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Time is marching on quickly here in the world, and we’re drawing nearer to the start of the scheduled Football Season. We began sectionals with students last week to begin the process of training them in procedures, as well as to keep groups smaller to begin with. This week we will begin full band rehearsals in the evening from 6:30pm-8:30pm
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I hope this message finds you well! We will begin in person rehearsals this week, with evening sectionals that we alternate groups each night. With every part of our return to activities we make, we believe in taking the health and safety of our students as our primary concern. As such we are going to start smaller and work to
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Greetings, I hope this message finds you well and that you made it through Hanna without any damage to your homes! I am writing to update everyone on our plans for summer band with the Odem HS Band. In the past week UIL has released some changes for this year that have left us trying to determine our best way
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Out of an abundance of caution we are going to postpone this weeks color guard/drum line practices. UIL is supposed to be providing us with an update tomorrow. Following that update I will send out our plans moving forward for this summer. Thank you for your understanding, please contact me if you have any questions/concerns!
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Good evening, We had scheduled for two days of leadership training and drumline camp next week. In the interest of safety we are going to postpone those days for now on campus. Tuesday at 2pm I would like to have a virtual meeting with our leadership team over Zoom – I will provide more info and links via their Remind.
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As of June 22nd, UIL has allowed for increased numbers of students to rehearse inside. That number was high enough that we had scheduled a tentative rehearsal for tomorrow night. With the state/local cases seeming to increase, we’re going to be cautious and hold off with a full band rehearsal. If things change we might try and have one on
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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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I hope this message finds you well! This week UIL has made it possible for us to begin limited rehearsals. Our first priority is Color Guard, who will be meeting Monday through Wednesday this week from 9am-11am. All of those students need to make sure they read through the section below and follow those guidelines exactly. I have included a
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I hope this letter finds you all well! Over the past weeks we have been waiting for guidance and permission from UIL to resume summer activities with marching band. UIL has given us clearance to do so in a restricted fashion. Below you will find the restrictions and guidelines that MUST be followed as we begin to resume our practices.
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I hope this message finds you well! As we approach the end of the year we need to take care of collecting school equipment in a safe manner. Students with school instruments (or mouthpieces, etc) who are graduating, or not planning to return to be a part of the Odem Bands next year, must return their school instruments during the days and
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