Muscle Shoals High School Band

Good morning, from the band room!

We hope you have had a good weekend. We had a great winter guard camp - what an awesome group! I'm excited to see where this program goes!

We are excited to finish the semester with 2 performances this week! As always, thank you to every parent who supports us, every student who shows up with heart and effort, and every volunteer who gives their time to make our program run. None of what we do would be possible without this community. So proud and so thankful for all of you!

*Please note that if this is a student's first year in the marching band, they will need to complete the physical fitness testing in order for the class to count at their physical education credit for marching band. We will complete the testing on Monday and Tuesday of finals week.

Monday, December 8th - 4th block Rehearsal, WG Practice 3:30-6

Tuesday, December 9th - 4th block Rehearsal, Listen to Christmas Small Ensembles right after school, WE Rehearsal 5:30-8

Wednesday, December 10th - 4th block Rehearsal

Thursday, December 11th - 4th block Rehearsal, Christmas Concert (schedule below)

Friday, December 12th - 4th block Rehearsal, Christmas Parade, Cookies and Cocoa (schedule below)

12/11 - Christmas Concert

12/12 - Christmas Parade

12/15-16 - Physical Fitness Testing for 1st year marching band members

12/22-1/5 - Christmas Break

Every family is responsible for volunteering 3 times in the year, with at least one being in the concession stand. We need to get our concessions spots filled. No experience needed to sling some nachos. WE NEED YOU. Click the buttons below to sign up and view relevant details.

When: Thursday, December 11th

Where: MSHS Gym

What to wear - Concert Attire, Christmas themed hats/headwear allowed

MSMS Concert Start Time: 6

The MSMS students and concert viewers will be dismissed after the middle school portion. We will reset the gym floor and high school viewers can come in.

MSHS Student Schedule

6:30 - Call time in MSHS Band Room

7:00 - Head to the Gym to help reset the floor

7:15 - MSHS Concert Starts

7:45 - MSHS Concert Ends, Clear Floor/Clean Up

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. Click the green band logo to join!

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.