters will give the students the cards to distribute to those they sold to. If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Vaughan at hmb.vicepres@gmail.com and she can help you out.
4. This is a heads-up reminder that our Pre-UIL marching contest will be at Galena Park ISD Stadium on Saturday, October 1st. That will be on us before we know it, so I wanted to give you some basic information about it. The band would need to be at the band hall around 8:00am and we will leave around 9:30am. We march at 12:45pm and would be home around 3:00pm. Below is the link to their website for more information about tickets, concessions, etc.
https://www.galenaparkisd.com/Page/6231
5. Senior band parents, I plan on taking our seniors on a band trip at the end of this school year like we did two years ago when we didn’t have a large full band trip. I will get more details out to you all soon but here are some of the highlights. Most likely we will go to Branson, MO again and stay 4 days, 3 nights. It will cost between $600-$800 per person. This trip is not required but I wanted everyone to know about it so that anyone who wants to go can begin planning and fundraising. Also, if there are any senior band parents that would like to chaperone the trip, please understand that I will not ask someone to chaperone if they have not gotten enough experience chaperoning throughout the school year with our regular band trips. If you are interested in chaperoning the senior trip, please make sure that you talk with Mr. Vaughan at HMB.chaperones@gmail.com about getting into the chaperone rotation for games, contests, etc. so you can get some experience.
6. Finally, attached is a flyer for tomorrow night’s HMB spirit night at Chick-fil-a. Your purchases only count if you physically come inside the store. Drive through orders DO NOT COUNT. Come out and support the HMB from 5:30-7:30pm and thanks to Chick-fil-A for their support!
Sincerely,
John F. Green
HISD Director of Music
HISD Director of Bands
HHS Fine Arts Department Chair
441 FM 2821 East
Huntsville, Texas 77320
office 936.435.6147
fax 936.435.6637
9-7-22
Good Evening Everyone,
I hope everyone enjoyed their Labor Day holiday! Thank you to everyone for getting to practice on Monday evening, it was a great practice, and we were able to learn a lot of new drill. Last Friday’s game was a very good night for the team and for us. It was nice to see the seniors be recognized and our drill was better than the week before. That is the goal: continuous improvement. The next two weeks are our very long away games. This week in Belton and next week down at Clear Springs. Below is the schedule for the Belton game this week.
Announcements and reminders:
1. Our next away football game is this Friday, September 9th at 7:00pm at Tiger Field in Belton. (600 Lake Rd, Belton, TX 76513) Because of how far away this game is, we are taking charter buses with the GG’s and Flagmen. Remember, if you need to pick up your student from the game before we leave please shoot me an email by Friday morning.
Our schedule will be:
12:58 Come to band hall at the end of 5th period
1:00 Get in Uniform
1:15 Senior/Section Leader Uniform Inspection (with flip folders)
1:30 Full Band Uniform Inspection (with flip folders)
1:45 Run through Drill (half uniform)
2:15 Meet
2:30 Load Buses (Get Band Booster purchased meals going onto bus)
3:00 Depart HHS
6:00 Arrive at Tiger Stadium (600 Lake Rd, Belton, TX 76513)
6:05 Unload/Unpack
6:20 Form Up/March in
7:00 Kick-off
10:00 Approximate end of game
10:10 Load truck
10:30 Depart Belton for HHS
1:00 Arrive at HHS Band Hall/Unload/Go Home!!!
2. Yesterday I sent home presale forms for our HMB discount card fundraiser. These cards have awesome discounts at local businesses here in Huntsville. The cards are sold for $15 each. For every card sold $10 goes to help the students pay off band fees, clothing, save money for band trips, etc. and the other $5 goes to the Booster Club. Please DO NOT send the money for the cards back with your students until we tell everyone when we are going to start collecting the money. We would like for them to have time to sell at least 5-10 cards before they start bringing us the money. We will begin taking the money sometime late next week or sometime early the following week so that should give them some time to sell. When the boosters start taking the money, students will turn it into them, and the boosters will give the students the cards to distribute to those they sold to. If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Vaughan at hmb.vicepres@gmail.com and she can help you out.
3. Next Monday, September 12th will be the first Band Booster meeting of the year. It will be in the band hall at 7:00pm. If you want to get more involved in helping the HMB, come check out our meetings!
4. Progress reports went home with the students today. Please have them show their report to you so that you can see how their grades are progressing. We are going to talk to students starting tomorrow who are failing classes. While the students do not lose their eligibility at this 3-week grade check, it does give us a good idea of who might fail when the 6-weeks report cards come out. If they fail at the 6-weeks, they will not be able to participate in any band activities until they regain their eligibility. Let’s work together to help your students have amazing grades!
