Week at a Glance

• Tuesday: Spring Concert 7:00PM • MAC (Please report 15 minutes early)
  • 7:00PM Concert Band
  • 7:30PM Symphonic Band
  • 8:00PM Wind Ensemble
• Thursday: Exams • Early Release 12:30PM
• Friday: Exams • Early Release 12:30PM
  • GRADUATION – Required for all wind/percussion students
    • 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

In case you missed it:

We had a band parent meeting last Thursday evening. We reviewed the handbook at the meeting. Also, the required forms and commitment fee to secure a spot in the marching show was due on Friday, May 21, 2021. We are working to finalize numbers for the marching show so that our drill writer can begin writing drill and can start on Day 1 of band camp learning the marching show. A recording of the meeting can be accessed by all students who are in the 2021 Trojan Marching Band Google Classroom. You can find the classroom code in the handbook that is linked right above for your convenience.

Trojan Marching Band Fee Payment Schedule

Winds and Percussion Payment Schedule: $300.00

• Monday, May 21, 2021 • Commitment Fee – $100.00 (Secures your spot in the halftime show)
• Monday, June 21, 2021 • 2nd installment due – $100.00
• Monday, July 19, 2021 • Final installment due – $100.00
• *A $25 late fee will be added for each month that a payment is past due.

Colorguard Payment Schedule: $500.00

• Monday, May 21, 2021 • Commitment Fee – $175.00 (Orders your uniform and secures a spot in the show)
• Monday, June 21, 2021 • 2nd installment due – $175.00 (Orders your shoes and your equipment rental)
• Monday, July 19, 2021 • Final installment due – $150.00 (Final portion of band fees)
• *A $25 late fee will be added to all past due amounts

We also had a very special announcement!

The CHS Scramble Trojan Band Golf Tournament will be held on June 4, 2021 at the Oak Mountain Golf course. Please help advertise the event by sharing the Facebook Event

Please share the information on all of your social media.

Also, please sign up to Volunteer for the Golf Tournament as soon as possible and someone will contact you with more information.

Spring Concert • May 25

Spring Concert is this Tuesday. CJHS performs at 6:00 on May 25 and our concert will follow at 7:00PM.

Seniors! We will recognize you between the Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble portions of the concert.

All students should report back stage in their concert attire and all of their equipment 15 minutes before their performance time. Report times are as follows:

• Concert Band: 6:45PM
• Symphonic Band: 7:15PM
• Wind Ensemble: 7:45PM (Seniors be prepared to be recognized before the Symphonic Band leaves the stage.)

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

Disney Trip Meeting on June 21

The Trojan Marching Band will travel to Walt Disney World to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Magic Kingdom! A $50 non-refundable deposit to sign up for the trip is due on June 21 and we will be handing out more details at the meeting. We will be traveling February 23 – 27, 2022 and will visit the Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, and Hollywood Studios. Yes this was the special announcement mentioned earlier: We also had a very special announcement! I look forward to seeing you at the trip meeting on June 21!

2021 4th of July Parade

Mr. Ruby and I have been collaborating to bring our bands back together for the 4th of July Parade. This is how our students participated before 2006 and we through it would be a great way to build camaraderie amongst our band programs. The information is in the flyer above, but here it is so that you can click on the link. It is still an expectation that all Carrollton High School Band students who are in town for the 4th of July to participate in the parade. It is VERY important that you register using the link below so that we can order you to correct shirt size.

Here are the details:

Rehearsal – July 2 from 9:00 am-12:00 pm at Carrollton HS (water provided)Parade – July 3 at 10 :00 am in Carrollton  (water provided)Cost:  FREEUniform:  Parade T-Shirt (provided), black shorts, tennis shoes.Music:  Salute to Freedom (Andy Clark) will be emailed this weekend.  Deadline:  May 28th if possible (June 10th absolute deadline)

Please REGISTER NOW — Registration:  https://forms.gle/wcv7htwuZnBdNVUe8

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.

We would also like to ask any parent who is active in a local church or works for a local company to consider reaching out to leaders to help with our dinners at Band Camp. Whether a small donation or feeding our kids completely one night, anything from our great community is welcome!

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.

• 5.25 Spring Concert
• 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) • Guard Camp 12pm – 7pm
• 6.9 Guard Camp 12pm – 4pm
• 6.14 Percussion Camp (times on the calendar) • Guard Camp 12pm – 7pm
• 6.16 Guard Camp 12pm – 4pm
• 6.21 Percussion Camp (times on the calendar) • Guard Camp 12pm – 7pm
  • Disney Trip Meeting • 7pm in the Band Room
• 6.23 Guard Camp 12pm – 4pm
• 6.28 Percussion Camp (times on the calendar) • Guard Camp 12pm – 7pm
• 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.

-mpost