Andy Esserwein

Wednesday, September 19

This week is 8th Grade Night!  We are very excited about welcoming our future members to come and experience the Sprayberry Band!  If you know of any 8th graders (or even 7th graders) who are interested in being in the band in the next several years, please invite them to come and attend. 

Here is the basic schedule for Friday night.

• 5:15   8th Graders begin arriving
• 5:15   All current marching band members report for the game
• 5:40   Current marching band dressed for the game
• 5:45   Move to warmup locations - Welcome 8th graders!
• 6:20   Full Band Warmup   
  
  • We will play the show for our guests and play through all stand music
• 6:50   March into stadium
• 7:30   Game begins
• Halftime - We will perform the first 3 movements of our 2007 Show
• Following the game - March out of stadium to return to bandroom
  
  • We will have an ice cream social for all of our members and our guests!      

Middle school parents can pick up their students at approximately 10:30.  We don't have control over the length of the football game, but on average we are done around 10:30.

Parents, please come and support the students during the game.  We are very excited about presenting a large portion of our show during halftime.  Don't be afraid to cheer loudly when you see something you like during the show.  It lets our students know you appreciate the hard work they have put into mastering our show!

As always, thanks for your support of the Sprayberry Band Program!  If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me at your convenience.

Monday, September 17, 2007

In a previous blog entry, I discussed the changes to our marching band schedule.  Below is a PDF of the "Band Schedule at a Glance" that you can download.  It contains the new schedule information so your family can plan for the month of October.

Download 2007_marching_band_schedule_at_a_glance_revised_9_07.pdf

Friday, September 14

Please don't forget that we will be holding concert band registration tomorrow in the BA Building (Ticket Booth) from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM.  If you received a letter from your student earlier in the week, and did not register last night, please plan on coming in and getting registered!

Thank You!

Thursday, September 13

This week the marching band will be travelling to Milton High School.  Due to a presentation at halftime, we will be performing our show before the game.  The schedule for tomorrow night is as follows:

4:00 - All equipment should be at the truck.  Each person is responsible for their own equipment!
4:30 - Students report to bandroom to change into uniform
4:50 - Uniform check
4:55 - Load busses
5:00 - Depart for Milton High School
6:00 - Arrive at Milton
                - Unload truck and warmup
7:05 - PERFORMANCE
10:00 - Game ends - We will stay and watch Milton perform their show at post-game
11:15 - Arrive at Sprayberry High School (Approximate)

We look forward to seeing all of you at Milton High School!

NEW COMPETITION SCHEDULE

Due to weather issues earlier in the month (high heat and rain) that caused the loss of significant outside rehearsal time, we have decided to change the previously posted competition schedule.  Our first competition was scheduled for September 29th; however, we have decided to move our first competition to October 13th to enable our students more time to prepare the show.

Here is the new schedule:

September 29, 2007 - All Day rehearsal to replace the cancelled rehearsal from August
October 13, 2007 - Competition - Time and Location TBA
October 20, 2007 - Southern Invitational at Sprayberry High School
October 27, 2007 - Competition - Time and Location TBA