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I hope this message finds you all well and enjoying the summer vacation! Due to lower interest than we needed to make the trip happen, we are changing destination of the trip for 2020 from Washington, DC to Los Angeles, CA. Thursday night at the Band Booster meeting (7pm in the Odem HS Band Hall) I would like to invite
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With graduation completed, and school being out for most of our students, summer is fully here! We would like to say congratulations to all of our graduates!!!! We do have a few events coming up still that I want to be sure to have information out now on. First, if your student did not take their personal instrument home from
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Congratulations to the members of the Odem High School Screeching Owl Band who participated this past weekend at the South Coast Jazz Festival and in the All-Region jazz bands. Members of the OHS Wind Ensemble and OJH Symphonic Winds also had great performances at the Crossroads Concert Band Festival this past week in Robstown – it was a busy week
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This will be a busy week for us with the Odem Bands as we host our 2nd Annual Solo and Ensemble Recital, and our students compete at the UIL Region Solo and Ensemble Contest in Robstown on THURSDAY. Please see below for more information on these events. The OJH Jazz Band will have it’s second rehearsal on Tuesday as well.
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This week we would like to begin by congratulating Zenaida ‘Ziggy’ Lara for earning the 1st Chair Area Clarinet spot this weekend! She advances to the All-State Bands for her second time, and will perform with the All-State Band February 16th in San Antonio! She will have a final round of auditions at State on February 13th. We also extend
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We have had two very good weeks of rehearsals so far and are looking forward to continuing with those this week! Due to the addition of football practices we will be adjusting our practice schedule time this week. Inside rehearsals will be from 3:30pm-5:00pm, outside will be 6:00pm-9:00pm. It is imperative that every student is attending every rehearsal. We have
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I hope this message finds you well! Summer has flown by, and once again we find ourselves at the beginning of Summer Band Camp! We’ll begin on Monday with sectionals in the morning and have full band rehearsals in the late afternoon, followed by fundamentals in the evening. Please remember that Marching Band Camp is mandatory for all members of
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Happy Fourth of July! I hope everyones summers are going well! I wanted to be sure to remind everyone of our upcoming Summer Band dates. Please note that students participation in dates are mandatory and failing to attend will most likely result in their becoming an alternate on the field. Please contact me as soon as possible if you
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Please find the schedule for our final week of preparation for our Carnegie Hall performance. All rehearsals/sectionals/concert are mandatory! Please ensure your students are present as it is imperative for our band to be successful with our performance!!! I am also attaching our final revision of our itinerary as well. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns!
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Wow! It seems like we just started Summer Band Camp and here we are finishing the last week of school!!! We are so proud of our students for all of their hard work! Once again the Odem Bands earned many awards and had some amazing performances throughout our year! Please pay close attention to this e-mail for details about end
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