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AMS Band Newsletter
Volume 4 - Issue 6
November 3, 2005

Inside this issue
Region Band Auditions
Booster Chili Supper
Uniforms
Schlitterbahn!
Christmas Concert
Solo and Ensemble

Mark Your Calendar:

November 2005

1 Band Booster Meeting
7:00 p.m
H.S. Distance Learning Center

4 End of 2nd Six-Weeks

15 Band Booster Chili Supper

23 Thanksgiving Break

December 2005

1 Schlitterbahn Deposit Due
(First Deposit - $50.00)

6 Band Booster Meeting
7:00 p.m.
H.S. Distance Learning Center

8 H.S. Christmas Concert
7:00 p.m.
Aledo High School Auditorium

9 Region Band Clinic

10 Region Band Clinic/Concert

12 McAnally Christmas Concert
7:00 p.m.
Aledo High School Auditorium

13 Middle School Christmas Concert
7:00 p.m.
Aledo High School Auditorium

20 Advanced Band Caroling
University Park Village

22 Tuba Christmas!

25 Mr. Albin's Birthday!

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Did You Know?

Contact Information

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

Region Band Auditions

The middle school band will be competing in the TMEA Region 7 Middle School Honor Band audition process on Saturday, November 12th. The region honor band auditions will select the members of the Region Honor Band. This amazing group of talented kids will rehearse and perform a concert over the weekend of December 9 & 10. In two days time, the best band students from across the area (from Springtown down to Brownwood) will meet with a professional music educator and will rehearse a number of fantastic pieces of music. In only two day's time they will perform a concert that will amaze you. Being selected for the Region Band is such an honor. Aledo Middle School will send about 100 kids to this audition, and we hope to beat our current record of 32 students in the Honor Band.

This will be an all day event for some. See itinerary below for the day's schedule.

7:45 a.m. Busses Leave AMS
(students will wear their orange band polo and jeans)
8:30 a.m. Arrive at Acton Middle School - see website for map
(students will unload and will be in the cafeteria warming up)
9:00 a.m. Auditions Begin
(students will audition in a random order)
1:00 p.m. Early Bus returns to AMS
(students that have completed their audition may ride home on this bus)
6:00 p.m. Final Busses return
(students on this bus will know their results)
7:00 p.m. Results will be posted on Aledoband.com

Parents may pick up their kids at Acton Middle School once they have completed their audition. Kids must be signed out with the band parents on duty.

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Booster Chili Supper

Aledo Band Boosters

Chili Supper

Aledo H.S. Cafeteria
Tuesday - November 15, 2005
6:30 p.m.

Come and join the Aledo H.S. Bands for an evening of Chili and all the fixing.
$5.00 per person. The Bearcat Regiment and the AHS Jazz Band will perform.

The Boosters Need Donations of Chili and fixings to make this Fundraiser successful.
Contact Steve Burns if you would like to help serve and/or bring food.
steveb@aledobandparents.com or (817) 821-8188

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Uniforms

Concert Uniforms are almost ready to go home. Uniforms will be used for all formal concerts throughout the year. Here are a few important points to remember...

• Students need Black Dress shoes and socks (tennis/athletic shoes are not acceptable)
• Uniform pants need to be hemmed to fit the height of your child. You can have this done at almost any dry-cleaning store or you may do this at home.

Do Not Cut the Hem!
All material should stay inside the leg.
Please do not hem with iron-on adhesive.
(These pants will have to be used for many more seasons and this type of adhesive is very hard to remove.)

• Uniforms need to be professionally Dry-Cleaned after each concert.
• Uniforms will stay at home until after the Spring Awards Concert in May.

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Schlitterbahn!

Aledo Middle School Band Spring Trip Schlitterbahn 2006

$50.00 Deposit Due by December 1st.

We are excited to announce details for our 2005 Spring Trip. We will be taking a day trip to go to New Braunfels, TX and the amazing Schlitterbahn Waterpark. We have a morning competition at one of the schools in New Braunfels where the bands will compete. Once we are through with the competition, we will spend the rest of the day at the Waterpark. All meals are included in the price of the trip. We will be taking charter busses to and from New Braunfels.

The total price of this year's trip will be $100 per student. Chaperones will be free. Mr. Ganus will be keeping individual accounts for each student's trip. A deposit of $50.00 is required of all students by December 1, 2005. The remaining balance of the trip will be due by March 1st. Parents may pay for the trip in full at any time. Students who participated in the Fall Fundraiser have already earned money towards this deposit. A statement of account will be mailed home by November 11th. Some parents have already paid for the spring trip at the beginning of the year. This will be reflected on the statement.

ONE WORD OF WARNING: Students who are not eligible at the time of the trip are, by law, not allowed to attend. Refunds will not be possible after April 1st.

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Christmas Concert

Aledo Middle School Band Concert

Tidings of Christmas

Tuesday, December 13, 2005
7:00 p.m.
Aledo High School Auditorium

(Students will wear concert uniforms)

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Solo and Ensemble

Region Band Auditions will soon be behind us, and it will be time to start on our next adventure!

Every member of the Aledo Middle School Band will be assigned a solo to perform at the Aledo Invitational Solo and Ensemble Contest on February 4, 2006.

Our goal is to have all solos assigned by the time we leave for Thanksgiving. Private lesson teachers may also assign students solos...this is normal. Since private lesson teachers will be working more closely with your children, it is probably a good idea to stick with the solo they assign. All solos assigned by private instructors should be approved by Mr. Ganus or Mr. Qualls.

Ensembles will be assigned in December.

Students will need to pay the $6.00 entry fee by January 20, 2006. Some students paid for this fee at the start of the school year.

Do you know about Smart Music?

Smart Music is a computer service that you purchase online at www.smartmusic.com. This program is an intelligent accompanist for your child's solo. You pay a once-a-year subscription fee of $20.00 to use the program for one full year. Your child now has access to thousands of accompaniments including the one for their MS solo. Consider this as a great way to help your child play their solo the way it is meant to be played. You will receive more information on Smart Music with your child's solo.

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