This is a great opportunity for a performing experience for brass players outside of the school environment. If you’re interested and have further questions, see Mr. Harrel or Mr. Thurmond.
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Marching Band Parents – UCM
Marching Band Parents,
We hope to see you at the UCM Festival of Champions on Saturday, October 25th. The drumline and guard will be leaving a couple of hours before the rest of the band. That means our parent helpers will be divided between UCM and LSW. Please consider helping out Saturday if you have time. The biggest need for help will be loading the band trailer at LSW around 10:00 AM. They will load at the field. If you plan to carpool with the drumline, they will leave around 7:30 AM.
We have attached a campus map to help you get around. The band’s campsite will be in student lot #50. Lot #50 is southwest of James C. Kirkpatrick Library. The library’s address is 601 S. Missouri Street, Warrensburg, MO. The designated spectator parking for the field performance is at the UCM Multipurpose Building (500 S. Washington Street) across the street from the stadium. Hopefully, you can find closer parking to the campsite if you plan to hang out with the band.
Please e-mail Mary Grigsby (marygrigsby at gmail dot com) with a headcount if you plan to eat lunch and dinner with the band (do not include your LSW band student in the count). We are having pizza for lunch and steaks for dinner. The cost is $7 per meal for adults and $5 for middle school age kids and younger. If you have special dietary needs, please give Mary a call at 816-785-5215. Food may be available for “Walk-ins” on Saturday after the band and those that e-mailed Mary have been served.
There is an admission charge to watch the performance from the stands. The charge will be $13 for general admission and $5 for the Drumline/Guard performance only. Children 6 years old and under are free. Printed programs will be available for $3. The tickets are good for the prelims and the finals.
Please harass your kids Saturday morning to make certain that they leave the house with everything they need. We ran out of spare shoes this weekend because so many of the young folks did not bring their shoes. If you have a section leader in your family, you might help them create an equipment checklist for their section (instruments, mouth pieces, reeds, sticks, shoes, shoes, shoes, etc.). If you know of alumni that have old LSW band shoes that are in good shape, we could use some more spares (particularly larger sizes – 11+).
If you have pictures to share for the banquet, please send them to Maddison Krause on a USB drive by Tuesday (10-21) or call Michelle Krause at 816-536-3067. Seniors– Michelle needs your baby picture and your senior or current picture by Friday. You can email them to Michelle at 4krauses@att.net or deliver a copy to Maddison. If you are taking a copy to Maddison please deliver it by Wednesday (no school on Thursday and Friday).
Thank you,
Scott McMilian
Titan Pride Update, week of October 20th
Well, it is the final week of the competitive marching season 2014! We want to end on a high note (no pun intended), so please read carefully as next week’s schedule will be very important.
Reminder for tomorrow!
All drumline and colorguard members are to report at 10:45 as the bus will leave at 11am
All brass and percussion members are to report at 11:45 as the bus will leave at 12pm
Note: the drumline indoor performance changed slightly to 1:12pm
Here is the itinerary again for those who need it:
(See attached file: Odessa Marching Invitational.doc)
FYI…..they are not set up to accept anything other than cash for entry to the festival or concessions….come prepared for that
Tuesday, October 21st
Sectionals for Battery only at 6:45am
NO brass or woodwind sectionals this week
EVENING REHEARSAL CHANGE!!!!!
In an effort to allow the kids to watch MOST of the Royals game Tuesday night, we are going to alter the rehearsal time.
Rehearsal will begin for ALL marching band members at 5pm. It will end AROUND 7pm. (The kids seemed satisfied, mostly, when I said they MIGHT miss the first pitch)
Friday, October 24th
Possible Playoff Game
The way I understand it:
If we win TONIGHT (10/17), we will host a playoff game next week
If we lose TONIGHT (10/17), we will not host a playoff game next week (we will NOT travel to the game)
If we host, we will treat it like every other game at which we perform……pregame, halftime, etc….
Stay tuned……but be prepared for either scenario
Saturday, October 25th
UCM Festival of Champions
Please read this schedule carefully as there are different call times for different groups of people.
It is a prelims/finals format, so the arrival time back at LSW will be based on whether or not we make finals. We won’t know that until about 5:30pm that day.
(See attached file: UCM Festival of Champions.doc)
Marching Band Banquet
Monday, November 3rd, 6:30pm at The Bordner (3 miles west of Target on 350 Hwy)
A great end-of-season celebration to honor leaders, seniors, award winners, and have a great time together.
ALL family members are invited to attend. We will need to know in advance how much food to order, so please RSVP BEFORE October 28th using the following link:
All marching band members are already paid for, but all family members who RSVP will need to pay AT the banquet itself.
SENIORS!!!!!! You need to send a baby picture and current senior picture to Michelle Krause (4krauses@att.net) right away as she is preparing this year’s slide show.
You parents were all amazing last Friday as you sized, fitted, handed out, educated 100 marching band student on our new uniforms and then took care of all of it’s organization as well. We are blessed with your presence. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!
