2/27/11 UPDATE

JA JAZZ BAND PERFORMANCES

The JA Jazz Band will perform tomorrow, Monday, February 28, at the Features Pageant in the PAC. All Jazz Band members need to be in the pit in the PAC auditorium by 6:15 Monday evening.

The Jazz Band will also perform at the Grand Opening Ceremony at the new McDonald's restaurant at the corner of Ridgewood and Lakeland on Saturday, March 5, from 10:00 to noon. Jazz Band members should meet at the restaurant by 9:45 Saturday morning.

Student attire for both performances will be black dress shirts, black dress pants, and black dress shoes.

JACKSON INDEPENDENT WINTER GUARD

Congratulations to the JI Winter Guard for earning first place honors in Independent A at the Hoover Winter Odyssey Super Regional in Alabama on Saturday, followed by a second place finish in finals on Sunday, competing against a guard unit from the University of Alabama. The JI guard improved their score 7 points from the week prior.

Best wishes to the guard as they continue to prepare for their next competition at Petal HS on March 12 and the MIA Championships on April 2 at Ridgeland HS.

A few pics from the weekend:

SECTIONAL REHEARSALS

We return to the usual sectional rehearsal schedule this week:

MONDAY - Trombones & Bass
TUESDAY - Clarinets and Percussion
WEDNESDAY - Trumpets
THURSDAY - Flutes
FRIDAY - Saxes

UPCOMING EVENTS

February 28 - Jazz Band at Features Pageant
March 22 - Full Band Rehearsal, PAC, 7:00 - 8:30
March 24 - Central Mississippi Concert Band Festival, Ridgeland HS, details TBA
March 29 - Full Band Rehearsal, PAC, 7:00 - 8:30
April 5 - Full Band Rehearsal, PAC, 7:00 - 8:30
April 8 - MAIS Concert Band Festival, PAC
May 10 - JA Band Program Spring Concert, PAC
May 19 - JA Band Program Banquet
 

SUMMER DATES
May 31 - June 3 - Color Guard Camp
July 25-31 and August 2-5 - BAND CAMP, 8:30 - 11:30 and 1:00 - 5:00 each day

 

JAZZ BAND at BLACK HISTORY ASSEMBLY

A few photos from the JA Jazz Band's performance at the Black History Assembly last week in the PAC:

SIXTH GRADE BAND at PATRIOTIC DAY

A few photos from the Sixth Grade Band's performance at the Patriotic Day Assembly last week:

2/21/11 UPDATE

VIDEOS POSTED

Thank you to Michelle Mills for posting several videos on the school website at this link: MARCHING BAND VIDEOS, including the band's performance at the 2009 MAIS Marching Band Festival HERE, and the 2010 MAIS Marching Band Festival HERE.

PERFORMANCES

The JA Jazz Band had their first performance of the year this week, at the Black History Assembly on Thursday.

The Sixth Grade Band also performed this week, at the Patriotic Day festivities on Friday. The band performed several patriotic songs arranged for them by USM doctoral candidate Jason Mathena.

Both performances were enthusiastically received.

JACKSON INDEPENDENT WINTER GUARD

Congratulations to the JI Winter Guard for earning second place honors at the Pearl HS MIA show on Saturday. The guard earned the second-highest score of all 23 groups at the event. Also worth noting is that the JI group is competing in the same class as groups composed of college students (Itawamba Community College, Delta State University, Mississippi State University, and Hinds Community College), as well as a group composed of students from two of the largest high schools in the state, in Desoto County.

A few pics from the Pearl show:

Supportive parents Hope Burford, Reggy McDaniel, Michele McDaniel, Tim McCowan, Nancye McCowan, and Connie Hill: 

JA Band  Alumni Jessie Stribling (assists with the Hinds Community College guard) and Jessica Thompson (Assistant Band Director at Wayne County HS) with Cammie:

Another JA Band alumna, Tracy Carter, who is an Assistant Band Director and Director of both Winter Guard units from Madison Central HS:

This weekend the guard will travel to Birmingham, AL, to compete at the Southestern Color Guard Super Regional on Saturday. There are 48 units from around the region registered for the event. The JI itinerary for the weekend:

FRIDAY, February 25
3:30 - Depart JA
7:30 - Dinner at Beef O'Brady's, Hoover, AL
9:00 - Check into hotel - Embassy Suites Hoover

SATURDAY, February 26
10:00 - Rehearsal at a local church
1:00 - Lunch at Riverchase Galleria Mall
4:00 - Break at hotel
6:30 - Depart for competition at Hoover HS
9:30 - Performance
10:00 - Return to hotel

SUNDAY, February 27
11:00 - Rehearsal at hotel, if performing in finals
11:45 - Fast food lunch in area
1:00 - Arrive Hoover HS, peform or watch groups
3:30 - Depart for JA
7:00 (approximate) - Arrive JA

Best of luck to JI at Hoover.  

