Odem Bands Schedule – Week of 8/31/2026
Our season for the high school is well and truly underway! Congrats to the Owls on their opening night victory on Friday! This week we’ll continue working to refine the show with our high school students during our Monday and Thursday evening 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm rehearsals. As a reminder we do have one Tuesday planned for September 15th to accommodate the schedule of someone coming to help adjust our sound system.
Next Monday, on Labor Day (9/7), we will have our rehearsal in the MORNING from 8 am-10 am outside, then move inside for an hour to work on choreo/music. We’re doing that in an effort to better coordinate with Volleyball and Football that day and get all of our students to the rehearsal at one time. With Burning of the O being on Thursday, that will be our main rehearsal for the week – please make sure students are present!
For HS students and 7th/8th Grade Students, we need their band fees at this time. We accept checks or money orders only in the band halls (no cash, please), but we can also now accept online payments via Debit/Credit Card. Please see the information below about setting up your Presto Account if you wish to pay with Debit/Credit Card. We’re finding it’s a bit of a process to get everyone onto the system, but it works well once we have all the steps in place!
Beginning Band Instruments:
Beginning Band students should have brought their instruments on Friday. The company we have for our drive had a shipping delay, but we have provided instruments to get started until theirs arrive. (Hopefully tomorrow) If there is a financial concern with getting an instrument and you have not done so, please contact Mr. Williams (williamsn@oeisd.org) so we can help! Our philosophy is that every student deserves the opportunity to be in band, and we will do all we can to help by connecting with former students and used instruments, or by providing a school instrument when possible!
Presto and Online Payments
We have used a system called Presto for a number of years now to send weekly emails, track our inventory, and track fees, etc. This year we have been able to link online payments for those fees. There is a video here with details on how to create accounts and use the system: https://support.presto-assistant.com/articles/getting-started-guide-students-and-parents/ You should have received a welcome email about 11 am on Sunday. If you don’t see it in your email, please check your spam folder and have your student log in to their OEISD email account, as it may have gone there. You can also join via our group/organization code, odemowls (it’s at the bottom of the page after you set up your Parent account). You may have an issue if we used your email address to create the student account; in that case, if you have a second email address, you should be able to join that way.
If you have completed both of those steps and don’t see it, please email rashs@oeisd.org with your name, the student’s name, your relationship to the student, your email address, and the student’s grade. The login page is here: https://app.presto-assistant.com/ .
Alumni Band
We began spreading the world this past week, but please tell any older students, relatives, or – even yourselves if you are an alumnus of The Spirit of OHS, we’re looking to ‘put the band back together!’ This year, for the 2026 Odem HS Homecoming Game vs. Aransas Pass, on September 11th, the right dates have aligned for us to host an Alumni Band Night! We are looking for any alumni from Odem HS who have graduated from the band program (ANY YEAR!) to come join us for this special event! We plan to have a special performance of some of the ‘classic’ songs the band has played over the decades before the game, after the Homecoming Court Coronation, together with the current band students. You can find more information on this webpage: http://www.odembands.org/uncategorized/alumni-band-at-homecoming/.Registration is available here: https://tinyurl.com/26SpiritAlumniBand. We already have 37 sign-ups covering most years from 2008-2026, as well as 1987 and 2001!
We do ask that registration please be completed by Tomorrow (Monday 8/31) so we have time to get shirts in!
This Week’s Schedule
| Monday: | HS Band Evening Rehearsal | 6:30 pm-9:00 pm |
| Tuesday: | No Rehearsal (Sectionals?) | Band Hall Closes at 4:30 pm |
| Wednesday: | No Rehearsal (Sectionals?) | Band Hall Closes at 4:30 pm |
| Thursday: | HS Band Evening Rehearsal | 6:30 pm-9:00 pm |
| Friday: | Odem vs. Taft (Taft) | 5:15 pm Students at Band Hall 5:45 pm Board Buses to Depart to Taft 7:30 pm Kick-Off ~10:00 pm Game Ends ~10:45 pm Return to Odem |
Upcoming Events:
| Friday: | Odem vs. Taft (Taft) |
| Monday, September 7th: | Labor Day (MORNING REHEARSAL 8 am – 11 am) |
| September 9th: | In Town Alumni Band Rehearsal 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm |
| September 10th: | Homecoming Parade and Burning of the ‘O’ |
| September 11th: | Homecoming Game vs. Aransas Pass |
| September 12th: | All-Region Jazz Auditions |
| September 15th: | Tuesday Evening Rehearsal with Audio Team for HS |
| September 16th: | All-Area/State Jazz Recordings (If Students Advance) |
| September 17th: | Clinic with Mr. Santos at Thursday Rehearsal |
| September 18th: | Odem vs. Victoria St. Joe at Victoria Memorial Stadium |
| September 25th: | Odem vs. San Antonio Memorial (San Antonio) |
| September 26th: | 5th Annual Owl Marching Invitational |
| October 2nd: | Afternoon Rehearsal/Pack Equipment for next Day |
| October 3rd: | Seguin Marching Contest (Seguin) |
| October 9th: | Odem vs. Santa Rosa (Home) |
| October 10th: | Robstown Crossroads Marching Contest |
Thank you for your help and support of these amazing students! Please contact us if you have any questions!