Percussion: Week of Sept. 23-29

Great job at the North Texas Drumline Contest this week! That is easily the best performance I have ever seen from this group at a September drumline contest.

Now we work to take our strong start and integrate that with the full band. We have a different rehearsal week before our first full band contest day.

This week will also see a return to All-Region/Semester Solo work.

Cycle 1, Week 6 (B Week): September 23-29

• Monday

  • No Rehearsal After School - Free

• Tuesday

  • Rehearsal from 3:30-6:30 at NFHS

• Wednesday

  • A1 will rehearse outside, please be on time with appropriate clothes

  • No Rehearsal After School - Free

• Thursday

  • Extended After School Rehearsal from 4-9pm at Williams Stadium

    • Dinner will be provided

• Friday (B Day)

  • Football game - Away against Garland HS (At Williams Stadium) from 3-10:30

• Saturday

  • Full Band Contest Day

    • Call Time: 6:00am

    • Mesquite Marching Invitational - Performance at 9:00am

    • Saginaw US Bands Regional - Prelims Performance at 11:30am

    • Return Time at NFHS to be determined if we advance to Finals at the Saginaw contest.

• Sunday

  • Free

Weekly Band Updates + Announcements

Make sure you keep up with the weekly announcements for the whole band. You can access announcements at the top of the page, or by clicking HERE.

You can access the weekly band update by clicking HERE.

Double Contest Saturday - Mesquite and US Bands Saginaw

We have two full band contests this Saturday. The Mesquite Marching Invitational and US Bands Saginaw Regional are on Saturday, September 28.

Click HERE. For the details on the day.

Drumline Jersey Order

Y’all look so great in the jerseys! Boosters are ready for payments. Please make payments for jersey’s through the following process:

1) Each jersey is $55. You can provide payment in 1 payment of the full amount owed, 2 payments ($30 and $25 for one jersey), or 3 equal payments over three months.

2) Provide payments to the band boosters. Click HERE for instructions and different payment options.

3) If paying digitally, include a note that the payment is for jerseys and the student’s name. Send a screenshot with the payment confirmation to ncollins@garlandisd.net

4) Please pay for what you can as soon as you can. All jerseys should be paid in full before Friday, November 22.

Upcoming Assignments and Grades

• Students will pass off Part 3 and Preshow in class on Monday. Timpani Pass-offs will be due the week of September 30.

Solo and All-Region Pass Offs

At this point, students should have submitted a video recording of a portion of the semester snare solo and a portion of the 4-mallet solo. As our marching music gains greater confidence, we will be spending more time on this music in class. Until then, students should make this a priority in their individual pratice to make the semester solo process more manageable. Some details below:

• The Snare Solo pass off 1 was due August 31. The assignment was 1 page of the All-Region solo or the Bronze Level of the alternate solo. 8 Students have not submitted this video.

• The 4 Mallet Solo Pass off 1 was due September 7. The assignment was 1 page of the All-Region solo or 2 lines of the alternate solo. Thank you Rolando for being the only student to submit this pass off before the due date.

• Timpani Pass off 1 is being pushed to the week of September 30 Students will need to submit 1/3 of their timpani solo.

• Video submissions need to include video AND audio.