Muscle Shoals High School Band

Great job representing during Homecoming Week everyone! We hope you were able to recover this weekend for Ballad week! We are also looking forward to hosting many other schools during our annual Parking Lot preview tomorrow night. Dr. Frederick does a great job organizing this event, so we hope you can come out and support.

Monday, September 8th: 4th Block Rehearsal, Parking Lot Preview (MSHS Band Field)

Tuesday, September 9th: 4th Block Rehearsal, Tuesday Night Rehearsal 5:30-8, Band Booster Meeting at 6:30, Ice Cream Social, Family/Friends Show, 2nd Auxiliary Payment Due

Wednesday, September 10th: 4th Block Rehearsal

Thursday, September 11th: 4th Block Rehearsal, After School Rehearsal 3:30-4:30, MSMS Game (Ask Mr. Seay if you would like to play in the stands with the MSMS band)

Friday, September 12th: Pep Rally, 4th Block Rehearsal, Home Game VS. Decatur

Saturday, September 13th: UNA Extravaganza (visit this link if you would like to participate)

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.

Dress: Game Day Uniforms for game

5:15 Call Time - tanks under uniform (Please eat dinner before you arrive)

5:30 Anthem Rehearsal

5:50 Halftime Rehearsal
6:20 Walk to Stadium

7:00 Kick off

~8:15 Homecoming Halftime performance

~9:30 Game Ends

Students will not be allowed to stay on campus during breaks because band directors will not be there to supervise. Please make plans to return home, or use a friend's house, to get ready for the game.

I'm worried we may not reach our goal for SnapRaise. Please help by reaching out gout to friends and family who may not have been able to donate yet. We need to reach our $30,000 goal in order to completely finance our school year, and we need YOUR help! Please share our campaign page on your social media accounts, and ask others to share, even if they can't donate. After buying new uniforms, and having the unexpected event of our band shed getting destroyed by the tornadoes, we truly need all the help we can get. Please share! https://raise.snap.app/donate/muscle-shoals-band-program-2025

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

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