Newsletter Weekend 11/25

Monday, November 27 Student Leadership Team Full Meeting 3:45-4:30pm. Prep for Instrument Palooza.

*Monday, November 27 Bass Clarinet Spring Placement Auditions-5:00pm

*Tuesday, November 28 Instrument Palooza for ALL Hebron Band Students with Middle School Band Students. See below for campus assignments. Wear Section Shirts.

Trombones, Euphoniums, Tubas-Arbor Creek MS

Flutes, Trumpets, Horns-Creek Valley MS

Double Reeds, Clarinets, Saxophones-Killian MS

Percussion-Hebron HS

Guard-Pending

*Wednesday, November 29 Flute and Saxophone Placement Auditions 4:30pm

*Thursday, November 30 Squad Funds Individual Winners Dinner at the Band Hall 5:00pm.

*Saturday, December 2 Freshman All-Region Band Auditions at Byron Nelson HS-anticipate 6:30am Call Time. Separate Itinerary.

*Saturday, December 2 TMEA Phase 2 Auditions at Bryon Nelson HS-anticipate an 11:30am Call Time. Separate Itinerary.

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Monday, Nov. 27

7:00am Bass Trombone Master Class

In Class Regular Brass Master Classes

3:45pm Full Student Leadership Team Meeting to Prep for Instrument Palooza-Ensemble Room

5:00pm Bass Clarinet Spring Placement/Mock Region Auditions-TBD

Tuesday, Nov. 28

7:00am Double Reed and Bass Clarinet Master Classes

In Class Regular Woodwind Master Classes

4:20pm Student Leadership Teams arrive on assigned campuses for Instrument Palooza. Wear Section Shirts. Meet with Middle School Directors

4:30pm Hebron HS Band students arrive at assigned campuses. Wear Section Shirts.

Trombones, Euphoniums, Tubas, Arbor Creek MS

Flutes, Trumpets, Horns-Creek Valley MS

Double Reeds, Clarinets, Saxophones-Killian MS

Percussion-Hebron HS

Guard-Pending

4:40pm Instrument Palooza Room Set-ups

5:00pm Instrument Palooza

6:30pm Refreshments

6:45pm Reset Rooms

Wednesday, Nov. 29

In Class Regular rehearsal day in classes

4:30pm Flute and Saxophone Spring Placement/Mock Region Auditions-

Thursday, Nov. 30

In Class Regular rehearsal day in classes

5:00pm Squad Funds Individual Winner Reward Dinner-Carrabas-TBD

Friday, Dec. 1

In Class Regular rehearsal day in classes

4:30pm Holiday Décor Adjudication!

Saturday, Dec. 2

6:00am Band Hall opens

6:30am Call Time for Freshman All-Region Band Auditions

7:00am Freshman Buses depart for Byron Nelson HS-Separate Itinerary

11:30am Call Time for upperclassmen TMEA Phase 2 All-Region Band Auditions

12:00pm Phase 2 Buses depart for Byron Nelson HS-Separate Itinerary

3:00pm Approximate return of Freshman Buses arrive back at Hebron HS

8:00pm Approximate return of Phase 2 Buses arrive back at Hebron HS

Upcoming Events-Detailed band Auditions Version.

• Nov. 27-30 Audition Window for Spring Band Placement/Mock Region Auditions-TBD
• Nov. 28 Hebron Band Instrument Palooza-5:00pm-Cluster Campuses
• Dec. 1 Audition Window for Spring Band Placement/Mock Region Auditions-TBD
• Dec. 1 Killian Middle School Band Holiday Concert

• Dec. 2 All-Region Auditions-Freshmen Region Auditions (AM)-Byron Nelson HS

All-Region Auditions-Phase 2 (PM)-Byron Nelson HS

• Dec. 5 Creek Valley Middle Band Holiday Concert
• Dec. 5-15 STAAR/EOC Testing Window-In Class
• Dec. 6 Band Clinic-Mr. Bennett-All Classes

Arbor Creek Middle School Band Holiday Concert

• Dec. 8-9 All-Region Orchestra Clinic/Concerts-Eaton HS
• Dec. 10 Arbor Creek Middle School Honors Band Midwest Send-Off Concert-2:00pm-HHS Auditorium
• Dec. 11 HBBC Board Meeting-7:00pm-HHS Library
• Dec. 12 Hebron Bands Holiday Concert-HHS Auditorium
• Dec. 15-16 Area Audition Intensive-Part 1-HHS
• Dec. 16-Jan. 4 LISD Christmas Holiday
• Dec. 19-23 Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic (staff)-Chicago, IL
• Dec. 20 Arbor Creek Middle School Honors Band Midwest Band/Orchestra Clinic Performance-1:30pm
• Jan. 2-3 Area Audition Intensive-Part 2-HHS
• Jan. 4 Classes Resume-HHS
• Jan. 6 Area Round-All-State Auditions-Plano Senior HS

Winter guard auditions for jv & varsity during class on Thursday & Friday.

