The Thundering Herd

2018 Fall Calendar

(We will post performance times as they come available)

Ø July 23-27 Color Guard / Percussion Camp 9:00 am- 5:00, Friday 1:00-5:00

Ø July 27-(Friday) - Freshman Camp, 9:00-1:00

Ø July 30-Aug 3 Band Camp (All Band Members report) 8:00 am- 3:00

Ø Aug 6-10 & 13-17 Band Camp 6:30 am-8:00 am Aug 10 IS Band Splash Day at Burger’s Lake

Ø Aug 22 First day of school- no practice

Ø Aug 21---6:30 am practice daily

* Aug 24 first game All Saints, Home call time 5:30

Ø Aug 31 first away game- Glen Rose away, call time 4:00 pm we will stop and eat in Cleburne on the way at Brahms / Taco Bueno / Star Bucks

Ø Sept 7 Hillsboro Home, Call time 5:30 pm

Ø Sept 14 Venus Away, Call time 4:00 pm we will stop and eat in Alvarado on the way at McDonalds / Taco Bell

Ø Sept 21 Malakoff, Home call time 6:00 pm

Ø Sept 28 West, Away, call time 3:37, we will stop and eat in Hillsboro at Wendy’s / Taco bell on the way

Ø Sept 29 Burleson Show Case marching Contest times TBa

Ø Oct 5 Teague, away cAall time 2:30, we will stop and eat in Mexia on the way, Pizza / Mcdonalds

Ø Oct, 6 Denton Show Case marching contest Times TBA

Ø Oct 12 open

Ø Oct 19 Groesbeck, Homecoming, call time 2:45 parade, pep rally

Ø Oct 20 UIL Region marching Contest time TBA

Ø Oct 26 McGregor, away, call time 2:30, we will stop and eat in Waco on the way at Newk’s /Panda Express/ Panera Bread

Ø Nov 2 Whitney, Home call time 6:00

Ø Nov 9 Maypearl, away, call time 5:00 pizza in the band hall before we leave

Ø Nov 10 National Championship Marching Contest At&T times tba

Ø Playoff Games tba

SOME DATES ARE NOT SET YET SO THESE ARE BASED ON LAST YEAR'S DATES THEY MAY CHANGE

Ø (Nov. 14 JH All Region Audition- ALVARADO, Dec-1 Concert and Clinic- Kennedale)

Ø DEC 1 (BEST GUESS) –All region Band Audition- Godley

Ø Jan 18-19 (BEST GUESS) All Region Clinic and Concert- Kennedale

2018 Spring Calendar

(We will post performance times as they come available)

Ø January 13: All-State band auditions- Robinson HS

Ø January 19 & 20: All-Region Clinic and Concert Kennedale PAC

Ø February 3: Colorguard must compete by District Meet @ Alvarado

Ø ** Date Change**February 8: Pre-UIL Concert Contest @ Grandview HS

Ø February 14-18: All-State band, TMEA in San Antonio

Ø February 24: UIL Region Solo & Ensemble Contest @ Aledo

Ø February 24: Colorguard District Meet @ Saginaw

Ø April 4: Region UIL Concert and Sight Reading Contest @ Glen Rose

Ø March 10: Colorguard JV Championships & Varsity Championships seating Contest @ Mansfield HS and Summit HS

Ø April 4: Region UIL Concert and Sight Reading Contest @ Glen Rose

Ø April 28 Colorguard Solo and Ensemble Contest

April 7- Varsity Colorguard Championships

May 4th 6th Grade Contest

May 5th UIL STATE Band Contest/ Colorguard All-Stars

Drum Major camp May-7-10 after school

May 11 Drum Major- Section Leader Tryouts 4:00 after school

May 14 band Banquet 6:30 @ MPC

May 17- Junior High Concert 6:30 at Grandview High

Ø May 25 Graduation

Ø May 27-28 UIL State Solo And Ensemble Contest @ Austin

Ø May 29-June 3: Colorado Trip

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2020-21 UIL Sweepstakes "1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1"

Summer Band 2020

Our first priority is to protect our band students and their families. We need to be smart about how we approach the reopening of school and practice and follow the guidelines and not take chances. The Band Staff at Grandview will strictly enforce the guidelines- NO EXCEPTIONS. Please understand these Guidelines are set by UIL, TEA, State and local Government and Grandview ISD but they are very fluid and can (most likely will) change as more is learned about how best to deal with Covid-19

Know the Symptoms

Every band member needs to know the COVID-19 symptoms by heart - you are our first and best defense. (Copied from the UIL Requirements) Any student, teacher, or staff member living with someone who experiences any of the symptoms of COVID-19, whether they have a positive COVID-19 test or not, should self-isolate until they have negative test.

