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We begin this week by congratulating our Odem JH Symphonic Winds and Odem HS Wind Ensemble students for outstanding performances on Friday at the American Classics Buccaneer Festival at Del Mar College. Both bands earned Superior Ratings from the three judges and the award of ‘Outstanding Performer’ for their class! This is our final full week of school for the
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I would like to begin by saying thank you to all who attended Windi and Jazzi: ‘May the Fourth Be With You’ yesterday! We had our largest crowd at this event ever, with 158 tickets sold! Our silent auction and punch board also performed well, so we had a great fundraiser event! We’ll have details and the reports on everything
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This week we host our big Dinner/Concert Fundraiser of Windi and Jazzi on Saturday! The event theme this year is ‘May the Fourth Be With You,’ and will feature iconic songs from the Star Wars movies along with other great music! We hope you’ll come and join us for this great event! Tickets are still available here: https://odemhsband.ludus.com They will also be
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We wish to begin this week by offering congratulations to some students in our program. We have 5 ‘Texas Music Scholars’ this year, who have earned the high honor of this State award issued by the Texas Music Educators Association! Vince Barrera, Benjamin Castañeda, Eva Garcia, Elena Molina, and Angelica Soto all earned this honor for maintaining outstanding academic and
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I hope this message finds you well! This week is busy for students with EOC and STAAR tests ongoing on both JH and HS campuses. For the bands though we’re just in the middle of rehearsing and preparing for upcoming events. It is a very busy race to the finish here, so we do ask that people please keep our
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We would like to begin this week by extending our congratulations to the members of the Odem JH Symphonic Winds and the Odem HS Wind Ensemble for earning UIL Sweepstakes awards this week! Both groups received superior ratings from every judge at the contest! We are very proud of the students and their accomplishments! We also were fortunate at the
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We would like to thank everyone who came out to support the students at their Pre-UIL Concerts this past week! We’re currently making our final adjustments and preparations for UIL at the end of this week with the feedback we received from the judges. Thursday at 12:45pm the Odem JH Symphonic Winds will perform at Tuloso-Midway HS Auditorium, and they’ll
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This week is a packed week for students both with band and many other athletic and academic events. First, tomorrow, on Monday, we will have the Odem JH Pre-UIL Concert at 6:30pm in the Cafetorium with the Odem JH Concert Band and Symphonic Winds performances. Odem JH Concert Band Students need to be on stage ready to warm-up at 6pm.
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This week is our last before Spring Break, so we will be focusing on preparing students for their Pre-UIL Concerts and UIL Concert and Sight-Reading Evaluation which will come up soon after Spring Break. The JH Pre-UIL Concert is scheduled for Monday, March 25th for JH Symphonic Winds and Concert Band, and Tuesday, March 26th for the Odem HS Wind Ensemble and
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This week is a light one for the Odem Bands, with no events scheduled except a Cleveland Rehearsal from 6pm-8pm on Thursday. For students attending that trip it is imperative they are present at those rehearsals! Particularly for any student who is not in Wind Ensemble those are the only times they’re rehearsing that music with our group. We are
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