New Year, New School, New Stuff...

Summer is almost over and while I will miss sleeping in and spending quality time with Big Dumb Dave and Cleo Petunia, I am VERY excited about the new school year!!
Have you seen the new school?? It's beautiful! I was over on Monday and got to take a look at the band room. We have a whiteboard with staff lines, a SMART board, a SINK to clean out mouthpieces, and something I've wanted for the last 16 years....A FLAT FLOOR!!
In addition to the excitement of the new building and room, I'm also excited about our performances this year. As I was packing up, I started planning music for this year. Now, if I can just find the box that I packed that music in... 8th graders will be performing at the elementary schools for our annual recruiting trip as well as at Hershey Park. 7th and 8th grade band will participate in District Band Performance Assessment and EVERYONE will of course take part in the winter and spring concerts.
Enjoy the rest of your time off. Be sure to look for your instruments and dust them off :-) Remember, you do not need to bring instruments on the first day of school!
See you soon!!!

Calvert County Christmas Parade

All CMS band students are invited to participate in the Calvert County Christmas Parade on Sunday, December 6th. CHS has invited us to march with them in the parade once again. If you've never been to the parade, it's a fun time! See Ms. Cunningham for a permission slip and music. Invite your orchestra or chorus friends to join the color guard (flags) as well!

Speaking of CHS bands...stop by CHS on Saturday, November 21st for a craft sale sponsored by the CHS bands. Ms. Griwatz and Ms. C-ham will be selling some of their crafts along with other vendors and crafters.

Congratulations to this year's All-County Participants!

The following students were chosen for the All-County Honors Band:
Brianna Hite
Genesis Burch
Shannon Donaldson
Elizabeth Hite
Melissa Davis
Tiffany Dang
Timmy Rawlings

Rehearsals for upcoming concerts

The 6th grade band will rehearse during AM advisory on Wednesday, November 18th and Thursday, December 3rd.
7th and 8th grade band will rehearse during AM advisory on Friday, November 20th, Tuesday, November 24th and Tuesday, December 1st.
A Day students, please note that the November 18th and 20th are different from what we discussed in class on Monday. This is due to the fact that the 8th graders will have a meeting on Wednesday and 6th grade will have a meeting on Friday during AM advisory.
Remember that you are to check in with your homeroom teacher for attendance and lunch count and report to the band room at 7:30.
See you bright and early!!

Lots of stuff to do this weekend!

Here's your weekend to-do list:
1. Practice for next week's test. (A days Monday and B days Tuesday)
2. Complete "Practice Record #4" - get your parent's signature!
3. Sell a candle or two! Remember that all candle orders are due on Wednesday, October 28th. We have to get them in on that day to ensure delivery by Christmas.
4. Have some fun, too! I'm going to get to see my niece this weekend. Hope you all get to see someone you love too.

Practice Record Challenge Winners

And the winner is...
6th Grade - 7th Period A Day! 91% of 7A students handed in completed practice records.
2nd place goes to 8th grade 1A with a total of 83% and third place goes to 6th grade 6B with 73%. Come on, 7th grade, let's improve your completion rate for next time!

7th period will get a chance to shop at my Paw Buck store on Thursday, October 15th.

Practice Record Challenge!

Here is your challenge for Practice Record #3 (due October 13th and 14th):

The class with the highest percentage of COMPLETED practice records - that means signed by your parent, practice time filled in the calendar and turned in during class the day of the test - will receive the chance to purchase items from my Paw Buck store. I have the "store" stocked with all kinds of goodies...from pens and pencils to posters and magnets to toys and other fun things. Get practicing and turn in those practice records!!