COVID-19 Symptoms for Screening.

Cough

Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing

Chills or repeated shaking with chills

Muscle pain

Headache or sore throat

Loss of taste or smell

Diarrhea

** Feeling feverish or a measured temperature greater than or equal to 100.0 degrees Fahrenheit

**Known close contact with a person who is lab confirmed to have COVID-19

**If a student suspects they have COVID-19, but it turns out they don’t, they will have to have a Doctor’s release before returning to practice

**Any student or staff member who lives with someone that has symptoms of COVID, tested or not, should self-isolate for two weeks or until they have a negative test.

If you have any of these symptoms STAY HOME!

Rehearsal Plan

By UIL Guidelines we will take, and record attendance at each practice. Rehearsals are not mandatory, but highly recommended so we can make up for lost time.

· Students will NOT be allowed to keep clothes – shoes- personal items in the band hall. Students need to come dressed ready to go, students should plan not to enter the band hall.

· Students will not be allowed to “hang out” before or after practice- student must leave immediately when dismissed.

· Use hand sanitizer frequently

· Bring your own water to practice and take your containers home after each session, NO Shared water.

· Students will not be allowed in the building or areas that they are not assigned to.

· All shared equipment will be disinfested before and after each practice.

· Six foot social distancing guidelines will be maintained at all times. 99% of our rehearsal time will be outdoors, but spacing will be closely monitored. We will maintain a line-split-line spacing (7 ½ foot spacing).

· Students must wait in car until practice time.

Starting Monday June 22 and every Monday until school starts. Only on Mondays

We will have a band parent outside each entrance to monitor student’s arrivals and their leaving. Students should avoid entering the building at any time, take your instruments home.

Trumpets and Horns- Home base- High School Band Hall

Practice 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm, visitor side, east end sitting 10 feet apart sitting on a dot. Students should park in the junior high parking lot near the High school, or be dropped outside the HS Band Hall

Flutes, clarinets, and alto saxophones- home base- Junior High Band HALL, students should park near the JH band hall in the JH parking lot or be dropped off at the JH Band Hall.

Practice 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, home side sitting 10 feet apart, on the end where band usually sits during games.

Low Brass- Home base- High School band hall

Practice 6:45 pm to 8:45 pm, visitor side, score board end (west end) sitting 10 feet apart on a dot.

Low Reeds- home base Junior High Band Hall

Practice 6:45 pm to 8:45 pm, home side, score board end, sitting 10 feet apart on a dot. Students should park by the Junior High parking lot.

Color Guard- home base the old elementary gym - students should park or be dropped off by the gym.

Practice 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm on the football field side “B” 15 feet apart, using 5 yard lines as markers.

Percussion- high school band hall

Practice 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm, parking lot outside the band hall. Students should park in the JH parking lot. Keyboards and equipment will be sanitized before and after each practice.

Color Guard/ Percussion Camp

June 17, 18, 19; 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm

Percussion High School band hall, mallets in the main band hall, battery in the parking lot.

Color Guard Old Elementary Gym and field.

Revised Band Calendar Fall 2020

(while these dates are firm, circumstances can change, please check your email and the mygrandviewband.com web site for any changes that may occur.) All performances count as a performance grade.

*** Starting Aug-17- 6:30 am-7:45 every school day through marching season.

***Aug 26-- First day of school- no practice, then Aug – 27, Thursday 6:30 am before school practice- No practice Friday

***Aug 28 First game – senior night, Home V. Malakoff, call time 5:00 pm, black shirt and black basketball shorts.

*** Sept 8- Tuesday, start the show drill, 6:30 am-daily to 7:30 am

***Sept 18- Homecoming v. Glen Rose, early release from school 3:00- parade- pep rally at the Firefly stage, release after the pep rally go home with family or return on the bus to the HS, call time 6:00 pm in the band hall.

