PRESIDENT'S CORNER - Martha Ray
Please check your E-mail this week for important information about the JA Band Banquet and 2011-2012 Band Booster officer elections.
The Band Banquet will be held in the ballroom at Colonial Country Club on May 19th beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tickets for the event are $20 per person (including students). Each band student, including all Sixth Grade Band members, will be recognized for his or her contribution to the band. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend.
JAZZ BAND at RAIDER PARK
The Jazz Band will be performing at Raider Park on Tuesday, April 26, at 5:40, as part of the "Bats & Balls for Batson" fundraiser.
Activities begin at 4:00, and in addition to music will include baseball & softball skill sessions, a crawfish boil, and games for elementary students. All donations will benefit the Blair E. Batson Children's Hospital.
Jazz Band members should report to Raider Park, with horns, by 5:10 on April 26. Attire is shorts or jeans with the white Jazz Band t-shirt.
ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY JAZZ FEST
JA Band alumni Derrick Marchant (Ole Miss), Corey Carter (USM), and Adam Ray (Ole Miss), performed with their respective university jazz ensembles at the 31st Annual Alcorn Jazz Fest in Vicksburg on Saturday.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Tuesday, April 26 - Jazz Band at Raider Park, 5:10 report time, 5:40 performance
Tuesday, May 10 - JA Band Program Spring Concert - Sixth Grade Band & Concert Band, 7:00, PAC
Thursday, May 19 - JA Band Program Banquet, Sixth Grade Band & Concert Band, Colonial Country Club, 6:30 Jazz Band performance, 7:00 Banquet
Wednesday - Friday, June 1-3 - Color Guard Camp, JA
Monday - Friday, July 25-29 and August 1-5 - BAND CAMP, JA
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