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I hope this message finds you well as end our Spring Breaks and enter the home stretch of the school year. Please note the next several weeks will be packed with events, so please look closely at these messages as they are sent out. Of significance this week we have our Pre-UIL Concert tomorrow (Monday) night and the TAMUK Jazz
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Please remember we will have our Pre-UIL Concert on Monday evening at 6:30pm. Concert order is OJH Symphonic Winds, OHS Screeching Owl Jazz Band, OHS Symphonic Band, and OHS Wind Ensemble. Concert attire for all HS Students: Ladies – Black Blouse/Black Slacks (No skirts/dresses), Gentlemen – Long Sleeve Black Button Down Shirt, Black Slacks, and Black Dress Shoes.
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As I have mentioned briefly in the last couple weeks the OHS Drumline is traveling to Austin tomorrow to participate in the “We Believe in Public Schools” Rally that is being held by a large number of Texas Small School Districts around our region and the state. Our drumline will perform for about 4 minutes at 11:38 on the South
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I hope this message finds you well as we enter the final week before Spring Break! This week should be a light one for our students with performances. I do ask though that you please check with your students and their grades this week, as this is the three weeks point that will be the last chance for some
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I hope this message finds you well as we prepare to enter March already! Below you will find several reminders of upcoming events. One item of particular note is that we have adjusted our Pre-UIL Contest Concert back to March 20th due to some other conflicts. At present we plan on OJH Symphonic Winds, OJH Concert Band, OHS Screeching Owl
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I hope this message finds you well! I would like to begin today’s e-mail by congratulating the students who participated in the Region UIL Solo and Ensemble contest this past week. Odem JH had 18 medals earned and Odem HS had 16 medals, along with a quartet that is advancing to the State Solo and Ensemble Contest that will be
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I hope this message finds you well! I would like to begin this week’s e-mail by congratulating Noah Villarreal and Justin Ridgway on their fine representation of themselves and Odem this past week! Justin Ridgway placed 3rd in the State of Texas on his 2nd Appearance at State! Noah Villarreal was able to defend his State Title from last
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This week is going to be an abbreviated week for most of the activities for the Odem Bands. Mr. Williams, myself, and our two All-Staters (Noah Villarreal and Justin Ridgway) will be traveling to San Antonio Wednesday through Saturday for the Texas Music Educators Association Convention and the All-State Bands. I would like to invite you if you’re interested to
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I hope this message finds you well as we quickly approach the end of January! This week will be one of the last weeks we have limited events on our calendar. I would like to remind everyone that we need deposits for the 2018 HS Band Trip to Florida by Wednesday, February 1st. It is imperative that we have a
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I hope this message finds you well! This week doesn’t have a great number of events for the bands. We wish the students involved in this weeks Stock Show good luck with their events! Please note that for Juniors we will have letter jacket fitting tomorrow during class. The school pays for the jacket/letter only, all other patches being
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