416 FM 1187 South

Aledo, TX 76008

(817) 441-5197

Michael W. Ganus, AMS Director

Joey Qualls, AMS Assistant Director

John Lindsay, AMS Principal

visit the Aledo Middle School Band online at: www.aledoband.com

AMS Band Newsletter
Volume 4 - Issue 10
January 4, 2006

Inside this issue
Auction Concert
M&M Fundraiser
Solo and Ensemble
Notes From Mr. G

Mark Your Calendar:

January 2006

4 Begin 4th Six-Weeks

10 Band Booster Meeting
7:30 p.m.
AHS Distance Learning Cntr.

10-12 TAKS Benchmark

16 No School

21 Band Auction
4:30 - 8:30 p.m.
AHS Cafeteria

February 2006

3 Band Progress Reports

4 Solo and Ensemble
AMS Campus
All Day

7 Band Booster Meeting
7:30 p.m.
AHS Distance Learning Cntr.

15-17 Directors Out
Music Teachers Conv.

20 Begin 5th Six Weeks

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Contact Information

Aledo Middle School Band
416 FM 1187 South
Aledo, TX 76008
(817) 441-5197 voice
(817) 441-5133 fax

Auction Concert

Annual Aledo Band Boosters
Auction/Concert
January 21, 2006
5:00 - 9:00 p.m.

This is one of our best annual events! The Aledo Band Boosters will be sponsoring a live and silent auction while the bands entertain the crowds. Outback Steakhouse will be catering the meal (optional).

Students will wear our orange/white band T-shirts for this event.

Here are the bands performance times. (Each band will need to be in the H.S. Band Hall :30 mins early for warm up)

5:00 p.m. - AMS Concert 3 & 4 (combined) (warm up is at 4:30 in the H.S. Band Hall)
6:00 p.m. - AMS Concert 2 (warm up is at 5:30 p.m. in the H.S. Band Hall)
6:30 p.m. - AMS Beginner Band & McAnally Beginner Band (combined) (warm-up is at 5:00 in the H.S. Band Hall)
8:00 p.m. - AMS Concert 1 (warm up is at 7:30 in the H.S. Band Hall)

Once students have completed their performance they are not required to stay.

M&M Fundraiser

Reminder:

M&M Tubes are due back to the MS Band Hall by Friday, January 13th.

Solo and Ensemble

Aledo Solo and Ensemble Contest
2006

$6.00 Entry Fee Due By January 18th.

All of our middle school musicians should be working hard on their solo for this contest. Each solo issued this year has an accompaniment available on the Smart Music system. Please check out www.smartmusic.com (Code: ALEDO4115) for details.

Students will be assigned a performance time later in January. Each student will be given approximately 5 mins. with a judge to perform his/her solo. The Judges will then rate each soloist on the following scale:
I - Superior - awarded a first division gold medal
II - Excellent - awarded a second division red ribbon
III - Good

Directors will be listening to soloists work on their pieces through the month of January. Please make sure that your child is spending time on this very important individual competition.

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PARENTS...

The success of this contest is in your hands. Aledo Middle School will host approximately 1,300 young musicians from this area at this contest. We need parents to make this happen. Parents are used to help get the kids in and out of the rooms. The work is rewarding and so many of these kids need to see a smiling/friendly face.

We operate this contest in two shifts...
8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
12:00 noon - 5:00 p.m.
(even better if you can do both shifts!!)

If you are able to volunteer, please contact Mr. Ganus
(817) 441-4197
or simply reply to this email.

Notes From Mr. G

What a wonderful year we are having. I have to say that I am very pleased with the progress of all of our bands here at the middle school. Here is a little progress report for each class:

MS Beginner Band: This year we have a small beginner band class of 9 kids. These guys are working very well and will be great additions to our concert bands next year.

Developing Band: This class is doing exactly what it was designed to do. We needed a place to help those kids who simply needed more time to develop before they were ready for a concert band class. We have already successfully moved 8 kids from this small class into our concert band classes. I know that some of these kids are working hard to develop and achieve. I'm very proud of their hard work.

Concert Band: What a wonderful time I'm having as director of the concert band this year. I have to say that we have come a long way in one year with this band. This will be our first year to take this band to UIL Concert Contest in April. I know that they will do well. I'm very proud of the kids in this class.

Challenger Band: Mr. Qualls is doing a great job with this band! So many of the sounds I hear in this class sound like my top middle school bands in the last few years. Beautiful sounds along with smart kids makes for a fantastic band! So many of these kids will go on to be leaders in the MS Advanced Band or even the AHS Band next year!

Advanced Band: I really am enjoying the top middle school band this year. We have gotten off to a good start and are really challenging ourselves to do great things. This band can look forward to one of the most aggressive musical programs that Aledo have ever attempted this spring. I hope that they will be up to the challenge! (I know that they are :-)

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