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Wow! It’s hard to believe it, but HS Summer Band begins Tomorrow! This opening week is very busy as we use every moment we can to rehearse before starting drill the following week on August 1st. It’s imperative that students are present for all of summer band rehearsals! Students must attend the rehearsals in order to be prepared and ready
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Summer has quickly flown around here, and we’re in the midst of preparing for The Spirit of OHS to begin our 2022 Marching Season! We are looking forward to an exciting and busy fall with our students as we prepare our show ‘The Road Not Taken’ for both UIL, and our final contest at the Bands of America Super Regional
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Last night we received some information about the schedule for Check-In for the TAMUC Camp. These forms that must be printed, filled out, and signed, no later than students arrival the day we leave. (http://www.odembands.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/TAMUC-Commerce-Forms-and-Information-to-Send.pdf ) If you need me to give you a printed copy I will be available for that next week during normal business hours at the
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It seems like not long ago I was sending out my weekly posting welcoming everyone to the new school year, and today I’m sending my one to conclude it! We still have upcoming events for this school year over the next couple of weeks, but for most students this is the final week and their summer begins! We would like
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We’d like to begin this week by congratulating the Odem JH Symphonic Winds on an outstanding performance Friday at their festival! They earned Superior Ratings from each of the three judges with their performance! This week brings us to the final end of the year wind down of events for the bands. We have a busy few weeks though! Tomorrow
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First of all I would like to extend a big Thank You to everyone who helped make Windi and Jazzi a success this year! We hope it was a fun event for those of you who attended, and look forward to having the event again next year! The next four weeks are going to be packed with events for our
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Last weekend was a big jazz weekend for us, and it was great to be back performing with The Screeching Owl Jazz Band at the South Coast Jazz Festival! I would like to also congratulate our two students, Junior Emma Doria, and 7th Grader Shawn Williams, for outstanding performances as members of the All-Region Jazz Bands Saturday! This week our main
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First of all I would like to thank parents for helping us get students to school and ready for UIL this past week. Despite some odd departure times, we had every student who should have been with us at UIL! Our bands had great performances, and it was great to again be able to take them to perform at UIL
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This week is going to be one of our busiest of the year as four of our bands participate in the UIL Concert and Sightreading Evaluation in Sinton Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. We ask that you please help us make certain students come with their concert clothes and arrive on time if there is an early arrival. Odem JH Concert
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This week we’ll be focusing on our final rehearsals leading into UIL on the 19th-21st. Please note that we go to contest with the Odem JH Bands the very day we come back from the four-day weekend this week! Odem JH Concert Band students must be at the JH Band Hall dressed in their concert clothes by 7am that morning!
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