Senior Night

Senior night is scheduled for Friday, October 30. We ask that all parents with a senior be lined up down the hill on the track toward the visitor's side by 6:00 pm. We will have an alphabetical listing to help everyone get in the correct order to be recognized. We will start around 6:30.

Fundraiser Forms

We are in the process of starting several fundraisers. The links below will take you to the order forms for each. The due dates are listed on each form. The Tervis Tumbler fundraiser is continuous until all tumblers are sold. You can turn in the money for this fundraiser as you sell and we will get the tumblers to you to deliver. We have the tumblers already. A portion of the profit from each tumbler sold will go to the student's account. The profit from the Poinsettia fundraiser goes to the band banquet cost. Each student is asked to sell five poinsettias. Since we did not host the band jamboree this year, we lost a huge fundraiser for the band program. That money helped to pay for the band banquet each spring. We are trying to avoid charging the students to go to the banquet which is why we are doing the poinsettia fundraiser. If students do not sell, they're is a very good possibility that they will have to pay or use money from their student accounts to pay for the banquet. All profit from the HoneyBaked Ham fundraiser will go to the student's account to help them pay for their spring trip and/or fees.

HoneyBaked Ham
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B15UcZMGFUvaQkRyVkZYWHV1cFk/view?usp=sharing


Poinsettias
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B15UcZMGFUvaSktfWU9NMlZFcjg/view?usp=sharing


Tervis Tumblers
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B15UcZMGFUvaREN2N2JMSF9LZ28/view?usp=sharing


In addition to these fundraisers, we will have a Chick-fil-a Spirit night on Tuesday, November 3. If you go by for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, be sure to mention that you want to help the Gardendale High School Band when you order and a portion of the profit goes to the band. If you forget to mention when you order, you can ask that your receipt be put in the bucket so that the band will get their portion of the profit.

Schedule for next week October 12-17

After-school practices next week will be on Monday and Thursday. Next week will be our last week of after-school marching band rehearsals. We will still go out during class as needed. All-County band auditions will be Tuesday, October 13 after school at Minor High School. Students are responsible for their own transportation if they plan to audition.

Next week's game is at Fort Payne High School. We are planning for that trip now. More details will be here on the blog as soon as they are finalized.

Our band contest will be on Saturday, October 17 at Hayden High School. It is very important that we have every student here and on time that day. I will post the schedule for that day as soon as I get the contest schedule which should be later today or tomorrow.

Gardendale vs. Woodlawn

This week's game vs. Woodlawn is a home game. Call time is 5:30 pm.

Band Jamboree and Contest

The band jamboree will be held this Saturday, September 26 at Hueytown High School. Our call time to be at Gardendale HS is 2:30 pm. We will meet at the football stadium to warm up and have a short practice/run through before we leave. The boosters will provide dinner before we leave to go to Hueytown. We plan to leave between 4:30-4:45. We are supposed to be in the stadium at Hueytown between 5:00-5:30. The program begins at 6:30. Our performance time is 8:36. The last group performs at 9:12. We should be back to Gardendale between 10:00-10:30 pm. If you would like to sign your child out after the event Saturday night, it must be done before we leave Gardendale at 4:30. We will not be signing students out at Hueytown. We will be watching the other county band performances and will not be able to sign out because of the bus parking situation that evening.

There were three different dates for possible contests listed on our schedule for this fall. We will have on contest on Saturday, October 17. We will not be doing contests on October 3 or October 10.

Our call time for the away game at Minor this Friday is 5:00 pm.

Spring Trip Payment Information

Click the link below for the spring trip letter and information on payments and due dates.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B15UcZMGFUvaeS1VNnBaU3dCM0k/view?usp=sharing

Homecoming Week Events and Times

Monday-   Percussion Practice 3:30-4:30 p.m.

Tuesday-   Full band practice until 4:30 p.m. Bonfire- Meet at Moncrief Park at 6:00 p.m. We will finish by 7:00 p.m. We will wear our maroon jerseys if we have them by Tuesday. They are $10.00 each for those who ordered them.

Thursday- Full band practice until 4:45 p.m.

Friday- Pep Rally at 9:00 a.m. Students will be able to check out after the pep rally if they bring a note from a parent. The note should include the student's name, grade, and a phone number where a parent can be reached if calls are made to verify notes. Parade- Students who check out should be back at the band room by 12:30 to get instruments and prepare for the parade. Students who don't check out should let their teacher know that they need to be at the band room at 12:30 for the parade. We will be lined up at the senior parking lot by the courtyard at 12:45. The parade begins at 1:00 p.m. and should finish by 1:30-1:45. Students do not have to check back into school to participate in the parade. If they are checked out, they can leave as soon as the parade is finished and equipment is put away. We will wear our maroon band jerseys (we will get this week $10.00 each), khaki shorts, and tennis shoes for the parade. Football Game- Call time for the game is 5:30 p.m. We will do our normal halftime show before the game at approximately 6:35 or 6:40 p.m. During halftime we will be playing for the homecoming court on the field. It is just like a regular game and we will be playing in the stands during all four quarters. We will wear uniforms for the game.