AMB WEEKLY UPDATE 4/20/2026

AMB WEEKLY UPDATE 4/20/2026

Greetings Eagle family! We have a JAM PACKED WEEK!! Lots of exciting things are going on this week for our band. 

Here is the calendar of events that gets us up to the end of April.

• April 20-22: Percussion Camp Week 1
• April 21: AMB Orientation! 6:00PM returning members, 7:15PM new members
• April 23: Band Banquet
• April 24: Drum Major Prelims Auditions
• April 27-29 Percussion Camp Week 2
• April 27-29 Color Guard Spin Party
• April 27-29: Leadership Interviews after school
• April 29: Jazz Band auditions (pushed back)
• May 1: Drum Major Finals Auditions

BAND BANQUET! IS THIS THURSDAY! We are excited to party!!

TUESDAY: HIGH SCHOOL BAND ORIENTATION: It is time! We are gearing up for the next school year, and we are tremendously excited to share with everyone our theme, the music, the outfits, and SO much more! Orientation is something that you will not want to miss at all. We will reveal our show theme and so much more.

• High school band orientation will be located in the AHS Auditorium at 6PM for returning students, and 7:15PM for all incoming new students (8th graders).
• You can sign up for high school band today and get your forms in early by going to the following link:
• https://my.cheddarup.com/c/amb-forms-copy
• **Please note** with Cheddarup forms, you have to check your forms out in the cart for them to be fully submitted. 

COLOR GUARD SPIN PARTY: The high school band is creating an all-new color guard and dance team. We encourage our students and families to reach out to non-band students who may be interested in participating in our program who have not previously played an instrument but want to do something different. Any interested student can join us for our spin party next week on April 27-29 in the band hall.

PERCUSSION PAD CAMP: All percussionists 8th grade to 11th grade who are signed up for band for next year will participate in this year’s pad camp in the high school band hall. Percussion pad camp dates and times are April 20-22 and April 27-29. 4:30 to 6:00.

BAND PHYSICALS and RANKONE: All band students for the next year must have an athletic physical form on file. They also must have a RankOne profile signed up. The latest Humble ISD physical and RankOne can be located here:
https://www.atascocitaband.com/physicals-and-rankone-for-marching-band.html#/

BAND EVALUATION: We have already started the evaluations for the concert band placement for next year. We are going to try to have every student heard at least by the end of this week. The music and the information is located on our band website: https://www.atascocitaband.com/class-placement-evaluations.html#/

DRUM MAJORS: We will have weekly drum major practices on Tuesday and Wednesday. Since we have over 25 candidates applying for drum major, we will have a prelims audition on the original date April 24th to determine the top 10 for a finals audition on May 1st.

JAZZ BAND: Tryouts are now available for students who would like to participate in the AHS Jazz Band for the next school year. We are looking for saxophone, trombone, trumpet, drums, bass guitar, lead guitar, piano, and even vocalists. The information to sign up is located on our website: https://www.atascocitaband.com/the-jazz-band.html#/

Jazz band auditions will take place on April 29th and all students will record their audition and submit it on a Google Form. The music for tryouts will be really short, and it will be provided here really soon.

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