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This week is going to be an exciting week in Odem with a lot going on! First we’ll be having our Annual Mandatory Band Parent Meeting for all band students Grades 7-12 at the Odem Cafetorium tomorrow (Monday) night at 6pm. We need at least one parent for every student to be present as we cover policies and sign-ups
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Welcome to another great year with the Odem Bands! Hard to believe summer has come to a close… but it always must! This week there are quite a few items to be aware of for the week. I’ll address the Junior High program first, and then the High School items will follow. First though please note that there is a
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I hope this message finds you well as we prepare to go into our final week of summer band rehearsals before school starts up! This week is a busy one, so please take a close look at the schedule. Before I get to that though I would like to also make sure everyone knows we will be having a
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This week sees us continuing to be in full swing with marching summer camp! Last week we finished putting our opener on the field, and hope to have the second song and part of the third on this week. We will be maintaining the same schedule as last week until Thursday when we will switch to a 6:30pm-9:30pm schedule
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We started off with a great week last week with The Spirit of OHS! Our fundraiser Friday night raised $845 so far. If you were waiting for the official tally to collect pledges that was 4.33 miles and 8,503 steps. We would like all remaining monies turned in Tuesday evening before or after the Booster meeting. www.odembands.org Next I would
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I hope this message finds you well! Summer has flown by, and once again we find ourselves at the beginning of Summer Band Camp! We’ll begin on Monday with sectionals in the morning and have full band rehearsals in the late afternoon, followed by fundamentals in the evening. Please remember that Marching Band Camp is mandatory for all members of
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Today I received our copy of the Carnegie Hall Trip Performance DVD for us to view. Due to marching band beginning next week we have a limited amount of time to have an evening to show the performance to the students who participated/anyone else who would like to see it. It looks like tomorrow night (Tuesday, July 19th) at 7pm
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Colorguard camp will be held this Monday-Wednesday, July 18-20, at the Band Hall. This is a mandatory camp for all colorguard members. The camp will run from 9am-Noon, and 1pm-5pm each day and students will be on their own for lunch. MA Dance, the company that runs the camp that we attended last year, will be sending a representative to
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Happy Fourth of July! I hope everyones summers are going well! I wanted to be sure to remind everyone of our upcoming Summer Band dates. Please note that students participation in dates are mandatory and failing to attend will most likely result in their becoming an alternate on the field. Please contact me as soon as possible if you
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Please find the schedule for our final week of preparation for our Carnegie Hall performance. All rehearsals/sectionals/concert are mandatory! Please ensure your students are present as it is imperative for our band to be successful with our performance!!! I am also attaching our final revision of our itinerary as well. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns!
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