9/3 Update from Mr. P:

Parents and Students,

It's Show week!!  Finally after all this time and preparation, we are ready to have our first performance of the year this Friday night at our football game against Eastside. 

For the game this week, we are the away team, so please make sure that when you enter the stadium, you come in through the Visitors gate, otherwise, you will be stuck on the Eastside side.

There are a lot of exciting things happening that lead us up to the first game.  On Friday morning, we will be having our first before school Pep Rally.  Students should be in the band room by 7:45 to prepare for this short event. 

On Friday afternoon, students will rehearse from 3:00 to 4:15 PM and then we will have the band dinner at 4:30 PM in the GHS cafeteria.  Dinner is being provided by Texas Roadhouse this week. 

We will leave GHS at 5:30 PM by bus to go to the game.  Please make arrangements to pick up your students back here at GHS at 10:30 PM.  When picking up your students, please park on Hurricane Lane, or in the front parking lot.  Please do not park in the bus circle or block the bus circle so that our trailers can easily pull in and out.

For the game, students will need to wear their travel uniform which consists of the purple band shirt, black "G" shorts CALF LENGTH BLACK SOCKS, and their marching band shoes.  For this week, the guard will wear their tennis shoes as their performance shoes have not all arrived yet.

We are still in need of about 4 parents to be in the pit crew.  Please email me or Frank Mason (See previous email) ASAP if you can help. 

Here's a look at the schedule for the week...

·         Tuesday 9/3:  Horns, Guard 3 - 5, Percussion 5 - 8

·         Thursday 9/5:  Full Marching Band 5 - 8  (Pit Crew meeting at 7:00 PM to get assignments and practice moving the pit). 

·         Friday 9/6: 

o   Morning Pep Rally 7:45 AM

o   Full Band 3 – 4:15

o   Eastside Game 7:30

o   Student pick-up at GHS, 10:30

 

Hope to see you at the game,

Bill