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We begin today by first congratulating our students on an outstanding performance at Area yesterday! They finished ahead of 16 other bands at the large 29-band contest and were only a few bands from finals! As the smallest school present at the contest by enrollment, our students didn’t let that, or rain, slow them down! We are incredibly proud of
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We would like to begin by thanking everyone who came out to support us at our annual Marchathon last week! We raised just under $1,700 through the event! If you know of any business that would still be interested in sponsoring the band and receiving a shoutout at halftime as a thank you each week, please let us know! We’ll
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This week we start everyone back in full for The Spirit of OHS! We appreciate that we were able to get a start last week with the smaller groups in, and look forward to having everyone. Please see the schedule below, but it works out that we have a sectional with the students in the first half of the day,
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This week, we will begin holding daily percussion rehearsals for both the drumline and front ensemble, as well as guard and leadership sessions. We will also need all incoming new members on Wednesday and Thursday evenings from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm so we can begin teaching marching fundamentals. For the Wednesday and Thursday evenings, we must have physicals on
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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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