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This week is a big week for the Odem Bands, as we host our 4th Annual Owl Marching Invitational! The OMI has become one of our best fundraisers for the year, but in order for it to be successful we need an army of parent and adult volunteers! If you have not already signed up to volunteer, we ask that you
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We begin this week by congratulating Benjamin Castañeda – Trumpet, Eva Garcia – Bass, and Ysidrio Roman – Trombone, for making the All-Region Jazz Bands this weekend! They competed alongside students in conferences 2A-4A for this honor! Additionally, Ben earned 1st Chair Trumpet and has advanced to the Area Jazz round, where he will record for a chance to be a
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The year is already well underway here, and we’re heading into the quick pace of fall! This weekend, we will have six high school students auditioning for the All-Region Jazz Bands – please see the information below for those students. Friday will be an away game versus Aransas Pass before that. This week will also see the first pep rally
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This week was a great first week of the football season for us! We look forward to presenting the full show to our home fans for the first time this week! Through the Meet the Band evening, or via mail, the boosters have assigned all of our families a time to work for the concession stand this season. If you
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Welcome to the week where everything really begins to start up for us with the bands! Our first football game will be this Friday in Ben-Bolt. Students will need to be back at the HS Band Hall by 5 pm to depart for the game. We should return around 10:45 pm, depending on how late the game runs. We will
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It was good to see our students all back at school this past week! It was a busy three days, but lots of good things already apparent with our students this year! This week is our final week without a football game on our schedule for a while, but we do have a couple of events on Wednesday. The first
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We’ve had a great four weeks of summer band and preparation with our students, and though it’s difficult to believe it, we’re already back to school this week! This means we’ll have some shifts in our schedule for the next two weeks leading up to Meet the Band next Wednesday, the 20th(7:30 pm). Once we get to the 25thwe’ll move
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We’ve had a great few weeks of summer rehearsals and planning with The Spirit of OHS! Our Marchathon this past week was also successful at raising nearly $1,400 for the boosters that will help with costs this season! As we near the school year, we will adjust our practice schedule beginning this week. We will hold an inside rehearsal from
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Last week it was great to see students back as we began having students come in for summer rehearsals! This week is our most intense week of preparation, with students having sectional rehearsals, full band indoor rehearsals, and outdoor evening marching rehearsals on Monday through Wednesday. Please check the schedule below for that information! On Thursday, we will have sectionals
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This week, we begin phasing in our Summer Band program, with everything fully ramping up next week. Our Percussion (Battery and Front Ensemble) will rehearse most of the day and evening Monday/Tuesday, and morning on Wednesday. Color Guard will do that, plus the afternoon on Wednesday. Our Brass and Woodwind members will have an indoor afternoon rehearsal from 4:00 pm
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