Dear Band Parents and Students,
We have one more performance to coordinate for this year and that’s graduation. Everyone is required to perform for graduation with the exception of the percussion students that I have told won’t be needed (we only use one snare, one bass, and one crash cymbal). Graduation is Friday, May 18 at the River Center, at 3 PM. Students will be dismissed from school at noon on that day.
Here’s the logistics problem. Some of you will have a tough time getting off of work and getting your child downtown for 2:30. Therefore, I will be driving a bus to and from school. The bus will leave at 2:00 PM and will return immediately after the graduation is over (usually lasts only 45 minutes). We haven’t worked out which faculty member is going to stay after school yet, but there will be a study hall in the library from noon until 2. Students who will be riding with me must remember to bring their school dress uniform (grey pants, guys) with them to school that day.
Also, for those of you planning summer vacations, please keep the weeks of July 23 (drummers and pit only) and July 30 (everyone) open for band camp(s). Drum camp will be from 9 AM – 2 PM. Band camp will begin again this year at 1 PM and will conclude at 8 PM. This will allow for more parental help with hydration when we are on the field. The exception to this will be Monday, July 29. Camp will run from 8 AM until 1 PM to allow my freshmen to attend orientation. I will send more information to you about next fall in the coming week when I put together my next Warrior Band Newsletter.
Please remember to have your child’s uniform dry cleaned and returned to school by the end of next week. Please be sure to take the uniform off the coat hanger when you take it to the cleaners. The cleaners will not return our good coat hangers to us! You can put the cleaned uniform on a good coat hanger and place it in the bag before you bring it back to school.
Thank,
Doc