Sincerely,
John F. Green
HISD Director of Music
HISD Director of Bands
HHS Fine Arts Department Chair
441 FM 2821 East
Huntsville, Texas 77320
office 936.435.6147
fax 936.435.6637
Good Evening Everyone,
I hope everyone enjoyed their Labor Day holiday! Thank you to everyone for getting to practice on Monday evening, it was a great practice, and we were able to learn a lot of new drill. Last Friday’s game was a very good night for the team and for us. It was nice to see the seniors be recognized and our drill was better than the week before. That is the goal: continuous improvement. The next two weeks are our very long away games. This week in Belton and next week down at Clear Springs. Below is the schedule for the Belton game this week.
Announcements and reminders:
1. Our next away football game is this Friday, September 9th at 7:00pm at Tiger Field in Belton. (600 Lake Rd, Belton, TX 76513) Because of how far away this game is, we are taking charter buses with the GG’s and Flagmen. Remember, if you need to pick up your student from the game before we leave please shoot me an email by Friday morning.
Our schedule will be:
12:58 Come to band hall at the end of 5th period
1:00 Get in Uniform
1:15 Senior/Section Leader Uniform Inspection (with flip folders)
1:30 Full Band Uniform Inspection (with flip folders)
1:45 Run through Drill (half uniform)
2:15 Meet
2:30 Load Buses (Get Band Booster purchased meals going onto bus)
3:00 Depart HHS
6:00 Arrive at Tiger Stadium (600 Lake Rd, Belton, TX 76513)
6:05 Unload/Unpack
6:20 Form Up/March in
7:00 Kick-off
10:00 Approximate end of game
10:10 Load truck
10:30 Depart Belton for HHS
1:00 Arrive at HHS Band Hall/Unload/Go Home!!!
2. Yesterday I sent home presale forms for our HMB discount card fundraiser. These cards have awesome discounts at local businesses here in Huntsville. The cards are sold for $15 each. For every card sold $10 goes to help the students pay off band fees, clothing, save money for band trips, etc. and the other $5 goes to the Booster Club. Please DO NOT send the money for the cards back with your students until we tell everyone when we are going to start collecting the money. We would like for them to have time to sell at least 5-10 cards before they start bringing us the money. We will begin taking the money sometime late next week or sometime early the following week so that should give them some time to sell. When the boosters start taking the money, students will turn it into them, and the boosters will give the students the cards to distribute to those they sold to. If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Vaughan at hmb.vicepres@gmail.com and she can help you out.
3. Next Monday, September 12th will be the first Band Booster meeting of the year. It will be in the band hall at 7:00pm. If you want to get more involved in helping the HMB, come check out our meetings!
4. Progress reports went home with the students today. Please have them show their report to you so that you can see how their grades are progressing. We are going to talk to students starting tomorrow who are failing classes. While the students do not lose their eligibility at this 3-week grade check, it does give us a good idea of who might fail when the 6-weeks report cards come out. If they fail at the 6-weeks, they will not be able to participate in any band activities until they regain their eligibility. Let’s work together to help your students have amazing grades!
Sincerely,
John F. Green
HISD Director of Music
HISD Director of Bands
HHS Fine Arts Department Chair
441 FM 2821 East
Huntsville, Texas 77320
office 936.435.6147
fax 936.435.6637
8-30-22
Good Afternoon Everyone,
I hope everyone’s week is off to a good start. I wanted to tell everyone that I was proud of how the band handled themselves Friday night at our first game. We were late which can sometimes be chaotic but all things considered I thought they did a good job. Also, for it being the first football game of the year, they did a solid job on the field at halftime. They played confidently and there were many positive things to build off of with the marching. This Friday will be our first home game and I will include a detailed schedule for that later in this email.
Announcements and reminders:
1. This Friday, September 2nd will be our first home football game of the season. It will be at Bowers Stadium at 7:30pm on the SHSU campus. Since we are close to home, we ask that all students return to the high school with us after the game and get picked up there unless there is an emergency. This game is also senior night. There are more details on that later in this email. Below is our detailed schedule for the game:
3:40 Pep rally ends
3:45 Eat dinner/get into uniform
4:20 Senior/Section Leader Uniform Inspection
4:30 Full Band Uniform Inspection
4:45 Run through Drill (half uniform)
4:55 Load truck
5:15 Meet
5:20 Load Buses (Get Band Booster purchased meals going onto bus)
5:30 Depart HHS
5:45 Arrive at Bowers stadium
5:50 Unload/Unpack
6:15 Form Up
7:30 Kick-off
10:30 Approximate end of game
10:40 Load truck
11:00 Depart for HHS
11:10 Arrive at HHS Band Hall/Unload/Go Home!!!
