Farmville Bands and Ensembles

There is a Band Booster meeting on Feb. 13th at 7pm in the Band Room.
We have several fundraising events coming up and it will need the attention of all students and parents.

Nominations are needed for our 2012-2013 officers. I have had 2 official nominations. There are 4 offices to fill, so we need 2 more.
We need these filled. We risk losing our charter if we do not have a full office.

Jazz Band will be playing at Barnes and Noble on February 23rd. Arrival time is 5:30pm, we will play at 6pm.
If you need transportation, make sure that Mr. Kilgore knows this in advance.

Any student who is interested in auditioning for Drum Major or Section Leader for the 2012-2013 school year should see Mr. Kilgore for an application.

Forms are due no later than Friday, Feb 17th at 4pm.

Interviews will be scheduled after the 17th and will take place after school.

Any student who is involved in the All County Band this year needs to pick up a Registration Packet from my office.
The forms and registration fees are due no later than Monday, Feb 6th at 4pm.

Meeting on January 9, 2012 at 7pm in the Band Room.

Please make plans to attend.

Remember that fundraisers are vital to our marching band program!

Spring is coming up and Mr. Kilgore will be looking at new competition music, competition fees and bus costs.

We are working on an Auction - more information to come

Car washes are great fundraisers. Two businesses have been suggested, Advanced Auto in Farmville and Sam's Club in Winterville, any other suggestions?

All district...please see Mr. Kilgore

January
Jazz Band Meeting
Jazz Band Rhythm Section Auditions

February
DM/SL Interviews
Pit/Drumline auditions

March
All County Band Clinics ? March 30
All County Band Performance ? March 31

May
Solo Ensemble MPA- May 12

If you have not turned in your uniform, please do so by then end of this semester.

Make sure to put your name, uniform number and fee in an envelope and hand it to Mr. Kilgore.

The Marching Jaguars will be in a number of parades this December. As more information becomes available, it will be provided. At this point we are looking at the participating in following:

Farmville/Falkland on December 10th.

Greenville Christmas Parade on December 3rd.

Fountain Annual Christmas Parade on December 10th.

Rehersal dates are November 28, December 1, December 2, (the last one is on a Friday)

Info on arrival times, etc to come shortly.

There have been some questions and concerns on the cleaning of uniforms. The uniforms were cleaned prior to the season’s beginning, but they have not been cleaned since unless a parent took the uniform top home and cleaned it by hand or paid to have it dry cleaned (which several parents did).

Students and Parents,

Here is some very important information about the Veterans Day Parade on Friday, Nov 11th:

See me (Kilgore) for a copy of the music for the parade and begin learning it on your own IMMEDIATELY!
We have very limited time to rehearse (just 2 weeks) before the event and we will need to memorize the music.

Parade Rehearsals for Veterans Day:
Monday, 11/7 @ FCHS 4-6
Tuesday 11/8 @ South Central from 4:30-7

* Students will need to secure their own transportation to rehearsal at SCHS as well as to and from the parade on Friday! It would be wise to carpool!

Tuesday: Normal Practice Schedule 4-6
Wed: No practice
Thursday: Practice 1pm-3pm.
Friday: Loading truck at 5pm.

Everyone is expected to be there to load the truck- we will be done quickly if we have enough hands.

We will need to arrive at school on Saturday no later than 7:30am.
We must leave between 8:30am and 9:00am in order to make our call time in Greensboro.
We will be back very late from Ragsdale (2:00am)

The weather forecast is cold
Daytime high forecast is 57 degrees
Nighttime low forecast is 35