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This week is set to be a very busy week for the Odem Bands! The main event is that UIL Region Marching Contest will be Saturday. For this contest there is a limit of 100 tickets per school for the event. I’m including more information in the section below, but tickets will be held at OEISD Business Office for purchase.
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First, I would like to thank the students for an absolutely outstanding performance/rehearsal on Saturday! Our guest adjudicators were incredibly impressed with our band and how hard everyone worked! We identified our main areas we need to focus on cleaning leading up to Region Marching Contest on November 21st. Please note that UIL Region Marching Contest is a required and
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This week the HS Band will begin making our final preparations towards Region Marching Contest on November 21st. Please note that UIL Region Marching Contest is a required and graded event that date, even with it being on the break students must be in attendance! We received our preliminary performance time for the event this week. The Spirit of OHS
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This week is the final week of the six-weeks. Students should have received their progress reports this past week. Please help us encourage them to get in any missing assignments before the end of the day Thursday. Eligibility from this six-weeks will affect Area Marching Contest on December 5th, as well as HS Region Band Auditions that will take place
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We would like to begin this week by congratulating Landon Garza and Samarra Medina for earning spots in the All-Region Jazz bands. Landon earned 2nd chair and advances to the Area/State round that he’ll record for later this month. Especially given this audition puts all of our students in Class 1A-4A together this has gotten to be a very competitive event
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This week Odem will play Taft at home for our Friday night game. I will send out the Presale Code for parents of band students to use on Remind to them soon after sending this. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Wednesday – I highly recommend you purchase before then as I anticipate this will be a
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This week Odem will celebrate homecoming. Please see the section below for more information on that! For Friday’s game I will send out the Presale Code for parents of band students to use on Remind to them. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Wednesday – I highly recommend you purchase before then. The site to purchase tickets
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This week we will be having our Senior Band Member Recognition night during half-time. We will march our half-time show and then bring parents out to recognize the seniors. Please see the section below for more information on that! For Friday’s game I have sent out the Presale Code for parents of band students to use. Tickets go on sale
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This week we add another group of students to in-person learning at the JH and HS. Please ensure that those students come with their instrument and supplies to the first day. We will be going through some first day procedures, but mostly getting right into our normal classwork. Each band student (other than percussion) has been issued a special slitted
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Last week we began Face-to-Face with some of the students in the district. At the high school only, we are adding additional students to the campus tomorrow. Please make sure that those students bring their instruments each day to school. We are asking students to take their instruments back and forth each day in case of a situation where they
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