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This week I would like to congratulate all of the competing bands and their students for their performances last week at UIL! All three bands earned their Superior Ratings in Sight-Reading, and the Odem HS Wind Ensemble and Odem JH Symphonic Winds both came back with their third consecutive Sweepstakes Awards! We are very proud of our junior high students
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This week finds us arriving at our UIL Concert and Sight-Reading Contest for the bands. This will be our main focus as we go through the week this week. The contest site is at Sinton HS Auditorium. You are cordially invited to attend if you are able, and you may also attend the sight-reading contest as well, just please
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Today at the Chili’s by La Palmera Mall, for anyone who shows the image below or a printed flyer with their meal, Chili’s will contribute 15% of that purchase to the Owl Band Boosters! Please help support the Boosters by going to Chili’s and enjoying a meal, just be sure to show this image and say you are there to
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7th and 8th Grade Band Trip to Schlitterbahn April 10th, 2016 Dear Parents/Guardians, As we approach the end of the year we are looking at having our Annual Schlitterbahn trip with the seventh and eighth grade band students. This trip will take place on Monday, May 23rd. Buses will depart at 7:15am (students arrive by 7am), and return by around
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This week is going to be the last week before our Concert and Sight-Reading Contests next week. There are not many events going on this week, but we do have our extended band hall hours most of the days this week. We’ll be making some adjustments this week in the bands for any students that are ineligible as of
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How are we already in April? Time flies fast this time of year! This week we have a number of Carnegie Hall Trip items occurring, but our main focus in class with the bands competing on UIL will be refining our performances from this past Thursday. Thank you for helping us make that performance a successful one! Before I
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On Saturday, April 2nd the Odem High School Screeching Owl Jazz Band Performed at the Texas A&M University Kingsville’s 49th Annual Jazz Festival. The students had a very well received performance that morning! The band was awarded a Superior Rating for their performance and 1st Place for Class 3A! We congratulate the students on an outstanding performance and accomplishment!
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I hope this message finds you well! We will be having a very busy week this week with the Odem Bands! Before I get to our main information about the week I would like to share with you that for the second consecutive year Odem-Edroy ISD has been named as one of 476 Best Communities for Music Education Nation
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Odem-Edroy ISD’s Music Education Program Receives National Recognition Odem named a Best Community for Music for the 2nd Consecutive Year Odem, Texas. March 24, 2014 – Odem-Edroy ISD has been honored with the Best Communities for Music Education designation from the NAMM Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music education. Odem-Edroy ISD joins 476 districts across the country in receiving
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I hope this message finds you well as we find our Spring Break coming to a close. Please remind your students to bring their instruments back to school tomorrow. This is the last ‘slow’ week for the Odem Bands for a while. Please see below for the schedule for the week and individual sections that may apply to your
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