CHS Band

Post/News related to the Carrollton High School Band and possibly some 8th grade band students that may be participating in high school band events.

Band Month – Forward March
CHS Winter Guard Performance at WGI Atlanta

Winter Guard @ McEachern HS

Our Winter Guard performed beautifully on Saturday at McEachern HS in the WGI Atlanta Regional competition. They earned their highest score of the year so far. They compete again in a WGI regional competition in Rock Hill, SC at Winthrop University at the “WGI Charlotte Regional” in 2 weeks. If you have not had an opportunity to see this year’s show, you are in for a treat when you have the opportunity. The students and staff are working very hard and it shows! I look forward to watching their progress throughout the rest of the season. They are in the final month before championships.

 

Week at a Glance

  • Monday
    • Leadership Clinic – 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
    • Guard 4:30 PM – 9:00 PM
  • Tuesday
    • Leadership Clinic – 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
    • Drum Major Clinic – 4:30 PM – 6:00PM
    • Guard 4:30 PM – 7:00 PM
    • Moe’s Spirit Night 5 PM – 8 PM
  • Thursday
    • All-State Band
    • Guard 4:30 PM – 7:00 PM
  • Friday
    • All-State Band
    • Guard 4:30 PM – 7:00 PM
  • Saturday
    • All-State Band

All-State Band

Congratulations to Joshua Hansen for earning a spot in the 2020 Georgia All-State Band, which will take place this weekend in Athens, Georgia at the Classic Center. He will have the opportunity to work with other All-State students and a nationally acclaimed conductor as they put together about an hour’s worth of music for performance. Much like the district honor band, the students will be sight-reading the music on Thursday night, rehearsing all day on Friday, and then conclude with a performance on Saturday. If you have the opportunity, please congratulate him on this distinguished honor!

LGPE Dates and Times

  • CJHS 7th Grade  3/17/2020 • 3:00 PM Carroll County PAC
  • CJHS 8th Grade 3/17/2020 • 6:45 PM Carroll County PAC
  • CHS Symphonic Band 3/19/2020 • 4:10 PM  Carroll County PAC
  • CHS Wind Ensemble  3/19/2020 • 8:40 PM Carroll County PAC
  • CHS Concert Band 3/20/2020 • 9:30 AM  Carroll County PAC

Help A Fellow Trojan Band Family

One of our Band Families suffered a house fire on February 16, 2020. Metro West Realty has sent up a fund that you can donate to help this family if you are able. More information can be found here to make a gift. Thank you for making our community an amazing place to raise children through your generosity.

Liberty Tour 2021 Trip Details

This past Thursday night, we revealed some of the tentative details of the trip to Philly and DC during the spring of 2021. A page (https://chstrojanband.com/2021-philly-dc/) has been created for information on the trip and will be updated very soon.  Reminder – a $50 non-refundable/non-transferrable deposit is due by April 1, 2020 to secure your spot on the trip. More information will be posted by the end of the week.

Moe’s Spirit Night – This Tuesday Night

This Tuesday night is our next Spirit Night at Moe’s from 5 PM – 8 PM. Moe’s will donate 10% of all orders made between 5PM and 8PM this Tuesday night to the Booster Club. We hope you will help us spread the word, post it on social media, tell it in person.

SAVE THE DATE – Band Banquet – April 27

It is hard to believe that the end of the school year is quickly approaching and that means that our annual band banquet is quickly approaching. This year’s banquet will be Monday, April 27, 2020, at 6 PM in the CHS Cafeteria. Like last year, we will have Longhorn Steakhouse catering the meal and it will cost $14 per person.  You can pay for it online here: https://chstrojanband.revtrak.net/trojan-band-dinner/ and we will be accepting cash on designated days in the band room (dates to be announced) and we will also be using RevTrack to accept payments for your meals. Once we have finalized all of these details we will send out an updated email and the website will also be updated with this information.

SAVE THE DATE – Band BBQ – May 7

The annual Band BBQ is quickly approaching. The Band BBQ is one of two major fundraisers that help the Boosters to continue to do all of the great things to support our students and our band program. We will have a kick-off meeting to provide all of the necessary information, so please keep an eye on the website and we will provide you with a date of that meeting.

Also, please don’t forget to vote for your favorite Band BBQ video here:

Watch the Videos below and use the poll to vote. We are going to have voting go on from now until February 29. Share this post with all of your family and friends and thank for your support!!!!!

1 BBQ Competition

2 Dance Video

3 Grill Master

Vote Here

 

We will be chosing a winner very soon and start our online campaign! We will also post some of the Honorable Mentions for everyone’s viewing pleasure!

