January 3, 2023

After-School Sectional Schedule

TMEA Area Audition Itinerary

Greetings, Eagle Family! And welcome to 2023! We had a very great first semester together, and now we are super excited for a second semester of all new events, competitions, performances, big trips, and so much more! It’s an exciting time to be an AHS band kiddo. Since we haven’t seen each other in quite some time, this first weekly update is going to be quite extensive, as it will get us kick-started on the major things that are happening this month. This update will cover:

• TMEA Area auditions
• After School Sectionals
• Disney Trip
• Eligibility
• UIL Solo and Ensemble
• Middle School Side by Sides with the Varsity Band

Let’s begin!

TMEA Area Auditions: Please click the button above for the itinerary for the TMEA Area Auditions, which are on Saturday at 10AM at Dekaney High School. This is for the band students who advanced to the next round for a chance to compete for TMEA All-State Band.

After School Sectionals: Please click the button above for the new after-school sectionals schedule for the concert bands. All band students are required to attend their assigned sectionals after school. It’s only ONE out of the week, so that shouldn’t be too taxing on anyone. The spring semester gets a lot easier in terms of after school rehearsals. A few notes on after school things:

• All bands (except concert band) will have 1 sectional and 1 full band rehearsal. Be sure to check the sectional schedule for when those are. Concert band will have 1 sectional.
• All sectionals are graded as pass (100) or fail (o) depending on your attendance. For questions regarding what constitues an excused absence, please see the handbook located on our FORMS page. 
• We only get one sectional a week, so missing one sectional means that you have missed a total of 100% of your sectional times after school. Therefore, please avoid missing your sectional times.
• All attendance after school is absolutely required for the success of all of our students this year. Our goal this year is to earn FOUR Sweepstakes at UIL. It would be really nice to be able to say we did that, and the way we do it is for everyone to do their part and be there for their team.

DISNEY TRIP: It’s fast approaching! I have a few updates regarding this trip:

1. FORMS: We still have about 29 students who have not turned in forms. This MUST BE DONE NO LATER THAN FRIDAY. I will give you more time, but at Friday, at 11:59PM, if the forms are not turned in to me, I will be contacting TMF and placing a hold on your trip until the forms are turned in. Not having the forms signed by the time we leave will result in your trip being canceled with no refund possible.
2. PAYMENTS: please make sure that you have made your final payment. We don’t want anyone being dropped from the trip after getting that far with the payments.
3. Rooming and flight assignments: They are final and will be sent out soon.
4. BAND App: from here on out, all communication about the Disney trip will now be on the BAND app in the Disney Group. For more information, go to 

ELIGIBILITY: The eligibility list will be going out soon, and we will be notifying band students of what their status is. If you lose your eligibility on this report card due to failing grades, you will have a chance to gain it back. If you do not gain your eligibility back at the end of January, then your ineligible status will stay in effect, which will knock you out of Disney Trip and UIL Solo and Ensemble.

UIL SOLO & ENSEMBLE: That’s the next big thing for us. We will be wrapping up all of our UIL Solo and Ensemble planning sometime this week, and more information will be going out on that soon. The big thing for now is:

• You should have a solo OR and ensemble that you are practicing. If you do not yet have your solo or ensemble, come see us and we will make that dream come true.

MIDDLE SCHOOL SIDE BY SIDE WITH WIND ENSEMBLE: An after-school event where the AHS Wind Ensemble will go and play side by side with the middle school band kiddos. Take a look at the dates and times below:

• Timberwood Middle School, January 24th, 2023
  • 4:15-5:30 Non-Varsity Rehearsal
  • 5:30-6:00 Dinner
  • 6:00-7:30 Varsity Band Rehearsal
• West Lake Middle School, January 26th, 2023
  • 4:30 to 5:30 Concert Band 
  • 5:45 to 6:45 Symphonic Band 
  • 7:00 to 8:00 Honor Band 
• Atascocita Middle School, January 30th, 2023
  • 4:15 to 5:30 Non-Varsity Rehearsal 
  • 5:30 to 6:00 Dinner
  • 6:00 to 7:30 Varsity Band Rehearsal

That’s a lot to kick off the year with, so that’s where we are going to stop for now. We hope that everyone has a really awesome first week back, and we are super excited to see you all! 

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