***Sept 22- (DATE SUBJECT TO CHANGE) All-Region Jazz, Sept 29- All-Area, State Jazz recording.

***Sept 25 home v. Maypearl Call time 5:30-First game in new uniform.

***Oct 2 home –v. Whitney call time 5:30

**CHANGE***Oct 9 home v. A+ call time 6:00 pm

***Oct 12 6:30 to 8:00 am and then go home- no school

***Oct 15- home v. West JV game half time performance only call time tba, we will leave after half-time, we will not play in the stands.-no uniforms

*** Oct 19 8:00 am - 10:00 am practice, no school

***OCT 22- home v. Oak Cliff JV Game performance only call time tba, we will leave after half-time, we will not play in the stands. Last performance before contest,

+++ OCT 24-Whitney Marching Contest @ Whitney- call time 11:29, perform @ 5:15

***Oct 26 Monday, Clinic with Mr. Perry from UIL 6:30-8:30 pm

***Oct 30- open, no game-bye week

***Oct 31 Rattler Marching Contest, @ Tolar, call time 10:00 am perorm @ 4:00, $6 for Cici's pizza due by Thursday

***NOV 6 Home v. Dallas Madison call time 6:00 ***Nov 13 first playoff game

+++ Nov 7 Sounds of Springtown Contest, times TBA

+++ Playoff game TBA

***Nov 14 UIL Region Marching Contest, @ Springtown and times TBA

***Dec 12 If we advance -UIL Area Marching Contest @ Bastrop ISD, Times TBA we might spend the night depending, on performance times and playoff game location.

*** Dec 5th -9th upload recordings-Dec-13 All- Region Auditions RESULTS- all TMEA and ATSSB All-Region-All Area- All-State auditions through January 10, 2021 (middle and high school) will be conducted via uploaded video recordings. I'll let you know more how this will work when I know more.

***Jan 9- Area-All State Auditions @ Robinson HS- also recorded

Grandview Bands

2020-21 Approved Instrument List:

We are lucky to be enjoying band at a time when there are more good quality instrument brands at reasonable prices than any time in history. Unfortunately there are also more instruments that are made of thin, not-repairable materials than ever. Many of the “internet” type brands do not have parts available- many of these instruments are one time use instruments and cannot be repaired. At best these instruments are not tunable and simply will not play consistently. We want your child to be successful, and to have a chance they need a good used or new instrument that will set them up for success.

There are good used instruments that cost no more than the "internet" instruments. Warning: there are instruments that the metal is so thin they almost crush like a coke can, keys bend in normal use- please ask us before you waist your money.

Please have a band director check an instrument not on this list before you buy it.

All Students will need a band book, this year we are using: "Accent on Achievement" -Book One

Below is a partial list of recommended brands (we can’t possibly list them all) that we have tried and can be repaired and had many students be very successful using in the past.

Flute

Yamaha

Jupiter

Orion

Powell

Sonare

For other brands please ask a Director

Supplies: Cleaning cloth, tuning rod, small mirror

Clarinet

Buffet

Yamaha

LeBlanc

Orion

Cannonball

Mouthpiece:

Vandoren V5 or

Rico Reserve

Supplies: Cleaning swab & Vandoren #3 or harder reeds

Saxophone

Cannonball

E. Maurint

Yamaha

Selmer Paris

Buffet

Jupiter

Orion

Mouthpiece:

E. Rousseau New Classic NC4 or

Vandoren Optimum 4

for jazz band marching -JODY Jazz- Jett 6

Supplies: Cleaning cloth, Vandoren #3 or higher reeds

Trumpet / Cornet

Yamaha

Jupiter

Bach

Schilke

Orion

Getzen

Conn

King

Holton

Mouthpiece :

Bach 7C

Supplies: Cleaning cloth, Valve oil. Tuning slide grease

Trombone

Jupiter

King

Orion

Bach

Yamaha

Conn

Holton

Getzen

Mouthpiece:

Bach 6 ½ AL (small shank)

Supplies: Trombone slide grease,Cleaning cloth,

Spray water/ mister

Percussion kits Percussion-

Practice Marimba, Stick Bag with drum sticks, hard mallets, soft mallets, & timpani mallets,practice pad with stand. Percussionists are also required to rent an at-home practice marimba.

Orion

Mapex

Yamaha

Pearl

Ludwig

Adams

French Horn (School Rental)

Mouthpiece:

Schilke 30

Yamaha 30C4

Holton Farkas or

Bach 36b

Supplies: Brass cleaning cloth, Rotary Valve Oil

Baritone / Euphonium (School Rental)

Mouthpiece

Bach 6 ½ AL (small shank) or

Schilke 51D

Supplies: Brass cleaning cloth, Valve oil

Tuba (School Rental)

Mouthpiece

Conn Helleberg,

Perantucci Model PT-44 or

Bach 24AW

Supplies: Brass cleaning cloth, Valve oil

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