Shop at Amazon? You Can Help the Boosters

Do you shop on Amazon often? Did you know that you can help the Band Boosters when you shop on Amazon? Go to smile.amazon.com and then select Carrollton Band Booster Club, Inc. for the charitable organization you want to support.

 

Welcome Back!

Week at a Glance

RAIN RAIN GO AWAY!
  • Monday
    • Leadership Clinic – 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
    • Guard 4:30 PM – 9:00 PM
  • Tuesday
    • Leadership Clinic – 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
    • Drum Majors – 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
    • Guard 4:30 PM – 7:00 PM
    • PRE-FESTIVAL CONCERT – SEE BELOW
  • Wednesday – Leadership Clinic – 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
  • Thursday
    • Leadership Clinic – 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
    • Drum Majors – 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
    • Guard 4:30 PM – 7:00 PM
    • TRIP MEETING – 7:00 PM
  • Friday
    • Leadership Clinic – 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
    • Guard 4:30 PM – 7:00 PM
  • Saturday – Guard – WGI Atlanta Regional Performance at McEachern H.S.
  • Sunday – Guard Final Performance at McEachern H.S. (Depending on placement on Saturday).

Pre-Festival – Tuesday, February 25

On February 25 our bands will perform a Pre-Festival Concert at the Mabry Arts Center on campus. This is a very important concert as we will have adjudicators make comments on our performance to help us to better prepare for our Large Group Performance Evaluations in March. Students should wear their concert attire and report to the Drama Room one performance before their performance. CB reports at 6:30, SB by 7:00 and WE by 7:30. Here is the performance itinerary for the evening:

  • 6:00 PM CJHS 7th Grade
  • 6:30 PM CJHS 8th Grade
  • 7:00 PM CHS Concert Band
  • 7:30 PM CHS Symphonic Band
  • 7:45 PM CHS Wind Ensemble

Admission is free! Our students have been preparing diligently all semester and need your support! Please make plans on attending your child’s performance. I am excited about their progress and look forward to sharing it with you on Tuesday evening!

Help A Fellow Trojan Band Family

One of our Band Families suffered a house fire on February 16, 2020. Wetro West Realty has sent up a fund that you can donate to help this family if you are able. More information can be found here to make a gift. Thank you for making our community an amazing place to raise children through your generosity.

Trojan Band Alumni – Katahj Copley

Former Trojan Band member, Katahj Copley who currently attends the University of West Georgia is studying music composition. The university’s Wind Ensemble was invited to perform at the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) Southern Regional Conference at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana this past weekend and premiered Katahj’s recent composition, Nova. Because his piece was performed at the conference he was invited to participate in the composer’s forum hosted at the conference on Saturday morning! This is a remarkable milestone for our alumnus! Congratulations, Katahj! We are very proud of your continued success!!

You can check out his piece as well as the full UWG performance on banddirector.com. Their performance was stunning! Many former Trojans are featured during the concert. Go Trojans!!!

BRAVO to all of the UWG faculty with special shout outs to Dr. Byrd, Dr. Self, and Katahj Copley!

Trip Meeting – THIS THURSDAY – February 27

If your student would like to go on the upcoming band trip to Philadelphia and Washington DC during the Spring of 2021, we will have an information meeting on February 27 in the Band Room at 7:00 PM.

Hello all you amazing band students and parents! Over the past week, we have challenged our band leadership to submit a video promoting the upcoming Band BBQ on May 7. To say that we had an awesome turnout is an understatement! The students are simply stunning in their creativity and ability. Of course, you parents already knew this.

We wanted to get the students involved because this is their fundraiser for their band and we believed it was important for them to also use that creativity to promote the BBQ on social media.  But we need your help!  Below are the top 3 videos and we need you to vote on which one will reign supreme and have their video blasted all over Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Tiktok, Twitter…

Watch the Videos below and use the poll to vote. We are going to have voting go on from now until February 29.  Share this post with all of your family and friends and thank for your support!!!!!

1 BBQ Competition

https://youtu.be/cFd_zHXfteg

2 Dance Video

https://youtu.be/rlWTFiz4Sy0

3 Grill Master

https://youtu.be/LQSUqADMrhA

Vote Here

SAVE THE DATE – Band Banquet – April 27

It is hard to believe that the end of the school year is quickly approaching and that means that our annual band banquet is quickly approaching. This year’s banquet will be Monday, April 27, 2020, at 6 PM in the CHS Cafeteria. Like last year, we will have Longhorn Steakhouse catering the meal and it will cost $14 per person. We will be accepting cash on designated days in the band room (dates to be announced) and we will also be using RevTrack to accept payments for your meals. Once we have finalized all of these details we will send out an updated email and the website will also be updated with this information.

