Muscle Shoals High School Band

Good morning, from the band room!

It was another exciting week in the band room. We are busy preparing for our Veteran's Program and even started Christmas music on Friday. Our Trojans won the first round of playoffs, and we are looking forward to playing at home again on Friday! We will need parent volunteers for concessions. This will be the toughest game of the season so far, and we expect that the crowd will be big for this game.

Winter Guard and Percussion Ensemble season is upon us as well! These are auditioned competitive groups that are crucial to the progress of the band program. You will see us refer to Winter Guard as "WG" and Percussion Ensemble as "PE".

The band was chosen as the Spirit Spotlight Band for Fox54 news, view the story here.

Monday, November 10th: 4th Block Concert Band, WG & PE Clinic 3:30-5

Tuesday, November 11th: No School, Veteran's Day

Wednesday, November 12th: 4th Block Concert Band, WG & PE Clinic 3:30-5

Thursday, November 13th: 4th Block Concert Band, WG Clinic 3:30-5, Veteran's Day Program at Redemption Shoals (schedule below)

Friday, November 14th: 4th Block Marching Band Rehearsal, Home Game vs. Parker

Saturday, November 15th: Mattress Fundraiser

11/18 - Winter Guard Auditions, Percussion Ensemble Auditions

11/20 - Percussion Ensemble Auditions, Chair Test Video Submissions Due 11:59PM

11/21 - Potential Playoff #3

11/24-28 - Thanksgiving Break

11/28 - Potential Playoff #4

12/4 - Christmas Parade
12/6 - Potential Playoff Championships

12/11 - Christmas Concert

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.

Band parents, due to an unforeseen mechanical issue with the truck carrying mattresses. We are gonna have to postpone our Mattress fundraiser to next Saturday, November 15. Charlie who runs this event for us was very apologetic and knows this is frustrating to all of us. He is going to offer any customer who comes in November 15 a double coupon off the referral flyer that day.

2:45 - Load Chairs, Stands, Tubas, Percussion Instruments

3:15 - School Dismissed

4:45 - Percussion/Loading Crew Call Time at Redemption Shoals

5:00 - Call Time for everyone else at Redemption Shoals, Dress is nice clothes (Sunday Best)

5:30 - Warm-up/Sound Check

6:00 - Program Begins

7:00 - Program Ends/Load

7:30 - Unload at MSHS

8:00 - Dismissed

3:15 - Dismissed

5:15 - Call Time

5:30 - Dressed, Anthem Rehearsal

7:00 - Kick-off

~8:20 - Halftime

~9:45 - Game Ends

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.

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