2. Below is the info for the seniors and senior parents about the senior recognition before the game:
Senior recognitions will start promptly at 6:30pm. Parents and Seniors will line up together in advance on the field house side. Then parents and seniors will walk to the end zone where they will be announced and continue down to the 30 yard line closest to the field house. Once seniors are announced and their picture is made, they will be given Game Day Photo info about purchasing their picture and be released back to their area. At that point, Seniors and Parents will separate -- seniors will go to their game areas and parents will go into the stands.
Here is the order of organizations for Senior recognition:
1. Band (Senior band parents be to the south end zone no later than 6:15)
2. GG’s
3. Cheerleaders
4. Flag group
5. Athletic Trainers
6. Football
3. Just a quick reminder that practices for the two school holidays that will occur on Monday, September 5th and Monday, October 10th. We WILL be having practice on those two days at our normal time of 5:00-7:00pm. I am hopeful that if anyone decides to go out of town on those two weekends that they will be back in town in time to come to practice. We simply cannot afford to cancel practice on those two days especially considering how much practice time we have already lost to the weather. Please be at practice if at all possible on these two days and if you know there is going to be a conflict please talk with us beforehand.
4. Attached to this email is a copy of our Band Handbook for this year. It was also sent home in paper form today with the students. Please take some time to look it over. It has info about our band procedures and rules, etc.
5. We have our first pep rally this Friday for our first home game. The students need to show up to school in their pep rally uniform. (tennis shoes, nice blue jeans, HMB polo tucked in with a belt) The exception to this are the seniors who are going to wear their senior shirts and/or overalls for the senior festivities.
Sincerely,
John F. Green
HISD Director of Music
HISD Director of Bands
HHS Fine Arts Department Chair
441 FM 2821 East
Huntsville, Texas 77320
office 936.435.6147
fax 936.435.6637
Good Afternoon Everyone,
I hope everyone’s week is off to a good start. I wanted to tell everyone that I was proud of how the band handled themselves Friday night at our first game. We were late which can sometimes be chaotic but all things considered I thought they did a good job. Also, for it being the first football game of the year, they did a solid job on the field at halftime. They played confidently and there were many positive things to build off of with the marching. This Friday will be our first home game and I will include a detailed schedule for that later in this email.
Announcements and reminders:
1. This Friday, September 2nd will be our first home football game of the season. It will be at Bowers Stadium at 7:30pm on the SHSU campus. Since we are close to home, we ask that all students return to the high school with us after the game and get picked up there unless there is an emergency. This game is also senior night. There are more details on that later in this email. Below is our detailed schedule for the game:
3:40 Pep rally ends
3:45 Eat dinner/get into uniform
4:20 Senior/Section Leader Uniform Inspection
4:30 Full Band Uniform Inspection
4:45 Run through Drill (half uniform)
4:55 Load truck
5:15 Meet
5:20 Load Buses (Get Band Booster purchased meals going onto bus)
5:30 Depart HHS
5:45 Arrive at Bowers stadium
5:50 Unload/Unpack
6:15 Form Up
7:30 Kick-off
10:30 Approximate end of game
10:40 Load truck
11:00 Depart for HHS
11:10 Arrive at HHS Band Hall/Unload/Go Home!!!
2. Below is the info for the seniors and senior parents about the senior recognition before the game:
Senior recognitions will start promptly at 6:30pm. Parents and Seniors will line up together in advance on the field house side. Then parents and seniors will walk to the end zone where they will be announced and continue down to the 30 yard line closest to the field house. Once seniors are announced and their picture is made, they will be given Game Day Photo info about purchasing their picture and be released back to their area. At that point, Seniors and Parents will separate -- seniors will go to their game areas and parents will go into the stands.
Here is the order of organizations for Senior recognition:
1. Band (Senior band parents be to the south end zone no later than 6:15)
2. GG’s
3. Cheerleaders
4. Flag group
5. Athletic Trainers
6. Football
3. Just a quick reminder that practices for the two school holidays that will occur on Monday, September 5th and Monday, October 10th. We WILL be having practice on those two days at our normal time of 5:00-7:00pm. I am hopeful that if anyone decides to go out of town on those two weekends that they will be back in town in time to come to practice. We simply cannot afford to cancel practice on those two days especially considering how much practice time we have already lost to the weather. Please be at practice if at all possible on these two days and if you know there is going to be a conflict please talk with us beforehand.
4. Attached to this email is a copy of our Band Handbook for this year. It was also sent home in paper form today with the students. Please take some time to look it over. It has info about our band procedures and rules, etc.
5. We have our first pep rally this Friday for our first home game. The students need to show up to school in their pep rally uniform. (tennis shoes, nice blue jeans, HMB polo tucked in with a belt) The exception to this are the seniors who are going to wear their senior shirts and/or overalls for the senior festivities.
