Odem Bands

We would like to thank all our volunteers, students, and community members for making the 2024 Owl Marching Invitational a success! We have had a lot of great feedback about the friendliness of our contest and the great experience their students had! We do have a high school band rehearsal tomorrow, even though the students have the day off from

This is a big week for us, as we are hosting our 3rd Annual Owl Marching Invitational on Saturday and officially start ‘Bandtober!’ This has become a major fundraiser for our program, but it does require an army of volunteers to make it run smoothly. For this to continue to be a success, we need every student to have at least

We would like to begin this week by congratulating Benjamin Castaneda on auditioning and winning the 1stChair Trumpet spot at the All-Region Jazz Auditions on Saturday! He earned first place out of the largest section of competitors, and we’re very proud of his accomplishment! On Wednesday, he will travel to TAMUK to record his Area audition for a chance to

The year is quickly flying by here, with us beginning the 5th week of school! This week, we will continue the program of rehearsals for the high school band as we prepare for our contests. Our game this week is Home vs. Aransas Pass on Friday. Last week, letters were sent home with information on the spots for volunteering for the

Game 1 is done with a big win for the Owls to start the season and a great showing from the marching band for the first game of the year! We hope those successes continue for everyone through the year! For that to happen, we need students to ensure they are at rehearsals in the evenings. As a reminder for

Thank you to everyone who attended the Beginning Band Instrument drive at the junior high and Meet the Band this past Wednesday! We are exceptionally proud of the high school students for successfully putting the whole show on the field! This week begins the football season and our continued efforts to prepare the students for a successful marching season with

I hope this message finds you well! We survived the first week of school! This week will be our final week before varsity football games begin their regular season next week. We will host our annual Meet the Band performance Wednesday night at 8 pm. This will also be our final week of being on a different schedule than normal

Summer flew by quickly, and we’re at the first day of school already on Wednesday! For HS Band students we will be rehearsing 6:30-8:30 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday this week. They’ve been making amazing progress, and are halfway through the show with music and drill! We’re most likely doing the same next week, as our goal is to finish

This week is the final week before school starts! We had a fantastic week of work this last week, and our students accomplished a lot! Our March-A-Thon raised just short of $1,000 this week, and we appreciate all of the community support for the band! Thursday evening, we set our entire first song of drill on the field, and Saturday

We begin this week by congratulating the members of the 2023-2024 Odem JH Symphonic Winds for placing 4th in the State of Texas at the ATSSB State Outstanding Performance Series Contest this past week! This is a phenomenal accomplishment for the program, and we congratulate the students on their outstanding performance of a ‘A Scottish Festival’ this past May at Del