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November 1st Band News

Wow, what a game last night.  That means we get another opportunity to perform.  

THIS MONDAY, November 5th
Football game at home.  Students are to be in the music area at 5:45 getting into uniform.  We will be performing our halftime show this week.
If we win, we will have another game on Saturday, November 10th, and students will need to be in the music area at 12:45pm getting into uniform.

What an awesome opportunity we are getting to keep the 2012 marching season alive.  Hope to see you all there cheering on the Titan Pride and the football team.

ALL-DISTRICT AUDITIONS
If your child is auditioning for All-District Band or Jazz Band, please have your student at STALEY High School at least 30 minutes before audition time, dressed appropriately (interview style).

TODAY is the due date for the November payment for New York City.  You should be paid up to $1300 at this point, if not please take care of this immediately.

Many of the participants are behind one full payment, therefore owing $400 today.  Please catch up on these payments as we are currently paying bills for the trip and without the money in the account, we are finding ourselves in trouble making these payments to the vendors in NYC.

Friday, November 30th
Put this date in your calendar now as it will be the 2012 Titan Pride Marching Band Banquet.  We will celebrate a memorable season in marching band lore and thank our senior class for their dedication to the marching band over the years.  We will also be recognizing some underclassmen for outstanding achievement throughout the season.

Soon you will be receiving information about the meal for that evening and how family members and friends can attend. Stay tuned………

Have a great weekend!

Mr. Thurmond

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Costumes Tomorrow Night

Just clarifying logistics for the game tomorrow night.

  • Students should arrive in costume by 6pm.
  • Costumes cannot include masks of any kind. No student, staff, fan, or performer will be permitted into the game with a mask.
  • Costume of some kind is required. There should be no member of the band in street clothes. This means it MUST be an obvious costume. For instance, I do not want students dressed in their soccer uniform or in warmups calling themselves a basketball player. We need creativity here.

Thanks in advance for helping make this experience worth while.

Have a great day!

Mr. Thurmond

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New Fundraiser

We have another great fundraiser available for students.

We are partnering with City Sampler to sell coupon cards for Sheridan’s Frozen Yogurt and Papa Murphy’s Pizza. Cards sell for $10 each and students will make a $6 profit from each card sold. These cards are a great value. The Sheridan’s card offers savings of $60 and the Papa Murphy’s card has a value of $94. The cards are valid in Lee’s Summit store locations.

Students will sign out cards and will be responsible for any cards that they sign out. They will need to turn in $10 for each card sold or return any unsold cards by November 12 (in two weeks). The value of any unaccounted for cards will be turned into the office and a fine will be assessed to the student. All fines will need to be paid before the student can enroll for classes next year.

I will be at school on Monday, October 29, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. in a practice room to sign out cards to students.

Remember, all fundraisers are voluntary; students can choose which fundraisers in which they wish to participate.

Thank you for your continued support of the great kids in the music department.

Andrea Kaiser
LSW Music Fundraiser Liaison

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End of Season 2012

Well, we’ve come to the end of another great competitive season. The Titan Pride has made the school proud. However, we will still perform AT LEAST one more time. The football team has ended the regular season in smashing fashion by beating Truman High School 61-0. Therefore, we have home field advantage throughout the playoffs.

Our first home game will be on Wednesday, October 31st
We are asking the students to wear a halloween costume for the game (we won’t be wearing uniforms). The only thing we ask is that their costume is not one that prevents them from being able to play their instrument while in that costume (masks won’t work for wind players). More on this later……..

THIS MONDAY, October 22nd
This is our first day of Symphonic Band/Concert Band. Students auditioned back on September 25th for a spot in one of these two bands, and so our concert season begins.
Students should come to school on Monday with all of the necessary equipment for class, this includes:

a working concert instrument
all necessary items to play that instrument (three new reeds, cork grease, slide grease, slide oil, valve oil…….)
percussionists should have a COMPLETE stick/mallet bag (they will also be receiving guidelines for keeping this in good condition and adding to it this month)
a pencil that can be left in their folder for every rehearsal
a hard-working attitude
the desire to HAVE FUN! while making music

All-District Band Auditions, November 3rd, Staley High School
These are rapidly approaching. Students entered in these auditions will be playing music from their entire audition packet THIS WEEK. They will be signing up for a time on Monday that will be BEFORE school Tuesday through Thursday. Please make sure your son/daughter takes care of this requirement.
We will NOT be taking a bus to this audition, as students will have audition times ranging from 8:30am to 5pm. Please plan to take your son/daughter to Staley that day.

Hope you have a great weekend.

Clifton D. Thurmond

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UCM Info for Parents

Hello!

What a day we had at the Bronco Invitational! The Drumline and Colorguard took first place in our division in the indoor competition. The band got their field performance completed just before the event was cancelled due to lightning. Although there were no results posted, the performance was very good and I’m amazed at the progress that was made from the prior week at Park Hill. Good job band! Keep up the good work!! I really love that final movement and your last formation looked great!!

Continue reading “UCM Info for Parents”

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UCM Festival of Champions Schedule

Well, the last week of marching band (aside from some playoff games) is upon us. We are making one last push to get our best performance to happen this Saturday in Warrensburg. Here is some information for the week:

Monday, October 15th
Drumline Rehearsal, 2:30 – 4:30

Tuesday, October 16th
Full Band Rehearsal, 6pm to 9pm
As last week, students should be in Aerodynamic shirts and black marching shoes/socks.

Friday, October 19th
Football game, call time is 5:45pm for all students except Seniors
All Seniors should report at 5:30pm to get dressed and prepare for Senior Night Festivities. All Senior Parents should report to the track in the stadium at 6:10pm to escort your son/daughter for Senior Night.
After the game, we will load the trucks for Saturday’s competition

Saturday, October 20th
Here is the itinerary for our competition.

Parents, as mentioned in last week’s update, I am selling tickets to this event. They are $13 a piece and that will get you into the whole day’s events. Part of the profit will come back to the band IF you purchase through me. Please send cash or a check made payable to UCM by tomorrow night’s rehearsal or during your PT conference with me later in the week.

New York City Trip
Many students have not made their October 1st payment of $200. Please make sure this is done immediately as we are paying bills every week. Also, please keep informed that each payment is $200 from here on out. Please have them in on the 1st of every month through December.

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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