Sincerely,
John F. Green
HISD Director of Music
HISD Director of Bands
HHS Fine Arts Department Chair
441 FM 2821 East
Huntsville, Texas 77320
office 936.435.6147
fax 936.435.6637
8-29-22
Good Afternoon Parents and Students,
This is not my full weekly email, rather just a quick note about practices for the two school holidays that will occur on Monday, September 5th and Monday, October 10th. We WILL be having practice on those two days at our normal time of 5:00-7:00pm. I am hopeful that if anyone decides to go out of town on those two weekends that they will be back in town in time to come to practice. We simply cannot afford to cancel practice on those two days especially considering how much practice time we have already lost to the weather. Please be at practice if at all possible on these two days and if you know there is going to be a conflict please talk with us beforehand.
Sincerely,
John F. Green
HISD Director of Music
HISD Director of Bands
HHS Fine Arts Department Chair
441 FM 2821 East
Huntsville, Texas 77320
office 936.435.6147
fax 936.435.6637
Good Afternoon Parents and Students,
This is not my full weekly email, rather just a quick note about practices for the two school holidays that will occur on Monday, September 5th and Monday, October 10th. We WILL be having practice on those two days at our normal time of 5:00-7:00pm. I am hopeful that if anyone decides to go out of town on those two weekends that they will be back in town in time to come to practice. We simply cannot afford to cancel practice on those two days especially considering how much practice time we have already lost to the weather. Please be at practice if at all possible on these two days and if you know there is going to be a conflict please talk with us beforehand.
Sincerely,
John F. Green
HISD Director of Music
HISD Director of Bands
HHS Fine Arts Department Chair
441 FM 2821 East
Huntsville, Texas 77320
office 936.435.6147
fax 936.435.6637
8-23-22
Good Evening Parents and Students,
This week we will have our first away football game of the year! I will have a detailed schedule along with other important information in this email.
Announcements and reminders for the week and beyond:
1. Here is another reminder about attendance at after school practices. These after school rehearsals are REQUIRED as part of being in the band. If getting a ride is a challenge for your student, please have them talk to their section leader or one of the directors and we will help them find a ride home. There are 180 people in band so the chances are very good that someone else in the band lives close to where you live and would be able to help with rides. If students have too many absences they will not be put into the contest drill when we begin that. After we start practicing the contest drill if students have an unexcused absence they may be removed from the drill and replaced by an alternate. Also, once a student is tardy 3 times they may be removed from the contest drill. Below is the after-school rehearsal schedule for marching season just in case you did not keep the front sheet of the info packets that went home during summer band:
Monday: 5:00-7:00pm
***For those that do not have other after school activities before band practice on Mondays, you MUST NOT roam the hallways after school. Here are your options:
Tuesday: No practice (please schedule doctor’s appointments and other appointments here)
Wednesday: 4:00-5:30pm
Thursday: 4:00-6:00pm
2. Tomorrow night is open house at HHS from 5:00-7:00pm. It is a come and go event. As you know we have band practice from 4:00-5:30pm. If parents want to attend the open house with their student please make plans to do so right after we dismiss from band practice. We must have everyone at practice because we have lost so much practice time to the weather lately and we have a game on Friday. Thank you for your understanding.
3. Private lessons are a great way for your student to get better at their instrument. If money is a concern, you can apply for a scholarship through our Band Booster Club. If you would like to sign up for lessons, please visit www.huntsvillemilitaryband.com and apply through our website. The scholarship applications are available there as well.
4. This Friday, August 26th will be our first football game of the season. It will be an away game at A&M Consolidated High School’s Tiger Stadium at 7:00pm. Originally the start time for the game was 7:30pm, but we just found out today that it has been moved up to a 7:00pm start time. This means we will get home 30 minutes earlier so that is a good thing! If for some reason your student will not be riding home with the band after the game, please send a signed note or email telling us who will pick them up from the stadium. Please get the note or email to us by Friday morning. They will need to check their student out with a chaperone or band director before they leave the stadium. Please only take your student if it is absolutely necessary. It is very difficult to keep up with where everyone is with this many students. Below is our detailed schedule for the game:
3:40 School Ends
3:45 Get in Uniform
4:00 Senior/Section Leader Uniform Inspection
4:15 Full Band Uniform Inspection
4:30 Run through Drill (half uniform)
4:45 Load truck
5:00 Meet
5:05 Load Buses (Get Band Booster purchased meals going onto bus)
5:15 Depart HHS
6:30 Arrive at Tiger Stadium (1801 Harvey Mitchell Pkw, College Station, TX 77840 )
6:35 Unload/Unpack
6:45 Form Up/Move into stadium
7:00 Kick-off
10:00 Approximate end of game
10:10 Load truck
10:30 Depart College Station
11:45 Arrive at HHS Band Hall/Unload/Go Home!!!
5. Uniform notes: (all of this has been covered with the students multiple times)
6. Students who have unpaid band fees/clothing payments need to get those taken care of as soon as possible. If there are money concerns, please talk to the Band Booster officers and they can help find solutions for you.
