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We begin this week by congratulating our solo and ensemble participants! Odem HS earned 12 Gold Soloist Medals, 2 Silver Soloist Medals, and 9 Ensemble Medals. 11 of those Soloists Advanced to State – this is more than double the number Odem HS has ever advanced as soloists! Additionally, our Trumpet Sextet and Euphonium Trio earned Ensemble Medals and advanced
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This week is a light week for us with the Odem Bands with no events scheduled. The main two items of note this week is that Spring Band Fees of $25 for Grades 7-12 students should be paid by February 1st, as well as any outstanding fall band fees. The Spring Band Fee goes towards helping pay for Spring Expenses,
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We would like to begin this week by congratulating the members of The Spirit of OHS for their 1st Place Finish in their class at the USBands Goliad Showcase this weekend! They also earned the caption awards for Best Guard, Best Visual Effect, and Best Overall Effect! It was a great start for them! Over the coming weeks we will be
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PLEASE NOTE THE UPDATED INFORMATION BELOW FROM FIRST VERSION! FRIDAY’S GAME WILL BE PLAYED IN ODEM! WE NEED A DOZEN OR SO PARENTS TO HELP WITH THIS GAME’S CONCESSIONS – PLEASE CONTACT Mrs. Mandi Edwards IF YOU CAN HELP! Before we begin this week, I would like to give a big THANK YOU to the parents who came to help
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Last week we had a fantastic week of spending time with our leadership team and Dr. Trae Blanco from Murray State University, and our guard learned their routine with Mr. Michael Cabrera. Both groups of students learned a lot that will help us move forward with our 2021 season! Tomorrow we truly begin that season as a group! All Spirit
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I hope everyone has had a safe break and this message finds you all well and healthy! The next few weeks traditionally are some of the least busy for us as we transition seasons with the high school band, and begin preparing for Solo and Ensemble and UIL Concert and Sight-Reading Evaluation with the 7th-12th Grade Bands. The schedule for this
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This week Odem will play Taft at home for our Friday night game. I will send out the Presale Code for parents of band students to use on Remind to them soon after sending this. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Wednesday – I highly recommend you purchase before then as I anticipate this will be a
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I hope this message finds everyone well! Last week we selected our Color Guard for the 2020 Marching Season, and this week we hope to set the Drumline and Front Ensemble as well. We will be holding two short rehearsals on Wednesday and Thursday form 1pm-3pm. Those students should fill out this form if they have not already done so:
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We would like to begin this week by congratulating junior Ethan Sanchez on making the All-State Band on Saturday at the Area Tryouts. He is the first ever Odem HS Trombone student to earn a spot in the All-State Bands, and we look forward to his audition in the Final State Round on Wednesday, February 12th, and his performance with
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I hope this finds everyone well and having a restful summer break! We are fixing to get our Summer Rehearsals started to prepare for our advancing year show ‘Still There.’ We will be starting up our Leadership, Percussion/Drumline, and Color Guard Unit rehearsals this coming week. All students will return on Monday, the 22nd for sectionals in the morning, afternoon
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