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We would like to begin this week by thanking the Community of Odem-Edroy ISD for supporting our students during our 5th Annual March-A-Thon! We raised just under $1,200 this year with the fundraiser and appreciate everyone who came out to support the students! Last week with the HS Band we had a fantastic start to our season with a first
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I would like to begin this week by congratulating all of the students who were members of the Odem HS Wind Ensemble this past spring. Thursday they had advanced to the State Finals in both the TMEA Honor Band and ATSSB Outstanding Performance Series Competition. The competition was stiff, as expected at the state level, but our students performance held
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All students will return tomorrow for sectionals in the morning, afternoon ensemble rehearsal, and marching fundamentals in the evening. It is imperative that our students attend all rehearsals through the summer for us to be prepared for our run towards a return to the UIL State Marching Contest! Students who do not attend summer band camp will not be given spots
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I hope this finds everyone well and having a restful summer break! We are fixing to get our Summer Rehearsals started to prepare for our advancing year show ‘Still There.’ We will be starting up our Leadership, Percussion/Drumline, and Color Guard Unit rehearsals this coming week. All students will return on Monday, the 22nd for sectionals in the morning, afternoon
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We will be leaving for the Texas A&M University Commerce Color Guard and Drum Major camps this Sunday. I have included some important information below, please be sure students have all forms, bedding, equipment, etc. that they need! Students should be at the High School Band Hall before 6:30am Sunday! (I will have the school open by 6am) Remind Account
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I hope this message finds you all well and enjoying the summer vacation! Due to lower interest than we needed to make the trip happen, we are changing destination of the trip for 2020 from Washington, DC to Los Angeles, CA. Thursday night at the Band Booster meeting (7pm in the Odem HS Band Hall) I would like to invite
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With graduation completed, and school being out for most of our students, summer is fully here! We would like to say congratulations to all of our graduates!!!! We do have a few events coming up still that I want to be sure to have information out now on. First, if your student did not take their personal instrument home from
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It’s amazing how fast the year flies by each year and before we know it we’re here at Graduation Week! Our band events have mostly wrapped up at this time, so there’s not a lot of announcements to make this week. The first item is that OJH students should be taking their instruments home for the summer tomorrow. Symphonic Winds
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We are in the home stretch here for the Odem Bands, with our final concert of the year tomorrow night featuring the Screeching Owl Jazz Band and a special Alumni Jazz Band! Tomorrow night we celebrate the 10th Anniversary Spring Evening of Jazz and look forward to a fun evening! Dessert and refreshments will be provided to audience members who
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Thank you to everyone who attended this past weeks concert of the OJH Symphonic Winds and the Odem HS Bands! We’re beginning to roll through the last performances of the year for all of our groups with the next one tomorrow night (Monday) with the Odem JH Beginning Band and Odem JH Concert Band’s Spring Concert. The concert will begin
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