Week 32 – 4/22/24-4/26/24 – Fiesta Rehearsals, Percussion/Guard Experience Camps, Battle of Bands, Battle of Flowers
THANK YOU, Charger Band, for a fantastic Jazz Festival! What a fun day! Everything ran very smoothly and the evening concert was a blast! Thank you to every parent volunteer as we had so many behind the scenes creating folders, dropping off food, setting up concessions, picking up donations, selling shirts and tickets, working the parking lot, helping others around campus – THANK YOU! Students, you are amazing! So many directors and guests complimented how professional our students were and how talented they are. I can’t agree more. What a fun weekend!
Viva Fiesta! It’s Fiesta Week! We will have our own rehearsal this week with a Wednesday rehearsal at Alamo Stadium with all the other bands participating in Fiesta this year. Here is the plan for the week:
Monday – Fiesta Parade Rehearsal
1st Period – Jazz Ensemble/ Instrumental Ensemble
2nd Period – Instrumental Ensemble
3rd Period – Colorguard/Instrumental Ensemble
4th Period – Wind Ensemble
6th Period – Symphonic Band
7th Period – Concert Band
8th Period – Instrumental Ensemble
4:30pm – 6:00pm – Fiesta Rehearsal at CHS – have band water jug and rehearsal attire, cap, sun block, sun glasses
TUESDAY – Mr. Vollmar in class, Percussion/Guard Experience Camps
1st Period – Jazz Ensemble/ Instrumental Ensemble
2nd Period – Instrumental Ensemble
3rd Period – Colorguard/Instrumental Ensemble
4th Period – Wind Ensemble w/ Mr. Vollmar
6th Period – Symphonic Band
7th Period – Concert Band
8th Period – Instrumental Ensemble
4:30pm – 6:30pm– Percussion Experience Camp
4:45pm - 6:45pm – Colorguard Experience Camp
WEDNESDAY – Battle of Bands Alamo Stadium Rehearsal
1st Period – Jazz Ensemble/ Instrumental Ensemble
2nd Period – Instrumental Ensemble
3rd Period – Colorguard/Instrumental Ensemble
4th Period – Wind Ensemble
6th Period – Symphonic Band
7th Period – Concert Band
8th Period – Instrumental Ensemble
4:30pm – 5:10pm – have a sack lunch with you to eat/get dressed
5:10pm – Call Time (white shirt, athletic shorts/shoes, cap, sunglasses, water jug, music, horn/equipment in hand)
5:20pm – depart for Alamo Stadium
5:40pm – arrive and unload
6:00pm – B.O.B. Parade of Bands rehearsal begins
9:00pm – Rehearsal ends
THURSDAY – Battle of Bands
1st Period – Jazz Ensemble/ Instrumental Ensemble
2nd Period – Instrumental Ensemble
3rd Period – Colorguard/Instrumental Ensemble
4th Period – Wind Ensemble
6th Period – Symphonic Band
7th Period – Concert Band
8th Period – Instrumental Ensemble
4:20pm – eat BPA provided meal, get dressed (show shirt, band shorts, long black socks, marching shoes, hair up in a bun)
5:10pm – inspection
5:20pm – load buses
5:30pm – depart
6:00pm – arrive at Alamo Stadium
7:00pm - B.O.B. begins
9:45pm – B.O.B. ends; we attempt to get out of the crazy parking lot
11:00pm – estimated arrival time at CHS
FRIDAY – Battle of Flowers Parade
9:00am – Band Hall opens
9:20am – Call time(travel shirt, band shorts, long black socks, marching shoes, hair in bun) get dressed in full uniform
9:40am – full band meeting
9:50am – load buses w/ instrument/equipment in hand
10:25am - 10:55am – Scheduled arrival time(entry 177 in Division 4)
10:30am – parade kicks off
Arrival time is tentative
***STUDENTS: Fiesta week is here! You must hydrate NOW for the entire week. Hydrate each day and get out and walk. Have the right attire for all events and bring your water jug to Battle of Bands and rehearsals. Jugs mut have the band black sleeve covering. We will have water for your during the parade. Be at practices, have your music for the parade memorized (Charger Nation and Apache). Have Battle of Bands music in your flip folder and please be on your best behavior. I know you will.
***PARENTS AND STUDENTS: This week is crazy, but also provides the best moments for your kids and family. Please volunteer for fiesta, helping to load or unload equipment, supporting your child and the program at the events, etc. Be there to watch the kids perform at a high level and cheer them on. If you are volunteering for the parade or B.O.B., please hydrate and get out to walk or jog leading up to the event. Parents, please be patient as a lot of these events and scheduling is fluid due to so many people being on site. We will keep you posted on band app. Disney Trip deadline has passed but there is some good news and tricky news to update you all with. I will send out more info in a separate email.
If you are still not on Cuttime, which means you are not receiving emails (after you have checked your spam folder), please have your child create their account on Cuttime and then you can follow that to build your relationship to your child on their account. You can do that on the homepage of www.cuttime.net Please see Band App and Calendar for more info. Please start using the google calendar for up to date Charger Band happenings. You can sync the calendar to your smart phone by clicking the +google button at the bottom right of the calendar at www.wcchargerband.org. Thanks!
Let’s have a GREAT week!
-Ms. Stevenson