After school audition for jv & varsity Winter guards Thursday after school 4:30-6:00 PM.

Hebron Middle School Guard Club

Wednesday 5:30-7:30 in the Hebron Aux gym.

There will be a parent Q&A immediately following rehearsal

Calling all middle schoolers grades 6th - 8th at Arbor Creek, Creek Valley, and Killian! Come have fun with the Hebron Colorguard and join the Hebron Area Middle School Colorguard! Our first team meeting is Wednesday, November 29th at 5:30pm in the auxiliary gym. Email Colorguard Director, Mr. Josey, with any questions at joseyc@lisd.net. Can’t wait to see you there!

When we get back from break the “instrument-palooza” takes place Tuesday, November 28th. This is a predominantly social event put on for the 7th and 8th grade students to get them excited about HS band in their future. We will play holiday tunes, games, and there will be refreshments. We ask that all current and prospective leaders attend this, but all HS students are welcome.

Immediately following this event (on Tuesday the 28th) the battery will go play at halftime for the first Hebron home basketball game. Attire for this is their drumline t shirt, black shorts/pants (or jeans).

For those of you who may be so inclined, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving is usually designated as Giving Tuesday. It's a day where you can give to your favorite charities or nonprofits. As always, we would like you to consider donating to the Booster club. We are a 501c3 organization that qualifies you for the tax incentives available to all 501c3 organizations. When you donate, remember that your company may even match your donation. Some companies use services to help keep track of all the donations given by their employees. For example - Goodworks is a charitable donation aggregator that is used by many technology companies (Microsoft, AWS, etc) The Hebron Band is registered with many of these aggregators already - but if your company uses one that does not have us registered, please let us know so that we can get set up with them.

And for those of you who may have had something to donate at the Coppell invitational event that was cancelled due to weather, please send those items to the band hall this week. We will collect those items and make sure that they end up where they were intended.

If you or a loved one would like to donate to the band directly, go to:

https://www.hebronband.org/donate-now

*** Individual Fundraising Reports were sent to student emails on 11/6/2023. We are still working on sending reports to the parents as well. Ask your child for an update on your work towards your fundraising goal. In the meantime, if you want to know how much you have raised towards your $450 individual fundraising goal, please email fundraising@hebronband.org.

1. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE POINSETTIA FUNDRAISER. We sold 560 plants which is $3000 in profit for the band!!

Students who sold will get a report prior to the Dec. 8th pick up so they know how many they sold and who they need to deliver to. Pick up details coming soon!!

2. SAVE THE DATE!! Honey Fundraiser at Silver Wings Gift Galleria on Dec. 2nd

Please visit the Silver Wings Gift Galleria on Dec. 2nd. Our band parent owned Sponsor, Ross’ Rowdy Bees, is selling HONEY as a fundraiser for the Band and will be giving 50% of the profits back to the band!! Thank you to the Ross family in advance for being AIATT!!

Silver Wings online auction is open now. If you are interested in bidding on the silent auction you can access it here: Silver Wings Silent Auction It is open until 3 pm on December 2 (items will be available to view at the Gift Galleria again this year). Support our fellow Hebron Hawks!

3. PURCHASE GIFT CARDS THRU RAISE RIGHT AND GET MONEY BACK FOR THE BAND! Are you getting ready to purchase gift cards this holiday season? Consider purchasing them thru the Raise Right Program. Each gift card purchase gives a percentage back to the Hebron Band. There are hundreds of vendors including TARGET, WALMART, AMAZON, and many restaurants. For information on how to register, go to https://www.hebronband.org/raiseright or join Hebron Band's Raise Right here: https://www.raiseright.com/enroll?enrollCode=W618M1P4XLLX

4. NEXT FUNDRAISER!! Mattress Sale at Hebron High School on Feb. 4th! We will have a representative at the Dec. 12th concert to tell us more about the mattress sale.

THANKS!

Sarah Durrant

VP of Hebron Band Booster Club Fundraising

fundraising@hebronband.org