Glenn Band News - Gems Celebration & Feb. Concert

This Week in the Grizzly Band

*For Indoor Percussion & Gems Calendars, please check those specific rehearsal calendars.

**Band sectional schedules are listed later in the newsletter and not listed below.

• Monday, 2/20
• No School
• Tuesday, 2/21
  
• GHS Trombone Choir; 7:00-8:00am
  
• Wind Ensemble Horn & Trumpet Sectional (adjusted this week), 3:50-4:50pm
• Wednesday, 2/22
  
• GHS Flute Choir; 7:00-8:00am
• Thursday, 2/23
• Movement Camp #2; Potential Leadership 4:30-6:00pm, movement camp w/ incoming freshmen (including potential leaders) 6:00-7:30pm
• Friday, 2/23
• February Concert; 7:00pm (details below)

Junior Movie Night

Even though we had to relocate our movie screen a couple of times, we had a great time at the movie night this past Friday! The juniors got to watch "Puss In Boots: The Last Wish" with an invited guest. It was fun and completely freezing!

Special thanks to Mrs. Ortiz for getting the Junior meal organized, and to Mrs. Neely who hired an outdoor movie service out of her OWN POCKET to make sure the kids could have a special experience! Thank you for going above and beyond!!!

PARENT VOLUNTEERS URGENTLY NEEDED

Last year our parents and students did an incredible job hosting the WGI Austin Super-Regional. It takes a lot to impress an international performance organization like WGI, and they asked us to host again right at the end of the contest last year which was a huge compliment to our parent volunteers.

This year, we are still looking to fill 90 parent volunteer spots!

Folks, I hope you have seen and heard the progress that we are making as a band this year. This is a time where I am personally asking all of you to volunteer - we genuinely cannot run this contest without your help! The kids are all required to volunteer, but there are jobs that we can ONLY assign to you, our awesome parents. Please join us!

More details can be found at the signup linked below, as well as in our excellent Grizzly Band Booster Newsletter.

This is our chance to show WGI what our young and growing band community looks like - please get involved!

2023 Glenn Band WGI Volunteer Sign-Up

All adult volunteers must be LISD approved. Please use this link to register with LISD. **Exact times are subject to change as the final performance schedule has not been released.** **Please note the last shift includes resetting for the next day or clean-up and the end time is depended on when the competition ends.** PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE ARE 3 SHIFTS TO CHOOSE FROM ON SATURDAY AND 2 SHIFTS ON SUNDAY.

Sectionals This Week

Wind Ensemble Sectionals

• Tuesday PM (3:50-4:50pm) - Trumpets & Horns
  
• Wednesday AM (7:00-8:00am) - Flutes, Oboe, Clarinets, Altos
• Thursday AM (7:00-8:00am) - FULL BAND Rehearsal
• Friday AM (7:00-8:00am) - Low Voices

Symphonic Band Sectionals

• Wednesday PM (3:50-4:50pm) - FULL BAND, Rehearsal
• Thursday AM (7:00-8:00am) - Low Voices
• Thursday PM (3:50-4:50pm) - Trumpets & Horns
• Friday AM (7:00-8:00am) - Flutes, Oboe, Clarinets, Altos

Gems Dance Company Performs @ Hill Country Challenge (Johnson High School)

The Gems had a wonderful weekend of performances at the Hill Country Challenge in Buda, Texas. They performed routines in several different categories, and each routine is a completely different set of skills and performance quality. Congratulations Gems, you were stunning!

Team Contemporary: 1st Runner-Up

Team Jazz: 1st Runner-Up

Team Modern: Champions

Team Lyrical: Champions

Overall: 1st Runner-Up

Gems This Week

Weekly Schedule

• Wednesday - Rehearsal, 4:00pm
  
• Friday - Rehearsal, 4:00pm
• Saturday - Contest Day @ Vista Ridge High School, All Day

Indoor Percussion

Weekly Schedule

• Monday - Re-stringing, 4:00pm
• Thursday - Rehearsal, 4:00pm
• Saturday - Rehearsal, 9:00am

World's Finest Chocolate Fundraiser Wrapped Up

Our chocolate fundraiser wrapped up on Friday. Please get money turned in to the booster lockbox as soon as possible.

February Concert this Friday

Join us on Friday for our February concert!

