Glenn Band News - WGI Week

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.

Tuesday, 2/28

Wind Ensemble Morning Rehearsal (adjusted this week), 7:00-8:00am

Conducting Clinic #1, 7:15am (may be moved due to Wind Ensemble rehearsal)

Wednesday, 3/1

WGI Volunteer Meeting (Band Hall), 7:00pm

Saturday, 3/4

Gems Dance Company Contest Day

WGI AUSTIN SUPER REGIONAL DAY 1

Sunday, 3/5

WGI AUSTIN SUPER REGIONAL DAY 2

WGI Week @ GHS

This week is a huge week for us as a band community - we are hosting SEVENTY TWO color guards from across the state for a huge show this Saturday & Sunday.

If you have not yet signed up to help - PLEASE help in any way that you can. We need all of your support for this weekend - I have no doubt it's going to be a great success, but every person helping will make a huge difference. If you're nervous about signing up I understand, but trust me, every job has people around to help and you'll be great! Please sign up at the link in the next section.

Please come up and say hello if you see us this weekend! See you at WGI!

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 Club 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

Monday PM (3:50-4:50pm) - Horns

Thursday AM (7:00-8:00am) - FULL BAND Rehearsal

Tuesday PM (3:50-4:50pm) - Trumpets

Wednesday AM (7:00-8:00am) - Flutes, Oboe, Clarinets, Altos

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 @ Vista Ridge Contest

Congratulations to our Gems Dance Company this past Saturday at the Vista Ridge Contest!

1st Place, Team Modern

1st Place, Team Contemporary

1st Place, Team Lyrical

2nd Place, Team Jazz

INCREDIBLE JOB to our Gems Dance Co, so proud of you all!

Gems This Week

Weekly Schedule

Tuesday - Rehearsal, 4:00pm

Thursday - Rehearsal, 4:00pm

Saturday - Contest Day #3, All Day

Indoor Percussion

Weekly Schedule

Tuesday - Rehearsal, 4:00pm

Thursday - Rehearsal, 4:00pm

Friday - Rehearsal, 4:00pm

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!