Sachse Mustang Band Updates

MARCH 2024

Message from Mrs. Taylor

February has come and gone and we are just days away from our preview concert, spring trip, and spring break! Some great performances this past weekend at Solo and Ensemble with a record number of medals received at this contest for our program. Huge congrats to those of you who made a first division on solos and ensembles and to the 50 students who qualified for STATE!

SOLO & Ensemble Make-up

Any student who was unable to participate in Solo & Ensemble on the contest day due to eligibility or any unavoidable conflict needs to be ready to perform their Solo this Wednesday, March 6 during their band class. This is a major grade fro the current grading cycle that ends this coming Friday going into spring break.

Sight- Reading Quizzes

These will be starting after we return from spring break. For students who used smart music for their solo, you already have a program that you are able to practice with. Anyone who did not have smart music for a solo will be getting an account set up strictly for sight-reading. More details will be coming regarding these quizzes, however, students are able to practice with the program now if want to.

SMART MUSIC

Sectionals/ Full after school rehearsals

Please keep in mind that individual band sectionals or full band rehearsals, winterguard rehearsals, and percussion rehearsals are not listed on this smore as they are specific to each band/ performing group.

MARCH

TUESDAY, 3/5/24

6PM Preview Concerts @ SHS Auditorium; immediately followed by a MANDATORY trip meeting for all attending Spring Band Trip to New Orleans.

Thursday- Sunday 7-10 Spring Trip to NOLA; Click button below to see itinerary. There still may be some minor adjustments, but this should help you plan for the trip!

19th

Booster Meeting @ 7 PM

23 JV Championships @ Marcus HS

25 Pre-UIL for Symphonic and Honors Band at RHS

see itineraries; link will be added by the end of Spring break (will posted on band app if available sooner)

26 Pre-UIL for Wind Symphony and Wind Ensemble at LCHSsee itineraries; link will be added by the end of Spring break (will posted on band app if available

Looking Ahead...

April DATES

Please note adjusted Wind Ensemble Rehearsals prior to UIL

2- WE Rehearsal (not adjusted)

5- Added WE Rehearsal/ 3-5 PM added instead of 4/8

10- Final WE Rehearsal; 3-5 PM added instead of 4/9 evening rehearsal

UIL schedules not yet available, but all performances will be at Rockwall Heath HS

April 9 Symphonic Band UIL

April 10 Honors Band/ Wind Symphony UIL

Aprli 11 Wind Ensemble UIL

15 Leadership Candidate Meeting; 3-4PM

19 MANDATORY Leadership Candidate Training 3-7 PM

If you are interested in auditioning for the 2024-2025 leadership team, make sure that you are available for this mandatory leadership training. NO WORK WILL be excused for this training as it cannot be duplicated. We are over a month out for this event, if interested, make sure that your calendar is cleared!

22 DM Clinic, CG DL Clinics (see calendar)

25 Mvt. Camp, all leadership candidates be sure to clear your calendars.j

DL/ CG Clinics will be separate from the movement camps but the same evening

29 DM Clinic/ DL/ CG Clinics (see calendar)

30 Booster meeting

6 PM New Parent meeting

keep looking forward to our May dates already on the calendar. please note updated Wind Ensemble recording/ concert dates now updated.

Auditions/ Registration May 3-4, 2024; breakdowns to be posted by April 1 for this weekend!

Itineraries (Pre-UIL's Updated)

NOLA Itinerary

Eligibility (repeat reminder and updates)

ANY student scheduled to go on our Spring TRIP to NEW ORLEANS are eligible if their 2nd Cycle grades were passing/ waiver form completed if applicable. Anyone ineligible had the opportunity at the 3 week progress report to regain, if still ineligible, those students have until the 6 weeks progress report to get all classes to passing to be eligible for this trip. Please make sure to stay on top of grades as this is the last cycle that eligibility will be affecting activities this year!

BELOW IS Generic Eligibility Info

THIS 6 week check is the only 6 week check that causes a student to LOSE eligibility.

All other grading periods, the 9 week grade is the only one that can cause a student to lose eligibility. Their 3 week grade and 6 week grades can allow them regain IF they are passing ALL classes (not just the one they may have failed that caused the loss of eligibility). Just like the verification to lose, this grade check is a week prior to them actually regaining eligibility.

BAND FEES* REPEAT; please do not duplicate skyward payments, READ ALL BELOW

At this time, all CHARMS fees should be paid in full. SKYWARD fees are added for this year and most should now be appearing for you in skyward soon and ready to be paid. ALL SKYWARD FEES SHOULD be paid in FULL by the end of January unless your student is in percussion. Percussion final payments should be made by the end of February. All students should show a $200 activity fee, school owned instrument fees (some students), and $100 Percussion Camp fees should also be showing at this time for all front ensemble and battery.

Because these fees are all added manually, it takes some time and I was waiting to confirm with our bookkeeper that she had enough time to add all of these prior to letting you know that they are ready to be paid. WITH THAT SAID, IF you paid your skyward fees in full at registration, PLEASE do not pay these online. Our treasurer will be cutting a check to the School for those who opted to pay in full at registration. It will take some time for this to be cleared but your student WILL NOT be on the Loss of Credit, we have a list of all who paid in full. You will see the charge on SKYWARD, please be patient as it will take some time to get those cleared. If you have already seen these charges and paid proactively, please contact my via e-mail and copy treasurer@sachseband.org so we don't pay the district for the skyward fees that may have been paid twice. It will be mush easier to reconcile that through boosters rather than the district.

Students with outstanding CHARMS fees are being added to the School's Loss of Privilege List. As always, if a specific payment plan is needed please e-mail hctaylor@garlandisd.net and treasurer@sachseband.org so we can work out a payment plan.

Volunteers

If you are interested in volunteering, please complete the district Volunteer application as soon as possible. We need to be able to verify you are cleared prior to the event and it is HIGHLY unlikely that you will be cleared the day you fill out the application and will be dependent on how busy that office is. The earlier this is done the better. Click Volunteer application button below.

If you are interested in driving a truck or pulling a trailer, you will need to complete the 4 steps listed below.

Volunteer application linked below
E-mail Completed Drivers License Check Request to Mrs. Taylor: hctaylor@garlandisd.net
Fill out the Occumed Authorization and go to a participating drug screening facility listed to complete drug test.
Notify Mrs. Taylor once all 3 above steps are completed so I can follow up for clearance.

THANK YOU ALL FOR VOLUNTEERING, it takes a small army!

Volunteer Application

Band Calendar

CHARMS

Remember to use school code: Sachse HSBB