CLHS Band and Color Guard Families,
What a great weekend for the CLHS Falcon Marching Band! The band and color guard placed 1st out of 25 bands, as well as placing first in almost all captions including color guard, general effect, visual effect, and music effect at the USBands Houston Regional on Saturday. The band had two amazing performances and the judges were extremely complimentary. We are all incredibly proud of the hard work and achievement that these young performers have exhibited over the past several months!
Even more important is the way the students conducted themselves and represented the Clear Lake HS community and our band program. They were exceptionally well behaved the entire weekend, and we got many compliments about them. This is a text message received from a Clear Creek HS Band parent running concessions:
“I worked concessions all day today for Creek and I just wanted you to know that your kids were hands down the most polite out of all the other bands that came through. It wasn’t just one group of kids. Dozens and dozens! I was so impressed. Above being amazing today on the field, it was super encouraging to see them acting in a respectful and responsible way, too.”
And as if that wasn’t enough, Friday night we hosted almost 100 8th grade band students zoned to come to Clear Lake HS next year. These students represent the future of CLHS Band, and after having them spend the evening with us, we can say for certain that the future of the Falcon Band is looking bright!
Bands of America
This Saturday marks the CLHS Band’s return to BOA after many years. We are still finalizing the schedule and will send that out in a stand alone email.
**Very Important:**
Students are hit with a very quick academic eligibility turnaround this time of year. It is very important for students to maintain their grades! Thursday, October 10, is the final day for students to get in grades to remain academically eligible for the first 9 weeks report card. If students are below 70 in any of their classes on the 9 weeks progress report they will lose their academic eligibility and will not be able to go to football games or contests with us, and consequently will be removed from the Varsity Marching Band.
Dallas Trip:
For our annual Spring Trip, we will be visiting Dallas March 7-9, 2025! This is a great opportunity to travel with friends as well as a nice reward for the hard work and dedication these student exhibit throughout the year. Please see the trip letter below with details.
This Week:
Monday-Stadium Rehearsal (4:00 Depart; Rehearse 4:30-7:30; Return 8:00)
Students are encouraged to meet us there, but there will be 2 buses that depart at 4:00 and return to CLHS around 8:00
Tuesday-Thursday Full Band Rehearsal
Friday Game:
3:00-4:00 Rehearse
4:00-5:00 Load Equipment/Eat Game Meal
5:15 Depart
7:00 Kickoff
10:30ish Return
Saturday:
Full schedule TBD
2:10 Warm up
3:15 Perform
4:30 Prelims Awards
7:00 Finals Begins
10:30 Finals Awards
11:30 p.m. Return to CLHS
Let’s have a great week!
CLHS Band Staff
