Good Morning SABRE Band Parents and Students,

I have some more information about the Senior Night Ceremony during this Friday's football game.

Parents of Seniors:
1) I need to know ASAP if you are planning on participating in the Ceremony to honor all of our Seniors before the football game.  Please send me an email with the names and relations of everyone that is going to participate.

2) All Parents/Family that is participating in the Ceremony must be at the Stadium no later than 6:30pm.  The band will be marching in to the stadium around 6:25pm, so that all of the Senior band members can meet their families at the staging area near the north end zone.

As always, please feel free to email me with any questions.

Thanks,
Mr. Geller

Dear Seniors (Parents and Students),

The Athletics Office needs a list of all parents that will be participating in the Senior Night Ceremony during the football game this Friday. Please email me by Thursday (tomorrow), at the latest, with the names of all parents/guardians that are going to participate in the ceremony.  If I do not hear from you by Thursday, I can not guarantee that you will be able to participate.

As always, please feel free to email me with any questions or concerns.

Thanks,

Mr. Geller

Good Afternoon Parents and Students,

There has been a date change for our December Seasonal Serenade Concert.  The new date of the concert is Wednesday December 18th at 7:00pm (call time is 6:30pm in full concert dress in the band room).  Please mark your calendars accordingly as this is still a mandatory performance.  As always, please fee free to email me with any questions or concerns.

Thank you very much,

Mr. Geller

p.s.  This concert includes Band, Chorus, AND Orchestra, so please pass this information along.

Attention Students and Parents,

This Saturday is our "Third" football game performance of the 2013 season.  The schedule is like any other game day schedule, the only differences being the time and day of the game.  Please note that all times after 1:00pm are tentative due to the unknown end of the Sophomore football game.  REMEMBER, IF YOU HAVE A CONFLICT YOU MUST TURN IN AN ABSENCE EXCUSE FORM AT LEAST 2 WEEKS PRIOR TO THE EVENT.  The dates and times all of football games has been available and since this summer.  Please email me if you have any questions.

Mr. G.

Saturday September 21, 2013
Time                           Event
9:30am – 11:00am       Mandatory Marching Band Rehearsal

11:00am – 12:00pm    LUNCH (on your own)

12:00pm – 12:20pm    Change in to uniform

12:20pm – 12:30pm    Uniform Inspections

12:30pm – 12:50pm    Music Rehearsal

12:50pm – 1:00pm      Line up and March to Stadium

-----(the following times are estimates and are deteremined by the end of the Sophomore  Game)----
1:00pm                        Set up in stands, and perform for crowd pregame

1:20ish                         Pre Game Performance

1:30pm                        Football Game Starts

Dear Students,

I have uploaded the IMEA Senior Level (grades 11 and 12) Etudes and Scales sheets for every instrument.  To access the etudes click here.  REMEMBER you will need the class password to be able to access all of these files. 

If you are a Freshman or a Sophomore, start looking at the etudes for the year when you become eligible to audition.  In other words, if you are a Freshman, you will be eligible to audition for Senior Level IMEA by 2015-2016, which means you have 2 full years to practice your Set 3 etudes.  Take advantage of this information, and start practicing now. 

This year we are on etudes in Set 1.  IMEA Etudes run on a 3 year cycle, so next year we will be on Set 2.  Please pay careful attention to the etude details sheet for Set 1, so that you only practice the designated measures of your etude(s).

More information about IMEA will be posted soon.

As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Mr. G.

Thank you to the Forter Family for taking some great pictures at our 4th of July parade, and exhibition night, as well as our first football game.  Pictures and videos can be found on our media page and on our Facebook Page.  

As always, please feel free to send me pictures, videos, and/or recordings of any performance.

Mr. G.

Congratulations SABRE Marching Band on a fantastic performance during Friday night's game!  This is our first performance of the year, and our first exposure to the student body, and we have received enormous amounts of compliments from students, staff, family, friends, and alumni.  Your hard work continues to pay off, and I am very proud of your progress.  Our goal is to continue this positive momentum and get our entire halftime show on the field by the next game on Friday September 20th.  

Here are some things we need to accomplish in the next two weeks:
1) Complete half time
2) Learn at least 2-3 "long" stands tunes
3) Memorize all pregame and halftime music

I hope everyone is enjoying the weekend, and I am already looking forward to getting back to work this week.  
Please continue to spread the word about this blog.  

Mr. G.

p.s. remember, you can always email me with suggestions for songs you would like us to play.  It looks like Seven Nation is a big hit with the student body...we need more songs like that!