Congratulations to the students for a fine performance at the MAIS Marching Band Festival Saturday. The JA Band received straight Superior ratings from all judges, with the highest numerical score of the day among all bands. The adjudicators had many positive comments about the band's performance. One of the band judges, Wes Parker, from NC State University, commented on the strength of the show concept and the way it was executed. Chris Moss, from Madison, WI, saw the show both Friday night and Saturday and complimented the band on the consistency of their performances. This strength should serve them well in Atlanta next weekend.
Thank you to all the parents who helped at the Festival, with special kudos to Hope Burford for spearheading the volunteer effort. It was great to see many of the parents of our younger students helping out. Everything went smoothly, and we heard many positive comments from the visitors to the JA campus.
A few photos from the football game Friday night, thanks to the Clarion Ledger, where several of them were printed on the front page on Saturday:
JA BAND SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 25-31
Monday - Rehearsal 2:00 - 4:00
Tuesday - Rehearsal 2:00 - 2:45, Color Guard 4:45 - 5:30, Full Band 5:30 - 7:00, Parent Field Crew 6:30 - 7:00 - VERY IMPORTANT REHEARSALS
Wednesday - Rehearsal 2:00 - 4:00
Thursday - Rehearsal 2:00 - 4:00, Parent truck loading 7:00
Friday - Atlanta trip - details below
Good luck to the JA Band members who will be having their MS Lions Band auditions taped on Monday: Bryant Hutchins, Samantha Hill, Caroline Burford, Abbi Thomas, and Annie Campbell
BOA ATLANTA TRIP
We will distribute and discuss the guidelines for the trip with the students this week. Here is a link to the informational handout: STUDENT ITINERARY
Please take a few minutes to look over the handout and discuss it with your student. A few important reminders:
- Please ensure your student has everything he or she needs for the trip, including all uniform parts, black band t-shirt(s), all black socks, band shoes clean and polished, and all instrument parts
- Students will need approximately $60 in meal money (lunch & dinner Friday, dinner Saturday, lunch & dinner Sunday), plus money for any souvenirs or other items they may wish to purchase. Please discuss with them the need to budget their meal money on the trip. Chaperones can assist with this if requested.
- Report time to the Band Hall on Friday morning with everything needed for the trip is 6:30 AM. It is important we depart on time to avoid traffic delays and stay on schedule. The complete itinerary for the trip is included in the handout linked above.
For those parents who are not able to join us on the trip, a live webcast of the event will be streamed through the BOA Fan Network. Click on this link: SUBSCRIBE, and scroll down for the pay-per-view option for Atlanta. The cost is $19.95. The JA Band's performance time is 11:15 am on Saturday.
Also, there will be professionally recorded DVDs available for purchase. Here is a link to the information: MR. VIDEO
We are looking forward to a great trip. Please let me know if you have any questions.
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