Week at a Glance

• Thursday: Chamber Music on the Lawn • 6:00PM

Chamber Music on the Lawn

The Chamber Music concert will take place outside so that we do not have to limit the audience size. The concert will begin at 6:00PM. Music selections will consist of small ensemble works prepared by the students. We will use the porch in front of the cafeteria as the stage and welcome you to bring lawn chairs to set up and watch your children perform in the courtyard at the school. It will be an informal concert, but a great way to showcase our students’ musical achievements.

Band Banquet

Do you have any photos that you’d like to contribute to the banquet video? SUBMIT PHOTOS HERE

The banquet will start at 7:00PM on April 26, 2021 in the MAC. Please note it will be a ceremony only, we will not be serving dinner this year. But it will be a great celebration of our students as they have worked to overcome many obstacles this year and we are very proud of their efforts and achievements!

Band Auditions – Next Week

All videos turned in on time will earn an additional 30 points for submitting them on time.

Audition videos are due by April 29, 2020. All videos turned in on time will earn an additional 30 points for submitting them on time. Remember, your video does not have to be perfect. Record each take, and submit your best efforts by April 29.

Please submit your audition here via an unlisted YouTube link using the following Google Form: Your recording should include:

More information can be found on the “band auditions” page up top.

Audition Info REVIEW

Audition videos are due by April 29, 2020. Remember, your video does not have to be perfect. Record each take, and submit your best efforts by April 29.

All videos turned in on time will earn an additional 30 points for submitting them on time.

Please submit your audition here via an unlisted YouTube link using the following Google Form: Your recording should include:

1) 2 mins for scale test (3 points per scale) 2) chromatic scale (20 points plus bonus options) 3) etude (50 points) 4) quick study etude (50 points) – available on Sunday, April 18

You may record your videos as many times as you’d like. When you are finished, upload your videos to YouTube and set the listing as “Unlisted.” An unlisted video is only viewable if someone has the link to the video. Please title your video as follows: Audition section_First Name_Last Name. (ex., Scales_Alfonzo_Scruggs, Chromatic_Alfonzo_Scruggs, Etude_Alfonzo_Scruggs, Quick Study_Alfonzo_Scruggs).

Upcoming Trojan Band Member and Parent (Booster) Meeting

Please put this on your calendar! May 20th will be our 2021-2022 Information Meeting which will include rising Freshman through Senior parents and students. We will spend plenty of time walking through what it means to be in the CHS Trojan Band and Band Boosters next year, provide information to help parents and students get ready, and more! We will also have the CHS Band Store open for those who want some additional merch!

Updates to Booster Bylaws

Over the past several years we have been looking at some additional changes to clarify or improve our bylaws. As we grow, change, and move, different things become important and we need to clarify. For example, as we have grown, we need to have Executive Board members (officers + At large members) leading each of the fundraisers. Because we have only had 3 positions for At large, it has increased the amount of work for the board. We are wanting to create flexibility for the board but also increase the possible number of At large to help. This is just one of the examples. Below is a link to the changes requested to be voted on digitally. Parents, please take a minute and read through the requests and the explanations and vote here once! Each question is mandatory with answers of Yes, No, or Abstain. We will have the voting open for the next week.

Band BBQ • May 6, 2021

Just a reminder to sell those BBQ tickets! Packets went home with students before Spring break and each packet includes 25 single tickets and 5 double tickets. Each packet also included 20 raffle tickets. The raffle will be held immediately after the performance at the end of the event. The grand prize is $500. Thank you again to the parents who have graciously provided a Weber grill and a Scentsy gift basket for our 2nd and 3rd place prizes. The raffle tickets will be sold for $5 each.

We have also updated the volunteer link for this event to indicate different time slots. Please sign up (Volunteer for the BBQ) as soon as you can. We definitely need folks to help with setup and making sandwiches in the morning and then breaking down in the evening.

And don’t forget that packet turn is APRIL 30!

Any students who are available to assist on April 24 at Pelicans on April 24th and May 1st selling BBQ & Raffle tickets please email Jasmine Arnold at jha042812@gmail.com. Additionally, we will need a few student volunteers to pass out flyers at Mayfest which is also May 1.

Special thanks to the Squire Shop for making tickets available for us! Ran out of tickets? No problem! Send you friends and family to either the band room to buy tickets from Ms. Dothard or send them to the Squire Shop! Better yet, visit the squire shop, purchase some clothes and thank them for selling BBQ tickets and raffle tickets for us!

The CHS Scramble Trojan Band Golf Tournament will be held on June 3, 2021 at the Oak Mountain Golf course. Please help advertise the event. Also, please sign up to Volunteer for the Golf Tournament as soon as possible and someone will contact you with more information.

Graduation • May 28

Graduation is on May 28 and is scheduled to start for 7:30PM. We will perform for graduation this year like we have in the past. This is a required event for all 9th-11th grade band students. We wear our formal concert attire for the event. Thank you for supporting your child in performing this important service for our school in celebration of our graduating seniors!

