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This week is a packed week for students both with band and many other athletic and academic events. First, tomorrow, on Monday, we will have the Odem JH Pre-UIL Concert at 6:30pm in the Cafetorium with the Odem JH Concert Band and Symphonic Winds performances. Odem JH Concert Band Students need to be on stage ready to warm-up at 6pm.
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Welcome back from Spring Break! The Spring Lull is over, and we’re about to hit the busy parts of the year as we sprint towards the finish at the end! Before I go on to this week’s announcements, I do want to give a shoutout to Odem HS trombonist Breanna Palmer on earning a State Silver Medal in Powerlifting this
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This week is our last before Spring Break, so we will be focusing on preparing students for their Pre-UIL Concerts and UIL Concert and Sight-Reading Evaluation which will come up soon after Spring Break. The JH Pre-UIL Concert is scheduled for Monday, March 25th for JH Symphonic Winds and Concert Band, and Tuesday, March 26th for the Odem HS Wind Ensemble and
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This week is a light one for the Odem Bands, with no events scheduled except a Cleveland Rehearsal from 6pm-8pm on Thursday. For students attending that trip it is imperative they are present at those rehearsals! Particularly for any student who is not in Wind Ensemble those are the only times they’re rehearsing that music with our group. We are
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We wish to begin by congratulating our Odem JH and Odem HS students on an OUTSTANDING series of performances at the UIL Region Solo and Ensemble Contest last week! The Odem JH Students brought back 5 Soloist Superior Medals, and 13 Ensemble Medals. Odem HS students brought back 7 Gold Superior Soloist Medals, 1 Bronze Superior Soloist Medal, and 30
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I chose to delay sending this email yesterday so I could have the schedule for Thursday’s Solo and Ensemble Contest in hand. Students who are participating in Solo and Ensemble for both the JH and HS events should make sure they have clothes to change into before we leave that are appropriate. Concert Black clothes work, or they may wear
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We would like to begin this week by thanking everyone who came out for our annual Solo and Ensemble Recital this past week! Students had a great opportunity for a first run with their performances and now have a couple weeks to clean! We’ll share a schedule for Solo and Ensemble (Next Thursday the 15th) as soon as we receive
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This week is a short one for students, but we do have a few events through the week! First there is a Pep Rally for Winter Sports on Tuesday at the end of the day. We’ll be performing at that with all of our eligible students. Thursday, we’ll have our Annual Solo and Ensemble Recital. This event begins at 5pm,
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After a couple of odd weeks to start the school year, we’ll get to have our first full week of school this week! Students are preparing for a combination of UIL Concert and Sightreading and Solo and Ensemble right now. Along with that we’re currently preparing for our Cleveland performance in June! Speaking of performances, on Sunday, February 4th, The
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Greetings, I hope this message finds everyone staying warm! This week is a light one for the students in the bands, but we will have an evening Cleveland Rehearsal on Thursday. All participants need to be attending these rehearsals, and working to learn the music for the performance as soon as possible. We do have Spring Band Fees coming due
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