CALENDAR

Sep 2 all-day

Categories: Sponsor Event

6

Football Game @ Hazel Green

Sep 6 @ 5:30 PM

Categories: Football Game Tags: Away Game

11

Wed

SUPPORT THE BAND- El Monte – Publix Shopping Center

Sep 11 all-day

When you pay for your meal, just mention you are with the BHS Band and a portion of their proceeds for that day will be donated to the BHS Band program. So, let mom have a break and treat her to dinner or meet a friend for lunch!

Categories: Sponsor Event

13

Football Game @ Home v. Albertville HS

Sep 13 @ 5:30 PM

Categories: Football Game Tags: Home game

19

Thu

Football Game @ Wetumpka

Sep 19 @ 5:30 PM

We will be taking 56 passenger charter buses for this trip as it is a school night and Mr. Markham offered to donate some travel funds to offset the extra cost to us. We appreciate Capital Trailways for giving us a fantastic price for 3 charter buses. Band, Football, Cheer, & Dance students are currently not excused from school Friday morning.

DINNER PLANS:

When we arrive to JSU, we will immediately head to Jack Hopper Dining Hall for dinner. The cost is $10 flat (no tax). Instead of pre-collecting like last year, students need to have $10 CASH in hand to get through the line quickly. Anyone without cash will have to come in last and use a card. Please have $10 cash.

Please only bring your own food if you have dietary/allergy restrictions and let me know immediately so we can inform JSU dining staff who will be entering with their own food.

This is a buffet style dining hall including main entrees (vary day-to-day), veggies, salad bar, pizza, burgers, fountain drinks, and a dessert bar. While it is a buffet, we will encourage students to eat smart and healthy because we will be performing pre-game (we are the home team) shortly after.

Parents are of course welcome to join us at the same cost but we ask that the students get in first.

Students must bring everything they need Thursday morning for dressing in uniform/costume. We will change in to “under uniform” attire including blue band shirt, prior to departure. Color Guard will be able to fully dress at JSU.

ITINERARY:

12:30 – students out of class, change if needed, load trailer

*3rd lunch students – be sure you get your uniform & instrument/equipment ready in the morning so you can go to lunch (12:37-1:04) then come load quickly.

1:15 – load buses (new bus assignments will be posted)

1:30 – depart for JSU

4:00 – arrive at JSU

4:15 – dinner

5:00 – start heading back to trailer in groups upon finishing dinner

5:15 – unload and dress

6:00 – warm-ups

6:30 – enter field for pre-game performance

7:00 – kick-off

10:00 – approximate game end

11:00 – approximate JSU departure

*no stops on way home – students must use bathroom before leaving

*will receive another water and snack bag

1:30 – approximate arrival at BHS

2:00 – approximate release/pick-up time after trailer unloaded

This will be a very fun trip for our students and will be another great effort by the team to secure another win (currently 3-1). Students will of course be very tired that night and will need to get home and in the bed as soon as they can.

I will send a Remind Text when we head for home and when we’re close to arrival.

PARENTS with students who don’t drive – PLEASE ensure your student has a safe ride home and can get in the house!

Categories: Football Game Tags: Away Game

27

Football Game @ Home v. Sparkman HS (Homecoming)

Sep 27 @ 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM

Categories: Football Game Tags: Home game homecoming

28

Sat

Marching Band Competition – Siegel HS (Murfreesboro, TN) @ Siegel High School

Sep 28 all-day

Ticket Prices = $20 full day admission; $10 children ages 6-10; Free for children 5 $ under

Videos & Pictures are permitted as long as they don’t affect spectators.

There will be two full concession stands and multiple vendors available.

6:00 AM – Call time @ band room to load – (have everything needed, two meals or dinner for two concessions visits and souvenirs (if desired), blanket/pillow for bus ride, etc.)

EAT BREAKFAST before arriving!

7:00 – Depart Buckhorn HS

*sleep on bus*

9:00 – Arrive @ Siegel HS, sign-in, park

9:15 – Unload and dress

10:00 – Unofficial warm-up (water, bathroom breaks, final checks, stretch, think, breathe)

11:00 – Depart for official warm-up

11:15 – Official Warm-Up

11:45 – Depart warm-up

12:00 – BHSMB has fantastic performance!

12:15 – Return to trailer, dress out and load

*we will “loosely load” and keep our “under uniform” attire on in order to save time in case we perform in Finals

12:45 – Students dismissed to the stadium for lunch and to watch bands

*A variety of concessions will be available; if dietary restrictions, bring own lunch-buses park far away so student’s cooler needs to be brought and stored on trailer

*Students may not walk around randomly or leave the stadium. They may get food, use the bathroom, visit vendors. Chaperones will be monitoring. We need to be sitting watching bands as much as possible – see attached schedule.

3:15 – MTSU Band Performs in exhibition

3:30 – Preliminary Awards

*If we do not make finals (and aren’t requested to perform as an exibition band), we will stay in the stands to observe Finals performances, taking breaks and going in groups to get dinner at the appropriate time.

*If we do make finals, we will return to the trailer after prelim awards, unload, and dress back in to uniform/costumes. Our schedule at this point will depend on what Finals time slot we draw. In general, if we draw one of the first 5 spots, we will eat dinner after we perform again. If we draw one of the later 5 spots, we will go ahead and get dinner before going back to the trailer to prepare for Finals performance.

5:30-8:00 – Finals performance by the Top 10 bands

8:15 – Siegel HS Exhibition performance

8:30-9:15 – Finalist Awards Ceremony

9:30-10:00 – Dress out & load (if needed)

10:00-10:15 – Depart Siegel HS

*As per usual, I will send a Remind text notification to inform everyone

12:00-12:30 – Arrive @ Buckhorn HS, unload

12:45-1:00 – Dismissal / pick-up

Categories: Color Guard Marching Band Tags: Marching Band Competition

Oct

4

Football Game @ Jemison (Milton Frank)

Oct 4 @ 3:00 PM

Next Friday’s football game (October 4) is a 3:00 start time against Jemison. Just like any other in-county game we will not take buses so students will need to carpool. If you haven’t already, please coordinate carpooling for your student and let me know if you need assistance in finding a ride. Arriving by 1 should allow drivers to get in to the parking lot without having to pay – be respectful if they are taking tickets (unlikely) and tell them you are in the band or working for the band. When entering from the Ivy Avenue (south end) you will want to park on the right side of the stadium. Big Blue will park over there for easy unload and dress.

11:00 – band students will be excused from class to eat lunch

11:30 – trailer loading

12:30 – depart Buckhorn

1:00 – arrive at Milton Frank Stadium, unload and dress

1:45 – warm-ups

2:30 – enter stadium

3:00 – kick-off

*as is typical, we can only guestimate the ending of the game

~5:30-6:00 – game ends, dress-out, and load

*another game is scheduled to begin at 7, so traffic will be interesting

~6:30-7:00 – depart for Buckhorn

7:00-7:30 – unload and dismissal

7:30-8:00 – dismissal

*I will send out (a) remind text(s) with more accurate times.

Categories: Football Game Tags: Away Game

Oct

7

Mon

SUPPORT THE BAND – Nothing But Noodles – University Dr.

Oct 7 all-day

When you pay for your meal, just mention you are with the BHS Band and a portion of their proceeds for that day will be donated to the BHS Band program. So, let mom have a break and treat her to dinner or meet a friend for lunch!

Categories: Sponsor Event

Oct

9

Wed

SUPPORT THE BAND- El Monte – Publix Shopping Center