Competition News/The Week Ahead (week of 10/10/10)

Congratulations to the students for their Grand Championship at the Chiefland Competiton over the weekend and, perhaps even more important, was the 79.1 they scored in prelims which allowed to block and puts us in a GREAT position for State prelims. I will take some time to explain exacetely how important blocking is at the booster meeting tomorrow night at 7:00 PM.

Also, a huge thank you to all of the parents that helped move all of the "stuff" on and off the field. You have no idea how much of a relief it was to see our prince and princess tents standing proud and when we flipped the switch, the sound work flawlessly. Both are adding a huge amount to the production and our judges made points to mention both during our critique.

With all of that said, the show is anything but done. What you saw Saturday was just a shell of what is to come. We still have 20 more sets of drill to learn and they are going to be 20 of the most challenging and impressive sets yet.

This week is a weird schedule week because of the Thursday Football Game and a well deserved 3 day weekend.

Monday: Full Band 3:00 - 5:00 PM Band Booster Meeting @ 7:00 PM

Tuesday: Horn Line 3:00 - 5:00 PM Pit/Battery/Guard 5:30 - 8:30 PM

Wednesday: Full Band 3:00 - 6:00 PM (SCRIP orders are due)

Thursday: Football Game vs Buchholz (we are the home team)

On Thursday (at the football game), the nice folks from Westside Baptist Church are hosting a Cookout Social for the GHS and BHS Bands. We will be meeting with the BHS Band at 6:00 PM at Citizens Field for this really neat social opportunity. Come early to the game to join us. They will provide burgers and dogs and we will provide a vegeterian option, so please have your student come see me so I can make sure we provide enough for those students.

We will be hosting a Chicken BBQ Dinner at GHS on Friday, October 29th. We have the day off from school, but we will have a practice from 12:00 to 6:00 because Showcase is the next day. Please check out tickets with me in the office. Our goal is to presell at least 500 dinners, which is less than 5 tickets per student. What better way to celebrate the day before Showcase than eating a yummy BBQ Chicken Dinner?