sh October 15, 2014 FRIDAY and SATURDAY plans. Please see the attached memo regarding the football game Friday night and the competition (our last one of the year!) on Saturday. ** Updates: We will not be performing our show on Friday night due to it being Riverwood's Senior Night. We will play in the stands the entire game. We will also NOT be wearing uniforms Friday night. Students should wear jeans and Kell attire (with tennis shoes) to the game.** Fall Concert is next week! Next Tuesday, 10/21 is our Fall Preview Concert at 7:00 at Kell HS. Please make plans to be there and show your support! Attire for students is "business casual"-gentlemen, that means slacks or khakis and a button down shirt or polo. Ties are appropriate but not required. Ladies, that means a skirt or dress, or blouse, or pants. For all students, no tennis shoes, jeans, or t-shirts please. Concert Band rehearsal Monday 10/20. For concert band students ONLY, there will be a required one-hour rehearsal on Monday 10/20 from 3:45-4:45. This was announced the first day of school, and has been in the syllabus and on the calendar since that time. We add this one rehearsal after school in order to combine the woodwinds, brass, and percussion for the first time since their classes meet at different times during the school day. March-a-Thon is coming up quickly!! Next Saturday, 10/25, is our annual March-a-Thon. We will start the parade at 2:00 PM. Students who raise $100 will get to participate in the lock-in with Mr. Roth and Mr. Watts after the March-a-Thon, from 8:00 PM - 6:00 AM. We'll have lots of video games, sports, candy, food, and fun! $100 is your ticket in the door MARCH-A-THON HELP!! SATURDAY OCT. 25 Parents, I hope you are all helping your marcher get to his/her $100 fair share for March-a-Thon. We need your help motivating your student to raise the money. We are in need of 2 pickup trucks to transport water and MUST Ministry food collection barrels. Tarps are also needed for rest stops. We need access to the North Landing clubhouse parking lot for dropping off band students at the start of the parade. I have sent e-mails to the HOA President and have not heard back from him/her. If you have a key for the gate or a contact name or can help with any of these other needs, please e-mail me at [email protected]. STUDENT LEADERSHIP--The flyers for the March-A-Thon should be out by now on mailboxes. ALMOST OUT OF WATER! Can you donate a case (or two) of water? We used over 1,000 bottles of water at Jacksonville State last Saturday between feeding 2 meals to the band, guard, staff, chaperones and equipment crew and keeping everyone hydrated before and after 2 truly amazing performances!! If you can donate water, please bring it by the band room at practice on Thursday evening or Saturday morning. Thanks for your generosity! TO: Kell High School Marching Band Families FROM: David Roth and Taylor Watts SUBJECT: Weekly schedule for rehearsals, football game at Riverwood, and 10/18 Sprayberry competition DATE: 10/12/14 One week left in our competitive season! Here it is! Monday, October 13: Rehearsal 5-8 PM Tuesday, October 14: Rehearsal 5-8 PM Thursday, October 16: Rehearsal 5-8 PM Friday, October 17: Rehearsal after school, football game at Riverwood 3:45 stretch in parking lot/ rehearsal/ run through 5:00 dinner (provided by KBBA)/ load truck (no props or electronics)/ change into uniforms 5:45 meet in band room/ uniform inspection 6:00 Depart Kell HS for Riverwood 7:00 Arrive Riverwood HS 7:30 GAMETIME—HOOK‘EM HORNS! 8:30* HALFTIME PERFORMANCE NO PERFORMANCE TONIGHT 10:30* Game ends/ load buses/ depart Riverwood 11:15* Unload truck at Kell 11:30* Dismissal from the band room * approximate ***Please keep in mind that we have no way of knowing the precise time that a game will end, and therefore these times are based on the average game length. Saturday, October 18: 10:00 AM Rehearsal begins on parking lot (with all props/ electronics, etc.) 12:30 PM Rehearsal ends/ Load truck/ Eat lunch (students bring their own)/ change into uniforms 2:00 meet in band room/ load buses 2:15 Depart for Sprayberry HS 2:45 Arrive at Sprayberry/ unload/ bathroom break, etc. 3:45 Warm Up Begins 4:30 PERFORMANCE!! 5:30 Dinner (KBBA provides) 6:30 Return to stadium to watch other bands perform 8:30 Competition results announced 9:00 Load buses/ depart for Kell HS 9:30 Arrive back at Kell HS/ unload truck/ change out of uniforms 10:00 Dismissal from band room If you have any questions, please email Mr. Roth at [email protected].