5/17/15 UDPATE

BAND BANQUET

Thank you to Charlette Oswalt for organizing the band banquet last week. Everyone enjoyed the opportunity to share a nice meal and to recognize the band members' accomplishments this year. Check out the photo gallery below for some pics from the evening.

POOL PARTY

All band families are invited to the end-of-the-year pool party this Thursday, May 21, at the Jackson Yacht Club, hosted by Tim & Nancye McCowan.

PHOTO GALLERY

Thank you to Charlotte McClellan for taking and sharing her photos from the band banquet and throughout the season. You will see many of her contributed photos in the retrospective slideshow below:



More photos from the band banquet are posted here: BAND BANQUET 2015

A few of the banquet pics:

Sixth Grade Band Class

Intermediate Band Class

Glenn McGehee Spirit Award Recipients

Musicianship Award Recipients

Most Improved Award Recipients

Frank Simpson Award Recipients

Presley Posey Award Recipients

Peter Jernberg Award Recipients

Cammie Carter Color Guard Award Recipient

Jazz Band Award Recipients

John Philip Sousa Award Recipients

JA Band Class of 15 Through the Years:

5/10/15 UDPATE

Happy Mothers Day to all our JA Band Family moms!

BAND BANQUET

We hope to see everyone at the Band Banquet Monday, May 11, beginning at 6:30 in the PAC Gallery.

After dinner we will move to the auditorium for the yearly retrospective slide show, a special guest speaker, and recognition for all students, grades 6-12.

POOL PARTY

DATE CORRECTION - The end-of-year pool party is on THURSDAY, MAY 21, not May 22 as previously announced. We hope to see everyone there!

5/3/15 UPDATE

SPRING CONCERT - INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC SPOTLIGHT

All JA Band Program students, from Sixth through Twelfth grades, will perform on the stage in the PAC on Monday, May 4, starting at 7:00 pm.

Attire for Concert Band members is concert black. Sixth and seventh graders should also wear black or dark attire. All students should be at the PAC with everything needed for performance by 6:45.

Please invite family and friends to attend the concert. There will be a reception for all JA Band families & friends after the performances.

JA BAND PROGRAM BANQUET

The annual JA Band Banquet will be Monday, May 11, at 6:30 pm in the PAC. All students, in grades 6-12, will be recognized for their efforts and achievements throughout the year.

A catered dinner will be provided, and the cost is $15 per person. All students and guests will need tickets.

IF YOU HAVE NOT YET RSVPed, PLEASE EMAIL CHARLETTE OSWALT (charletteoswalt@gmail.com) BY MONDAY, MAY 4, or LET HER KNOW IN PERSON AT THE CONCERT MONDAY NIGHT. SHE MUST LET THE CATERERS KNOW THE FINAL NUMBER OF ATTENDEES BY TUESDAY MORNING.

Please bring payment for banquet tickets to the concert, where Charlette will collect money and distribute tickets.

THURSDAY, MAY 21 - JA Band Program Pool Party at the Jackson Yacht Club

4/26/15 UPDATE

UPCOMING EVENTS

THURSDAY, APRIL 30 - NEW EVENT - Parent Meeting - 6:30 pm in the Band Hall

Booster President Charlette Oswalt has requested a meeting of all band parents to discuss the next school year. We hope to see everyone there.


MONDAY, MAY 4 - Spring Concert - 7:00 in the PAC


MONDAY, MAY 11 - Band Banquet

PLEASE RSVP THIS WEEK to charletteoswalt@gmail.com to assist in planning. 

Cost is $15 per person -- all band students and guests will need a ticket.

Menu is smoked chicken, ribs, potato salad, green beans, baked beans, rolls, cobbler, & tea.


THURSDAY, MAY 21 - Band Program Pool Party @ Jackson Yacht Club

4/19/15 UPDATE

JA BAND BANQUET

The JA Band Banquet will be Monday, May 11 in the JA PAC, at 6:30.

All JA Band students, in grades 6-12, will be recognized for their efforts and achievements throughout the year, and a retrospective slide show will be presented.

The banquet will include a catered dinner of smoked chicken, ribs, potato salad, green beans, baked beans, rolls, cobbler, and tea.

Cost for the banquet will be $15 per person, for both band students and family members.

Please contact Charlette Oswalt (charletteoswalt@gmail.com) by MAY 4 to let her know how many tickets your family will need. 

JA BAND SPRING CONCERT

Be sure to spread the word to family and friends about the spring concert on May 4, spotlighting all student musicians from grade 6-12.

PHOTO GALLERY

From a future JA Band member in the JA preschool:

4/12/15 UPDATE

SPRING CONCERT

All band students, in grades 6-12, will perform at the Instrumental Music Spotlight, on Monday, May 4, at 7:00 in the PAC.

Please invite family & friends to come out to support these student musicians.

BAND BANQUET

Plans are being finalized for the JA Band Banquet, for band students in Grades 6-12 and their families. It will be held on Monday, May 11.

It will be a catered dinner at the PAC. Costs and other details will be announced in the blog next week.

FALL 2015

The complete fall calendar is still being developed, but be sure to mark your calendars for the following important dates:

BAND CAMP - July 27-31 and August 3-7 - 8:30 - 5:00 each day

BOA ST. LOUIS SUPER REGIONAL - October 16-18

4/5/15 UPDATE

Happy Easter to the JA Band family!

TOWNSHIP JAZZ FESTIVAL

The JA Jazz Band has been invited again to perform at the Township Jazz Festival in Ridgeland this Saturday, April 11. The JA Band will perform from 12:30 - 1:00. There is no admission charge. Please spread the word to families and friends.

All band members should report to the tent at the Township at Colony Park (1111 Highland Colony Pkwy, Ridgeland) by 12:00 on Saturday. Attire is navy Jazz Band polo shirts, or any navy JA polo, with shorts or jeans.

We encourage students to arrive in time to listen to and support the student musicians of the Ridgeland HS Jazz Band (11:00 - 11:30) and Madison Central HS (11:45 - 12:15).

CUM LAUDE SOCIETY

Congratulations to JA Band seniors Grady Fisher and Maggie Hubbard, and juniors Tyler McClellan and Hannah McCowan, for their induction into the Cum Laude Society this week. They join current member senior Will Tribble.

SPRING CONCERT

Mark your calendars and spread the word to family and friends about the JA Band Program Instrumental Music Spotlight, which will be Monday, May 4, in the PAC. All students in the band program, from grades 6-12, will perform.

MONDAY, MAY 11 - Band Banquet - PAC

THURSDAY, MAY 21 - Band Program Pool Party, Jackson Yacht Club

JULY 27-31 and AUGUST 3-7 - BAND CAMP