Friday, February 24th; GHS Auditorium

• 6:00pm Student call time (to get dressed in formal attire)
• 6:15pm Rehearsal (Symphonic Band on stage, Wind Ensemble in Band Hall)
• 6:45pm Doors open
• 7:00pm Concert

Formal Attire Needs & Guidelines

As we approach our spring and UIL concert season, please be aware of the following guidelines for formal attire.

All students will be provided with a formal dress or tuxedo (tuxedo will include pants, jacket, and tie. A vest may also be included.) This attire must be worn in full for all concert performances.

Students will be sized for this attire in the next week during class time.

Please note: some students will require minor alterations for their formal attire, typically hemming for proper length. We are asking for parents to hem pants and dresses on their own - students will be allowed to take their attire home for alterations if they need hemming.

Grizzly Band Formal Attire Guidelines:

PURCHASED ITEMS

• White Dress Shirt
• Tuxedo-wearing students only: A standard white dress shirt, long sleeved, with a collar, must be worn.
• Shoes
• Tuxedo-wearing students: Students will need black dress shoes & socks. Loafer style or laces are acceptable.
• Formal dress-wearing students: Students will need black dress shoes. Flats are recommended. No stockings/hosiery/leggings should be worn.

HAIR

• Students should wear hair out of their face and eyes.

JEWELRY

• Students are allowed to wear small earrings, single necklace, and small rings. Hair ties and scrunchies should not be worn on the wrists.
• It is concert tradition (and highly encouraged) for girls to wear pearls for concert performances.

SHOES

• Students should not wear sneakers, combat boots, slippers, or black socks without shoes instead of the appropriate dress shoes.

UNDER THE CONCERT ATTIRE

• Students wearing tuxedos must wear a plain white t-shirt underneath the dress shirt.
• Students wearing dresses should be aware of the wider neckline.
• It is inappropriate to wear long pants under the dress.

If you have any financial concerns, please contact jeremiah.figlewicz@leanderisd.org.

Upcoming Grizzly Band Events

• Friday, 2/17; Junior Movie Night (March-a-Thon Overall Class Prize)
• Friday, 2/24; February Concert
• Saturday, 2/25; Indoor Percussion Community Performance
• Sat/Sun, 3/4 - 3/5; WGI Austin Super-Regional Hosted by GHS Grizzly Band

Calendar for 2023-2024

At their January 26th meeting the LISD School Board approved the school calendar for the 2023-2024 academic year. You can find the calendar at the "Board Brief" listed here.

With this in mind, we have begun planning the dates and times for next summer and fall. These can be found on our Google Calendar at GlennBand.org. Please note that these dates and times may change and changes will be communicated to families and posted to the Google Calendar.

Summer Band 23-24 Overview

• DCI San Antonio Trip (details below): Saturday, July 22
• Leadership Training Camp (leaders only): Monday-Tuesday, July 24-25
• Summer Band Week 1 (FULL BAND): Wednesday-Friday, July 26-28
• Summer Band Week 2 (FULL BAND): Monday-Friday, July 31-August 4
• Summer Band Week 3 (FULL BAND): Monday-Friday, August 7-11
• Summer Band & First Week of School: Monday-Friday, August 14-18

Marching Band Contests 2023-2024 (Preliminary Dates)

• BOA Austin - September 23
• Vista Ridge Marching Contest - October 7
• Region Marching Contest - October 10
• BOA Prosper - October 14
• 5A Area Marching Contest - October 28
• BOA San Antonio - November 3 & 4
• 5A State Marching Band Contest - November 6 & 7

**Some events, like Festival of Bands, rehearsal calendar, and stadium dates are still TBD from LISD. Some events may also be subject to change based on local contest calendars. I'm very confident in the above contest dates, please start planning now!

Summer Band Rehearsals & Contest Day Notes

As with all Texas high school bands, please plan for your student to be at all of the above events. Look ahead now for SAT and ACT dates, as well as for vacation planning. I'll be heading to my log cabin in Wisconsin in June for a while so that I can be back for summer band! Please begin planning your summer/fall calendars for travel and testing now - we are SO EXCITED for next year's marching season and a big part of our success is having 100% attendance!

Conflicts are sure to come up - if you see these, please email me or Mr. Travis to let us know so that we can try to help with any possible solutions. Thank you!