SAVE THE DATE – Band BBQ – May 7

The annual Band BBQ is quickly approaching. The Band BBQ is one of two major fundraisers that help the Boosters to continue to do all of the great things to support our students and our band program. We will have a kick-off meeting to provide all of the necessary information, so please keep an eye on the website and we will provide you with a date of that meeting.

Shop at Amazon? You Can Help the Boosters

Do you shop on Amazon often? Did you know that you can help the Band Boosters when you shop on Amazon? Go to smile.amazon.com and then select Carrollton Band Booster Club, Inc. for the charitable organization you want to support.

Winter Break This Week

Week at a Glance

  • Monday – Friday – WINTER BREAK – NO SCHOOL!
  • Wednesday – Guard – WGI Camp 12PM – 9PM
  • Thursday
    • Guard – WGI Camp 12PM – 9PM
    • American Pie Spirit Night – 5PM – 9PM
  • Friday – Guard – WGI Camp 12PM – 9PM
  • Saturday – Guard – WGI Camp 12PM – 9PM

Hello all you amazing band students and parents!  Over the past week, we have challenged our band leadership to submit a video promoting the upcoming Band BBQ on May 7.  To say that we had an awesome turnout is an understatement!  The students are simply stunning in their creativity and ability.  Of course, you parents already knew this.

We wanted to get the students involved because this is their fundraiser for their band and we believed it was important for them to also use that creativity to promote the BBQ on social media.  But we need your help!  Below are the top 3 videos and we need you to vote on which one will reign supreme and have their video blasted all over Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Tiktok, Twitter…

Watch the Videos below and use the poll to vote. We are going to have voting go on from now until February 29.  Share this post with all of your family and friends and thank for your support!!!!!

1 BBQ Competition

2 Dance Video

3 Grill Master

Vote Here

District Honor Band and Winter Guard Results

It was a wonderful District Honor Band weekend! Our kids represented themselves and our community very well! Spectacular concerts and professionalism in every aspect from bus/hotel/restaurant/and rehearsal etiquette, etc! Our Trojans are first class! We are still waiting for the results. Once we get the results we will post to the website.

Also, congratulations to our Winter Guard who improved their score by 8 points and finished in 2nd place tonight at the SAPA show hosted by Creekview HS!

Please Update Your Information in Charms

One of the effective ways for us to communicate band related information is through our system called Charms. Is your information (address, email, phone number) in Charms up-to-date? If not, please sign into Charms and update your information. Thank you so much for your assistance with this!

American Pie Spirit Night – THIS THURSDAY

This Thursday night is our first American Pie Spirit Night of the year. Please come out to American Pie this Thursday night from 5PM – 9PM and American Pie will donate 15% to the Boosters. We hope you will come out and enjoy some great pizza and great fellowship all while supporting the Boosers.

Pre-Festival – February 25

On February 25 our bands will perform a Pre-Festival Concert at the Mabry Arts Center on campus. At this concert we will have adjudicators make comments on our performance to help us to better prepare for our Large Group Performance Evaluations in March. Students should wear their concert attire and report to the Drama Room one performance before their performance. Concert Band reports at 6:30, SB by 7:00 and WE by 7:30. Here is the performance itinerary for the evening:

  • 6:00PM CJHS 7th Grade
  • 6:30PM CJHS 8th Grade
  • 7:00PM CHS Concert Band
  • 7:30PM CHS Symphonic Band
  • 7:45PM CHS Wind Ensemble

Trip Meeting – February 27

If your student would like to go on the upcoming band trip to Philadelphia and Washington DC during the Spring of 2021, we will have an information meeting on February 27 in the Band Room at 7PM.

SAVE THE DATE – Band Banquet – April 27

It is hard to believe that the end of the school year is quickly approaching and that means that our annual band banquet is quickly approaching. This year’s banquet will be Monday, April 27, 2020, at 6 PM in the CHS Cafeteria. Like last year, we will have Longhorn Steakhouse catering it. The cost for the meal this year will be $14 per person. We will be accepting cash on designated days in the band room (dates to be announced) and we will also be using RevTrack to accept payments for your meals. Once we have finalized all of these details we will send out an updated email and the website will also be updated with this information.

SAVE THE DATE – Band BBQ – May 7

The annual Band BBQ is quickly approaching. The Band BBQ is one of two major fundraisers that help the Boosters to continue to do all of great things to support our students and our band program. We will have a kick off meeting to provide all of the necessary information, so please keep an eye on the website and we will provide you with a date of that meeting.

Shop at Amazon? You Can Help the Boosters

Do you shop on Amazon often? Did you know that you can help the Band Boosters when you shop on Amazon? Go to smile.amazon.com and then select Carrollton Band Booster Club, Inc. for the charitable organization you want to support.

DHB Update!!

The District Honor Band arrived in Ringgold earlier this afternoon.  They enjoyed some bowling and some fellowship after their arrival.

