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I hope this message finds you well! This week will be focused mainly on preparations for students going to solo and ensemble for after school practices. The HS Band Hall will be open per the schedule below. Odem HS Wind Ensemble Information Last week we had our first evening rehearsal for Wind Ensemble and were able to make some progress
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This week is another light one for the Odem Bands. Last week we cancelled the evening Thursday Odem HS Wind Ensemble evening rehearsal to be safe, but we will begin to have them on Thursdays for the next few weeks. Please see that section below if that applies to your student. Odem HS Wind Ensemble Information This week we will
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I hope this message finds you well! This week is another light one for the Odem Bands. Tomorrow night we will have our monthly band booster meeting that was postponed from last week at 7pm in the HS Cafetorium (if unavailable we will meet in the HS Jazz Room). Of topics to be discussed will be minor information updates to the
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Happy New Year!!! I hope this message finds everyone healthy and well as we begin the New Year in Odem! We would like to begin by congratulating the students who competed at the Area Auditions this weekend! Savannah Beltran placed 12th and Evelyn Contreras placed 15th in the Clarinet sections. Martin Doria placed 7th in the F Horn section, and Jonathan Espinoza placed
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First of all we would like to congratulate the 50+ Odem Band students who performed at the All-Region Clinic/Concerts this weekend! This was the most students we’ve been privileged to take to this event, and they did an outstanding job with their concerts! We would also like to congratulate our HS band students on an outstanding performance this past Thursday
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I would like to begin this week by congratulating the students of the Odem Bands on an outstanding few days of region auditions! We began on Thursday with 28 Odem JH students making the All-Region Bands – which was already the record for us. When the Odem JH percussion students auditioned yesterday they increased that number by four more! In
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I hope this message finds everyone well and rested from your Holiday Break! We have 3.5 weeks left until the Winter Break next, with a lot of events between now and then for the Odem Bands! First up is this week’s All-Region Auditions. There were supposed to be some changes going into last year, but due to COVID we didn’t
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Wow time has flown by here! We’re already at the week before Thanksgiving Break! There are a few important notes here for high school students that I want to make sure everyone gets. First of all, this week will be placement auditions for Spring for the Odem Bands. All students MUST record an audition as part of a test grade.
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This week is going to be busy for the HS Band at the back end of the week. On Thursday, Odem-Edroy ISD will host our annual Veteran’s Day Ceremony at Owl Stadium at 9am. Odem HS Band students will perform in their marching uniforms that day for the event. On Friday we will travel to Victoria to support the Odem
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Thank you to everyone who helped us run a well-received Area Marching Contest yesterday! Directors offered many compliments to our facilities, as well as to our parent and student helpers! We hope this becomes an annual event for us. It is also showing the promise of doing a Pre-UIL contest earlier in the fall as a strong possibility too now
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