Clifton D. Thurmond
Director of Bands, Lee’s Summit West High School
Odessa Update for Parents
Marching Band Parents,
We just received word from the folks in Odessa that they will not be accepting credit or debit cards for concessions or admission. Please take cash if you plan to spend money. We have also changed our loading procedure for Odessa. A small group of parents and kids will load the trailers immediately after school today (noon). Tomorrow morning (Saturday), the trailers will leave before the buses. We hope to see you at the campsite. We would also like to have a few more helpers (Pit Crew) on the field before show time. We are anticipating having to fight the big prop on the real grass field.
Thank you,
Scott McMilian
Marching Band Parents
Reminder: Cookie dough pick up Monday after school
Don’t forget that the cookie dough pick up is this coming Monday, Oct 20 starting right after school in the band room.
Odessa Marching Festival
(See attached file: Odessa Marching Invitational.pdf)
Marching Band Parents,
We hope to see you at the Odessa Marching Festival on Saturday, October 18th. The school’s address is 713 S. 3rd Street, Odessa, MO 64076.
We have attached a map of the campus. Spectator parking is in the lot on the north side of the school near 3rd Street and Phillips Street. There will not be room to park with the band. We will not know the exact location for the band’s campsite until we arrive. The campsite will be in the “bus” parking lots west of 5th Street and College Street.
Please e-mail Mary Grigsby (marygrigsby) with a headcount if you plan to eat dinner with the band (do not include your LSW band student in the count). We are having potato soup and chili. The cost is $7 per adult and $5 for middle school age kids and younger. If you have special dietary needs, please contact Mary. Food may be available for “Walk-ins” on Saturday after the band and those that e-mailed Mary have been served.
There is an admission charge to watch the performance from the stands. The charge will be $8.00 for adults and $5.00 for seniors and students (age 6 through 18). Children 5 years old and under are free.
Please take pictures. We need pictures to share during the end of the season banquet. Thank you again for not parking in the driveway near the band doors during loading and unloading. As always, we can use lots of help loading and unloading. We will be loading the majority of the equipment on Friday immediately after school at noon.
Thank you,
Scott McMilian
Raise Your Hand if You're Ready for Another Week of Music
New Uniforms Unveiled Last Night
With lots of help from a great group of parent and student volunteers, we were able to get our new uniforms off a UPS truck and onto the field in a few hours! We weren’t even slowed down by a little rain.
Band members put in a few extra hours “on the clock” to get fitted for the new uniforms. Irons and ironing boards circled the band room so we could get the pants and sleeves creased and looking sharp.
Thanks to the support of the LSW administration, LSW Music Parents and the LSR7 school district, we’re excited to start the next chapter in the Titan Pride Bands with our new uniforms from FJM!
Titan Pride Update Week of October 13th and TONIGHT!
Yea for Friday!
TONIGHT/TOMORROW REMINDERS
- All Senior/Junior uniform fitting starts at 2:30. Should be in light shorts/blue tee shirt/black socks/marching shoes
- All Freshmen/Sophomore uniform fitting starts at 4:00pm. Should come ready for game in light shorts/blue tee shirt/black socks/marching shoes (I am feeding them pizza at 4:45 after they have gone through the uniform process)
- All Senior/Junior report back to the building to get dressed at 5:30pm (students will want a jacket to wear on the OUTSIDE of their uniform in the stands as the weather will be chilly)
- All Seniors and Family will meet under the NORTH scoreboard at 6:10 for a 6:15 presentation
- All band members should be on campus by 11am (10:45 preferably). Please note it is Race for the Future day on our campus, so it COULD be quite busy around that time. Please plan accordingly.
- Band members should arrive in grey shirt and whatever they will be wearing underneath their uniform for the day
NEXT WEEK
Tuesday morning sectionals – 6:45am
NO rehearsal Tuesday night (Choir Concert)
Thursday, Oct 16
5pm Drumline rehearsal begins
6pm Full band rehearsal begins (students to come in marching shoes and BLUE tee shirt)
9pm Full band rehearsal ends
Saturday, October 18
Odessa Marching Festival
11am call for drumline
12pm call for brass and woodwinds
All students arrive in grey performance shirt
Itinerary attached below
Future information
- Possible playoff games are looming (Oct 24, 31 and Nov 7, 14)
- Concert season is upon us, please get the concert instrument up and running. We begin on Monday, October 27
- Band Banquet Monday, November 3
- THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HELPED MAKE THE UNIFORM CHAOS WORK AND GO!!!! YOU ARE A BLESSING TO THIS PROGRAM!
Have a great Friday!
Clifton D. Thurmond
Band Senior Night Logistics
Hello Senior Band Families,
Here is the plan for TOMORROW night’s ballgame and Senior Night Festivities:
All band members will need to report to the band room no later than 5:30 to get into uniform.
Parents (or those escorting their senior band member in the presentation of seniors), need to meet underneath the score board in the NORTH endzone on the track at 6:10pm.
Someone asked how parents should be dressed. I will leave that up to you, although it seems every year some are dressed up for the event and others are not.
At 6:15 (or thereabouts) each senior and his/her parents (escorts) will be announced and recognized. They will walk down the track in front of the home bleachers and stand in line to be recognized.
Note: this ceremony is WITH all band, colorguard, dance, cheer, and football seniors. We will be organizing you in alphabetical order.
Have a great Thursday!
Clifton D. Thurmond
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