Another successful year!

Well, another marching season is done. It’s been a wonderful, busy, rewarding four months! Here are some highlights:

- Parade Sweeps at Dinuba Raisin Day
- Exponent Drive / March Around
- Almost 100 students involved in pep band!
- Grand Marshall Award at Selma
- High Music and High General Effect at Selma
- FIELD SWEEPS at Selma!!!
- Knott’s Berry Farm

Thanks to all the boosters for the incredible support and help they have been. Remember that the booster club still meets in the spring on the 3rd Thursday of every month. We have some great ideas for the future and we want all of the parents to be a part of it. See you at the next meeting on January 19th!

Booster Meeting Tonight!

See you all in the band room at 7pm for the Band Booster Meeting!

If you’ve never been able to make it to a meeting, feel free to come and learn about the organization and talk with our team.

Thanks!

Performance information – 11/11 – Knott’s Berry Farm

5:00 am Load buses (instruments in truck or bus)
5:30 am Leave RHS
8:00 am Stop at rest area
10:30 am Arrive at Knott’s Berry Farm
11:30 am Perform at Knott’s Berry Farm
12:00pm Change on bus / Free time in the park
8:00 pm Park closes / Back on bus
8:30 pm Leave Knott’s Berry Farm
10:30 pm Stop at rest area
12:30 am Arrive at RHS

Contact person: Samuel Gipson 356-4473 (cell)

Things to Remember:
• Instrument or flag, uniform, shoes, white socks,
• Mouthpiece, extra reeds or sticks
• WHITE BAND T-SHIRT!!!
• Remember you represent the school and the city, so be polite and behave yourself!
• To go home with your parents after the performance you can check out with the bus chaperones at the bus
• Students can be checked out either:
- Inside the park by the Western Gate (where the band enters and exits the park) immediately before (11:00-11:30) or after (12:00-12:30) our performance, or
- Outside the park in front of the main gate after the park closes until we load the buses (8:00-8:20). If you are not signed out when your bus arrives to pick your group up you will ride back to Reedley, even if the bus shows up early. DON’T WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE!

Congratulations, Pirates!

Thank you all for your support and hard work on Saturday at the Selma Band Review!

The Pirate Band came home with the following awards:

3rd Place in our division in Parade

High Field Show Music (highest music score out of all bands)

High Field Show Visual (highest visual score out of all bands)

Grand Marshall Award (band that the Grand Marshall likes the most)

Field Show Sweepstakes (highest field show score out of all bands)

Way to go!

 

Selma Lunch Needs

We are still in need of sodas and cookies for the kids’ lunch time on Saturday at Andrew Jackson Elementary School. You can drop off these items in the band room on Saturday morning.

Thank you for supporting the kids!

It’s not too late!

You still have a few days left to turn in your Reedley Exponent subscription or renewal! The band receives 50% of the proceeds and appreciates your support!
Thanks!

Performance information – 10/29 – The Big Show!

This weekend is the Selma Band Review! Here is the schedule for the band:

9:00am – Load buses at RHS
11:15ish – Parade performance (#105), percussion competition
12:00 – Lunch at Andrew Jackson Elementary School
1:45 – Walk to Selma High as a band
2:00 – Watch bands perform
2:15 – Cheer on Orange Cove High School
3:45 – Head back / Change into uniform
4:15 – Warm-up
5:30 – Perform for field competition
6:15 – Awards
7:15 – Load buses
7:45 – Arrive back at RHS, UNLOAD

Come on out and support the band! See you there!

Deadline for tunes is next Tuesday!

The deadline for students to pass off their tunes memorized is next Tuesday, October 25th at 6:55 pm. After that time any students with songs still not passed off will be ineligible for the Knott’s Berry Farm trip. You can check the status of the songs on Powerschool. There is a director in the band room every day after school to help you with your music.

Don’t wait until the last minute!

Selma Lunch Info for Students

The Pirate Band Boosters will be providing pizza lunch for all band and color guard students at the Selma Band Review on Saturday 10/29/11.

We are asking each band family to donate a dozen cookies (NO NUTS please—due to possibility of kids have nut allergies) to share with the rest of the band for dessert. We will be near the Band room on October 29th to pick up your cookies. Please label your containers if you want them returned and/or securely wrap (foil) or ziplock your cookies so we don’t have any casualties during transport to Jackson School.

We are also asking each band family to donate a 12 pack of sodas too! Those may be dropped off to the band room on Thursday nights during/after practice. These do not have to be Pepsi products.
Questions? Ask a band director for more information.

Please remember: Lunch is only for the Band members, Color Guard etc. Family & friends of the band must make arrangements for their own lunch—thank you!

Great job at Fiesta!

Great job on Saturday at Fiesta! The crowd loved our performance and had a great time.

Also, thank you to all of the parent boosters who made it a success – We appreciate your support!