Muscle Shoals High School Band

It's a competition week. Thank you to the students for working hard to learn so many new parts of our show last week. We will be pushing forward to clean and make a confident showing in Trussville on Saturday!

Monday, September 29th: 4th Block Rehearsal

Tuesday, September 30th: 4th Block Rehearsal, Tuesday Night Rehearsal 5:30-8, MSMS Game Concessions

Wednesday, October 1st: 4th Block Rehearsal

Thursday, October 2nd: 4th Block Rehearsal, After School Rehearsal 3:30-4:30

Friday, October 3rd: 4th Block Rehearsal, Load at 3:30, Athens Game (full schedule below)

Saturday, October 4th: Trussville Marching Invitational (full schedule below)

Thanks for getting spots filled for this week! 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.

TVI is coming soon on October 18th! This is where we need all hands on deck to help volunteer as we host the Tennessee Valley Invitational band competition. Please use the links below to help send food items and volunteer in needed areas. Please note that times may shift a little as we finalize the schedule. Thank you for your help in making this day a success!

Concessions Volunteer Link (17 Volunteers Needed): volunteersignup.org/QPRDR

Gate Workers Volunteer Link (8 Volunteers Needed): volunteersignup.org/RBJTW

Hospitality Room Workers for Bus Drivers (1 Volunteer Needed): volunteersignup.org/LHJQH

Hospitality Room Workers for Directors/Judges (3 Volunteer Needed): volunteersignup.org/JLLJ4

Morning Food for Hosp. Room For Bus Drivers (24 Volunteers Needed): volunteersignup.org/KAH9M

Evening Food for Hosp. Room for Bus Drivers (17 Volunteers Needed): volunteersignup.org/7KAM8

Food for Hosp. Room for Directors/Judges (36 Volunteers Needed): volunteersignup.org/AQ8QT

Dressing Area Volunteers (7 Volunteers Needed): volunteersignup.org/M4KER

1:50-3:15 - 4th Block Rehearsal - Students will not leave campus after school

3:30-4:15 - Load

4:15 - Eat Dinner

4:40 - Dress in Gameday uniforms - tank tops underneath

5:00 - Load Buses/Depart for Athens High School

6:00 - Arrive/Unload

7:00 - Kick-off

~8:15 - Halftime performance (yes backdrops, no tarps)

~9:30 - Game Ends

~9:45 - Load

10:15 - Depart for MSHS

11:15 - Arrive at MSHS/* possibly unload for Rehearsal Saturday Morning

8:30 - Rehearsal at MSHS

10:30 - Depart/Leave Campus - Leave instruments that need to be loaded in hallway

*rehearsal only if we need it.

12:30 - Show fold tarps/Load Trucks

1:15 - Call Time/Dress

1:30 - Load Buses in bibbers, dri fit shirt, black socks and band shoes. The rest of the uniform is in your garment bag.

1:45 - Depart for Trussville

4:00 - Arrive/Unload

5:15 - Warm-Up

5:55 - Gate

6:00 - Perform

7:40 - Awards

8:45 - Load

9:15 - Depart for MSHS

11:30 - Arrive/Unload

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.

Once school begins, we will rehearse the following times during the week.

Every day 4th Block (1:35-3:15)

Tuesday Evenings 5:30-8

Wednesdays Afterschool (auxiliary sectionals) 3:30-4:30

Thursday Afterschool 3:30-4:30