Grapevine High School Mustang Band

Saturday, February 15th:

Winter Guard competition @ Chisholm Trail High School (Itinerary linked here)

Monday, February 17th:

-No School

-Percussion Bash Dress Rehearsal 9:00 AM -12:00 PM

-Wind ensemble clinic with Mr. Williams 1:00-4:00 PM

-Winter Guard rehearsal 9:00 AM-1:00 PM in Gym 1

Tuesday, February 18th:

-Wind ensemble rehearsal starts at 7:45 AM

-Honors band rehearsal until 4:30 PM

-Symphonic Band Clinic with Mr. Howard 5:00-6:30 PM

-Spirit Guard rehearsal 4:30-6:00 PM in Gym 2

Wednesday, February 19th:

-Wind ensemble rehearsal starts at 7:45 AM

-Honors band rehearsal until 4:30 PM,

-Winter Guard rehearsal 5:00-8:00 PM

Thursday, February 20th:

-Wind ensemble rehearsal starts at 7:45 AM

-Honors band rehearsal until 4:30 PM

Friday, February 21st:

-Wind ensemble rehearsal starts at 7:45 AM

-Honors band rehearsal until 4:30 PM

Saturday, February 22nd:

-Percussion Bash 1:00-4:00 PM

There is a mandatory parent meeting for the Ireland trip on Thursday, February 27th from 6:00-7:00 PM. The meeting will take place in the Library. In order to keep the meeting as short an efficient as possible, please submit any questions you may have ahead of time here.

If students need replacement marching shoes or gloves for the Ireland trip they can be ordered here through this link. https://my.cheddarup.com/c/ireland-marching-supplies/items?cart

If you know of anyone who may be interested in joining color guard, have them come out to Spirit Guard. The next practice will be on Tuesday, February 25th from 4:30-6:00 in Gym 2!

Both of our Jazz Bands will be performing at the TCU Jazz festival on Saturday, March 1st! The tentative itinerary can be found here.

The wind ensemble has been invited to perform at the prestigious Allen Pre-UIL Invitational festival! A tentative itinerary is attached here.

Each season the NEO holds a high school solo competition where the winner receives a $500 scholarship and the opportunity to be the featured soloist on our season finale concert in May.

In addition to our main SportsYou group, each class will have their own specific SportsYou group for class specific information. The codes to join are listed below.

Wind Ensemble: YY7U-CXDM

Honors Band: MLUX-VA3N

Symphonic Band: 3H77-DVP6

Leadership team, we will have our next meeting on Monday, February 24th at 4:10 PM. The meeting will be held in Mr. Rees' office.

SPONSORSHIP PROGRESS:

If you own a business or know of one you think would be interested, please let them know the GHS HS BAND needs their support and provides wonderful marketing opportunities!

Want a flyer to help seek out SPONSORSHIPS? See the flyers below.

Questions? Please contact GHS Mustang Band Parent & Volunteer, Laurie Ackermann. I am happy to deliver flyers to you. Contact Laurie and tell her how many you want.

fundraising@grapevinehsband.com

The GHS PTSA gathers all of our parent volunteer hours every month. No time is too little to submit- if you volunteered even a half hour handing out popsicles, they want to know!

This will be the same link you will submit your volunteer hours to every month (by the 10th).

Thanks for all the time you spend supporting our students! We couldn’t do it without your support!

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The FIFTH and final installment of band fees was due on September 1st and is now past due. You can make a payment here. All band fee payments have been updated in Cut Time as of 10/12. Please login and check your Cut Time account for current fee payment status. If you have any questions, or if you see any payment data that is not accurate, please email treasurer@grapevinehsband.com.

Please visit the calendar and familiarize yourself with the rehearsal schedule and event calendar for the entire school year.

Lessons are available for all members of the band program. Please click here and set up lessons if you have not already.

The Grapevine High School Band has over 90% of students enrolled in private lessons. It is such an important part of our student's musical development!

Students/Parents should login and double check their profile on CutTime is correct. Login assistance can be found here. CutTime has replaced Charms and is one of our primary forms of communication and it is important to have accurate information. As we graduate students into the next grade, please verify that your school and grade are correct. CutTime is not an option to make a band payment.

If you have any questions, currently are not receiving the emails from CutTime, or have trouble logging in to your account, please contact Mr. Slate (brandon.slate@gcisd.net)

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