AHS Band Weekly Update - November 21, 2022

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We hope that you have an amazing break this week. Here is your update for the week of November 21st.

There is no school this week and no rehearsal, but there are a few things coming up:

FRIDAY FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: AHS vs. Ridge Point, located at the Cypress Berry Center. Friday November 25th - 7 pm kickoff. An itinerary will go out soon.

• FOOTBALL TEAM WINS: The high school varsity football team has won UIL area playoffs and have advanced to the next round of the championship bracket which is the UIL semi regional playoffs.
  
• DATE: The next playoff round is set to happen on Friday November 25.
  
• REQUIRED: The UIL varsity football playoff games are district required performances for all student organizations, so we require all band students to attend the playoff game.
  
• WHAT’S NEXT: If the team wins this playoff game, the next round of the championship will be one week later, potentially on December 2nd Friday. 
  

I'd like to discuss next week though, because there is a lot going on. Next week is super busy though! The next week dates are:

• Monday 28: Disney Trip Meeting, 7:30pm
  
  • (pushed the time back to accommodate another meeting happening that day) This is an extremely important meeting for any student who is going on the Disney trip. The directors are also requiring all parents and chaperones to attend this meeting, as very important supporting documents and signature pages will be going out on this day. 
    
  • Please plan on this meeting to be about an hour. A lot of information will be going out this day concerning the trip.
    
  • All students are required to attend. If you are absolutely unable to make this due to a scheduling conflict, please arrange a direct meeting with Mr. Best and your parents.
    
• Tuesday 29th: TMEA FRESHMAN ONLY REGION BAND AUDITIONS.
  
  • Selected freshmen will be auditioning for the freshman region band that day.
    
  • The auditions will be after school, and an itinerary will be going out soon.
    
• Wednesday 30th: Tutorial Day
  
  • This is a super good day to go do academic tutorials after school.
    
• Thursday December 1st: Quick Rehearsal
  
  • with the dance team at 3:15, and it will only last 15 minutes tops.
    
• Friday December 2nd TMEA ALL-REGION BAND AUDITIONS Group 1:
  
  • Select band students will be attending Region Band auditions this day.
    
• We also have DECEMBER 2ND POTENTIAL FRIDAY FOOTBALL PLAYOFF:
  
  • If the football team advances this coming Friday, they will play in the next round of playoffs on December 2nd friday. All students who are auditioning for region band will be going to region band auditions instead.
    
  • The rest of the band students who are either not participating or competing on Saturday will be traveling to play for the Friday night football game.
    
• Saturday December 3rd TMEA ALL-REGION BAND AUDITIONS Group 2: 
  
  • Select band students and the students who did not audition on Friday round 1 will attend region band auditions this day.
    

A lot more information will be going out next week. In the meantime, we hope that you all enjoy your time with your families this Thanksgiving. Have a great restful week, and we will see you at the playoff game Friday!

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