We had a GREAT end to our 2024 marching season! Congratulations on a great year and setting up momentum heading into next year!

Monday - 11/11

• 7:00am - Horn Masterclass w/ Ms. Miller
• 9:00am - Veteran's Day Service in Auditorium (two trumpets)
• 6:30pm - Band Booster Meeting @ GHS

Wednesday - 11/13

• 7:00am - Euphonium Masterclass

Friday - 11/15

• 6:30pm - Band Bash! End of Marching Season celebration

Monday - 11/18

• Spring Band Auditions

Tuesday - 11/19

• 7:00am - Flute Masterclass
• Spring Band Auditions

Wednesday - 11/20

• Spring Band Auditions

Thursday - 11/21

• Spring Band Auditions
• 6:00pm - SPRING TRIP MEETING in Band Hall

Friday - 11/22

• Spring Band Auditions

Since we missed out on Homecoming, our Pride of Granbury Band Leadership has organized a Band Bash to celebrate our amazing students! Join us for a night of fun, friends, and music!

📅 Date: Friday, November 15
⏰ Time: 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
📍 Location: GHS Cafeteria
🎟 Cost: Free!

This event is open to band students and each can bring a plus-one who is also a GHS student with a current GHS ID. All students must register to attend.

👉 RSVP here: https://forms.gle/7LtSGmkGuVFVvK7w6

🎶 Request your favorite songs here: Band Bash Music Request!

Band Bash Music Request!

👗 Attire: Whether you want to dress to impress or keep it casual and comfortable, wear what makes you feel your best!

Let’s make it a night to remember—can’t wait to see you there!

The spring auditions for all wind players will take place IN PERSON the week of 11/18 during your scheduled band class. The material is a portion of the technical etude from the 9th grade all-region music. Those cuts can be found below.

*All students must reaudition for band placement. Auditions will be judged fairly.

Flute

#9

m33 to end

Oboe

#20

Begin: m9

End: m21, first note

Bassoon:

#1

mm9-18

Clarinet:

#26

mm1-12

Low Clarinets

#6

mm32-50

Saxophones

#28

mm1-8

Trumpet

#15

Start: m17

End: m36, first note

Horn

#9

Begin: m1

End: m20, first note

Trombone

#82

m32-end

Euphonium

Page 23 Con moto

mm16-29

Tuba

#23

m38-end

Date: 11/21

Time: 6pm

Where: GHS Band Hall

This will be to get you important information for the upcoming trip to San Antonio including payment dates and amounts, overnight travel documents, trip itinerary, and more. Please attend this meeting if you plan on attending the trip.

It is time to finalize plans for our 2025 SPRING TRIP! Details are being finalized, but we need a better estimate of the number of people going in order to estimate the price. Please fill out the google form below if you are interested in going on our spring trip so that we can start putting together a trip package and payment plan.

Dates: March 7-10, 2025

Cost Estimate - ~$600-650

Preliminary Itinerary (subject to change)

Day 1

• Depart for San Antonio on charter buses in the morning
• Stop at Buc-ees for lunch (duh)
• Arrive in San Antonio
• Enjoy the Natural Bridge Caverns with Sky Course
• Check into hotel
• Dinner and Top Golf

Day 2

• Continental breakfast at hotel
• Narrated boat tour through the Riverwalk
• Free time on the Riverwalk
• Cash back for lunch on the Riverwalk
• Visit the Alamo, group photo opportunity
• Travel to the top of the Tower of the Americas for aerial view of San Antonio
• Group Dinner on the Riverwalk
• Hopscotch Immersive Art Experience

Day 3

• Continental breakfast at hotel
• Enjoy Six Flags Fiesta Texas
• Lunch voucher in the park
• Dinner voucher in the park

Day 4

• Continental breakfast at hotel
• Check out of hotel
• Visit the Historic Market Square
• Depart for home

11/15 - Band Bash

11/18 - 11/22 - Spring Auditions

11/19 - Region Jazz Concert

11/21 - Spring Trip Meeting

11/29 - Night of Lights Parade

12/3 - Brass Region Auditions

12/5 - Woodwind Region Auditions

12/7 - SAVE THIS DATE for a full band fundraiser. More details to come soon!

12/12 - WINTER CONCERT

12/14 - Phase 2 & 9th Grade Region Auditions

The Pride of Granbury is in need of corporate sponsors for the upcoming school year! This is a great opportunity to get tons of advertising and help the band with expenses not covered by the district. The money we raise all goes back to the band and helps keep our program running. We need your help! See the corporate benefits in the picture below.

We are extremely grateful for the donations we have received so far! There are a few items left, so please consider supporting the band by checking out our Amazon Wishlist!

There is a new way to communicate and request absences from band events! Please use the "Absence Request Form" on our website (prideofgranbury.com) to communicate absences as early as possible. Please also read through our attendance policies to become familiar with what counts as an excused absence from a rehearsal.

EVERY absence must be entered into this form, even if you already talked to to emailed a director. This helps us keep an accurate record of attendance.

*This attendance is separate from the school attendance, and is used for band records only

How should you be practicing? See our guide below for how to practice on your own.

Please LIKE and FOLLOW our new Facebook Page, Granbury High School Band.

All students should have a physical form on file by now. If not, this needs to be done ASAP. A blank physical form can be found here.

Join the Pride of Granbury Remind!

Click this link or

Text @f4b2af to 81010 to get signed up!

Please access the calendar using the link below. It is also a tab on the website.

Calendar Instructions

1. If you would like to sync the calendar to your computer or smartphone, click the Google calendar button at the bottom right of the calendar. Sign in with your Google account and add the appropriate calendars. Don't have a Google account? You can get one for free!
2. Syncing vs. downloading: You can always download the calendar, but this does not give you realtime updates. Once you've downloaded and imported the calendar, it is static and will not reflect any changes.

STUDENTS: There is now a form to fill out if you need a copy of any of our music. Please submit the form below for any music you still need, and our generous band leaders will make it happen.

tinyurl.com/granburyband