Dear Admiral Band Family,

Congratulations to all of our indoor groups on outstanding performances this past Saturday in competition. Gulfport Percussion 1st Place in class A, the Cadet Winter Guard finished in 3rd place in the cadet class, the JV Winter Guard finished in 5th place in Scholastic Regional A, and the Varsity Winter Guard finished in 3rd place in Scholastic A. Incredible progress last week! Let's keep pushing forward to make things better!!

Mr. Ball wants to remind all indoor students to be at the school Monday morning by 7:45 AM to help unload the trucks. These need to be completely unloaded before class.

Rhythm and Waves will be this Saturday, February 11th. Students wishing to volunteer will be able to do so beginning Monday.

Fundraising:

King Cakes will be available for pick-up after school on Monday, February 6th.

Boston Butts will be cooked and handed out on Thursday this week from 4:30-6:00 PM outside of the GHS cafeteria. We will need help in the following ways:

Volunteers:

A typical cook day requires volunteers: 5:30 am to season the meat. 11 am to wrap the meat in foil and place back on the smokers. Each of these times should require 90 minutes of volunteers time: 3:15 pm until 6:30 pm to pull the meat off the smokers, pan and handle pick up and clean up. Please email Mr. Ball william.ball@gulfportschools.org to volunteer at any of those times. We will need 4-6 volunteers at 5:30 AM, 11 AM and 3:15 PM.

Beef Stick fundraiser is ongoing.

Symphonic Band: Music Pass off 1 is due by midnight tonight. Concert C scale is open for pass off as well. Normal sectionals this week.

Spring Trip: Wind and Ensemble and Symphonic Band Spring trip to Atlanta payment #1 of $75 is past due. 

Weekly Schedule:

Monday, February 6th

WE/SB Oboe lessons 4:00 PM-5:00 PM

King Cake Pick up 3:35 PM-5:00 PM

5:30 PM-8:30 PM Varsity Rehearsal @ GHS

Tuesday, February 7th

3:50 PM-5:00 PM Sectionals for WE-Trumpets, Saxophones, Trombones/Euphoniums, SB-Euphoniums and Tubas

4:00 PM-6:00 PM Cadet WG @ CE (bus from the middle schools will still be provided if needed)

5:30 PM-8:30 PM Gulfport Percussion @ GHS

6:00 PM-8:00 PM JV WG @ CE

Thursday, February 9th

3:50 PM-5:00 PM Sectionals WE Tubas, SB-Saxes, Horns, Trumpet, Trombone

4:00 PM-6:00 PM Cadet WG @ CE (bus from the middle schools will still be provided if needed)

6:00 PM-8:00 PM JV WG @ CE

Friday, February 10th

5:30 PM-8:30 PM Gulfport Percussion @ GHS

Saturday, February 11th

Home Show Rhythm and Waves! Look for additional emails to volunteer.

Looking Ahead:

February 11th Gulfport Show all Indoor Programs

February 13th Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band Camp

February 15th Wind Ensemble at Biloxi HS for ASBDA Pre-Festival

February 19th 2nd St Parade ( Indoor Percussion)

February 25th WGI Guard Regional @ Gulfport all Winter Guards

March 3rd 2nd $75 due for Wind Ensemble/Symphonic Band Atlanta Trip

March 4th St Martin Show all Indoor Programs

March 7th Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band and Concert Band Concert

March 8th Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band State Concert Evaluation

March 15th Concert Band Concert Evaluation

March 17th-18th WGI Percussion Regional Atlanta Gulfport Percussion

April 7th 3rd $75 due for Wind Ensemble/Symphonic Band Atlanta Trip

May 4th Band Banquet @ Lyman Community Center

May 5th 4th $75 due for Wind Ensemble/Symphonic Band Atlanta Trip ($300 total)

May 12th-14th Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band Atlanta Trip

June 6-9 Band Camp at PRCC

Musically,

Mr. Morehead