Muscle Shoals High School Band

Good morning and Happy Easter, from the band room!

Congratulations to the Muscle Shoals Percussion Ensemble for winning the Gold medal at SCGC Championships yesterday. I am so proud of the students and thankful to the many parents who helped to make yesterday a success!

It's Dinner with the Band and 60th Alumni Reunion Week!

Monday, April 6th - 2nd/4th Block Rehearsals, 3:30-4:30 Jazz Combo

Tuesday, April 7th - 2nd/4th Block Rehearsals, 3:30-4:30 Jazz Band

Wednesday, April 8th - 2nd/4th Block Rehearsal

Thursday, April 9th - 2nd/4th Block Rehearsal, Dinner with the Band

Friday, April 10th- 2nd/4th Block Rehearsal, Dinner with the Band (60th Alumni)

Saturday, April 11th - 60th Alumni Reception

Call time to arrive at the Coliseum is 4:45PM, pizza will be provided. Doors open for parents/ticket holders at 6PM.

Students should wear their concert attire.

Show begins at 6:30!

Students, the set list of acts is being finalized, but we know the last 3 acts will be the color guard, majorettes, then percussion ensemble. On Friday, we will play Trojan March, Alma Mater, and You Will Never Walk Alone. I would like to make this work on concert instruments, but percussion will need to bring some battery instruments.

Audition material was passed out this week for grades 9-11. Please stop by the band office to pick this up if you haven't already done so. These auditions will take place during class May 6-8.

April 23 @ 1:30 - Webster Elementary

April 29 @ 1:30 - Highland Park

May 18 @ 9AM - McBride Honor Day

Muscle Shoals Schedule 4/3/2026

Wednesday, April 15

8:00AM School starts like normal

10:30AM Called to Band Room

10:45AM MSHS loads and heads to MSMS

11:00AM Depart (or earlier), Chick-fil-A sandwiches on the bus.

3:00PM Stop to eat in Evergreen

4:00PM Depart for Hotel

5:30PM Check in to Hotel

6:30PM Arrive at Grand Ballroom for concert

7:00PM Finals Concert Begins/Watch Sam crush it

After the concert, pizza will be available.

10:00 Lights out

Thursday, April 16

7:30AM Wake, bring your own breakfast, or walk as a group to Chick-fil-A

8:30AM Depart for USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park

9:00AM Arrive and unload, explore the Memorial Park

~11:30AM Eat lunch at the Memorial restaurant (Stevie’s Kitchen USS Alabama)

12:30PM Return to hotel to get ready for rehearsal, nap, chill

3:00PM Rehearsals Begins

• Red Band - Moonlight Ballroom (Battlehouse)

• White Band - Bon Secour Ballroom (Renaissance)

• Blue Band - Grand Ballroom (Outlaw Center)

• Murphy Middle School Band - North Hall

• Williams Middle School Band - 201 A, B, C, & D

5:00PM Dinner-Wintzell’s (Groups of 4-6 MAX)

7:00PM Evening Rehearsal

9:00PM Rehearsal Ends (bring games, cards for peanut, nintendo switch, etc. We

will meet up to play games if you choose. You could also just go to bed!)

11:00PM Lights Out

Friday, April 17

7:00AM Wake Up Call (Breakfast free at hotel)

8:30AM Rehearsals Begin

9:00AM ABA Meeting (203 A, B)

12:00PM Rehearsals End (Lunch), Downtown Mobile. Walk over together, then pick

a restaurant. Meet to walk back together at 1:40.

2:00PM Rehearsals Begin

5:30PM Rehearsals End, Quickly Get ready for the beach. This will be a fast get

ready period!

6:00PM Depart for Gulf Shores Beach

7:00PM Arrive at the beach. Sunset is at 7:17!

7:45PM Dinner at the Original Oyster house

10:00PM Depart to head back to the hotel.

11:00PM Lights Out

Saturday, April 18

7:30AM Wake Up Call (Breakfast)

8:00AM ABA Meeting (203 A, B)

8:30AM MS/HS Blue Band Students Check Out/Clean Rooms

9:00AM Blue Band Rehearsal (Grand Ballroom - Outlaw Center)

10:00AM HS White/Red Band Students Check Out/Clean Rooms

10:40AM White Band Rehearsal (Grand Ballroom - Outlaw Center)

12:00PM Red Band Rehearsal (Grand Ballroom - Outlaw Center)

*All concerts are at the North Exhibit Hall in the Outlaw Center

9:30AM Murphy MS Band Warm Up

10:00AM Murphy MS Band Concert

11:00AM Vogt-Williams MS Band Warm Up

11:30AM Vogt-Williams MS Band Concert

12:30PM Blue Band Warm Up

1:00PM Blue Band Concert

2:00PM White Band Warm Up

2:30PM White Band Concert

3:30PM Red Band Warm Up

4:00PM Red Band Concert

4:30PM Concerts End

5:30PM Depart

8:00PM Dinner in Prattville

9:00PM Depart

12:30AM Arrive at MSHS

Lunch around the Outlaw Center. Check outs can be made with the directors after each concert. Students must sign out with directors before they leave!

