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AMB WEEKLY UPDATE 3/31/2025

3/31/2025

AMB WEEKLY UPDATE 3/31/2025

Greetings Eagle Family! The big week is here! UIL Concert and Sightreading Evaluations are taking place on Tuesday through Friday featuring all four concert bands!

Parents, the stage performance times for this week are below. We would LOVE for parents to attend our students’ performances this week. They have worked very hard on preparing their music for judges, and we would love for them to have an amazing audience.

Concert Band (6th Period)
April 1, 2025 Tuesday
at Kingwood Park HS auditorium

10:00am Stage Performance

Symphonic Band (3rd Period)
April 2, 2025 Wednesday
at CE King HS auditorium

11:30am Stage Performance

Wind Symphony (4th Period)
April 3, 2025 Thursday
at Summer Creek HS auditorium

11:30am Stage Performance

Wind Ensemble (5th Period)
April 4, 2025 Friday
at Summer Creek HS auditorium

3:15pm Stage Performance

UIL CONCERT AND SIGHTREADING: Itinerary has been posted on the AHS Band Website. www.atascocitaband.com and click on the quick link for the schedule of the event. Students will be able to see attire, call times, and much more on the itinerary. Please make sure you have quick access to it throughout the week.

BANQUET: Senior band students to RSVP that you are coming to the banquet on April 23rd. Please email [email protected].

ALL other students and ALL grade level families to purchase your banquet tickets:
https://band-banquet-senior-families-copy.cheddarup.com/

Tickets are $25 per person, there won’t be tickets sold at the door. Cash payments can be made to the email address above. Awards, dinner, dessert, music, dancing, lots of fun! Attire is formal/semi-formal. Tickets will be nonrefundable after April 9th.

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This Week’s Events:

April 1, 2, 3, and 4: UIL Concert and Sightreading
April 5th: Drumline at the Oil Days Festival in Humble

List of Events up to Graduation:

April 7th: Leadership applications begin
April 7th: 2025-2026 Drum Major Auditions Information Meeting
April 11th: Leadership Applications Due
April 16th and 17th: Drum Major Auditions
April 23rd: Formal Band Banquet at Kingwood Country Club
April 24th: AMB Band Orientation
April 29th: Percussion Concert
May 1st: Jazz Band Concert
May 2nd: SHSU Recording: Wind Symphony with Mr. Hicks
May 3rd: Jazz Band @ Humble ISD Fine Arts Festival (AM)
May 6th: Jazz Band Auditions
May 10th: SHSU Recording: Wind Ensemble with Mr. Best
May 12, 13, 14: Percussion Pad Camp
May 20th: Band Spring Concert
May 23rd: Graduation

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AMB WEEKLY UPDATE 3/24/2025

3/24/2025

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AMB WEEKLY UPDATE 3/24/2025

Greetings Eagle Family! I hope that everyone had an awesome weekend. We have been pretty busy here these past few weeks, so thankfully this week is not as jam-packed as it has been. Next week, on the other hand, is the UIL Concert and Sightreading! The week of March 31st will be mega busy. We will make sure to update everyone.

This Week’s Events:

Continue rehearsing for UIL Concert and Sightreading in class
March 29th Saturday: Jazz Band at Sam Houston State

Upcoming Events:

April 1, 2, 3, and 4: UIL Concert and Sightreading
April 5th: Drumline at the Oil Days Festival in Humble
April 7th: Leadership applications begin
April 7th: 2025-2026 Drum Major Auditions Information Meeting
April 9th: Percussion Ensemble Concert
April 11th: Leadership Applications Due
April 16th and 17th: Drum Major Auditions
April 23rd: Formal Band Banquet at Kingwood Country Club

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UIL CONCERT AND SIGHTREADING: Itinerary has been posted on the AHS Band Website. www.atascocitaband.com and click on the quick like for the schedule of the event.

JAZZ BAND AT SAM HOUSTON STATE BILL WATROUS JAZZ FESTIVAL
Saturday, March 29, 2025
At Sam Houston State University Performing Arts Center

7:30 Arrive at AHS
8:20 Depart to Sam Houston State University
9:00 Arrive at Sam Houston State University
9:45 Warmup time
10:30 AHS Jazz Band Performance
11:00 Pack up equipment onto bus
11:30 Head to lunch
1:15 Clinic with Gunhild Carling
2:30 Listen to jazz bands
5:30 Dinner Break
7:30 Concert and Awards with the SHSU Jazz Ensemble
8:30 Load up on the bus
10:00 Estimated time back to AHS

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AMB WEEKLY UPDATE 3/17/2025

3/17/2025

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AMB WEEKLY UPDATE 3/17/2025

Greetings Eagle Family! I hope you all had an amazing Spring Break!!

All band rehearsals and sectionals are operating as normal this week.

This Week’s Events:

MONDAY 17th - band parent booster meeting
- All parents are invited to the 7PM booster meeting tonight happening in the AHS Band Hall
TUESDAY 18th - TMEA All-State Recognition at the Humble ISD School Board
- This years’ three TMEA All-Staters are being recognized at the school board meeting with the other all-staters in the district for their outstanding achievement.
THURSDAY 20th - Drumline at Pine Forest Elementary
- Drumline will be performing at the Pine Forest Elementary STEM event. More information on that performance will be provided soon - we think it is an after-school activity.
SATURDAY 22nd - Physical Day with Humble ISD
- AHS Physical Day will be held at Humble High School on Saturday, March 22nd from 12 pm until 4:30 pm. Physicals cost $20 and can be paid for via online Revtrak payment or with cash on the day of.
- All Atascocita HS band members are required to get their physical to participate.