Itinerary:

5:00PM Dinner provided
6:30PM In Formal Attire and ready to warm-up
7:00PM Move as a band to the field for procession
7:30PM Processional
Approximately 9:00PM Put up music/chairs/stands and dismissed

2021 Band Camp

Next year our school year begins on a Monday, which does sound normal, but has not been the case for the last decade. When we began school on Thursday, it allowed us to overlap our pre-planning schedule with band camp with less critical conflicts. Our original plan to work around this was to back up band camp by a week, but we realized this appeared to start camp earlier and resulted in one less week of summer vacation for our band students. We value the time our students have with their families and do not want them to have to choose between a vacation and band camp, so we have decided to try a new schedule. We know this schedule may have some challenges as well but we hope that we can work through them together to make sure band camp is successful.

We will have a 8:00AM – 9:00PM camp from July 19 – July 23 and a 1:00PM – 9:00PM camp from July 26 – July 30. Please add these to your calendars now.

Parents, please make your child drink water all summer long and get outside. We will be mindful of helping our students acclimate to the stresses of marching band, but we will need your help to ensure that they do not arrive to camp partially dehydrated and make sure they are prepared to battle the sun.

Upcoming Dates

Below is a list of some upcoming events, please refer to our calendar on chstrojanband.com for a more complete overview of our upcoming rehearsals and events.

• 4.22 Chamber Music Concert on the Lawn
• 4.26 Band Banquet • MAC
• 4.26, 4.27, 4.29, 4.30 Fall Color Guard Audition Camp
• 4.26 Quick Study Etude available
• 4.27 Marching Percussion Clinic
• 4.29 Wind and Percussion Virtual Auditions due
• 4.30 BBQ Packet Turn In
• 4.30 Marching Percussion Clinic
• 4.30-5.1 District Honor Band
• 5.6 Band BBQ (Jazz Band and Marching Band Performances)
• 5.11 Marching Percussion Clinic
• 5.13 Marching Percussion Clinic
• 5.17-5.20 New Marcher Spring Training
• 5.17-5.20 Marching Percussion Auditions (Drum Camp)
• 5.20 Trojan Band Member and Parent Meeting
• 5.21 Marching Band Commitment Form Due
• ***5.25 Spring Concert*** UPDATED DATE
  • COVID pushed the Spring Musical further back so that MAC was unavailable for our original date. This was the first available date.
• 5.28 REQUIRED – Graduation • All 9-11th grade band students perform
• 6.4 CHS Scramble Golf Tournament
• 6.7 Percussion Camp (times on the calendar)
• 6.14 Percussion Camp (times on the calendar)
• 6.21 Percussion Camp (times on the calendar)
• 6.28 Percussion Camp (times on the calendar)
• 7.3 Parade Practice
• 7.4 Carrollton 4th of July Parade
• 7.19 – 7.23 Band Camp 8:00AM – 9:00PM
• 7.26 – 7.30 Band Camp 1:00PM – 9:00PM
• 7:30 Trojan Night

Do you ever order from Amazon? If you do, you can order the same items on AmazonSmile for the same amount and a percentage of the purchase will be donated to the Carrollton Trojan Band Boosters.

The AmazonSmile program is a give-back program where the online retailer, Amazon, donates 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases to the Carrollton Trojan Band Boosters to support our normal operations and efforts in supporting our band. This really is a effortless way to support our band without it costing you anything extra. If you normally shop online with Amazon, you simply designate the Carrollton High School Band Boosters Club Inc. as the charitable organization that you’d like to support and that’s it… Your account will automatically be linked and then whenever you make your normal eligible purchases the band will benefit. It can’t get much easier than that to help!

To link your account, follow this link: http://smile.amazon.com/ch/58-1572206 and sign in to your Amazon account. That’s all there is to it! Share this link with your family, friends, and co-workers too so they can support us as well. If you want to take your support to the next level, share this opportunity with your Facebook Friends by simply clicking here: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http://smile.amazon.com/ch/58-1572206 or on share on your Twitter feed by clicking here: http://bit.ly/1mt64cX

After linking your account, whenever your shopping on Amazon, make sure your shopping at smile.amazon.com and then look for the AmazonSmile logo in the upper left-hand corner of your browser window. That’s your assurance that your purchases will benefit our program! NOTE: AmazonSmile does not work with the Amazon App for mobile devices. If you commonly shop from your smartphone or mobile device you will want to place the items you want in your shopping cart via the app but then complete your checkout in a traditional web browser on your desktop, laptop, smartphone, or mobile device in order for the AmazonSmile donation to be made.

There is no time limit on this program so we encourage you to continue to take advantage of this opportunity year-round.

If you have any specific questions you can contact the Band Boosters at: chstrojanbands@gmail.com.

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