Spring Concert

The band will present their Spring Concert on Tuesday, May 5 at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium. Call time is 6:30.

Spring Trip Info

Students should be at the school at 5:30 this evening. Please make sure they have their carry-on bag to take on the bus with them with a change of clothes and toothbrush, etc. to freshen up tomorrow morning. Be sure that they have plastic bottles if they bring drinks in a small cooler on the bus. Also make sure the use re-freezable blue ice instead of real ice.

***Please make sure they pack their black band shoes, black socks, and gray band t-shirt that they wear underneath their uniform for the performance Friday.***

Follow the link below to see our itinerary. There have been a couple of small changes since our trip meeting.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B15UcZMGFUvacVdUOGh3c2dENlU/view?usp=sharing

Follow the link below to see our trip reminders and hotel information.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B15UcZMGFUvaRFAzWVNqa1BKUVE/view?usp=sharing

Trip Payment Deadline!!!!

Trip payments may be made at any time. The meeting on Monday, April 6 will be a good time to get all payments up to date.  If you would like to pay by credit card, that option will be available Monday night. At this point, everything should be paid except for the last payment of $82.50 for students and $72.50 for chaperones. That last payment is due Friday, April 10. Wednesday, April 8 is the absolute last day to have all payments up to date. Anyone who is not up to date by Wednesday, April 8 will have their name removed from the room list and will not be going on the trip. We are charged the full price for everyone on the room list after April 8 whether they finish paying and go or if they have only paid $200.00 and decide not to go after that date. The band cannot afford to take a loss for someone who does this. No refunds will be given as stated on the trip information that was sent home and made available online.

Fundraiser

We are starting our cookie dough fundraiser today! Forms and money will be due on Tuesday, April 7. Make checks payable to Gardendale Band Boosters. Profit from this can be applied toward the spring trip.

Spring Trip Meeting

We will have our spring trip meeting on Monday, April 6 at 7:00 pm in the auditorium. Each student going on the trip needs to be at the meeting with a parent or legal guardian. There will be several forms to fill out and sign. Please bring a copy of your child's medical insurance card (front and back) with you to the meeting. If you are behind on payments, please have those up to date as soon as possible.

Congratulations!

Congratulations to the band for receiving superior ratings with distinction at MPA! This means that they received the grade of "A" in every category from every judge.

MPA

The band will be performing at the Alabama Music Performance Assessment on Wednesday, March 4 at 12:15 at Homewood High School. Parents are invited to stop by and listen. Admission is free. The students will leave school at 9:30 that morning and go to the Brookwood Mall for an early lunch. We plan to leave the mall at 11:00. Our warm-up time is at 11:30. After our stage performance we will move to the sight reading room.  Sight reading will take approximately 20 minutes. We plan to be finished there around 1:00.  We will leave Homewood around 1:15 and be back to Gardendale around 1:45.