Killian Band Memo

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11/4: Student Holiday

11/11: Veterans Day @ Independence ES | Honors Band Only

11/17: Holiday Decorating Party | 4:30 - 5:30 PM

11/21: All-District Clinic and Concert | All Day | Selected Students Only

Sectionals are required for Honors Band and Symphonic Band students only.

As we enter a new sports season, we wanted to take a moment to remind all Honors and Symphonic Band students and families of the following rules and procedures:

• Students are always allowed to miss an athletic practice to attend band sectionals or a rehearsal.
• Students can miss a sectional or rehearsal for games, tournaments, and meets. Students must email a band director before an absence due to a game, tournament, or meet. Due to the complexity of sporting events, do not assume we know every athletic calendar.
• All other exceptions to this rule must be approved by the band director at least 48 hours before the absence or earlier.
  
• Students in tennis are allowed to miss one practice week to attend sectionals. If there are multiple band-related events in the morning during a given week, the students should consult with their band director on which events to attend.
• Students are not allowed to miss sectionals for club sports, extra-curricular activities, tutoring, make-up tests, or any other non-Killian activity without prior approval from a band director.
• Students involved in off-campus PE must notify a band director before a sectional or rehearsal absence due to the related athletic activity.
• Students who are sick are excused from a sectional if there is an email communication from the student or parent within 24 hours of the absence. If possible, an email before the sectional absence is preferred.

Students who miss a sectional to attend an athletic practice without prior approval from a band director will be given a grade of zero for the sectional. Sectionals cannot be made up. If a playing test occurs during a sectional, it is the student’s responsibility to email their band director and coordinate a make-up test within a week of the original playing test date.

Our success as a program is a result of a lot of different components. However, regular attendance at all rehearsals and sectionals is at the core of this success. A great deal of planning goes into each weekly sectional. When there are excessive absences, all members are affected, not just those absent.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out.

You can now order all lanyards, gibbets, and wearable attire by visiting our spirit wear link (see below.)

Hoodies and t-shirts ordered by November 21st will be distributed the week of the Winter Concert!

Lanyards and Croc Gibbet orders are fulfilled immediately.

Our band hall Holiday decorations have served us well over the past decade. It is time for a refresh!

We have added holiday items to our Amazon Wish List to help us refresh and replace our current supply of holiday decorations. Items include lights, ornaments, trees, and much more!

Please consider purchasing an item off of our wishlist to help bring the holiday spirit into the band hall. You can also share the wish list on social media. All items purchased from the list are delivered directly to Killian.

• Adult Chaperone: We will meet at the Killian Band Hall at 7:00 AM. We need help loading/unloading percussion equipment and chaperoning the walk to Independence Elementary. Parents will need to check in upon arrival at IES and help chaperone on site during the concert. More details to come!
• Equipment Truck: We will need a truck/trailer to move percussion equipment. Also, a parent or two with an SUV to haul large instruments.

Band students will be decorating the band hall and their lockers before school! Seventh and eighth grade students will be on 11/18. We would love donut donations to make sure they have a great time! Please send your donuts with your student in the morning.

• Treats and Cookies: Please have your student drop off your donated store bought cookies/treat to the band hall. Anything easy to hand out individually - cookies, brownies, muffins, etc...
• Chaperone/Serve: We will need a few adults to help serve donuts and monitor the kids. This is an EASY gig!

Our beginning band will have their first and only full band rehearsal in preparation for the Winter Concert. We want to mark the occasion with a special post-rehearsal treat!

• Cookie Donation: Please send your cookies with your student in the morning and drop off in the band hall.
• Chaperone/Serve: We will need a few adults to help serve cookies and monitor the kids. This is an EASY gig!

We need parent volunteers to help with equipment set up and to supervise students before, during, and after the holiday concert. Don't worry - you WILL be able to watch your child perform! Please detail if you will only be able to volunteer for a part of the shift to ensure that we will have enough volunteers throughout the program.

• Band Hall Supervision: Supervise the band hall and open the door for students prior to call time.
• Ensemble Room Supervision: Must be an Honors Band parent. Supervise Honors Band students as they eat and take turns to go change in the bathroom. Bring students down to gym at 7:45.
• Tear-Down and Tarp: Tear-down of equipment and tarp and supervision of students 8:15-9:15, including moving equipment back to the band hall.

The Killian Band is hitting the road! We need Honors Band Parent Volunteers to help chaperone the Elementary School Winter Tour. There are multiple shifts and ways to help out!

• Equipment Truck Driver: Requires a van or truck to volunteer. Will follow the band all day and help transport percussion equipment and large instruments to expedite setup and tear-down at each elementary campus.
• AM Chaperone: Follow the band to each elementary school and assist with setup, tear-down, and student supervision. Take lots of pictures and help hype up the crowd for band! Morning shift will need to meet at KMS to help load the equipment truck.
• PM Chaperone: Follow the band to each elementary school and assist with setup, tear-down, and student supervision. Take lots of pictures and help hype up the crowd for band! Afternoon shift will need to follow band back to KMS to help unload the equipment truck.
• Lunch Chaperone: Chaperone student lunch at Stonebriar Mall food court. You may choose to sign up for a chaperone shift before or after lunch as well! Chaperones will drive themselves. More details to come.