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The Huntsville Veterans Day Parade in Downtown Huntsville will be on this day (no school). We will take buses and march in the parade, as well as stop and perform our special piece (Battle Hymn Chorale) at the Veterans Memorial in front of the media stand. Details about the schedule will come as the event approaches.
Buckhorn High School’s Veteran’s Day Program will be in the Gold Gym. We invite all of our parents to attend, especially our band parents and relatives who are active or veteran military. The band, choir, ROTC, and dance team will all perform. This is a very special event. It will take place during 1st and 2nd block.
The annual Homecoming Community Pep Rally on the Band/Soccer field is always Thursday evening before the Homecoming game. Our band gets to perform the show for the community and other school groups in attendance and there are other performances with lots of other school groups set up all across the field. It’s a great tradition that brings together the community for a couple of hours.
We will have after school rehearsal as usual, until 5:30. At the conclusion of rehearsal, we will have dinner. Boosters will grill hamburgers and hotdogs, etc. – information about volunteers needed for this will be sent out soon. The event itself kicks off at 6:30, at which time students will need to be set up for the pep rally to begin. It typically lasts no more than an hour and a half, maybe shorter, but I expect students to be free to go by 8:00
Our next competition will be at JSU on Saturday, October 20th. Like other contests, this will be a full day engagement. Specifics about the itinerary will be shared the week before or early the week of but it will be likely be similar to the last contest. This is not a prelims/finals contest so we will perform once but the schedule of bands may be longer and our students will get to see the JSU Marching Southerners perform. (We have lots of Buckhorn Band graduates in the JSU band!) I highly encourage parents to attend this competition, especially if you’ve not been before. Our show is evolving and greatly improving even in just one day yesterday!
BHSMB Schedule:
*Attached is a schedule of the entire day so you can see who else is competing and who is in our 6A class. Band classification at this contest is based on the school size (pertaining to AHSAA – athletic governing body), not the band size (which is typically based on winds +/- percussion).
11:00 AM – Eat a good healthy lunch and HYDRATE (when the weather cools off, we usually neglect our hydration)
12:00 PM – Call time for trailer load
1:00 – Depart BHS
3:00 – Arrival
3:15 – Dinner – I am currently working with MSHS Band Parents to coordinate 1 or 2 dinner options ($5 pizza (2 slices) & drink will be at least one). I will take an initial tally by the end of the week and need to collect $$ Monday. As always, bringing your own meal is always an option. If a student doesn’t pay ahead of time, they will not be able to pay on the spot since MSHS Band Parents will be ordering only what we tally. Therefore, if a student doesn’t pay Monday with me, he/she will need to bring their own meal. We will eat in their cafeteria.
4:15 – Unload & Dress
5:00 – Physical Warm-Up
5:50 – Official Warm-Up
6:25 – Leave Warm-Up, travel to stadium
6:40 – BHSMB puts on their best performance ever!
7:00 – Return to trailer to change and load
*It will be quite cold after our performance so students need to be prepared to change in to warm clothes for the cold. If possible, we encourage students to wear Buckhorn blue items.
7:30 – Snack bags and water
8:00 – Travel to stadium to observe final bands / visit shirt vendors, etc.
9:15 – Awards Ceremony (Drum Major only)
~10:15 – Load buses & Depart MSHS for home
~12:30 – 1:00 AM – Arrive at BHS (Remind text ETAs will be sent)
*As always, students will unload and be dismissed after we arrive back at school
Select students will perform for Riverton Elementary School’s Veteran’s Day Program during 1st and part of 2nd block this day. Will be excused and select students will be able to accept the opportunity if they can afford to miss class.
Downtown Huntsville. Students will travel by bus in uniform.
Huntsville Havoc Game Performance. This event is an easy and fun performance for our students and will constitute another promotional opportunity as tickets will be made available for you to sell and you will get up to $5 back on each ticket sold. We will perform in front of the arena during pre-game, then enter and perform the National Anthem for the event, and then perform in the stands between periods. More details about this event will be disseminated as the event approaches.