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UCM Festival of Champions

The schedule for the festival is posted online, and the Titan Pride schedule will be coming out shortly. The drum line (in Black division) performs at 9:52 and the guard (in Black division) performs at 1:00. The Titan Pride band takes the field in preliminary performance at 2:18.

The field show competition is divided into Prelims and Finals. The band is in the Red Division (second largest class), which is based on band size. Top two bands from each class will perform in finals as well as the next four highest scoring bands regardless of their class size. Finals competition begins at 6:30.

Good luck Titan Pride. Let’s finish the year on a high note!

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Bronco Invitational

The Titan Pride band was one of two bands to finish their show before the remaining outdoor performances were cancelled due to lightning. Many of the remaining bands took thier performances inside for judge’s critique only. No placements were awarded.

In the indoor competition, the drum line and color guard both finished first in the Silver Division. Despite the weather, it was a great day to be a Titan!

The full details of the festival are available here.

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Bronco Invitational Update

Well, the weather is not looking good for this Saturday. Because of this, the scheduling of the Bronco Invitational Marching Competition has been bumped up. The new schedule is:

  • 9:30am – Parent volunteers meet at LSW to finish loading and caravan to LSN.
  • 10:30am – Drumline & Colorguard arrive at LSN and report to LSW Music Parent tent.
  • 11:30am – Band members arrive LSN and report to LSW Music Parent tent.
  • 12:20pm – Drumline performs in Indoor Competition.
  • 12:30pm – Colorguard performs in Indoor Competition.
  • 1:30pm – Marching Band performs in Field Competition.
  • 2:15pm – Meal is served.
  • 5:30pm – Awards Ceremony. Students will be dismissed to meet their parents after the ceremony.

The UCM schedule for next weekend should be coming out soon. Please plan on a long day for this event. Approximate departure time will be 8:30ish AM and arrival time will be 11:30ish PM. Please purchase your tickets from Mr. Thurmond if you have not already done so!

I hope to see you Saturday at LSN.

Bret Fischer
Band Liaison

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Band Pictures

Hello!

Just a quick message to let you know about pictures that have been taken of the choir and band. We have a music parent who is a professional photographer and has been taking pictures at a variety of band and choir events, Jeremy Flowers.

You can view these pictures by going to Jeremy’s Facebook fan page. Thank you Jeremy!!!

Bret Fischer
Band Liaison

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Bronco Invitational

Hello!

Congratulations to the Titan Pride Marching Band for an excellent start to the season. In the Indoor Competition, our drumline took 3rd place and the colorguard took 1st place. On the field, our band took 4th place within their division and 5th place overall (out of 17 bands). Way to go Titan Pride!

The Bronco Invitational is this Saturday, October 13th at Lee’s Summit North High School. Bus transportation will not be provided for this event. We need a few parent volunteers to meet at LSW at 11am to load the grills and tent, then go to LSN to set up camp. We will also need some volunteers to help grill and serve food (we serve the band at 5pm). Following is an outline of the schedule:

11:00 AM Parent volunteers meet at LSW, finish loading trucks and car avan to LSN.
12:30 PM Drumline & Colorguard arrive at LSN and meet at Music Parent tent.
2:00 PM All Band members arrive at LSN and meet at Music Parent tent.
2:20 PM Drumline performs in Indoor Competition.
2:30 PM Colorguard performs in Indoor Competition.
4:00 PM Band performs in Field Competition.
5:00 PM Dinner is served. Parents and family are welcome to eat for $7 per meal.
7:15 PM Awards Ceremony. Students are dismissed after the ceremony.
For more information about this event, you can visit www.midwestmarching.com. Please let me know if you are available to help and hope to see you Saturday!

Bret Fischer
Band Liaison

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From Mr. Mosier

Hello All Orchestra Parents and Students:

I want to express how proud of all of our students I was at last evening’s concert. This concert was earlier in the year than our past fall concerts have been and the students shined!

Concert Orchestra
I was very pleased with the tempos in general. We had real trouble in class with some of our tempi and for the most part, they really held it together and played well. The cello section did a great job in the Pirates of Caribbean.

Symphony Orchestra
I was impressed with their ability to stay focused on such a volume of music and play well all the way to the end of the concert. I thought OCTOBER was especially beautiful. Our tempos also were very good for the concert setting.

In closing, it is an honor to get to teach such wonderful students. Each morning I get up, I am thankful that I am driving to a job that doesn’t feel like a “job” at all!

Kirt Mosier

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Trash Bag Pick-up

Andrea Kaiser will be at the school on Thursday, October 11th, from 2:00pm to 4:30pm to handout trash bags to students/parents. 

She needs 5 volunteers to assist with organizing and distributing the trash bags.  Please sign up in Charms to assist Andrea.

Thank you,

Nancy Shaeffer

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Orchestra Concert

Hello!

The Concert and Symphony Orchestras kicked the school year off with an outstanding performance at the Ice Cream Social and now we have the opportunity to hear them play in the Performing Arts Center. The concert is scheduled for Tuesday evening beginning at 7pm.

Call time for the Concert Orchestra is set for 6pm and call time for the Symphony Orchestra is set for 6:55pm. Orchestra students should report on time in concert dress ready to deliver an amazing performance.

I hope to see everyone at the concert!

Bret Fischer

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Titan Pride Update for 10-5

Greetings! We are really excited about tomorrow. The Titan Pride is ready to roll. I hope you plan to be in attendance and cheer them on, as this is important to the emotion of the performance, the kids feed off of your enthusiasm. Be loud and be excited!

Just in case you missed it last week, here is the itinerary for TOMORROW’s competition. Make sure the students are at LSW on time, with black shoes, black socks, and grey show shirt. It is supposed to be a little chilly, so I suggest some sweatpants and sweatshirt or jacket for the rest of the day.

Next week is a little different than in the past, here is the layout:

Monday, October 8th
Drumline Rehearsal, 2:30 to 4:30

Tuesday, October 9th
Members of the Symphony Orchestra (certain members of the band selected back in August, they know who they are, so if you’re unsure, just ask your child)
Fall Orchestra Concert, in full tuxedo uniform, call is 6:30pm

Thursday, October 11th
Full Band Rehearsal, 5:55pm to 9pm

Friday, October 12th
Loading crew to load trucks after school
Students wishing to audition for All District Band must pay a $10 audition fee by this day. Checks can be made payable to LSWHS.

Saturday, October 13th
Bronco Invitational, we do NOT take a bus to this event, so students should be dropped off on the west side of Lee’s Summit North High School in the parking lot, across the street from Backyard Burger. Students should also be picked up at LSNHS as well.
Here is an itinerary for this event, please do not get it confused with tomorrow’s itinerary:

Bronco Invitational

Announcement for UCM Festival of Champions
This is our last competition on Saturday, October 20th. I am selling tickets for this event, as you need a ticket to watch the performances at ALL competitions. We get 10% of the ticket sales back to us after the event takes place, so please consider purchasing your ticket in advance through me so we can get credit for it. Tickets are $13 each for the whole day. If you would like tickets, please email me the number of tickets you would like, and send a check made payable to UCM (but CASH is preferred).

Hope to see you tomorrow.

Clifton D. Thurmond