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Upcoming Events:

March 29th: Jazz Band at Sam Houston State
April 1, 2, 3, and 4: UIL Concert and Sightreading
April 5th: Drumline at the Oil Days Festival in Humble
April 7th: Leadership applications begin
April 7th: 2025-2026 Drum Major Auditions Information Meeting
April 9th: Percussion Ensemble Concert
April 11th: Leadership Applications Due
April 16th and 17th: Drum Major Auditions
April 23rd: Formal Band Banquet at Kingwood Country Club

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UIL Concert and Sightreading: The schedule has been released. Here are the important dates and times for all four concert bands.

Concert Band (6th Period)
April 1, 2025 Tuesday

7:25 Arrive 1st Period to the band hall, rehearsal run-through
- Arrive in your concert outfits - concert blacks
8:15 Depart from AHS to Kingwood Park HS
8:45 Arrive
9:30 Warmup
10:00 Stage Performance
10:30 Sightreading Performance
11:00 Load up, head back to AHS
11:30 Arrive back at AHS

Symphonic Band (3rd Period)
April 2, 2025 Wednesday

7:25 Arrive 1st Period to the band hall, rehearsal run-through
- Arrive in your concert outfits - concert blacks
8:30 Pack up, get ready to depart
9:20 Depart to CE King High School
10:00 Arrive
11:00 Warmup
11:30 Stage Performance
12:00 Sightreading Performance
12:30 Load up and head back to AHS
1:10 Arrive back

Wind Symphony (4th Period)
April 3, 2025 Thursday

7:30 Arrive 1st Period to the band hall (this is usually a late arrival day, but band students will be with band this morning) - rehearsal run through
- Arrive in your concert outfits - concert blacks
8:30 Pack up, get ready to depart
9:40 Depart to Summer Creek HS
10:00 Arrive
11:00 Warmup
11:30 Stage Performance
12:00 Sightreading Performance

Wind Ensemble (5th Period)
April 4, 2025 Friday

11:00 Wind ensemble, go to A lunch
11:26 lunch ends, arrive to 5th period for rehearsal run through
12:30 Pack up to depart to Summer Creek HS, change into concert blacks
1:15 Depart to Summer Creek HS
1:35 Arrive at SCHS
2:30 Warmup
3:15 Stage Performance
4:00 Sightreading Performance
4:30 Pack up, head back to AHS
5:00 Arrive at AHS

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JAZZ BAND AT SAM HOUSTON STATE BILL WATROUS JAZZ FESTIVAL
Saturday, March 29, 2025

7:30 Arrive at AHS
8:20 Depart to Sam Houston State University
9:00 Arrive at Sam Houston State University
9:45 Warmup time
10:30 AHS Jazz Band Performance
11:00 Pack up equipment onto bus
11:30 Head to lunch
1:15 Clinic with Gunhild Carling
2:30 Listen to jazz bands
5:30 Dinner Break
7:30 Concert and Awards with the SHSU Jazz Ensemble
8:30 Load up on the bus
10:00 Estimated time back to AHS

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AMB WEEKLY UPDATE 3/3/2025

3/3/2025

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AMB WEEKLY UPDATE 3/3/2025

Greetings Eagle Family! I have a weekly update for you all this time around (apologies for last week - we all got bombarded). We had a tremendously busy week last week, and we’ve got some more exciting things happening this week. One more week

All band rehearsals and sectionals are operating as normal this week.

This Week’s Events:

Wednesday March 5 - make up day for Solo and Ensemble
Thursday March 6 - Non-Varsity Bands, Pre-UIL Concert and Sightreading
Friday March 7 - Jazz Band @ Blinn Jazz Festival, Brenham

WEDNESDAY MAKE UP SOLO AND ENSEMBLE: If you are a student who missed solo and ensemble, we have after school Wednesday dedicated to helping make up the performance.

A schedule of performance times has been posted on the white board. All high school band students are expected to perform at least one event in Solo and Ensemble contest, as chamber music is part of the curriculum and part of everyone’s summative grade. Should you have a conflict with your performance time, I need to know quickly so that we can create a solution.
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THURSDAY PRE-UIL NON VARSITY: If you are in periods 3, 4, and 6, you have Pre-UIL Concert and Sightreading this Thursday. Parents are encouraged to attend their child’s performance on stage.

Schedule of event is as follows:

Sub-Non-Varsity B (6th period class)
- Students arrive and get instruments: 3:25
- Warmup in band hall: 3:45
- On Stage - Performance: 4:30
- Clinic: 4:50
- End: 5:10
Sub-Non-Varsity A (3rd period class)
- Students arrive and get instruments: 4:20
- Warmup in band hall: 4:40
- On Stage - Performance: 5:20
- Clinic: 5:45
- End: 6:05
Non-Varsity (4th period class)
- Students arrive and get instruments: 5:10
- Warmup in band hall: 5:30
- On Stage - Performance: 6:15
- Clinic: 6:40
- End: 7:00

Concert attire is as follows:

Black long sleeve shirt
Black dress pant (boys and girls)
Black socks, black shoes, black belt
Black coat is optional.
(this is what we call in the music business “concert black”

FRIDAY JAZZ BAND AT BLINN COLLEGE
Performance at Dr W. W. O'Donnell Performing Arts Center
600 Blinn Blvd, Brenham, TX 77833, USA

Schedule:

10:00 Arrive at 4th period, load up busses
11:15 Depart
1:15 Arrive at Blinn College
2:00 Warmup
2:30 Performance
Awards TBD
Arrival time probably around 9PM or so

Same concert attire as above - UIL concert black.

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