7. Concessions are a great way to earn money for your child. It can be used to help pay for things like band fees and band trips. Parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, family friends, etc. are able to work for your child. Students who are 16 and older may also have the opportunity to work at SHSU games to raise money for themselves. For those interested in working concessions for this year, please reach out to Liz Castilla at hmb.concessions@gmail.com or you can sign up for the concession Remind below.
Remind: text @hmbconc to 81010
Sincerely,
John F. Green
HISD Director of Music
HISD Director of Bands
HHS Fine Arts Department Chair
441 FM 2821 East
Huntsville, Texas 77320
office 936.435.6147
fax 936.435.6637
Good Evening Parents and Students,
This week we will have our first away football game of the year! I will have a detailed schedule along with other important information in this email.
Announcements and reminders for the week and beyond:
1. Here is another reminder about attendance at after school practices. These after school rehearsals are REQUIRED as part of being in the band. If getting a ride is a challenge for your student, please have them talk to their section leader or one of the directors and we will help them find a ride home. There are 180 people in band so the chances are very good that someone else in the band lives close to where you live and would be able to help with rides. If students have too many absences they will not be put into the contest drill when we begin that. After we start practicing the contest drill if students have an unexcused absence they may be removed from the drill and replaced by an alternate. Also, once a student is tardy 3 times they may be removed from the contest drill. Below is the after-school rehearsal schedule for marching season just in case you did not keep the front sheet of the info packets that went home during summer band:
Monday: 5:00-7:00pm
***For those that do not have other after school activities before band practice on Mondays, you MUST NOT roam the hallways after school. Here are your options:
- If a student chooses to leave school and come back, they just need to make sure they are on time.
- Go to the cafeteria if you want to get food through the after-school meal program.
- Go to another teacher in the school for tutoring or to do homework.
- Come directly to the band hall to study or do homework.
- Come directly to the band hall to work on your music memorization.
Tuesday: No practice (please schedule doctor’s appointments and other appointments here)
Wednesday: 4:00-5:30pm
Thursday: 4:00-6:00pm
2. Tomorrow night is open house at HHS from 5:00-7:00pm. It is a come and go event. As you know we have band practice from 4:00-5:30pm. If parents want to attend the open house with their student please make plans to do so right after we dismiss from band practice. We must have everyone at practice because we have lost so much practice time to the weather lately and we have a game on Friday. Thank you for your understanding.
3. Private lessons are a great way for your student to get better at their instrument. If money is a concern, you can apply for a scholarship through our Band Booster Club. If you would like to sign up for lessons, please visit www.huntsvillemilitaryband.com and apply through our website. The scholarship applications are available there as well.
4. This Friday, August 26th will be our first football game of the season. It will be an away game at A&M Consolidated High School’s Tiger Stadium at 7:00pm. Originally the start time for the game was 7:30pm, but we just found out today that it has been moved up to a 7:00pm start time. This means we will get home 30 minutes earlier so that is a good thing! If for some reason your student will not be riding home with the band after the game, please send a signed note or email telling us who will pick them up from the stadium. Please get the note or email to us by Friday morning. They will need to check their student out with a chaperone or band director before they leave the stadium. Please only take your student if it is absolutely necessary. It is very difficult to keep up with where everyone is with this many students. Below is our detailed schedule for the game:
3:40 School Ends
3:45 Get in Uniform
4:00 Senior/Section Leader Uniform Inspection
4:15 Full Band Uniform Inspection
4:30 Run through Drill (half uniform)
4:45 Load truck
5:00 Meet
5:05 Load Buses (Get Band Booster purchased meals going onto bus)
5:15 Depart HHS
6:30 Arrive at Tiger Stadium (1801 Harvey Mitchell Pkw, College Station, TX 77840 )
6:35 Unload/Unpack
6:45 Form Up/Move into stadium
7:00 Kick-off
10:00 Approximate end of game
10:10 Load truck
10:30 Depart College Station
11:45 Arrive at HHS Band Hall/Unload/Go Home!!!
5. Uniform notes: (all of this has been covered with the students multiple times)
- Socks must be either crew length or knee length and the part that is visible above the shoe top must be all white. Please do not get socks with logos that are visible. If there is some color on the toes/heels we can deal with that as long as it is not visible. Also, short socks are not allowed.
- The official black HMB t-shirt is the ONLY shirt worn under the uniform.
- Shorts to be worn under the uniform should be basketball or running shorts and must be black. If there is a gray or white stripe on the side and/or there is a logo on them that is just fine. Make sure that shorts are appropriate length.
- All long hair must be French braided or worn up in a tight bun on the top of the head. No bows and no colored hair accessories including beads. If they have an all-black/hair colored hair band that will be allowed. They should be mostly using bobby pins and hair-colored barrettes or rubber bands. All hair styles will be worn close to the scalp and not be distracting from the uniform. All hair must be a natural color as well. This is for girls AND boys.