Upon Mr. Carr trying to get the DHB students checked into the hotel, the Spring Hill Suites in Ringgold did not have rooms available for our students.  Mr. Carr did confirm that rooms would be available, but upon arrival there were no rooms for the students.  Mr. Carr was able to secure enough rooms at the Hampton Inn in Dalton, GA which is about a 20 minute ride away.  Mr. Carr also informed the school administration of this issue.

The Spring Hill Suites is paying for the rooms at the Hampton Inn due to their lack of preparation, so there will be no additional cost to these students.

Should you need to contact the hotel, the number is 706-226-4333.

Despite this issue, we are looking forward to a great District Honor Band

Go Band!

One Week Before Winter Break

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Kiwanis Showcase

Congratulations to Mattie Steed, Rommel Ramos, Kayla McGuinn, and Victoria Ocampo for wonderful performances in the Kiwanis Showcase this evening!  They all represented our school very well! Go Trojans!

Leadership and LGPE Clinics

This week we will start our series of leadership clinics. These clinics are essential if your student is considering being a part of our band’s student leadership team for next year. During these clinics, students will learn the qualities that make a great leader. These clinics are hosted after school so please pay attention to the schedule listed below.

The University of West Georgia has started an LGPE Clinic and we are excited that our Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble have been invited to participate this Wednesday, February 12. The clinic will take place at Carroll County Schools Performing Arts Center. The students will do a run-through of their music, receive commentary from UWG Faculty, and rehearse with Dr. Byrd for the remainder of the clinic. Each clinic is roughly an hour and a half. This will undoubtedly be a profound experience for our students in their preparation for LGPE. For more details about

Please Update Your Information in Charms

One of the effective ways for us to communicate band related information is through our system called Charms. Is your information (address, email, phone number) in Charms up-to-date? If not, please sign into Charms and update your information. Thank you so much for your assistance with this! .

Week at a Glance

  • Monday
    • Leadership Clinic 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
    • Guard 4:30 PM – 7 PM
  • Tuesday –
    • Leadership Clinic 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
    • Guard 4:30 PM – 9 PM
  • Wednesday UWG LGPE Clinic (Details Below)
    • Symphonic Band:
      • 11:00 PM Lunch in the Band Room (Papa Johns)

Please bring $5 for pizza

  • 12:15 PM Depart for CCS PAC
  • 12:30 PM Unload
  • 1:00 PM Clinic onstage with Dr. Byrd
  • 2:20 PM Load
  • 3:00 PM Arrive Back at CHS
  • Wind Ensemble
    • 3:15 PM Report to the Band Room / Load
    • 4:00 PM Depart for CCS PAC
    • 4:15 PM Unload and watch the end of UWG’s rehearsal
    • 5:20 PM Clinic onstage with Dr. Byrd
    • 6:40 PM Clinic concludes
    • 7:00 PM Dinner at American Pie – please bring in $8 before Wednesday
  • Thursday – Guard – 4:30 PM – 7 PM
  • Friday – Guard – 4:30 PM – 7 PM
  • Saturday – Guard Performance @ River Ridge HS – Itinerary TBA

NEXT WEEK – WINTER BREAK – NO SCHOOL

District Honor Band

Download Handout Here

District Honor Band is next week (February 13-15).  Students were given the handout above last week, but just in case you haven’t seen it yet, I wanted to be sure that you got all of the information.

We will take a bus to the event on Thursday afternoon and chaperone the students through Saturday’s morning rehearsal.  We ask that parents please arrive in time to meet up with their child at the conclusion of the morning rehearsal on Saturday so that they can enjoy lunch together before attending the concert.  All of the information can be found in the handout.  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to Mr. Carr at christopher.carr@carrolltoncityschools.net.

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Trip Meeting • 2/27/2020

We will have a meeting concerning next year’s band trip on February 27, 2020 at 6:00PM.  We will discuss deposits, cost, and payments as well as a fundraiser that has been very successful for our students in the past.

SAVE THE DATE – Band Banquet – April 27

It is hard to believe that the end of the school year is quickly approaching and that means that our annual band banquet is quickly approaching. This year’s banquet will be Monday, April 27, 2020, at 6 PM in the CHS Cafeteria. Like last year, we will have Longhorn Steakhouse catering it. The cost for the meal this year will be $14 per person. We will be accepting cash on designated days in the band room (dates to be announced) and we will also be using RevTrack to accept payments for your meals. Once we have finalized all of these details we will send out an updated email and the website will also be updated with this information.

Shop at Amazon? You Can Help the Boosters

Do you shop on Amazon often? Did you know that you can help the Band Boosters when you shop on Amazon? Go to smile.amazon.com and then select Carrollton Band Booster Club, Inc. for the charitable organization you want to support.