SECTIONAL REHEARSALS

This week's sectional rehearsal schedule due to the holiday Monday:

TUESDAY - Clarinets and Percussion
WEDNESDAY - ALL BRASS & Bass
THURSDAY - Flutes
FRIDAY - Saxes 

UPCOMING EVENTS

February 28 - Jazz Band at Features Pageant
March 22 - Full Band Rehearsal, PAC, 7:00 - 8:30
March 24 - Central Mississippi Concert Band Festival, Ridgeland HS, details TBA
March 29 - Full Band Rehearsal, PAC, 7:00 - 8:30
April 5 - Full Band Rehearsal, PAC, 7:00 - 8:30
April 8 - MAIS Concert Band Festival, PAC
May 10 - JA Band Program Spring Concert, PAC
May 19 - JA Band Program Banquet

NEW TO THE LIST - SUMMER DATES
July 25-31 and August 2-5 - BAND CAMP, 8:30 - 11:30 and 1:00 - 5:00 each day 

2/13/11 UPDATE

BOOSTER PRESIDENT'S CORNER - Martha Ray

Thanks very much to all of you who came Friday night to help with our Valentine's Parents Night Out!  It was a huge success! Thanks especially to Hope Burford for putting it all together and managing everything. Thanks also to Mr.Carter and his band for providing top-notch entertainment!  Y'all are great!

We also would like to thank Kate Bowman and  the band students selling Valentines to the junior and senior high students! We really appreciate the work you're doing to benefit the band!

It was fun to see everybody last week. Thanks again for your help!

Additional note from event organizer Hope Burford: Special thanks to Reggy & Michele McDaniels for providing the snacks, the parents for taking their time to help, and the students for having such a great attitude with the children.  A great time was had by all.

A few photos from the evening, thanks to Wendy Hutchins:

 

The JI Winter Guard conducted a long and productive rehearsal Saturday from 1:00 - 6:30.

Upcoming JI events:

February 19 - Pearl HS - performance time 7:15 PM
February 25-27 - Birmingham trip for the Hoover Winter Odyssey, a Southeast Color Guard Circuit competition

Note from Mr. Carter:

I had the opportunity to watch the final run of Jackson Independent's show in the old gym Saturday about 6:00pm.  Congrats to the guard members, to Cammie, & to show writer Lenny Westmoreland. This show is sophisticated, complex, well-constructed, and very well taught; and the performance level improves each week.  Regardless of the outcome of any of the upcoming shows, I want to congratulate the JA girls. I am very proud of you.

SECTIONAL REHEARSALS

We will continue the regular sectional rehearsals this week:

Monday - Trombones
Tuesday - Clarinets & Percussion
Wednesday - Trumpets
Thursday - Flutes
Friday - Saxes

UPCOMING EVENTS

February 28 - Jazz Band at Features Pageant
March 22 - Full Band Rehearsal, PAC, 7:00 - 8:30
March 24 - Central Mississippi Concert Band Festival, Ridgeland HS, details TBA
March 29 - Full Band Rehearsal, PAC, 7:00 - 8:30
April 5 - Full Band Rehearsal, PAC, 7:00 - 8:30
April 8 - MAIS Concert Band Festival, PAC
May 10 - JA Band Program Spring Concert, PAC
May 19 - JA Band Program Banquet

NEW TO THE LIST - SUMMER DATES:


July 25-29 and August 1-5 - BAND CAMP, 8:30 - 11:30 and 1:00 - 5:00 each day

2/6/11 UPDATE

BOOSTER PRESIDENT'S CORNER - Martha Ray

The JA Band Boosters will meet on Tuesday, February 8, at 6:00 pm in the Band Hall.

All band families are encouraged to attend to discuss upcoming fundraisers and band program activities.

BOA ATLANTA PHOTOS

Professional photos from Jolesch Photography, both candid and group shots, are still available for purchase through the Jolesch website here: JA BOA ATLANTA

Through February 14th, you can save on all prints and products you order. Use coupon code BOAFINAL2010 and save 15% off any order placed online.

Here are a few sample proofs:

 

JACKSON INDEPENDENT WINTER GUARD

The guard will have rehearsal Saturday, February 12, from 1:00 - 6:30 in the JA gym.

Their next competition will be February 19 at Pearl HS.

BAND BOOSTER FUNDRAISER

Please contact Hope Burford (hburford@jacksonacademy.org) if you are available to help at the Parents' Night Out fundraiser on February 11. Details are shown on the poster to the top right (click on poster to view larger). Thank you for helping to make this a successful event.
 
SECTIONAL REHEARSALS

We will continue the usual sectional rehearsal schedule this week:

MONDAY - Trombones
TUESDAY - Clarinets & Percussion
WEDNESDAY - Trumpets
THURSDAY - Flutes
FRIDAY - Saxes

CALENDAR REMINDERS

Please make sure your calendars include the following events:

February 28 - Jazz Band at Features Pageant
March 22 - Full Band Rehearsal, PAC, 7:00 - 8:30
March 24 - Central Mississippi Concert Band Festival, Ridgeland HS, details TBA
March 29 - Full Band Rehearsal, PAC, 7:00 - 8:30
April 5 - Full Band Rehearsal, PAC, 7:00 - 8:30
April 8 - MAIS Concert Band Festival, PAC
May 10 - JA Band Program Spring Concert, PAC
May 19 - JA Band Program Banquet