- There will be no jewelry worn except the senior class ring by the seniors. Otherwise, no earrings, nose rings, eyebrow rings, bracelets, necklaces, watches, etc. Wearing a Band-Aid to cover jewelry is not acceptable. Only a clear or flesh colored spacer may be worn in earring holes or nose holes and these are available from the uniform crew at no charge.
- All gentlemen will be clean shaven for every performance.
- Fingernails must not have anything on them, have a flesh tone color or may be French manicure.
6. Students who have unpaid band fees/clothing payments need to get those taken care of as soon as possible. If there are money concerns, please talk to the Band Booster officers and they can help find solutions for you.
7. Concessions are a great way to earn money for your child. It can be used to help pay for things like band fees and band trips. Parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, family friends, etc. are able to work for your child. Students who are 16 and older may also have the opportunity to work at SHSU games to raise money for themselves. For those interested in working concessions for this year, please reach out to Liz Castilla at hmb.concessions@gmail.com or you can sign up for the concession Remind below.
Remind: text @hmbconc to 81010
Sincerely,
John F. Green
HISD Director of Music
HISD Director of Bands
HHS Fine Arts Department Chair
441 FM 2821 East
Huntsville, Texas 77320
office 936.435.6147
fax 936.435.6637
8-15-2022 (part 2)
A few friendly reminders from the Booster Officers:
- Band Fees are due and MUST be paid before any orders in the band store will be processed (meal plans, marching shoes, etc.). This is a required fee for ALL band students and is used to help offset costs for drinks, snacks, meals, first aid supplies, and other items used by the students for the entire school year. We incur more costs than the $100/student, but work hard to keep this cost as low as possible.
- Meal plan orders must be made and paid for by this Wednesday, August 17. If you have NOT paid the band fee but have paid for the meal plan, please know that meal plan orders can not be processed until the band fee is taken care of (if this is an issue, please contact the Booster Club President to work something out as we want the students to have food, his contact info is below). Ordering a meal plan is incredibly important for the students to ensure they have food to eat before each football game; please get those orders in either through the Band Store on Charms or by sending money with your student to the band hall. Attached to this email are the meal plan options available this year.
- ALL Freshman, and any new students to the program, have required uniform pieces that must be purchased ASAP. All of these pieces are necessary for the first football game happening in less than two weeks. Most of these students received the black tshirt during Summer Band to use for the preview event, but that still needs to be paid for along with all of the other items. See the attached order form, or complete your order in the Band Store on Charms.
- We understand that there are A LOT of costs, especially for new students to the program, right at the beginning of the year. If paying everything at once is an issue, please do not ignore that and instead let us help. Anyone that needs assistance with making payments can contact John Hendricks, our Booster Club President, at hmb.president@gmail.com. We can offer payment plans, scholarships, or other confidential arrangements. We want everyone to be able to participate, and have what they need, regardless of their financial situation.
John F. Green
HISD Director of Music
HISD Director of Bands
HHS Fine Arts Department Chair
441 FM 2821 East
Huntsville, Texas 77320
office 936.435.6147
fax 936.435.6637
A few friendly reminders from the Booster Officers:
- Band Fees are due and MUST be paid before any orders in the band store will be processed (meal plans, marching shoes, etc.). This is a required fee for ALL band students and is used to help offset costs for drinks, snacks, meals, first aid supplies, and other items used by the students for the entire school year. We incur more costs than the $100/student, but work hard to keep this cost as low as possible.
- Meal plan orders must be made and paid for by this Wednesday, August 17. If you have NOT paid the band fee but have paid for the meal plan, please know that meal plan orders can not be processed until the band fee is taken care of (if this is an issue, please contact the Booster Club President to work something out as we want the students to have food, his contact info is below). Ordering a meal plan is incredibly important for the students to ensure they have food to eat before each football game; please get those orders in either through the Band Store on Charms or by sending money with your student to the band hall. Attached to this email are the meal plan options available this year.
- ALL Freshman, and any new students to the program, have required uniform pieces that must be purchased ASAP. All of these pieces are necessary for the first football game happening in less than two weeks. Most of these students received the black tshirt during Summer Band to use for the preview event, but that still needs to be paid for along with all of the other items. See the attached order form, or complete your order in the Band Store on Charms.
- We understand that there are A LOT of costs, especially for new students to the program, right at the beginning of the year. If paying everything at once is an issue, please do not ignore that and instead let us help. Anyone that needs assistance with making payments can contact John Hendricks, our Booster Club President, at hmb.president@gmail.com. We can offer payment plans, scholarships, or other confidential arrangements. We want everyone to be able to participate, and have what they need, regardless of their financial situation.