• All students will ride the bus and stay at the Renaissance Mobile Riverview Plaza in student rooms. Hotel costs are covered by the Band Boosters.

• Students should bring money for 5 meals (more if getting breakfast at the hotel), excursions on Friday night, t-shirts if wanted, etc.

• Each student must bring their own wire stand.

• Bring bus snacks and room snacks

• All students should bring a refillable water bottle

• All students need their concert attire

• Bring some games to help fill your down time!

• Breakfast is NOT free at the hotel. We recommend bringing pop tarts, granola bars, etc., instead of paying for hotel breakfast, but students are welcome to do that if they choose.

• All meal reservations are made for students and directors, as adding parents would make the party too large. We recommend parents arranging their own meals/activities, if they are travelling the full length of the trip.

Parents and Students, we need YOUR help! Please click the buttons and sign up to volunteer for our upcoming Spring events!

Click here to access the application. All BLT applications are due Sunday, April 26th.

*4/9/26 - Dinner with the Band (public)

*4/10/26 - Dinner with the Band (60th Anniversary alumni event)

4/15-4/18/26 - Alabama All State Honor Band

4/21/26 - Shoals Area Night of Jazz

4/20-4/23/26 - Color Guard Clinic

4/27/26 - Color Guard Auditions

5/2/26 - Solo and Ensemble

5/4-5/8/26 - Audition Week (Drum Major (we will have 3 spots for drum majors next year), Marching Band, Band Leadership Team, Concert Ensemble Placements.)

*5/5/26 - MSHS Spring Fusion Concert

5/15/26 - Band Banquet - Honor Day for Seniors in the morning this day (date change)

*5/22/26 - MSHS Graduation

Concert Band students are required to purchase concert attire.

Boys: tuxedos with black pants, black jacket, black shoes, black socks, black cummerbund or vest, black bow tie, white shirt.

Girls: All black floor length dress/pant suit/pants and blouse, and black shoes

If you have any questions, please let me know! Student will dress nicely for the Veteran's Concert, but should plan to wear concert attire to the Christmas Concert. (exception: if a student is not in 2nd semester concert band, they should wear all black formal attire to the Christmas concert, but a tuxedo will not be required for those students).

Our Band Apparel Shop is live. Gear up, and support the band! https://theprintingcoshoals.com/collections/mshsband

Band Fees are PAST DUE (auxiliaries have a payment plan schedule)! If you need longer, please let me know. It is important that we get these fees in at the beginning of the school year, as we are already paying our drill writers, music arrangers, designers, band shoes, etc.

Marching Band Fees: $375
Concert Band Fees: $175 (second semester-due in January)

Band Shoes: $60

School-Owned Instrument Rental Fee: $50

*Auxiliary fees differ from person-to-person depending on apparel items ordered.

Our bookkeeping software is CutTime. You will receive a message on the 1st of every month with your account balance. NO PAYMENTS CAN BE MADE ON CUTTIME. All payments must be made on MySchoolBucks (links below).

Band Fees will not show up in your MySchoolBucks, like the rest of your school fees. The only place you can view your balance is on CutTime. If another parent needs to be added to a student's CutTime account please let me know.

I can't stress how important it is that we go ahead and get our fees in. We do not get any financial assistance and our budget is based around our fees and fundraisers only. Please help us by getting your fees paid as soon as possible.

MySchoolBucks Links:
Band Fees Paid in Full (itemized)

Band Fees Paid in Payments/Miscellaneous/Auxiliary Payments

Joining the MSHS Band on the Band App is the best way to communicate and get info about everything happening in the MSHS Band. All students are required to be a member of the band app. Additionally, please turn on the notifications for the Band App!

If any rehearsal will be missed during the school year, including during the school day. You should always fill out the absence form. Click the icon to complete an absence form.

The Muscle Shoals Band lives by the phrase, "If you're on time, you're late. If you're early, you're on time." Because the nature of what we do involves moving locations and getting equipment ready, it is necessary for all students to arrive or be dropped by no later than 10-15 minutes before rehearsal is set to begin. That means if rehearsal begins at 5, students will have to go to the band room, get out their instruments, dot books, music, music stands, etc. and move to wherever we are rehearsing before we begin. If they arrive at 4:58, they will not be prepared to begin on time. Parents, please keep this in mind when thinking about drop off times.