THAT WYLIE BUGLE: 5/20-5/24

Thanks to everyone who helped put together the Band Gala this year. Special thank you to Jill and Sandi for working on this event the last couple of years. This year was probably the BEST EVER.

Thank you to the Pit Crew for cooking! It was FANTASTIC!

LT 2024-25

Just a reminder that you have a leadership seminar to plan for the 2024-25 year Monday from 7AM-8:30AM. This is the one time you can bring food in the band hall. Bring breakfast items to share!

Every year on the LAST DAY of school we have our MANDATORY End Of Year Marching Camp. Details are below.

• 2:30pm Incoming freshmen arrive at the band hall to receive marching instruments. Concert instruments could be ready as well.
• 3:00pm Full Band begins with music in the band hall or Montgomery Center (MC)
• 5:15pm Outside for a short Marching rehearsal in WISD Stadium
• 7:30pm Parent meeting & Hot Dog TWB Family Picnic in the Montgomery Center (MC)

Don't ask me if you can miss a mandatory event. It will make my head hurt and possibly explode. We have one of the top music programs in the state and nation. We didn't get that way by missing rehearsals or mandatory fun time.

Please join us for a Celebration of Life in memory of Edmond Hamilton on Friday at 6:00pm in the auditorium. If you would like to join in the mass band playing the school song, please meet in the band hall at 5pm for a short rehearsal and information.

Edmond Hamilton, a 2022 graduate of Wylie High School, encapsuled what it means to be a member and leader in THAT WYLIE BAND. He was Section Leader of the drumline, member of the Wind Symphony, played in the school musical, involved with the jazz band and was genuinely one of the most inclusive and fun people to be around. If you needed help, he was there running to help you.

The Hamilton family moved after Edmond graduated high school in 2022. Music was a big part of his life and the life of his younger brother Elliot. Knowing that Elliot’s experience was going to be different in Minnesota than in TWB and seeing the lack of help in the high school music program, Edmond helped start a drumline camp to help his new community and his younger brother. This was just the type of person Edmond was.

Edmond was involved in an automobile accident this year in which he did not recover. With the approval of his parents, The Wylie Band Booster Club established the “Edmond Hamilton Memorial Scholarship” in his memory. Some of you in this room were friends with Edmond and knew him for one or two years. I want to encourage you all to attend the celebration of life for Edmond and show our TWB support to his family next Friday, May 24th at 6pm right here in the auditorium. I am going to ask for those who are in town and all alumni who knew Edmond to play the school song at the end of the ceremony. This is one small thing we can do to honor Edmond and comfort his family. I cannot imagine the pain they have been through this year. This is the very least we can do to honor the legacy of one of our very best examples of Camaraderie, Service, Dedication and Excellence.

I cannot think of a better person to receive the first Edmond Hamilton Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $1,000 than Jackson Slaughter.

Please consider donating to the Edmond Hamilton Memorial Scholarship Fund. We are looking to build the funds within this scholarship to be endowed through the Wylie Education Foundation. Once the fund reaches $10,000 we will be able to do so. We are currently at $3,000.

This scholarship honors the memory of Edmond and the legacy he left with TWB. Click the photo do donate.

***FORM CLOSES MONDAY 5/20 AT 4:20 PM***

THIS FORM IS FOR CONCERT INSTRUMENTS. IF YOU NEED YOUR CONCERT INSTRUMENT FOR SUMMER LESSONS OR A SUMMER CAMP, PLEASE FILL IT OUT.

In most cases, you will pick up your instrument from the repair shop. Someone from the shop will contact you when your instrument is ready for pickup; otherwise, a Wylie HS director will contact you. Check your email often.

We will do our best to have your instrument ready before your first lesson. If you do not hear from us within 2 days of your first scheduled lesson, contact your teacher to let them know you will need to reschedule.

Click here for the form.

CLICK the Band App Icon to get on the 2024-25 TWB Band App.

