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The Aledo Middle School bands are off to a great start! We are taking our time here at the first of the year to help our students form good playing habits and develop their playing skills. Each of our four concert bands are working much better than we would expect at this time of year and we are very excited about that! We have a lot of wonderful experiences in store for our bands this year, and we are excited to be able to teach such wonderful kids. Here are a couple of our projects that we are working on now:
Meet The Band Come and enjoy the opening of the new Aledo High School Stadium at our annual Meet The Band event. This is your opportunity to meet the directors, sign up for private lessons, get involved with other Band Parents, and purchase your Orange Out 2006 shirt.
Aledo High School Stadium Grand Opening Sunday, September 10th 3:00 p.m. - New Aledo Bearcat Stadium
PLEASE...Submit Practice Records Online! Aledoband.com - E-Practice RecordRegistration PIN: BAND It is time to begin Practice Records for all Band Students at Aledo Middle School. Practice logs will be due every Monday. You can turn in records in two ways: paper log (available on each campus or online), E-Practice Log (see website for details). Here are the specifics: Logs are due every Monday. - Logs can be turned into the box anytime during the school day. Minimum of 140 minutes a week. Unlimited Extra Credit! Back again is the popular E-Practice Record. Once registration is complete, practice can be submitted each week. No more paper logs to try to get turned in. An added feature is instant grade reporting. You can easily see exactly what grade your child will receive. Electronic logs will still have to be finalized by midnight on Mondays for full credit. If there is ever a malfunction in your Internet service or our server, we will certainly make allowances. Visit the website:
TMEA Region Band Sectionals Sectionals are extra practice sessions with a director. Sectionals are not mandatory, but are highly recommended. Due to the early start time of school...all sectionals will be after school from 3:15 - 4:00. Sectionals begin on September 11th and will run until November 10th. We will begin sectionals again in January for the spring. Here is the sectional schedule for September, October and November: Monday: Flute & Clarinet
Tuesday: Trumpet & Oboe Wednesday: Percussion Thursday: Low Brass Friday: French Horn & Saxophone Please make arrangements for your students to get home after sectionals. A director will be in the band hall until at least 4:30 p.m. each day.
Directors have to spend a huge amount of time dealing with little things each day that keep us from working on our music. One of the biggest hassles is money. It seems that every month we are asking for money for a book, a contest or a shirt. To avoid this hassle this year, we introduce The Band Activity Payment. This one payment will cover all of the necessary supplies and fees that plague the directors each fall. This amount covers band shirts, books, audition fees as well as some of the new supplies that we need. The cost of this year's supplies is $85.00. The only major item not included in this is the Spring Trip (estimated to be about $120.00). With this paid you will be helping the directors have the money to pay for necessary supplies and contests without all the hassle of asking for money weeks in advance and then asking daily until it all arrives (usually weeks after the event). Please help us by sending in your Band Activity Payment as soon as possible. The only optional things that you may need that are not covered in the Band Activity Payment include:
Applied Music Field Trip The Applied Music class is going to the Symphony on September 14th. We will leave shortly after school starts and will return before school is out. Students will need to dress nicely for this performance. Ladies will need to wear a dress or skirt and blouse. Men will need to be in a shirt, tie and slacks. After the performance we will eat at the Purple Cow in Ft. Worth. Students will need to bring money for lunch (this was not included in the band supplies payment). Bass Hall – Thursday, September 14, 2006 If you have any questions, please feel free to email Mr. Ganus ( mganus@aledoband.com or call the MS Band Hall 817-441-5197).
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