Weekly Director’s Updates
Cougar Band & Guard
this week
Updates and Announcements
Symphonic Band Sectionals begin this Week (Feb 3rd – 7th)
Beauty and the Beast CSHS Fine Arts Musical
A huge congratulations and a job well done go to all involved with Beauty and the Beast. An amazing amount of hours, effort, and dedication goes into a production of that magnitude and everyone did such a wonderful job. Thank you to Mr. Dixon for his lead role as the Pit Conductor for his 1st year!
CSHS Side by Side Concert (Feb. 6th)
8th grade Band students from each middle school in College Station ISD will be joining the members of our Wind Ensemble on Thursday Feb 6th for a quick rehearsal, dinner, parent informational meeting and performance. This will be a chance for incoming students and parents to get to know a little more about the amazing things happening in our High School Band Program. This is the handout given to the Middle School students. ( Side by Side Handout ). Rehearsal begins at 5:30 and the Performance will be at 7:15.
UIL Solo and Ensemble (Fri, Feb. 7th at AMCHS)
If you signed up before the deadline, you have received a confirmation email. You are responsible for the entry fee of the contest (approx $9 per soloist). That money is due by the end of January to Mr. Seale. Checks can be made to CSHS Band. The schedule has been sent to those involved.
CSHS Full Orchestra UIL Event
Select Band members will have the opportunity to perform with our Orchestra program for their UIL Orchestra Concert and Sight Reading Contest on Tuesday, March 3rd. It has been 4 years since we have been able to offer this to our students and are excited to begin preparing. Information has been given to those that are directly involved with this event.
Band UIL Concert and Sight Reading Season
Our Wind Ensemble, Symphonic and Concert Bands have begun the process of preparing for one of our most important events of Concert Season, the UIL C&SR Contest on Thursday, March 26th which is hosted at CSHS. Each Band will perform three prepared musical selections and sight-read one brand new piece of music for the Judges. Make plans to support these hard working and talented students during that event. More details to come as we get closer to the event. Some of the performances will be during the school day and some will be after school hours. We will also be having a Pre UIL Concert before Spring Break in order for us to be prepared. Currently this is scheduled for the evening of March 5th, but stay tuned in case it needs to be changed.
Night of Percussion Concert
Percussion students are currently receiving solos and ensembles to start working on for their annual Night of Percussion Concert. This year the concert is scheduled for Saturday, Feb 22nd at CSHS. This is always a very entertaining evening!
Winterguard
Our Colorguard students are staying very busy improving their skills and working on a new show for the indoor Winterguard Season. They started auditioning and preparing for their new season not long after our marching season ended last November. They will have several performances and competitions throughout the months of February and March as they compete in the TCGC (Texas Colorguard Circuit). First Scheduled Contest is Saturday, Feb 8th at Georgetown HS.
***Spring Trip Announcement***
Mr. Dixon has put together a pretty awesome Spring Trip to San Antonio for us! Click this link to find out more details about a trip we are taking in April. Payment deadlines will be in February and March. Spring Trip 2020
See the end of the Newsletter for our current Spring Calendar dates
– Mr. Seale
Parents: Join Remind 101 for Band Updates
Just join the group for your child’s graduation year
CSHS Band Parents – Class of 2020: @cshsbp2020 to 81010
CSHS Band Parents – Class of 2021: @cshsbp2021 to 81010
CSHS Band Parents – Class of 2022: @cshsbp2022 to 81010
CSHS Band Parents – Class of 2023: @cshsbp2023 to 81010
Who do I contact with Questions?
Check with your Section Leaders First! And then……
Jon Seale, Head Band Director, Marching Band, 1st Period – Wind Ensemble, 7th Period – Jazz Ensemble, jseale@csisd.org
Michael Dixon, Assistant Band Director, Marching Band, 5th Period – Symphonic Band, 6th Period – Concert Band, mdixon@csisd.org
Jessica Delgado, Guard Director, Marching Band, 7th Period – Colorguard, Winterguard, jdelgado@csisd.org
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Procedure for absences
Students who need to miss a rehearsal must click on the link below and fill out the information. This will help us keep track of students.
Once the form is filled out, it will be put on a calendar the directors can view.
college station cougar band boosters
Be sure to join the Cougar Band & Guard Boosters private Facebook Group!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/CougarBandAndGuard/
Instagram @cougarbandandguardboosters
Twitter @cshsbands
Pictures:
Photos of the band (past and present) are available through the website, or at https://www.boomsaucepics.com . The site is now password-protected, and the password isboomsauceon3. If you have pictures to contribute, feel free to share them (high-resolution images) with cshsbandandguard@gmail.com. We’d love to show off your work!
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Please join us the second Tuesday of each month at 7 pm in the Band Hall for our College Station Cougar Band Boosters meetings! You’ll receive important information about the band & guard program, and find new ways to be involved.
