AMB WEEKLY UPDATE 11/4/2025

AMB WEEKLY UPDATE 11/4/2025

Greetings Eagle Family! Now that competition season has passed us, we now have literally SO MUCH to look forward to. Concert season, jazz band, basketball games, fundraisers, playoff games, solo and ensemble, and so so so much more. Marching season has come and gone so quickly, and now it’s time to prepare for the future and take our amazing band program and go beyond anything that we have ever done before as a team.

LAST NIGHT’S MEETING: I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who attended last night’s informational meeting. As you can hopefully see from our presentation, we have the best interest of our kids at the front of everything that we do. With our first non-negotiable priority of our kids being their safety, following that is creating a marching band that kids love to show up to, featuring music the kids love to play and a show that brings the kids joy. Our band program is ready to evolve into the beyond. Our kids are about to add so much more fun and excitement to their UIL half-time shows. We know that parents have a lot of questions regarding the “how.” We know that change is uncomfortable, and I’m happy to share that we are working on a really awesome plan that will make the process even more exciting! I'll end up wanting to have another informational meeting together sometime soon to share more exciting details and answer more questions.

​We will always have the foundations that set the AMB apart - cleanliness, precision, attention to detail, sharpness, crispness. …taking the concepts that we already do, and elevating them, and going beyond. We are so delighted to have our kids on this amazing journey with us, and as a band director, I want to thank my parents and constituents for trusting in our leadership.

If you missed it, you can always give us a call or an email, and I will go over everything that you might have missed in case you have questions. I am always here to help in any way that I can.

Okay, on to the next thing!

THURSDAY WIDDY-UP: We are set up to absolutely CRUSH this fundraiser! Our goal is $35,000. With everyone’s support and all of our students with their dashboards set up and contacts fully loaded in, we could stand to not only reach our goal - but annihilate it. Thursday kicks off everything. Please make sure that you have these three things happening:

1. You have created an account and have a dashboard set up. The link to sign up if you haven’t already is listed below:
   https://www.widdyup.com/students/register/BUgye4TwoUVzUsu2kjtyedDr?campaign=true
2. Once you’ve done that, load up your contacts. You need at least 15 to make the most impact. Take contacts in your phone and load them up to get ready to send on launch day. Remember: 0 CONTACTS = $0. You gotta get those contacts in there for this to work!
3. Make your pitch video. Take a selfie video and upload it to the pitch. You won’t need the donor video - I am working on that. You can say something like this in your pitch video:
   “Hello! My name is _____ and I play ____ in the Atascocita High School Band. We are raising funds for the future of our band program. With your support today, you’ll unlock a special video of our band and help us achieve our goals. Thank you very much!”

FRIDAY GAME ITINERARY: This week, we will be playing Goose Creek Memorial for an away game. It’ll be a 45 minute bus ride from AHS to Goose Creek Stallworth Stadium. 
2509 E Archer Rd, Baytown, TX 77521

• 2:55 Class over - go to band hall to get ready for outside run-through
• 3:20 Run-through outside (because we didn’t have a practice on Thursday, we need to go over what we are going to do for our new half-time “FUN SHOW”
• 4:00 Begin section inspection
• 4:30 Section Inspection
• 5:15 Leave to GC Stallworth Stadium 
• 6:00 Arrive at stadium - unload
• 6:15 In Stands
• 6:35 Ceremonial music - school song, pregame fight song, National Anthem
• 7:00 Game start
• 9:45 Game over, announcements, pack-up, dismiss
• 10:45 Back to AHS