Good morning! Great job pushing through last week. That was one of the busiest week’s of back that I can remember, but you made it! Great job to our percussion section at parking lot preview. It was fun playing in front of a “band” crowd on Thursday evening. The home crowd loved the Sweet Home Alabama addition, and we really enjoyed having our middle school students sitting with us at the game (where the trojans totally dominated!). I want to commend our majorettes and color guard for learning a lot of new work this week. I am always amazed at all you do and how hard you all work. You add so much to the show!
It’s here! It’s competition week! The marching band show is getting better and better every week, and we are excited to perform at the Rocket City Marching Invitational this Saturday. Let’s keep up the good work and clean the show!
Week at a Glance:
Monday: 4th Block
Tuesday: 4th Block, 5:30-8
Wednesday: 4th Block
Thursday: 4th Block, 3:30-4:30
Friday: 4th Block, 5-8 Stadium Rehearsal
Saturday: Rocket City Marching Invitational
Saturday, September 23rd: Rocket City Marching Invitational Schedule and Info
Contest Address: 211 Celtic Drive, Madison, AL 35758
We will load trucks after our rehearsal on Friday evening. Instrument cleaning will have to take place beforehand.
Tickets are $15 and available to purchase through the S2 Pass app>Bob Jones High School>Rocket City Marching Invitational. Cash and card will also be accepted at the gate and concession stand.
11:00 AM – Band Room opens (eat lunch before you arrive)
11:15AM – Call Time/Get Dressed
11:40AM – Load Buses
11:50AM – Depart (We will be taking the Northern Route down 72)
1:15PM – Arrive/Check-In/Unload
2:15PM – Warm-Up (A)
2:45PM – Transit
2:55PM – Gate
3:00PM – Prelims Performance
3:30PM – Critique (After, we will head back to our trucks and find a place to set/store our equipment before we go to awards/dinner)
4:20PM – Prelims Awards
4:45-6:00PM – Dinner Break (view concessions menu here.)
(Our score in Prelims will determine our order for Finals-the higher our score, the later we will perform)
Here is the full finals schedule: warm-up-transit-gate-performance time
Finalist 1 5:15 (A) 5:45 5:55 6:00
Finalist 2 5:30 (B) 6:00 6:10 6:15
Finalist 3 5:45 (A) 6:15 6:25 6:30
Finalist 4 6:00 (B) 6:30 6:40 6:45
BREAK 7:00-7:15
Finalist 5 6:30 (B) 7:00 7:10 7:15
Finalist 6 6:45 (A) 7:15 7:25 7:30
Finalist 7 7:00 (B) 7:30 7:40 7:45
Finalist 8 7:15 (A) 7:45 7:55 8:00
8:15PM – Bob Jones Exhibition
8:30PM – Final Awards
9:15PM – Load
9:45PM – Depart
11:00PM – Arrive back at MSHS
SnapRaise Campaign Success:
We raised just about $31,500 during our SnapRaise campaign this year! Thank you to everyone who donated/shared and promoted this fund drive. We reached our goal! These funds go towards normal operating costs for the Muscle Shoals Bands to keep our student fees as low as possible! Thank you again everyone!
Band App: Please remember to sign up for the Band App, and remember to allow notifications: https://band.us/n/a5a7944bM4Idq
NEW BAND STORE!
Our band apparel shop is now available on the msband.org website! Just click the “shop” button at the top of the page. “Shoals” show shirts, polos, hats and more are available to purchase! Your orders run directly through The Shoals Printing Co. They will be in contact with you about pick-up!
