Weekly Director’s Updates
Cougar Band & Guard
this week
Updates and Announcements
Winterguard Won 2nd Place!
Congratulations go out to our hardworking Colorguard on their 2nd place finish at TCGC Contest in Georgetown! They will travel to Morton Ranch High School next week on March 15.
Directors and All State Musicians at TMEA later this week
Mr. Dixon and I will be traveling to San Antonio this Wednesday after 1st period with our 4 All-Staters for the TMEA Convention, Clinics and Concerts. We will be having a send off Walk of Champions for them on Tuesday morning between 2nd and 3rd periods. Congratulations again to Reno, Anderson, Abby and Ricky! Band periods will have a Sub and pass off assignments due in Schoology while we are gone.
Spring Trip Update
We have just about half of the spots filled for our Spring trip to San Antonio. If you are interested in attending the trip please get your deposit in by Wednesday, February 19th. Click the link to view our trip details. Spring Trip 2020
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. The Pre UIL Concert for Full Orchestra has been moved to the evening of Tuesday, Feb 25th at Consol.
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!
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 our 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 March 5th, but stay tuned in case it needs to be changed.
See the end of the Newsletter for our current Spring Calendar dates
– Mr. Seale
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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.
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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.
