Each year, Band students donate their time to help our local Kiwanis Club unload Christmas Trees and stock their lot at the corner of 133th St and 86th Av. This year, the potential dates are Friday, November 27th or Saturday, November 28th. Kiwanis will let us know as it gets closer. If we have lots of help, it will only take an hour at the most. Kiwanis is a HUGE supporter of our Band Program, so let’s show them our appreciation and help them out in return! Parents AND students welcome!! Bring a pair of heavy gloves and wear old clothes – there is lots of sap and those trees are prickly! Stay tuned for more info.
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Please note that there has been a practice added this Friday, 11/20. All students are required to attend.
Our school PTSA needs YOU! Each year, the PTSA depends on $10 membership fees from families to help them support our students and staff in the everyday needs and expenses it takes to be successful. If you have not already joined, PLEASE consider filling out the attached form and returning it to the Blue Box with your $10 fee. It would be great if we could collect them and turn in 75-100 forms from the Band! Let’s show Dr. Brittain and our school that we support them – get those forms in this week! THANKS!!
Friday, 11/20
5:00 – 9:00 Rehearsal – do not load truck
Saturday, 11/21
9:00 am Rehearsal
11:15 am Final Run-through of “SLEEP”
11:30 am Load Truck (Prop/Instruments/Uniforms)
12:30 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Truck Departs for Gaither HS
1:05 pm Half Dress Inspection
1:15 pm Load Buses
1:30 pm Buses Depart for Gaither HS
1:45 pm Truck Arrives Gaither HS/Unload
2:15 pm Buses Arrive Gaither HS/Unload
3:00 pm Check In
3:14 pm To Warm Up
3:56 pm Gate Time
4:10 pm Prelims Performance
4:24 pm Pictures
4:40 pm Debrief With Staff, Crew & Chaps load truck
4:52 pm Retreat, Seniors and Officers
5:45 pm Retreat Ends, Students load instruments, half dress
6:15 pm Buses depart for Trop
7:00 pm Arrive at Trop, Dinner
7:45 pm Full Uniform, Tune
8:12-9:08 pm 4A Check In
8:26 pm-9:22 pm 4A Enter Warm Up
9:08-10:04 pm 4A Gate
9:22-10:18 pm 4A Class Finals Performances
9:45-10:30 pm Return To Lot, Debrief From Staff
10:00-10:45 pm Store/Secure Equipment if time/Snack & Water
10:45 pm Band At Gate For Full Retreat (All 25 Finalist Bands)
11:00 pm Retreat Ceremony
11:45 pm Finals Retreat Ceremony Concludes; Return To Buses
12:00 am Final Debrief From Staff With Students
12:30 am (Approximate) Buses Depart Trop
1:00 am (Approximate) Arrive SHS/Unload Equipment, Store Uniforms
1:30 am (Approximate) Students Dismissed
Our last performance of “SLEEP” is upon us! Saturday, 11/21, the Seminole Warhawk Marching Band will compete with other bands throughout the state, starting at Gaither High School, and pending scores, ending at Tropicana Field. We invite and encourage each and every one of you to come and cheer the kids on as they have earned every bit of exuberance and praise we can give them. This has been an exceptional season, and we hope you will come to commemorate by watching the students’ final shows.
Some details:
- Wristbands can be purchased onsite with CASH ONLY. Prelims are $15, Finals are $20.
- Lunch and Dinner will be provided for students – we will need to collect $15 to cover the cost. We will bring in Publix Subs for lunch, and Sonny’s BBQ for dinner. Sub choices are Turkey, Ham, Roast Beef, and Veggie. Sonny’s menu will be pulled pork and pulled chicken, mac & cheese, tossed salad, garlic bread, sweet tea, and lemonade. Section leaders will take student sub orders and collect money. In previous years, students have either purchased meals in Trop concessions, or been taken to an offsite location to purchase meals individually. This year, time does not allow for either – so we will be bringing in both meals. Snacks and bottled water left over from Atlanta will also be available throughout the day. Thanks to all those who donated!
- There will be a rehearsal on Saturday morning at SHS from 9-11:30am. We will have a short time to break down prop and load semi. If you have the time to help with this, please come up and lend a hand to ensure our timely departure!
- Students should please pack their tour shirt and BLUE jeans in their Warhawk bags. We will not know our finals schedule until after prelims, so we are not sure yet if there will be time for them to change – but we’d like them to be prepared for either circumstance.
- There will be souvenir t-shirts available for sale inside the Trop. Again, we do not know if time will permit students to go in to purchase – but if there is time, and you wish for your student to have one – please send appropriate funds.
All County Auditions take place at Pinellas Park High School this Wednesday, November 18th, and students are responsible for their own transportation. They should plan on taking their instruments with them after school because the band room will not be open later.
Audition schedules are being made right now, and will be posted as soon as they are ready from the All County Committee. They will begin at 5 pm and extend into the evening. Students should plan on arriving at least 45 minutes early to warm up and find their room so they can prepare and not feel rushed.
If you are interested in making your voice heard regarding the future of Stand 121 at the Trop, please join us at the Booster Meeting tonight at 7 pm. We will discuss our Booster Agenda and then begin talks on what to do with the Trop going into next season. This will impact the entire Band Program and its future, so you are HIGHLY encouraged to attend!!
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Don’t forget it's Sonnys Spirit Night -- Nov. 9th – This is a fabulous way for us to get together and have fun times with the students, and make a little more money for the band. Share the flyer with friends and family, bring some flyers to the restaurant and discreetly hand them out, the more that use the flyer the more money for the band! Everyone loves to help the band! 25% of every bill goes to the band.
There is a PTSA meeting Tonight at 6 pm, let’s represent the band if we can.(Enter thru Library door).
Combo tickets are now available for pre-order for FMBC on Saturday, 11/21. Prelims are at Gaither High School in Tampa, Finals are at Tropicana Field in St Pete. Combo tickets are $30, and will admit you into both shows. This is a $5 savings compared to purchasing at the gate. (Individual prices are $15 for prelims, $20 for finals). Kids under 8 are free.
If you would like to order a ticket, I need to know by this Wednesday, 11/11, and your check made out to SHSBB must be in my hands, or in the Blue Box. Tickets, which are all General Admission, will be mailed to the school and distributed upon arrival. ONLY COMBO TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER.
If you elect to buy tickets at the gate, they will accept CASH ONLY.
Please come out and support our kids in the final performance of "SLEEP" - it's a fantastic show that you won't want to miss!!