Midweek update

Lots going on this week with the Gardendale Bands.

Jazz Band at Black History Month Program

The Jazz Band will have our first public performance in the Black History Month Program tonight (Tuesday). The program starts at 6:30PM. Tickets are $5 and all the money raised will go to an essay scholarship competition for a GHS Senior.

Music Performance Assessment

Our MPA will be on Wednesday, March 1st at 4:00PM. This take places at Homewood High School and is free to the public. We will be going to the mall afterwards to eat and should be back at GHS around 6:45PM. Parents will be able to check out students from the mall (NOT Homewood).

As of right now, the weather is a concern for Wednesday. We encourage all of you to keep an eye on things as the worst of it is predicted to pass through our area during the time we are on our trip. The staff along with the MPA coordinators will be keeping an eye on the situation. Your child's safety is my utmost concern and I will not put them in danger.

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If the storms get bad while we are performing I plan to stay hunkered down at Homewood. There are other bands to watch after we play. If we are at the mall and the storms get bad, we will stay there until it clears up. We will update as needed through our Twitter account (@GDaleBand).

Band Banquet

Band Banquet is just around the corner! The students received invitations this week and have been asked to return the slip at the bottom to confirm their attendance. There is also space to mark any guest they wish to bring. Band students are free to attend and parents and guests are $30. These are to be returned by Friday, March 3rd. Pictures can also be ordered and info for those are on the invitation. Below is a link to the invitation.

Band Banquet 2017 Invitation

Along with all this we have Rockette Clinic going on with tryouts on Friday. Color Guard will be having their auditions in two weeks. Next year is fast approaching!

Still working out final details on the C-USA Tournament stuff as mentioned in the last blog post. Busy times are here for the G'Dale Band!

#HailtheDale
JT

MPA and Spring Trip updates

Music Performance Assessment

Our performance time for MPA has been set: Wednesday, March 1st at 4:00PM. This event takes place at Homewood High School. This is a public performance so feel free to come down if you can and support our amazing students. We will leave before 5th, perform, and eat at the mall afterwards. Full detailed schedule will be posted soon.

Spring Trip

Thanks to everyone participating for being great about getting your first payments in for our upcoming spring trip. Don't forget that your next payments are due at the end of this month. If there are issues with this please email me (jetaylor@jefcoed.com) and we can work things out.

Reminder that our spring trip is April 19th through April 23rd. This includes a parade performance in Universal Studios!

Thank you for a great turn out at our Pre-MPA concert earlier this month and for your continued support of our students.

JT