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Mark Your Calendar: FEBRUARY 2007
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Did You Know? 1st shift 2nd Shift Husband and wife teams can take one room for the entire day (each take a shift). Clean up begins at 5:00 pm and we could use help getting this entire campus looking like a school again when this HUGE contest is over. Thanks! -Mr. Ganus |
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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 black/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 minutes early for warm up) 4:30 p.m. - AMS Developing Band (warm-up is at 4:15 in the H.S. Band Hall) Once students have completed their performance they are not required to stay.
Aledo Solo and Ensemble Contest 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.2007 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: 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. ___________________________________________________________________________
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... If you are able to volunteer, please contact Mr. Ganus
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 7 kids. These guys are working very well and will be great additions to our concert bands next year. Developing Band: This class is doing much more than it was designed to do. This band was designed to help kids who love band but cannot play their instrument. Well, these kids are not only making music well...but we are playing well together as a band. I really enjoy teaching this class. 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 second 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 Middle School have ever attempted this spring. I hope that they will be up to the challenge! (I know that they are :-)
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