John F. Green
HISD Director of Music
HISD Director of Bands
HHS Fine Arts Department Chair
441 FM 2821 East
Huntsville, Texas 77320
office 936.435.6147
fax 936.435.6637
8-15-22
Good Afternoon HMB Family,
This will technically be my first “weekly email” of the 2022-2023 school year. I will be sending one of these emails each week all throughout marching season and periodically during the spring semester. Some of these emails (like this one) will be lengthy, but it is to make sure that everyone knows what is going on. We had a good first two days of school last week and we are looking forward to a good first full week. The biggest issues that we are having right now is attendance at after school rehearsals and everyone turning in the required paperwork. I will address those later in this email.
Announcements and reminders for the week and beyond:
1. Attendance is a huge part of our success in our band program. The last couple of years dealing with covid has hurt us in that area and we need to drastically improve it this year. Attendance in class is very important but attendance at after school rehearsals is just as important. It is the only time that the band gets to come together as a whole to put the music and marching together. These after school rehearsals are REQUIRED as part of being in the band. If getting a ride is a challenge for your student, please have them talk to their section leader or one of the directors and we will help them find a ride home. There are 180 people in band so the chances are very good that someone else in the band lives close to where you live and would be able to help with rides. Below is the after-school rehearsal schedule for marching season just in case you did not keep the front sheet of the info packets that went home during summer band:
Monday: 5:00-7:00pm
***For those that do not have other after school activities before band practice on Mondays, you MUST NOT roam the hallways after school. Here are your options:
Tuesday: No practice (please schedule doctor’s appointments and other appointments here)
Wednesday: 4:00-5:30pm
Thursday: 4:00-6:00pm
2. For us to let the students participate in band activities we must have ALL of their required paperwork turned in. Please get those into us asap this week. This includes the band information packet and physical forms.
3. Please try to help your student work on memorizing their music at home if they need that extra work. Some students will pick up on it well enough in class, but many will need extra practice to get it down. Encourage them to be patient. It will happen if they keep at it.
4. Private lessons are a great way for your student to get better at their instrument. If money is a concern, you can apply for a scholarship through our Band Booster Club. If you would like to sign up for lessons, please visit www.huntsvillemilitaryband.com and apply through our website. The scholarship applications are available there as well.
5. Next Friday, August 26th will be our first football game of the season. It will be an away game at A&M Consolidated High School (Tiger Stadium 1801 Harvey Mitchell Pkw, College Station TX 77840) at 7:30pm. The students will come to the band hall after school to get ready for the game. I will send a more detailed email next Monday but we will arrive back at the HHS Band Hall between 11:30pm and midnight.
6. I have attached the band yearly calendar to this email just in case anyone lost it from band store night. Please put this on your fridge at home, enter it into your phone, etc. so that everyone knows these dates well in advance for planning purposes.
7. I will be sending another email shortly that will contain some very important info from the Band Booster Club. The biggest two things right now are freshmen parents getting clothing and band fees paid for and everyone getting signed up for the meal plans and getting those paid for by THIS WEDNESDAY. We need to get all of that done this week since we have our first game next week.
Sincerely,
John F. Green
HISD Director of Music
HISD Director of Bands
HHS Fine Arts Department Chair
441 FM 2821 East
Huntsville, Texas 77320
office 936.435.6147
fax 936.435.6637
Good Afternoon HMB Family,
This will technically be my first “weekly email” of the 2022-2023 school year. I will be sending one of these emails each week all throughout marching season and periodically during the spring semester. Some of these emails (like this one) will be lengthy, but it is to make sure that everyone knows what is going on. We had a good first two days of school last week and we are looking forward to a good first full week. The biggest issues that we are having right now is attendance at after school rehearsals and everyone turning in the required paperwork. I will address those later in this email.
Announcements and reminders for the week and beyond:
1. Attendance is a huge part of our success in our band program. The last couple of years dealing with covid has hurt us in that area and we need to drastically improve it this year. Attendance in class is very important but attendance at after school rehearsals is just as important. It is the only time that the band gets to come together as a whole to put the music and marching together. These after school rehearsals are REQUIRED as part of being in the band. If getting a ride is a challenge for your student, please have them talk to their section leader or one of the directors and we will help them find a ride home. There are 180 people in band so the chances are very good that someone else in the band lives close to where you live and would be able to help with rides. Below is the after-school rehearsal schedule for marching season just in case you did not keep the front sheet of the info packets that went home during summer band:
Monday: 5:00-7:00pm
***For those that do not have other after school activities before band practice on Mondays, you MUST NOT roam the hallways after school. Here are your options:
- If a student chooses to leave school and come back, they just need to make sure they are on time.
- Go to the cafeteria if you want to get food through the after-school meal program.
- Go to another teacher in the school for tutoring or to do homework.
- Come directly to the band hall to study or do homework.
