AMB WEEKLY UPDATE 9/21/2025

AMB WEEKLY UPDATE 9/21/2025 

Greetings, eagle family! Hope everyone enjoyed their bye-week and got lots of much needed rest! We are now entering the competition season of our marching band! It is a VERY exciting time, as now all of our hard work will not only be paying off, but it will just all be getting better and better!

ELIGIBILITY WEEK: This Monday at 10AM, teachers will put in their final grades for the IPR 6 weeks. If a student is failing a course on their progress report, they will be completely eliminated from performing, rehearsing, or competing with the AMB. Students who lose eligibility will be notified in class, and they will be eliminated from participating further.

ALTERNATES: This is the week that alternates schedule changes. We need all alternates to attend marching rehearsals on Monday as we will begin switching out starter performers who have failed courses. This Friday, alternates will perform in the drill team block on the field. Once the band moves forward, alternates will dismiss to the side. We must begin having performances with the competition block only so that our evaluations can further prepare us for competition. For a further explanation on how starters/alternates work, please visit the AHS Band Handbook at www.atascocitaband.com

MUSIC PASSOFF: The band students are currently working on “passing off” their marching music to a band director or a section leader. We must have every band student passing off all music before our first real competition which is September 27.

NEXT FOOTBALL GAME SEP 26: Our next football game is September 26th Friday vs. CE King. It is an away game at Sheldon ISD stadium. Since the stadium is about the same distance as Turner’s stadium (by a few minutes), the itinerary from the previous games will remain identical - rehearsal 3:20, inspection 4:30, roll out by 5PM. Game starts at 7:00PM.

FIRST FESTIVAL PERFORMANCE SEP 27: The Humble ISD Marching Band Festival is here at Turner stadium, and it’s a very short day! Click the link below for the itinerary. It can also be found on our atascocita band webpage.

https://www.atascocitaband.com/uploads/1/2/6/6/126667883/contest_itinerary_-_humble_isd_festival_-_google_docs.pdf

Our itinerary for the first marching band festival is located on the band website: www.atascocitaband.com. Saturday September 27th at Humble ISD Turner Stadium, festival performance time for the band is 9:40AM.

The call time for this contest will be 5:30AM that Saturday. We will need to prioritize getting back quickly so kids can go home and rest. It’s a very early morning, but the good news is that it’s over early and the kids will be back home by 10:45AM! Also good news is football away game on that Friday before is CE King stadium which is really close by. We need this rehearsal run-through before the performance to ensure that our students are at their absolute best and know the steps and moves on the field confidently! We did this same thing last year, and it worked fine.

MARCHING BAND UNIFORMS: We are switching to full marching band uniforms this Friday and Saturday!
We will be done with summer band uniforms for the next game, and it is finally time to roll out our marching band uniforms. Students will wear their coats, cross belts, marching pants for the performance. Underneath this uniform, students MUST have:

• Dryfit Blue Band Shirt
• Black Band Shorts
• MTX Black Shoes
• TALL BLACK SOCKS - not short, not white, not colored, not ankle, TALL BLACK SOCKS

REHEARSAL SCHEDULE: Same as last week: Monday Tuesday Thursday, 3:45 to 6:15. The rehearsal schedule up to the end of marching and football season can be found at our website: www.atascocitaband.com and click on CALENDAR. All students who are enrolled in band are required to attend after school rehearsals for marching band (unless approved by a director for sports conflicts and other situations).

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