For the members of The Spirit of OHS this week represents our first rehearsals with everyone back! We are looking
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For the members of The Spirit of OHS this week represents our first rehearsals with everyone back! We are looking forward to our ‘Legends of the Alamo’ production getting off to a start this week! This week we’re rehearsing Monday through Wednesday only, due to a band convention that directors will be attending. For those freshmen, or new to the
Read moreI hope everyone has had a restful set of weeks this summer! The Spirit of OHS begins kicking off Fall 2024 Marching Season practices this week with Leadership, Guard, and Percussion events. Monday we’re attending the Marching Health Clinic hosted by Flour Bluff HS with Leadership, and volunteer 10th-12th grade students. We still have spots available too! Students should arrive at
Read moreThis message is to let everyone know we will be having our postponed Owl Band Booster Meeting on Monday at 7 pm in the Band Hall at the High School. Following the business of the meeting we will play our recording of the concert from Cleveland for anyone who wishes to see the students amazing performance! We will be off
Read moreFirst this week we would like to extend a huge congratulations to the students who travelled to Cleveland last week! They are still receiving a ton of compliments a week later, and it’s a testament to their behavior and musicianship last week! We are planning to have a showing of their concert sometime in the next week or two at
Read moreFirst of all, we’d like to congratulate our 2024 State Silver Medalists! Vince Barrera, Benjamin Castañeda, and Eva Garcia all earned Silver Medals at the UIL State Solo and Ensemble Contest! Our Woodwind Choir, Brass Choir, and Percussion Ensemble also earned Excellent Ratings at the contest! We are very proud of every student who advanced and performed!!! This week is
Read moreFirst of all we’d like to congratulate our 2024 graduates who graduated Friday night! We wish them the best as they move onto the next chapter in their lives! I’m posting this week’s message a night early due to UIL State Solo and Ensemble tomorrow/Monday. For those students we need them to be at the high school by 10am so
Read moreIt seems like just yesterday I was writing the first of these emails with the days of school starting for everyone! Today we find ourselves at the final week of the school year, even though we do have a number of events still on the calendar for the Odem Bands. The biggest this week will be graduation on Friday. Odem
Read moreWe begin this week by congratulating our Odem JH Symphonic Winds and Odem HS Wind Ensemble students for outstanding performances on Friday at the American Classics Buccaneer Festival at Del Mar College. Both bands earned Superior Ratings from the three judges and the award of ‘Outstanding Performer’ for their class! This is our final full week of school for the
Read moreI would like to begin by saying thank you to all who attended Windi and Jazzi: ‘May the Fourth Be With You’ yesterday! We had our largest crowd at this event ever, with 158 tickets sold! Our silent auction and punch board also performed well, so we had a great fundraiser event! We’ll have details and the reports on everything
Read moreThis week we host our big Dinner/Concert Fundraiser of Windi and Jazzi on Saturday! The event theme this year is ‘May the Fourth Be With You,’ and will feature iconic songs from the Star Wars movies along with other great music! We hope you’ll come and join us for this great event! Tickets are still available here: https://odemhsband.ludus.com They will also be
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