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Happy Fourth of July! I hope this message finds you enjoying your summers and all is well! We have a busy next few months with our upcoming preparations for our 2017 Marching Show and moving into the New HS as well. I will discuss each of the events below, but would like to begin with our 2017 Odem HS March-A-Thon
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On April 13th the Odem HS Wind Ensemble performed at the UIL Region Concert and Sight-Reading Contest. They earned Odem High’s 4th Consecutive Sweepstakes Award that day and their performance was recorded. Each piece that they recorded was submitted to the Association of Texas Small School Band’s(ATSSB) Outstanding Performance Series Competition (OPS). At the region level they were the only
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It’s hard to believe, but we have made it to the end of the school year already! This will be the final week of school for most of the students. I would like to take a moment to thank all of you for making the 2016-2017 school year very successful for the Odem Bands! Thank you for attending our Spring
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I hope this message finds you well as we enter our final weeks of the school year! This will be another busy week for us with the bands as we have our final two concerts for the year. Please note that we will have our additional final performance at graduation with the Odem HS Band and JH Symphonic Winds Students.
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Wow I can’t believe we’ve reached the month of May already! I would like to begin this weeks information by congratulating our students who performed at the All-Region Jazz Clinic/Concert this weekend: Alex Rubio, Clara Sanchez, Brandon Morin, Roberto Ramirez, Justin Ridgway, Christina Montoya, Breanna Sanchez, Matthew Chavez, Lesley Barra, Ethan Tracy, Abby Tovar, Micah Lopez, Jacob Luna, Ethan
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I hope this message finds you well as we enter three very busy weeks for the Odem Bands. Please take note of the dates and events below as it will help us avoid possible conflicts. The first item up this week will be the conclusion of 5th Grade Mouthpiece Testing. Mr. Williams has been going down to the elementary
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I hope this message finds you well! I would like to begin by congratulate our bands that went to contest last week on an outstanding job! The Odem HS Symphonic Band began things by earning a rating of Excellent on stage (1-2-2) and a rating of Superior (1-1-2) in Sight-Reading. The Odem JH Symphonic Winds followed them by earning
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I would like to begin by thanking all of those involved in making our ‘Marches of the Past’ Fundraiser a successful event. Mandy Edwards, Rita Jasso, Kimberly Luna, Frances Lovaas, Patrick Hammack, and Kevin Murphy worked very hard on all elements of the event. There were a few others as well, if you see them please say thank you! I had many
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The big event for this week will be our ‘Marches of the Past Fundraiser,’ on Saturday. We have several major needs for this fundraiser to be successful! The first is please spread the word around. I believe we will sell many tickets at the door, but it is imperative we sell as many as we can prior to the
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We had a busy week last week and we appreciate your help and support in making it happen! The Pre-UIL Concert this past Monday was a big help to us in our preparations for contest, and we appreciate all of those who came out to support our students performances that evening! Friday evening the Screeching Owl Jazz Band had
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