- Come directly to the band hall to work on your music memorization.
Tuesday: No practice (please schedule doctor’s appointments and other appointments here)
Wednesday: 4:00-5:30pm
Thursday: 4:00-6:00pm
2. For us to let the students participate in band activities we must have ALL of their required paperwork turned in. Please get those into us asap this week. This includes the band information packet and physical forms.
3. Please try to help your student work on memorizing their music at home if they need that extra work. Some students will pick up on it well enough in class, but many will need extra practice to get it down. Encourage them to be patient. It will happen if they keep at it.
4. Private lessons are a great way for your student to get better at their instrument. If money is a concern, you can apply for a scholarship through our Band Booster Club. If you would like to sign up for lessons, please visit www.huntsvillemilitaryband.com and apply through our website. The scholarship applications are available there as well.
5. Next Friday, August 26th will be our first football game of the season. It will be an away game at A&M Consolidated High School (Tiger Stadium 1801 Harvey Mitchell Pkw, College Station TX 77840) at 7:30pm. The students will come to the band hall after school to get ready for the game. I will send a more detailed email next Monday but we will arrive back at the HHS Band Hall between 11:30pm and midnight.
6. I have attached the band yearly calendar to this email just in case anyone lost it from band store night. Please put this on your fridge at home, enter it into your phone, etc. so that everyone knows these dates well in advance for planning purposes.
7. I will be sending another email shortly that will contain some very important info from the Band Booster Club. The biggest two things right now are freshmen parents getting clothing and band fees paid for and everyone getting signed up for the meal plans and getting those paid for by THIS WEDNESDAY. We need to get all of that done this week since we have our first game next week.
Sincerely,
John F. Green
HISD Director of Music
HISD Director of Bands
HHS Fine Arts Department Chair
441 FM 2821 East
Huntsville, Texas 77320
office 936.435.6147
fax 936.435.6637
6-25-22
Good Morning Again,
Attached you will find our Summer Band Calendar. Even though we passed them out to the students at the end of last year and we passed them out at the spring concerts, I wanted to make sure that everyone had this calendar just in case they did not make it home. Please read it carefully to determine when your student needs to report to summer band. Let me know if there are any questions.
Sincerely,
John F. Green
HISD Director of Music
HISD Director of Bands
HHS Fine Arts Department Chair
441 FM 2821 East
Huntsville, Texas 77320
office 936.435.6147
fax 936.435.6637
Good Morning Again,
Attached you will find our Summer Band Calendar. Even though we passed them out to the students at the end of last year and we passed them out at the spring concerts, I wanted to make sure that everyone had this calendar just in case they did not make it home. Please read it carefully to determine when your student needs to report to summer band. Let me know if there are any questions.
Sincerely,
John F. Green
HISD Director of Music
HISD Director of Bands
HHS Fine Arts Department Chair
441 FM 2821 East
Huntsville, Texas 77320
office 936.435.6147
fax 936.435.6637
6-25-22
Good Morning Everyone,
Students, I hope your summer is going well and you are enjoying some rest and relaxation. Before we get too far into the summer, I wanted to remind everyone about getting a physical done. According to UIL rules we cannot let anyone do any marching activities until we have a physical on file. There are two pages that must be filled out. The first page is a medical history form that the parent and student fill out. Take that with you to the physical and then the physician will fill out the other page. You may go to your family doctor, or you can go to Texpress Urgent Care, and they will take care of you. I am attaching the physical document. If you are in athletics and already got your physical done at the end of the school year, then you do not need to get another one. We will get a copy of your physical from the athletic department. Again, physicals MUST be done BEFORE the students report for summer band. Let me know if there are any questions.
Sincerely,
John F. Green
HISD Director of Music
HISD Director of Bands
HHS Fine Arts Department Chair
441 FM 2821 East
Huntsville, Texas 77320
office 936.435.6147
fax 936.435.6637
Good Morning Everyone,
Students, I hope your summer is going well and you are enjoying some rest and relaxation. Before we get too far into the summer, I wanted to remind everyone about getting a physical done. According to UIL rules we cannot let anyone do any marching activities until we have a physical on file. There are two pages that must be filled out. The first page is a medical history form that the parent and student fill out. Take that with you to the physical and then the physician will fill out the other page. You may go to your family doctor, or you can go to Texpress Urgent Care, and they will take care of you. I am attaching the physical document. If you are in athletics and already got your physical done at the end of the school year, then you do not need to get another one. We will get a copy of your physical from the athletic department. Again, physicals MUST be done BEFORE the students report for summer band. Let me know if there are any questions.
Sincerely,
John F. Green
HISD Director of Music
HISD Director of Bands
HHS Fine Arts Department Chair
441 FM 2821 East
Huntsville, Texas 77320
office 936.435.6147
fax 936.435.6637
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