MVHS Bands - #4

All dates you see below are on the calendar located on our website.

Each event below has a label on which group is participating.

(MB = Marching Band) (SB = Symphonic Band) (CB = Concert Band) (JB1 = Jazz Band 1) (JB2 = Jazz Band 2) (PE = Percussion Ensemble) (PB = Pep Band) (IP = Indoor Percussion) (WG = Winter Guard) (IW = Indoor Winds) (P/G = Parent/Guardians)

(WG) Winter Guard Meeting - November 2nd

• 6:00pm-7:00pm in the band room

(WG) Winter Guard Workshops - November 3th, 5th, 10th, 12th

• Location: Band Room
• Tuesday, November 3rd - 6:00pm-9:00pm
• Thursday, November 5th - 6:00pm-9:00pm
• Tuesday, November 10th - 6:00pm-9:00pm
• Thursday, November 12th - 5:30pm-9:00pm

(IW) Indoor Winds Workshops - November 9th, 11th, 16th, 18th

• Click HERE for the interest form.
• Location: Band Room
• Monday, November 9th - 3:30pm-6:00pm
• Wednesday, November 11th - 3:30pm-6:00pm - info meeting at 5pm
• Monday, November 16th - 3:30pm-6:00pm
• Wednesday, November 18th - 3:30pm-6:00pm - info meeting at 5pm

(SB) Symphonic Band Concert with Boise State Symphonic Winds - Sunday, November 15th

• 5:30pm: Call Time in the Morrison Center Academic Wing (click HERE for the entrance)
• 6:00pm: Sound Check on Main Morrison Center Stage
• 6:30pm: Back in Band Room (B125) until the concert starts
• 6:55pm: Get onto stage for performance.
• 7:00pm: Performance Starts
• 8:30pm: Anticipated End Time
• Due to the concert being in the Morrison Center, this IS a ticketed event. You can purchase tickets ahead of time HERE.

(PB) Winter Pep Band #1 - Tuesday, November 17th

• Call Time: 5:30pm
• Game Complete Around: 9:15pm

(MB) Fall 2027 Show Concept Announcement - Friday, November 20th

• During lunch.

(All) Holiday Band Bazaar Setup - Friday, November 20th

• Helping the Boosters set up for the Bazaar right after school!
• 3:00pm-8:00pm

(All) Holiday Band Bazaar - Saturday, November 21st

• 7:30am-8:00pm (times include teardown)

(MB) Tentative Football State Championship Game - Friday, November 20th or Saturday, November 21st

• This is highly tentative and depends on the football team making it to the State Championship game. The location of the game also depends on who is the opponent. If it's on Friday, it could be at BSU. If it's on Saturday it is likely at U of I or ISU.

(PB) Winter Pep Band #2 - Tuesday, December 1st

• Call Time: 5:30pm
• Game Complete Around: 9:15pm

(JB/PE) Jazz and Percussion Night - Thursday, December 3rd

• All Jazz Bands and Percussion Ensemble
• Call Time: 6:00pm
• Concert Starts: 6:30pm

(JB) D3 Jazz Performance Assessments (Festival) - Friday, December 4th

• 7:40am: Call Time at Columbia High School
• 8:00am: Jazz II Warmup
• 8:25am: Jazz II Performance
• 8:50am: Jazz II Clinic
• 11:05am: Jazz I Warmup
• 11:30am: Jazz I Performance
• 11:55am: Jazz I Clinic

(CB) Winter Arts Festival Night 1 - Wednesday, December 9th

• 6:00pm: Call Time
• 6:30pm: Performance Starts

(SB) Winter Arts Festival Night 2 - Thursday, December 10th

• 6:00pm: Call Time
• 6:30pm: Performance Starts

(PB) Winter Pep Band #3 - Tuesday, December 16th

• Call Time: 5:30pm
• Game Complete Around: 9:15pm

Winter pep band runs during the boys and girls basketbal seasons from mid-November to the beginning of March. The schedule is as follows:

• Tuesday, November 17th - Girls vs Emmett HS
• Tuesday, December 1st - Boys vs Skyview HS
• Wednesday, December 16th - Girls vs Timberline HS
• Tuesday, January 5th - Boys vs Capital HS
• Thursday, January 7th - Girls vs Middleton HS
• Thursday, January 14th - Boys vs Boise HS
• Tuesday, January 19th - Girls vs Rocky Mountain HS
• Thursday, January 21st - Stinky Sneaker DOUBLE HEADER - Call Time is 4:30pm

There are tentative districts and playoff games in February and the beginning of March. These dates are TBD.

