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News from the Odem HS Bands
Welcome to the week where everything really begins to start up for us with the bands! Our first football game will be this Friday in Ben-Bolt. Students will need to be back at the HS Band Hall by 5 pm to depart for the game. We should return around 10:45 pm, depending on how late the game runs. We will
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It was good to see our students all back at school this past week! It was a busy three days, but lots of good things already apparent with our students this year! This week is our final week without a football game on our schedule for a while, but we do have a couple of events on Wednesday. The first
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We’ve had a great four weeks of summer band and preparation with our students, and though it’s difficult to believe it, we’re already back to school this week! This means we’ll have some shifts in our schedule for the next two weeks leading up to Meet the Band next Wednesday, the 20th(7:30 pm). Once we get to the 25thwe’ll move
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We’ve had a great few weeks of summer rehearsals and planning with The Spirit of OHS! Our Marchathon this past week was also successful at raising nearly $1,400 for the boosters that will help with costs this season! As we near the school year, we will adjust our practice schedule beginning this week. We will hold an inside rehearsal from
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Last week it was great to see students back as we began having students come in for summer rehearsals! This week is our most intense week of preparation, with students having sectional rehearsals, full band indoor rehearsals, and outdoor evening marching rehearsals on Monday through Wednesday. Please check the schedule below for that information! On Thursday, we will have sectionals
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This week, we begin phasing in our Summer Band program, with everything fully ramping up next week. Our Percussion (Battery and Front Ensemble) will rehearse most of the day and evening Monday/Tuesday, and morning on Wednesday. Color Guard will do that, plus the afternoon on Wednesday. Our Brass and Woodwind members will have an indoor afternoon rehearsal from 4:00 pm
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I hope this message finds everyone well and rested from the summer break! We have reached that time where we’ll be starting up summer band stuff for The Spirit of OHS for our 2025 Season. Just a reminder, physicals are required for participation in Marching Band in Texas. It’s the same form/policy as Athletics. We can see if forms have
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I hope this message finds you well as we’re beginning our 2nd full week of the summer break here! We had a hectic end of the year for the bands, and we appreciate all of the students who attended graduation to support our graduating seniors! That Monday, we took students to State Solo and Ensemble and were pleased to have a
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We begin this final week by expressing our appreciation to all who attended our Spring Concerts last week. They were a great way to finish off the year for most of the groups, and we’re proud of the growth all the students have shown throughout the year. As our seniors graduate this week, we wish them congratulations and the best
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First off, we wish a Happy Mother’s Day to all of our band moms out there! This week will be a busy one, as it is the second-to-last week of school. To begin the week, on Monday, we’ll have our Odem JH Symphonic Winds and Odem HS Bands concert beginning at 6:30 pm. JH Symphonic Winds members should be on
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