We would like to take a moment and thank all of the people who came out to support the students at their concerts these past two weeks! We have reached the end of the semester, and a bit of a break for us of events for a while. We have some high school students who are participating in the AlamoBowl

We would like to congratulate the members of the Odem JH and Odem HS Bands who performed in the All-Region Bands this week! We hope it was a great experience for them! Last week we also had a fantastic winter concert with our guest conductor, Dr. Gary Ciepluch joining us! This week we’ll be hosting our final concert of 2023,

We would like to begin this week to congratulate the members of the Odem JH and Odem HS Bands who earned spots in the All-Region Bands this week! On Tuesday, Odem JH had 24 students earn spots in the region bands, the most of any in our conference across our two sites! Additionally, 5 students earned 1stChair in their sections!

I hope everyone has had a great Thanksgiving Break, and is rested for the last push of the fall semester! The next 2.5 weeks are very busy for us with the Odem Bands! Before I get into all of that though, I wanted to make sure everyone was aware that our Sponsorship Fundraiser is ongoing at this time. We sent

This week is our final week before Thanksgiving Break, and remains a busy one! First we have HS Band Placement auditions this week in class. Students must record their placement exam by Thursday after school for a grade. Tuesday evening we will be holding our monthly Band Booster meeting at 7pm in the Cafetorium. We will need new officers for

This week is Veteran’s Day, our first week of Playoffs, and we’ll be working with the HS to prepare for their Winter Concert and Region Auditions as well. JH is currently preparing for their region auditions as well, so while marching contests are finished, it will still be a busy week!  Friday the district will host our Annual Veteran’s Day

I would like to begin this week by congratulating The Spirit of OHS on what was undoubtedly their best performance of the season yesterday!!! Though we didn’t make finals, they placed 13th out of 33 bands – ahead of 20 other bands! That was despite starting as the second band and having to be at the school by 4am! They did

This week we begin by congratulating the members of The Spirit of OHS for earning a Superior Rating at Saturday’s UIL Region Marching Contest! All three judges agreed that it was a superior performance! Their performance has now qualified the band for the Area Marching Contest in a little under two weeks on October 28th! I will have a full

Following a successful clinic this past weekend with Mr. Jesse Lotspeich, and trumpet professor Dr. Mary Thornton, this week begins our UIL Contest Season! Saturday, The Spirit of OHS performs at 6:30pm at AC Jones HS in Beeville. Every student must be in attendance as this is our qualifying performance for hopefully advancing to Area two weeks later on the