We are excited to welcome everyone back to school tomorrow. The band room will be open by 7:40AM. The loop in front of the band room is where our buses drop of students for school. Please do not join the bus traffic. Parent drop off locations are in the back near the CTAE department and cafeteria, or at the front doors to the school. You can also park in the visitors parking lot to the stadium and drop off there. If you need to visit the band room during the day for business, you can park in the band room’s side lot, but please do not park in the bus loop.

We start our normal practice schedule this week. Be sure to sync your calendar to stay informed. And our first home game is on Friday! Go Trojans! ! GO TROJANS!

Week at a Glance:

• Monday: Full Band • 3:45PM – 6:15PM
• Tuesday: Full Band • 3:45PM – 6:15PM
• Wednesday: DHB • 3:30PM – 5:00PM (Optional for students auditioning for District Honor Band)
• Thursday: Full Band • 5:30PM – 8:30PM* (adjusted for the candlelight ceremony)
  • Pelican’s Spirit Night 2:00PM – 5:00PM
  • New Parent and Sponsorship Meeting • 6:00PM
  • Candlelight Ceremony • 8:45PM – 9:00PM
• Friday: Home vs. Langston Hughes on ESPN 2 • Volunteer Here
  • 3:30 Pizza Dinner (provided because of early report time – Thank you Booster Parents!)
  • 4:30 Report in Uniform
  • 5:05 Depart for AMP
  • 5:10 Amp Performance
  • 5:32 Depart Amp
  • 5:35 Perform for Alumni Tent on way to the field
  • 5:40 Depart Alumni Tent
  • 5:45 March on the field
  • 5:50 National Anthem
  • 5:57 Team Run through
  • 6:00 Kickoff

Pelican’s Spirit Day • Rescheduled Date

This was rescheduled because we realized how busy everyone would be with Open Houses. Pelican’s is donating a portion of the profits earned this Thursday from 2:00pm – 5:00pm to our Trojan Band! Please be sure to let them know that you are there to support the Trojan Band Spirit Day. Thank you so much to Pelican’s for supporting our students! Let’s spread the word and bring them some business on Thursday! Will you copy this picture and post in on Facebook? Please.

New Parent • Sponsorship Meeting Thursday, 8/17 • 6PM

We will have an orientation meeting in the band rom beginning at 6:00PM. Although we are calling it a new parent meeting, all members are welcome! Our parent leadership will welcome everyone and share ways to become more involved. The meeting will involve a tour of the facilities and discussion of our weekly operations.

Also, we will discuss how our sponsorship program works. Our booster club has lists of potential sponsors and we need your assistance in securing these partnerships. Sponsors can receive advertisements on our Facebook page, in our LoC Program, Signs during the LoC, at the 5K, and Golf Tournament, as well as logos in the concert programs. Students will receive 10% of the sponsorship funds towards their band account and can be used for band/guard fees or the NYC Trip. All interested parents should attend this meeting!

We will finish the meeting by watching the end of the Thursday rehearsal and practice pulling the Flag for Battle Hymn. Thank you so much for working together to support our children! We look forward to seeing you on Thursday.

Parent Volunteers

Our booster club has began using Slack (a free messaging software) to help facilitate and organize direct messaging between people. It allows conversations to be organized by task/committee rather than person. This allows us to stay in the know better. Join Our Slack Channel by clicking Here.

If you are volunteering for a football game, you must be signed up to volunteer no later than Thursday evening before the game so that we can provide a list of volunteers to the gate workers. This allows us to assist our school in making our games more secure, which directly benefits our families safety. Thank you for assisting us with this very important procedure. You can easily fine the link to volunteer either in the Week at a glance at. thetop, or in the upcoming events at the bottom.

In order to maximize our student’s break time during 3rd Quarter Break, we have the students pre-order their items on Thursday’s before home games. We. are in need of a few volunteers to assist with these orders. VOLUNTEER HERE

Candlelight Ceremony Rescheduled

We have rescheduled the practice on August 17 to 5:30pm – 8:30pm so that we can have the candlelight ceremony afterwards from 8:45pm – 9:00pm. This was voted on by our seniors and student leadership.

75th Anniversary Celebration!

We are excited to begin our celebration of 75 years this Friday for our home opener vs. Langston Hughes!
This is a big game so you’ll want to be early. The reconnect reception will take place in the courtyard, which conveniently overlooks the stadium and our school’s amphitheater. Light refreshments will be available for those celebrating with us and it will start just in time to enjoy the pre-game pep-rally performed by your Trojan Band.

Buy a ticket to the game to cheer on our Trojans as they open the season on ESPN and to see our half-time performance of some of our historic favorites: The Opener, Let It Be Me, Spirit of the Bull, and Battle Hymn!

Also, stay tuned to our YouTube page as we have begun converting our Trojan Band media to prepare it for online premieres. We hope to be able to share the nostalgia and provide a wonderful resource for the families who poured so much time and effort into our program over the years.

