This week is our final week before Thanksgiving Break, and remains a busy one! First we have HS Band Placement auditions this week in class. Students must record their placement exam by Thursday after school for a grade. Tuesday evening we will be holding our monthly Band Booster meeting at 7pm in the Cafetorium. We will need new officers for

This week is Veteran’s Day, our first week of Playoffs, and we’ll be working with the HS to prepare for their Winter Concert and Region Auditions as well. JH is currently preparing for their region auditions as well, so while marching contests are finished, it will still be a busy week!  Friday the district will host our Annual Veteran’s Day

I would like to begin this week by congratulating The Spirit of OHS on what was undoubtedly their best performance of the season yesterday!!! Though we didn’t make finals, they placed 13th out of 33 bands – ahead of 20 other bands! That was despite starting as the second band and having to be at the school by 4am! They did

This week we begin by congratulating the members of The Spirit of OHS for earning a Superior Rating at Saturday’s UIL Region Marching Contest! All three judges agreed that it was a superior performance! Their performance has now qualified the band for the Area Marching Contest in a little under two weeks on October 28th! I will have a full

Following a successful clinic this past weekend with Mr. Jesse Lotspeich, and trumpet professor Dr. Mary Thornton, this week begins our UIL Contest Season! Saturday, The Spirit of OHS performs at 6:30pm at AC Jones HS in Beeville. Every student must be in attendance as this is our qualifying performance for hopefully advancing to Area two weeks later on the

This week I would like to begin this email by expressing my sincerest gratitude to the students, parents, community members, and others who were involved in the contest. Yesterday we unfortunately had a judge experience a medical emergency during the contest, but fortunately we had an army of people respond as we began giving him care. I am very pleased

Welcome to what is going to be a very important and busy week for us with the Odem Bands! First, we would like to congratulate Benjamin Castaneda for earning a spot in the trumpet section in the All-Region Jazz Bands this past weekend! He will perform with the group in February during our Annual All-Region Jazz Clinic/Concert! This weekend we

Welcome to homecoming week! This will be a very busy week for us with the Odem Bands as we have Homecoming events through the week and HS All-Region Jazz Auditions on Saturday for our students who are signed up. Then next week is the 2nd Annual Owl Marching Invitational! For homecoming events we start on Thursday with the Parade at 7:30pm

This week with the Labor Day holiday makes for a shorter week, but just as a reminder we do rehearse with the HS Band from 6:30pm-8:30pm tomorrow night! We will show the film from Friday at 6pm, and there will be a Leadership Team meeting at 5:45pm. Last week we met with parents about the upcoming June trip to Cleveland.

We’ve made it through our first week and a half of school, first football game, and now we’re on the road for the rest of the semester here with the bands! This week we have several big things to keep in mind. First, we will have two trip meetings for our 2024 Cleveland trip that is open to Freshmen through