AMB WEEKLY UPDATE 10/20/2025

AMB WEEKLY UPDATE 10/20/2025

Greetings band family! CONGRATULATIONS to everyone on an amazing UIL competition day! We are so very proud of you all! We have advanced to UIL State Military Marching Band Championships at Baylor University in Waco, and now it’s time to finish out our competition season real strong! We are down to the finish line!

Here is the rest of the events as we have them up to state championships:

• October 20: Rehearsal 3:45 to 6:15. Booster meeting (board 6:30, general 7:00 at AHS band hall)
• October 21: Rehearsal 3:45 to 6:15
• October 23: Rehearsal 3:45 to 6:15
• October 24: Pep Rally during school
• October 24: Football Game at Galena Park ISD Stadium, vs North Shore SHS (we are the visiting team) 
• October 25: Workout with a Vet Performance, Atascocita HS
• October 27: Final Rehearsal 3:45 - 6:45
• October 28: UIL State Military Marching Band Championships in Waco at Baylor University

FOOTBALL GAME THIS FRIDAY: October 24this our next game, and it’s at Galena Park ISD Stadium. We will be the visiting team against North Shore Senior High School.

FOOTBALL GAME ITINERARY:

• 3:00 Go straight to the band hall after school, grab instruments and go to the field! 
• 3:20 On the field for rehearsal runthrough
• 3:40 Runthrough over - load up trucks and gather up uniforms
• 4:25 Inspection
• 4:55 Leave to Turner as soon as buses arrive
• 5:30 Arrive at Turner, unload and prep
• 6:00 In Stands
• 6:30 Ceremonial music - school song, pregame fight song, National Anthem
• 7:00 Game start
• 9:45 Game over, announcements, packup, dismiss
• 10:45 Back to AHS

PEP RALLY: This Friday. Pep rally uniform is blue band shirts, blue jeans, tucked in with belt. We require ALL band students to participate in all band pep rallies with the rest of the team on this day, and all band students must be with the team. If you are participating in various clubs and want to represent with them, please come see Best first to approve that. But above all, I expect our band family to always be together as a team - always.

WORKOUT WITH A VET: Families are invited to the second annual Work Out with a Vet event, an engaging, outdoor Veterans Day program, at 10 a.m. on Saturday, October 25, on the football field at Atascocita High School, 13300 Will Clayton Parkway. Bleacher seating is available for families to sit and watch. The program is open to the public and is free. No tickets required. The program will kick off with music provided by the Atascocita High School Military Marching Band and a field performance by the Kingwood High School Fillies, followed by guest speakers.

• The performance for the AMB is a short performance, less than 2 hours of time.
• AHS Band Students attire: Pep Rally uniform. Red Polo band shirts, blue jeans shirt tucked in, any tennis shoes of your choice. 
• Itinerary
  • 8:15AM band hall opens
  • 9:00 arrive to AHS competition field in stands
  • 9:15 play football game stand music
  • 10:00 play national anthem
  • 10:20 dismissed

UIL STATE MILITARY MARCHING BAND CHAMPIONSHIPS: Will be on Tuesday, October 28th at Baylor McLane Stadium in Waco. The band will participate in a preliminary performance. If they are selected as the top performing bands, they will advance to the next round of UIL State Finals. If that happens, they will perform again that night to determine the winner of the UIL State Marching Band Championships. More bands have to compete in the region this week. Once that is done, we should hear back soon from the UIL office of when the schedule will be. Be on the lookout for a contest itinerary coming up in the middle of the week.

BOOSTER MEETING TONIGHT: general meeting tonight is at 7PM, and it will be in the band hall. We invite as many parents as possible to attend tonight’s meeting - always great things happening in the AMB, and we can always use our parent support to help grow our amazing program!