Alumni, we also welcome you to join us for Homecoming on September 15, 2023! You’re welcome to perform Space and Fight Song with us during pre-game, some of your favorite Cheers (Cheer 1, 2, Land of 1000 Dances, etc. ) in. the stands, and Battle Hymn after the game. You can find music linked here.

Band Shoppe Survey

The Holtzclaw’s are doing a great job running the Band Shoppe and have put together a survey to allow you to provide feedback on items that you would like to see us carry. Please be on the look out for a Show Shirt pre-order as well as some 75th Anniversary Merchandise. Please fill out the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/L7PSTC9

Water Donations

We ask that each family either donate 2 cases of bottled water or make a $10 donation towards the purchase of bottled water. Thank you so much to the families who have already sent in their donations.

World’s Finest Chocolate

We still have boxes of chocolate that is available to our members to sell for credit towards their New York Trip. These are available on a first come, first served basis. Please check in with Dr. Carr, Mr. Nelson, or Ms. Dothard if you’d like a box to sell. Anyone requesting a box is expected to bring back $60 as we cannot accept back any unsold chocolate.

Legacy of Champions • We need all hands on deck

Please volunteer you can speak directly to the coordinator that you would prefer to work with, or you can email Lindy Moore at CHSTrojanBandVolunteers@gmail.com for assistance.

THANK YOU!

In addition to water donations, we also have a wishlist set up on Amazon that allows parents, friends, and volunteers to easily send donations of snack items for students. The snacks are provided as side items to our meals, on the bus on our way home after a game or competition. We appreciate your help in providing these items for our students. We received many boxes from this past Prime Day sale. Thank you to all of the parents who have already sent in donations!

Mark Your Calendars

The following events we need all hands on deck and are requesting your involvement.

Upcoming Dates

This is not an exhaustive list. Refer to our calendar online for the most up to date information regarding events and times. We begin our normal rehearsal schedule on Monday, August 14.
Monday: 3:45pm – 6:15pm • Tuesday: 3:45pm – 6:15pm • Thursday: 6:00pm – 9:00pm

• August
  • 14 • First Day of School • Normal practice schedule begins
  • 17 • Pelican’s Spirit Night 2:00PM – 5:00PM
    • New Parent and Sponsorship Meeting • 6:00PM
    • Candlelight Ceremony • 8:45PM – 9:00PM
  • 18 • Home Game vs. Langston Hughes • 6:00pm • ESPN Coverage! • Volunteer Here
  • 25 • Home vs. South Paulding • Senior Night • 7:30pm • Volunteer Here
• September
  • 1 • Away vs. Rome • 7:30pm • Volunteer Here
  • 4 • Labor Day • No School
  • 8 • Home vs. Villa Rica • 7:30pm • Volunteer Here
  • 9 • Saturday Rehearsal • 1:00pm – 9:00pm • Volunteer Here
  • 15 • Homecoming vs. Jenkins • 7:30pm • Volunteer Here
  • 18 • All in One Sale Starts!
  • 22 • Away vs. Hillgrove • 7:30pm • Volunteer Here
  • 30 • Oconee Classic Marching Competition • TBD • Volunteer Here
• October
  • 3 • County Exhibition • 6:00pm • Volunteer Here
  • 4 • District Honor Jazz Band Auditions • Gordon Central HS
  • 6 • Away vs. East Coweta • 7:30pm • Volunteer Here
  • 9-13 • Winter Break • No School
  • 13 • Full Band Rehearsal • 1:00pm
  • 13 • Home vs. Pebblebrook • 7:30pm • Volunteer Here
  • 20 • Home vs. Westlake • CMS Night • 7:30pm • Volunteer Here
  • 21 • Golden River Marching Competition • TBD • Volunteer Here
  • 27 • Away vs. Campbell • 7:30pm • Volunteer Here
  • 28 • Legacy of Champions HOME Marching Competition • All Day • Volunteer Here
• November
  • 3 • Teacher Workday • No School • Open No Game
  • 7 • Veteran’s Day Concert
  • 9 – 12 • NYC Trip
  • 10 • 1st Round Playoffs
  • 11 • Veteran’s Day Parade NYC
  • 13-14 • District Honor Jazz Band
  • 16 • Band Auditions
  • 17-18 • All in One Pickup Dates
  • 17 • 2nd Round Playoffs
  • 20 – 24 • Thanksgiving Break • No School
  • 24 • 3rd Round Playoffs (Quarter Finals)
• December
  • 1 • 4th Round Playoffs (Semifinals)
  • 2 • Carrollton Christmas Parade • 4:00pm Report
    • Band Christmas Party • 7:00pm – 9:00pm
  • 9 • District Honor Band Auditions • East Paulding High School
  • 11 • Jazz Band Performance at Tabernacle Baptist
  • 12 • Christmas Concert
  • 13 • Championship Game • Mercedes Benz Stadium
  • 15 • Last Day Semester 1 • Early Release