2010 Marching Band Show
Click below to listen to a sample of our music!

Show Opener    Movement 2

Movement 3   Movement 4  Finale

 

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Sept.  1-   ACT  Registration
Sept.  1-   All State Jazz registration due
Sept.  2-   Marching Band practice 3:45 pm- 6:00 pm (all members)
Sept.  3-   Marching Band fee due $150.00
Sept.  3-   McIntosh vs Dutchtown (away)
Sept.  10- McIntosh vs Jones County (home)
Sept.  15- All State Concert Band registration due
Sept.  17- Open Date
Sept.  20- Marching Band practice with Homecoming Court 3:30 pm- 4:30 pm
Sept.  20- Board Meeting 6:30 pm
Sept.  24- McIntosh vs Northgate (Homecoming)
Sept.  28- County Exhibition 3:45- 10:00 pm (Whitewater High School)

Powder Puff Football Game - Sept. 22

 There will be a student led performing group for the Powder Puff Football Game on September 22. We are doing sign ups today for volunteers. I do not know game start time.

While our application period has closed, we are still in need of horn and percussion applicants.  If you are so inclined, would you please pass this on to your band directors?  Anyone who is interested should contact me immediately via the information below.  As always, your assistance and support is greatly appreciated!

Thanks for your support!

We had a great car wash this weekend with wonderful weather.     24 students showed up, worked very hard and raised $634.08! We also sold a couple of discount cards there too... Thank you very much for supporting this very important fundraising!  We are hoping to have another carwash in mid September.
 

Golf Cart Needed!

The Band Boosters are seeking the donation of a Golf Cart to replace the one donated to the band many years ago by Peachtree Golf Cars.  Its has served us well for many years but it has reached the point where it is too expensive for us to maintain and repair.  If you or anyone you know can help with this please contact us at dorest_s@bellsouth.net

District Honor and All State Concert Band Sign Up - Due Sept 18
All State Jazz Sign Up - Due. Sept. 01

Click here for more information and to download a sign up sheet

Trumpet Festival

The Atlanta Trumpet Festival will be held September 18-19, for additional information go to www.atlantatrumpetfestival.com 

Marching Band Pictures by Jacqueline Smith Photography

Please go to www.jssphotos.com to view and purchase band photos! 

Volunteer Opportunities 

Making Copies and Putting Drill Books Together
We are in need of parents to help with copying music for the concert classes and
copying stand tunes for the marching band. We also need volunteers to help put the
drill books together.

Painting Props
Parent volunteers are needed to paint props.We are also  looking for ideas on how to achieve the Marching Band Bullring prop! It needs to break down into segments for transport and set up. Assembled it needs to be five feet tall. Contact Ms. Baker with your ideas... baker.barbara@fcboe.org

Marching Band Practices
We would like to have at least 2-3 parents available for all the practice days this season. Occasionally students will get hurt or sick during practice. Parent volunteers allow the band to continue practice without interruption. Click here for Band calendar
Away Football Games
We will also need chaperones for the away games! Click here for or Band calendar

If you are able to help with any of the above, please contact Sachiko Doreste at dorest_s@bellsouth.net

Concession Stand Volunteers
We are still in need of volunteers to work at this year's home football games. Parents who volunteer at the concession stand earn $5.00 per hour credit towards their student's band account . If you are interested please contact Don Stanley at donstanleyjr@gmail.com.

 

We have reviewed the new discount card process for this year and have found that it is not working in the best interest of our band students.  With the tougher economic times we are finding that it is a burden for families to pay for their discount cards upfront, so we are revising the process.  The discount card sale is meant to be a fundraiser for the students and it is not working in that capacity.  Therefore, we will return to the former process of letting students pick up discount cards and then turn in the payment once they have sold the cards.  We are, however, maintaining the policy that the cards cannot be returned, so please only get the number of cards you can reasonably sell.  There is no minimum number of cards required, so feel free to get only 1 card or as many as 10 cards.  You may then come back for more if you sell out.  The cards sell for $10 and the money from the sale of the cards will be distributed as follows:   $2.50 to pay for the card, $2.50 to MHS Band Booster general fund and $5 to your students account.  This is a great fundraiser and we encourage our band students to participate.

Concessions                           
In preparation for the upcoming football  season, the concessions committee is again asking each Marching Band family to donate 1 case of 16.9 ounce  bottles of Dasani water to sell in the concession stand this fall. We did this for the first time last year and it was a huge success!  Please send only the Dasani brand. The FCBOE has a contract with Coca-Cola and per this contract we cannot sell anything other than Coke products anywhere on the school grounds. Water may be dropped off at the band room.  Thanks in advance for your help!

We are also in the process of signing up volunteers to work in the concession stand this year for our home football games. We expect to have a total of 1 preseason game on Aug. 19, 4 regular season games and 1 TBA.  Working in the concession stand earns credit hours towards your childs yearly band fees, and you can sign up for whatever games you can work.  Check our calendar page for game dates. If you are interested please contact Don Stanley at donstanleyjr@gmail.com.