Good morning MSMS Band!
Here’s your info for the week:
Music Performance Assessment
What: Music Performance Assessment
When: Tuesday, March 7 @ 8:00 a.m. (this is our performance time)
Where: Norton Auditorium @ UNA
Who: 7th and 8th grade band members
We will take the kids on buses over to UNA the morning of March 7. They will need to wear their concert attire when they arrive at school that morning. The kids will need to eat breakfast before they come to school that morning as we will leave before the cafeteria opens. They may bring a change of clothes with them to change into once we come back to MSMS.
The band room will be open at 6:15 a.m.
The buses will leave at 6:50 a.m.
We will get to UNA relatively early that morning. This will give us time to get on stage, warm up, and let the kids get used to playing in a different environment.
Anyone may come and listen to the bands play at MPA. There is no charge for admission. However, parents will need to remain in Norton Auditorium. Once the band leaves the stage, they will go into another room to perform the sight reading portion of the assessment. No one but band members, directors, and administration may go into the sight reading room.
When we are finished, we will have a little bit of time to listen to some other bands before heading back to school. We will have the kids back at school in time for them to go lunch.
Shoals Area Middle School Honor Band
The dates of the honor band are March 10 & 11 @ Florence High School. Here’s the schedule of events for the weekend:
Friday March 10, Florence High School
Rehearsals
9:00 – 12:00 – High School Band on stage/Middle School, Band room (kids need to come to MSMS like normal. We will load the bus at MSMS and then go to FHS around 8:15 a.m.)
12:00 – 1:30 – Lunch – (we will have lunch for the kids brought to FHS, or they may bring their own)
1:30 – 2:15 – University of North Alabama Lab Band Concert – in auditorium
2:15 – 2:30 – Break- reset stage, move MS students back to band room
2:30 – 5:00 Rehearsals – same place as above
Saturday: March 11, Florence High School
9:00 – 12:00 Rehearsal (Meet at MSHS parking lot at 8:15 a.m.)
12:00 – 2:30 Lunch – (we will have lunch for the kids brought to FHS, or they may bring their own)
2:30 – Concert Warm-up
3:00 – Concert, Florence High School Auditorium
MSMS and MSHS Band students who are taking part in the honor band will be bused over to Florence High School both Friday and Saturday. Honor Band participants will need to wear their concert attire for the concert Saturday afternoon.
The Honor Band participants will be taken by bus on Friday and Saturday mornings to FHS. They will also ride the bus back to Muscle Shoals on Friday afternoon. The middle school honor band kids will need to come to school like normal on Friday morning. A bus will be available to bring the kids back to Muscle Shoals after the concert on Saturday or parents may check their child out after the concert if they so choose.
Upcoming Dates of Importance
Music Performance Assessment @ UNA – March 7 (7th and 8th Graders)
Shoals Area Honor Band @ Florence High School – March 10 & 11
8th Grade Band Playing for the 5th Grade (upcoming 6th Grade Recruiting) – March 21
UNA Middle School Honor Band – April 13-15
All State Band in Huntsville – April 27-29
MSMS Bands (6th, 7th, 8th) Spring Concert – May 2
Solo and Ensemble @ Hamilton High School – May 6 (Open for 6th, 7th, and 8th Graders)
Seay everyone on Monday!