Students interested in basketball pep band for the 2026-27 school year agree to the following:

1. Attend all scheduled games including tentative districts or state tournament games.

• Students who have conflicts can still participate in basketball pep band as long as they communicate any and all conflicts with the concrete scheduled dates (including the state tournament) BEFORE filling out the commitment form. We will excuse absences for districts or state on a game-by-game basis since we do not know exact dates yet.
• Students interested in having pep band count towards lettering for the school year must attend at least 6 out of 8 of the regular season events. Stinky Sneaker is not one event that you can miss if you want to letter.
• Failure to attend a game without prior communication can result in a dismissal from the pep band and a mark against their standing in the band program.
• Academic eligibility similar to the marching season applies to Winter pep band.

1. Pay the $15 pep band fee. This fee will go towards our 2026-27 pep band t-shirt.
2. Students must be present and active during the game. Students cannot invite students outside the band program to sit with us in the stands.
3. Have a great attitude and bring a lot of energy.

Commitment Form: MVHS Winter Pep Band 2026-2027 Commitment Form - Due Friday, November 13th – Fill out form

We have a great opportunity to make someone's day on Sunday, November 8th. We received a request from a family in Boise to play at their son's 13th birthday party. Their son has a rare and catastrophic form of epilepsy called Dravet Syndrome. He loves marching bands and instruments.

This is an optional event for all marching band students, so we are taking an official headcount. Please click on the following form to RSVP. Please complete this by Wednesday, November 4th!

Optional Marching Band Performance - Sunday, October 8th - RSVP – Fill out form

We will need students to MEMORIZE some pep tunes. Here is the set list:

1. Fight Song

2. 7 Nation

3. Land of 1000

4. 25 or 6 to 4

5. Confident

6. Hey Song

7. Go Mavs Go!

8. All current cadences

• 2:00pm: Call Time
• 2:15pm: Line Up
• 2:30pm: Start
• 3:00pm: End / Dismissal

Students will need to carpool as much as we can or can be dropped off at the call time. More details by Wednesday.

We have some incredible opportunities during the winter time to continue the marching arts. The Indoor Winds program is in its inaugural season while the Indoor Percussion and Winter Guard programs are well established within the Treasure Valley! Below are the coaches/administrators of the respective programs along with their contact information.

If you are interested in any of these programs, please feel free to contact these coaches and go to the workshops listed at the top of this newsletter and on our band calendar.

Indoor Winds - mvhswinds@gmail.com -

• Click HERE for the interest form.

• Zach Arlit - zacharyarlit@gmail.com
• Cole Marsh - colemarsh324@gmail.com

Indoor Percussion - mvhsindoorpercussion@gmail.com

• Interest Form TBA
• Niko Jasniewicz - niko.jaz@gmail.com
• Zach Arlit (admin) - zacharyarlit@gmail.com

Winter Guard - mvhsguardid@gmail.com

• Parent Meeting TONIGHT (11/2) -- see dates above.
• Shiloh Arlit
• Reilly Gerardi

Boise State Concessions

• Our band boosters have been working a lot to get money to help fund ALL of our band students. Please consider volunteering for a concession date!
• If you have any questions or are interested in being part of this, please contact our boosters at mtnviewbandboosters@gmail.com
• Adults or Students 16 or older -- if you are interested in helping with Boise State Concessions, join the BAND app group HERE
  

Donate Directly to MVHS Bands - any amount helps!!

• By check made out to MVHS Bands dropped off to Mr. Barro or the front office bookkeeper.

Have a great fundraising opportunity? Contact Mr. Barro at barro.joshua@westada.org!