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Tuesday, 27 October 2009
The Hillwood High School Band
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October 27, 2009
This Week's News
- Football Game at Overton Friday, Oct 30. The band will be rehearsing Friday (10/26) at 3:30 PM. Students will need to make sure they have dinner packed, or money for 3rd Quarter snacks. Student will be wearing full dress uniforms (weather permitting) and may wear long-sleeved undergarments.
- Results for the Last Competitions are in! The band ended the season on a good note (no pun intended) and brought home 11 more trophies. Results are as follows.
Colt Classic at Glencliff
Class Awards:
- 1st Place Band
- 1st Place Percussion
- 1st Place Field Commander
- 2nd Place Color Guard
- Superior Rating
Division Awards:
- 1st Place Band
- 1st Place Field Commander
Highland Rim Marching Festival at Westmoreland
Class B Awards:
- 2nd Place Band
- 1st Place Percussion
- 1st Place Field Commander
- Superior Rating
- REMINDER: Next Trip Payments and Band Fees. Just a reminder of the upcoming/remaining payments due. If you would like to pay ahead, your payments will not be turned away! (Your accounts will be credited appropriately and it will be reflected on your next statement.)
12/01/2009 - $100 trip, per person
01/05/2010 - $100 trip, per person
02/02/2010 - $175 (balance due) trip, per person
02/28/2010 - $100 band fee
03/31/2010 - $100 band fee (last payment)
If you would like to use PayPal to make your payment, please pay $103.30 to get $100 credited to your account. (Remember PayPal charges 2.9 % plus $0.30 per transaction.)
- It's Fruit Sale Time! Fruit can be ordered in person or online. To pay by debit or credit card, please use the online ordering option. For this option, and more information, please visit the band's website at www.hillwoodband.com or download the online ordering instructions at http://m.b5z.net/i/u/6120075/f/2008-2009/Ordering_Fruit_Online.pdf.
November Delivery: Orders due October 28, 2009
December Delivery: Orders due November 18, 2009
- Now Accepted: Visa, Mastercard, Discover, AMEX, and PayPal. Band fees can now be paid by using a variety of methods through PayPal. Don't forget donations! We have a place for that now, too. Visit the HHS Band website at http://www.hillwoodband.com/ to see (and use) them.
- Fundraising Opportunities:
Commentary
From Mr. Chester
Not FROM Mr. Chester, but FOR Mr. Chester:
We'd like to wish a Belated Happy Birthday to our director who brought pride and professionalism to our band. We appreciate the hard work you put in to the program and the lesson that hard work and perseverance does pay off.
Many Happy Returns!
The Hillwood High School Band
The Hillwood High School Band Boosters
Additional Comments
Newsletter Transition
Now that marching season is essentially over, the competitive marching band newsletters will end and concert newsletters will begin. You can expect fewer emails. Please remember that you can always catch up on Hillwood Band Happenings on our Booster Blog, found at http://www.hillwoodband.com/booster_blog.
Hillwood Band on Facebook
Hillwood Band is now on Facebook! You don't need a Facebook account to see the page, but you do need an account, and you need to "become a fan" if you want instant updates. You can find our page at: http://www.facebook.com/hillwoodband.
Calendar
OCTOBER
June 18 (Thu) - Positive Performance Concepts (select students)
June 19 (Fri) - Positive Performance Concepts (select students)
NOVEMBER
Nov 6 (Fri) - Middle School Performances (school hours)
Nov 10 (Tue) - Booster Meeting in the Rehearsal Hall (6:00 PM)
Nov 11 (Wed) - Veteran's Day Parade (school hours)
Nov 12 (Thu) - Hillwood Cluster Honor Band (6:30 PM - 8:30 PM)
Nov 13 (Fri) - Hillwood Cluster Honor Band (all day)
- Hillwood Cluster Honor Band Concert (6:30 PM)
Nov 21 (Sat) - Mid-State Jazz Auditions @ Hillwood (all day)
Nov 25 (Wed) - Metro Thanksgiving Holiday (no school)
Nov 26 (Thu) - Metro Thanksgiving Holiday (no school)
Nov 27 (Fri) - Metro Thanksgiving Holiday (no school)
Email updates are provided by Hillwood High School Band Boosters.
Cindy Franco and Shirley Dansby,
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