Odem Bands Schedule – Week of 1/13/2025

We begin this week by congratulating Eva Garcia on her amazing accomplishment of making the All-State Band on Saturday!!! February 12th-15th she will participate with at the 2025 TMEA State Convention as a member of the 3A All State Concert Band. She will perform in concert with that group at 9am on Saturday, February 15th at the Lila Cochrell Auditorium in San Antonio. Given only 286 students are selected from 10,000 across the state, we are incredibly proud of her! We look forward to her final state round of auditions in February! 

We would also like to issue congratulations to our other participants at Area, Benjamin Castaneda, Adrian Aguirre, and JJ Gomez all had outstanding auditions as well! 

All trip participants for 2026 to please make sure you register on the Bob Rogers Travel site at this time. Current 8th-11th Grade Band Students are eligible to travel on this. If you missed the meeting, you may find a copy of the packet here: https://tinyurl.com/msrnkua6 . Registration is is still open on their site: https://bobrogerstravel.grcoll.co/v2/go/odem26 

Payment options and forms are handled through their website there. The boosters will bulk donate toward the trip for the number of students who have paid a deposit by February 15th. That will be paid sometime next month once we confirm the number of participants. I encourage students to attend this trip; it will be an amazing experience for them, and it is only really possible for most of them as a group like this!

Lastly, we are planning to have some evening rehearsals with Wind Ensemble through January on Thursday evenings from 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm. Wind ensemble students should please plan to be in attendance this week!

This Week’s Schedule

Day:Event:
Monday:Band Hall Open until 4:00 pm
Tuesday:Band Hall Open 
Booster Meeting 6 pm in HS Cafetorium
Wednesday:Band Hall Open until 4:00 pm
Thursday:Band Hall Open After SchoolWind Ensemble Rehearsal 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Friday:Band Hall Closed after School

Upcoming Events:

Day:Event:Time:
Saturday:HS All-Area Auditions (Calallen) 
February 7th-8thAll-Region Jazz Clinic/Concert 
February 20th:Solo and Ensemble Recital 
February 27th:UIL Region Solo and Ensemble Contest 

Thank you for your help and support of these amazing students! Please contact us if you have any questions! We hope you all had a great break!