Muscle Shoals High School Band

Happy TVI Week from the band room!

I hope you are all enjoying your fall break! It's been refreshing for my family and I.

This is a very important week for our band program. We need all parents and students in order to make the event successful. We still have volunteer needs, so please help me get these fulfilled ASAP. Many band programs use TVI as their last contest of the season, and we want to make this a positive experience for all involved. After all, this is the largest fundraiser of the year, and we need bands to come back every year.

Students will sign up for student jobs on Thursday. If a student is taking the ACT Saturday morning, they should plan to sign up for an afternoon shift. With 28 bands, this is one of the largest band competitions I have seen this year! There is a reason we are known for hosting a great contest with great hospitality. Let's keep the tradition going!

Monday, October 13th: Fall Break

Tuesday, October 14th: Fall Break

Wednesday, October 15th: 4th Block Rehearsal

Thursday, October 16th: 4th Block - sign up for TVI jobs/rehearse, Afterschool 3:30-4:30

Friday, October 17th: 4th Block Rehearsal

Saturday, October 18th: 33rd Annual Tennessee Valley Marching Invitational!

Every family is responsible for volunteering 3 times in the year, with at least one being int he 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.

Hartselle B-Team Concessions (10/27)

Austin Concessions (10/30)

Treat Our Students (10/31)

Updated TVI volunteer needs. The most important we need to fill concessions and gate workers.

If you drop off food items please make sure they are in a disposable container. If you signed up for crockpot items please label your crockpot with your name and telephone number.

Concessions Volunteer Link (7 Volunteers Needed): volunteersignup.org/QPRDR

Gate Workers Volunteer Link (5 Volunteers Needed): volunteersignup.org/RBJTW

Hospitality Room Workers for Directors/Judges (2 Volunteers Needed): volunteersignup.org/JLLJ4

Morning Food for Hosp. Room For Bus Drivers (11 Volunteers Needed): volunteersignup.org/KAH9M

Evening Food for Hosp. Room for Bus Drivers (9 Volunteers Needed): volunteersignup.org/7KAM8

Food for Hosp. Room for Directors/Judges (15 Volunteers Needed): volunteersignup.org/AQ8QT

Dressing Area Volunteers (1 Volunteer Needed): volunteersignup.org/M4KER

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

Students, we will be asking that each family sale 5 ornaments. I'll be sending home paperwork this week!

This is the 60th Anniversary of the Muscle Shoals High School Band! You can order a beautiful commemorative ornament by clicking this link or scanning the QR code. Thank you for supporting the Muscle Shoals High School Band Program. https://www.myschoolbucks.com/ver2/stores/catalog/getproduct?clientKey=ZZQE2740XV6VW7D&productKey=ZZ68239HU1CJNZ8&isStorePreview=false&fbclid=IwY2xjawMXPc5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFZZE9pQzU2SGFISVZZdUQ1AR5Bden7nnTEBwyjIPuRUM-eqkLIy9xNbE73WAhgqYdDj0iTI4G3ggak2zDVyA_aem_ngmW2lTH0Yy26d886cPTJQ

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.