Good morning MSMS Band!
Here’s your info for the week:
Band Fees
Band fees for the year are as follows:
8th Grade – $100
7th Grade – $100
6th Grade – $85
School Owned Instrument Fee (bartiones, tubas, and percussion) – $50
All of these fees can be paid on the MySchoolBucks App. You may also send cash or check with your child. Please make checks payable MSMS Bands.
We would like for all band fees to be paid by September 29, 2023.
Concert Attire for 7th/8th Grade
Here’s what we would like for the kids to wear for their performances this year.
Boys – black dress pants, black dress shoes, black belt, and a white, long sleeved button down dress shirt.
Girls – (3 options)
#1 (this is preferred) – A long black dress that looks similar to this (please click the link or copy and paste) and black closed toe dress shoes with low heels:
Dresses must have sleeves and a back.
#2 – An all black pant suit (black pants, black blouse with sleeves and a back, black closed toe dress shoes with low heels)
#3 – black dress pants, black dress shoes, black belt, and a white, long sleeved button down dress shirt.
Parents, let’s try to have these items for the band kids by October 23, if at all possible.
7th/8th Grade Pep Band Upcoming Performances
The 7th and 8th grade band members will be performing at the home middle school football games this fall. The dates for the games are August 31, October 3, and October 10.
All 7th/8th grade band members will need a lyre and fipfolder for their instrument. Alabama Music in Florence will have those for purchase.
Attendance for these performances for 7th and 8th grade are required. The only exception is if your child is involved in another MSMS activity that may prevent them from attending the games (athlete, dance team, cheerleader, etc.)
Please check out last weeks post for our MSMS Band Calendar along with other important info: https://msband.org/back-to-school-info-for-2023-2024-school-year/
Fall Fundraiser for MSMS Band
Our fall fundraiser will kick off in all band classes starting Monday, August 21. Mr. Terry Ownby will be coming to speak to each class about the fundraiser. We will ask each family to sell a certain number of items (will let everyone know next week how many). If you are unable to sell any items, we ask that you please pay the $50 dollar fair share amount. (We’d rather have everyone sell items!!). The money we raise from this fundraiser will go to help purchase equipment needed in the Middle School Band Room. This equipment could be chairs, music stands, instruments, music, tables, technology, etc. We have needs every year. We hope that everyone will do their best to get on board with our fundraiser this fall! Thanks!
7th and 8th grade band will keep plugging away on the pep band music this week. We made some good progress on it last week. Out 6th grade classes will finish passing off their flashcards and start playing on their instruments, whether it be mouthpieces or just part of the instrument. I wish you all could come hear us count rhythms in 6th grade sometime. They are doing a nice job.
Seay everyone in the morning!
