Muscle Shoals High School Band

Happy Sunday from the Band Room!

It's Shoals Area Night of Jazz Week. We will also perform with the Jazz Combo at Webster on Thursday after noon.

Color Guard auditions begin this week in the MSHS gym, and we don't have school on Friday!

Monday, April 20th - 2nd/4th Block Rehearsals, 3:30-4:00 Jazz Band 4:00-4:30 Jazz Combo, Color Guard Clinics 3:30-5:30

Tuesday, April 21st - 2nd/4th Block Rehearsals, Shoals Area Night of Jazz (schedule below), Color Guard Clinics 3:30-5:30

Wednesday, April 22nd - 2nd/4th Block Rehearsal, Color Guard Clinics 3:30-5:30

Thursday, April 23rd - 2nd/4th Block Rehearsal, Jazz Combo at Webster (schedule below), Color Guard Clinics 3:30-5:30

Friday, April 24th- No School

Where: Florence Middle School

When: Students should arrive dressed in all black dress at 5:30 with their instruments and music.

The event is free to the public and begins with Florence High School at 6PM. We will watch the other school jazz bands perform, then we will be last on the program. We hope to see lots of people come out to support jazz bands in the Shoals Area!

12:30 - Students called to the band room, get changed into all black attire. Students should eat lunch before coming to the band room.

Students will be driving themselves to Webster to perform. I will send home paper work to get signed for this on Monday. We will load the drum set and music stands.

12:45 - Depart

1:00 - Unload/set-up

1:30 - Perform at Webster. Students will be dismissed from school after our Webster performance!

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.

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

April 23 @ 1:30 - Webster Elementary

April 29 @ 1:30 - Highland Park

May 18 @ 9AM - McBride Honor Day

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

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.