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WIND SYMPHONY REHEARSAL

• Introduce 2024 Show Music
  
• Review Marching Fundamentals (please wear athletic shoes for class)
• Thursday: Clean out lockers. Keep what you need for Camp

Wind Ensemble Rehearsal Schedule

• Introduce 2024 Show Music
  
• Review Marching Fundamentals (please wear athletic shoes for class)
  
• Thursday: Clean out lockers. Keep what you need for Camp
  

Symphonic Winds Rehearsal Schedule

• Introduce 2024 Show Music
  
• Review Marching Fundamentals (please wear athletic shoes for class)
• Thursday: Clean out lockers. Keep what you need for Camp

Symphonic Band Rehearsal Schedule

• Introduce 2024 Show Music
  
• Review Marching Fundamentals (please wear athletic shoes for class)
• Thursday: Clean out lockers. Keep what you need for Camp

Auditions

• Spring Concert band placements will be released after the last day of school.

• Make sure you are checking your Band's information for the rest of the year.

Drumline

• Continue learning your parts for the End of the Year Marching Camp on May 23. We will play the show with the band.
• You should consider going to a summer camp! The UNT Marching percussion camp is amazing! You will get to stay in the college dorms and work with Paul Rennick and Colin McNutt!!?!
• The UNT American Percussion Seminar is geared more towards keyboard players and concert percussion and has world renowned percussion teachers like Eric Sammut and Miyoune Kim!?!?!

ORDER YOURN STICKS AND MALLETS FOR NEXT YEAR RIGHT NOW. THEY ALWAYS SELL OUT.

Link to Steve Weiss Gear List

Upcoming Events Down Below Color Guard Info

Before school this week:

• Monday - SASI Leadership Seminar 7:00-8:45AM @WHS Band Hall

After school this week:

• End of Year Marching Camp - see details above

Class time:

• Mon/Tue/Wed/Thur - Technique/Tosses/Inventory

May

• 23 - End of Year Marching Camp/Parent Meeting/Hot Dog Dinner
• 24 - Edmond Hamilton Celebration of Life Service: 6PM in Auditorium

June

• 3-7 Color Guard Camp (9am-4pm)
• 10-13 Dallas Cor Horn Camp
  
• 10-13 Dr. Trombone Camp
• 25-26 SASI Drum Major Camp (McKinney HS)

July

• 11-12 - TWB Leadership Team Retreat
• 15-19 - Drumline Camp
• 15-19 - Color Guard Camp
• 17-18 - Freshmen Uniform Fitting
• 22-26 - Band Camp (7am-4:30pm)
• 29 - Band Camp (7am-4:30pm)
• 30 & 31 - No rehearsal due to Teacher Training

August

• 1-2 - Band Camp starting on Competition Show (7am-4:30pm)
• 3 - Saturday Drill learning rehearsal (8-11am)
• 5-6 - Competition Band rehearsal (7am-4:30pm)
• 7 - No rehearsal. Get ready for school
• 8 - FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

LOOKING AHEAD TO FALL BREAK OCTOBER 11-19, 2024

Wylie ISD has approved the school calendar for 2024-25. This includes a fall break; however, all athletic and fine arts contests, rehearsals and productions will still run during that week. Meaning, even though WISD has a fall break scheduled, there will still be a football game and contests. This means there will be rehearsals too. Below is our plan for that week, so if you are looking to go away some time, here are the dates we will have games, rehearsals and contests.

OCTOBER 11-19 Schedule

• Thursday, October 10 - Football Game vs. Rowlett (home) 4:30PM-10PM
• Saturday, October 12 - BOA Prosper Regional
• Sunday, October 13-Wednesday, October 16 (4 days) - NO REHEARSAL
• Thursday, October 17 - Competition Marching Rehearsal 9AM-4PM
• Thursday, October 17 - Football Game vs. Garland HS (away) 5PM-10:30PM
• Friday, October 18 - Competition Marching Rehearsal 9AM-Noon
• Saturday, October 19 - UIL Regional Marching Contest
  

***The 2024-25 TWB calendar located on the Band App and band website.***