8/19/12 UPDATE

SAN ANTONIO TRIP

All JA Band families should have received an email this week from our trip coordinator, Sue Guindon, with details about the San Antonio trip November 1-4, including a reduced price for students and families.

If you have not yet responded, please do so this week so that final reservations can be made. If you did not receive the email or have any questions, contact Sue at sue.guindon@gmail.com.

Click on the video below for a preview of the trip:

BACKYARD BRAWL

The JA Band has been invited to have the drumline add some excitement to the Mississippi College - Millsaps College football game on Thursday, August 30, with a 7:00 pm kickoff at the Millsaps stadium. This is the 41st annual meeting between these schools, and the game will be broadcast via a live remote by WAPT. The JA Drumline would play on a deck overlooking the field.

The report time at Millsaps and other details will be announced next week. If any parents would like to attend the game, please let us know by Wednesday, August 22 via an email to jaband@aol.com, so that we can let the organizer know how many tickets we will need. All tickets will be complimentary to JA Band families.

JA BAND SCHEDULE AUGUST 20-24

MONDAY, 8/20 - Rehearsal 2:10 - 4:00

TUESDAY, 8/21 - Rehearsal 2:10 - 3:00 

     Color Guard - 5:00 - 6:00 - Activities Building

     Percussion - 5:30 - 6:30 - Activities Building

     FULL BAND - 6:30 - 8:00 - Activities Building

IMPORTANT - PARENT MEETING - 7:45 - Activities Building - For all parents who are able to help with the equipment Friday nights at the football games. Contact Terri Fisher at tfisher@jacksonacademy.org with any questions.

WEDNESDAY, 8/22 - Rehearsal 2:10 - 4:00

THURSDAY, 8/23 - Rehearsal 2:10 - 4:00

FRIDAY, 8/24 - Rehearsal 2:10 - 3:00

HOME FOOTBALL GAME v. NORTHEAST LAUDERDALE

6:00 - Report for warmup on the parking lot - Guard in band shirts and shorts, band in half uniform

First & Second Quarters - Drumline in stands

HALFTIME - Competition show - Parent help needed, see Tuesday schedule above

Third Quarter - Break - Students may visit concessions

Fourth Quarter - Drumline in stands

End of Game - All band members will march together around the field to return to the band hall. Students will be dismissed when all equipment is put away.

JA BAND IN THE NEWS

We have learned that during the BOA Summer Symposium this year, two BOA & DCI adjudicators, Glenn Fugett and John Howell, presented a talk about small bands. They used JA as a great example of success, mentioning the band in the following video excerpt from the presentation (the JA segment begins approximately 5 minutes in):

PHOTO GALLERY

A few photos from a busy first full week of school for the JA Band (more in the PHOTO GALLERY):

ALL SPORTS NIGHT:

PEP RALLY:

REHEARSAL AND STORMY FOOTBALL GAME:

Event Schedule:

NOTE - ALL AFTER SCHOOL COMMITMENTS FOR THE FALL (OTHER THAN TUESDAY NIGHT REHEARSALS), INCLUDING ALL FOOTBALL GAMES THE BAND WILL ATTEND, ARE LISTED BELOW:

AUGUST 24 - Football game @Home
AUGUST 30 - Backyard Brawl - MC v. Milsaps
AUGUST 31 - Football game @Home
SEPTEMBER 7 - Football game @Pillow Academy, Greenwood
SEPTEMBER 21 - Football game @Home
SEPTEMBER 28 - Football game @Home - Homecoming
OCTOBER 5 - Football game @Prep
OCTOBER 6 - Band competition @Clinton HS
OCTOBER 13 - Band competition @Pearl HS
OCTOBER 26 - Football game @Home
OCTOBER 27 - MAIS Marching Band Festival @Prep
NOVEMBER 1-4 - BOA San Antonio Trip - See Preview Video above
NOVEMBER 9 - Championship Football Game