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Wow, it’s hard to believe that we’re already back to the first week of school! Classes start for students on Wednesday, and we especially look forward to welcoming our new and old students back to Odem JH this week! For our incoming 6th Graders we will have our instrument drive night with Hillje Music on Wednesday, August 24th from 4:30pm-7pm. They will
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Last week was a very productive week for The Spirit of OHS, and we’re looking forward to soon presenting meet the band on Wednesday, August 17th. We hope you will join us for that event! This week we will be continuing to work on setting drill and hope to have the first half of the show completed this week and
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First of all we would like give a huge thank you to all of the students who showed up last week to summer band and helped us kick off our 2022 season! They had a very busy week with Summer Band, attending the DCI Contest, and ending the week with our Annual March-A-Thon/Pool Party! Thank you to all of you
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Wow! It’s hard to believe it, but HS Summer Band begins Tomorrow! This opening week is very busy as we use every moment we can to rehearse before starting drill the following week on August 1st. It’s imperative that students are present for all of summer band rehearsals! Students must attend the rehearsals in order to be prepared and ready
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Summer has quickly flown around here, and we’re in the midst of preparing for The Spirit of OHS to begin our 2022 Marching Season! We are looking forward to an exciting and busy fall with our students as we prepare our show ‘The Road Not Taken’ for both UIL, and our final contest at the Bands of America Super Regional
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Last night we received some information about the schedule for Check-In for the TAMUC Camp. These forms that must be printed, filled out, and signed, no later than students arrival the day we leave. (http://www.odembands.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/TAMUC-Commerce-Forms-and-Information-to-Send.pdf ) If you need me to give you a printed copy I will be available for that next week during normal business hours at the
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It seems like not long ago I was sending out my weekly posting welcoming everyone to the new school year, and today I’m sending my one to conclude it! We still have upcoming events for this school year over the next couple of weeks, but for most students this is the final week and their summer begins! We would like
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We’d like to begin this week by congratulating the Odem JH Symphonic Winds on an outstanding performance Friday at their festival! They earned Superior Ratings from each of the three judges with their performance! This week brings us to the final end of the year wind down of events for the bands. We have a busy few weeks though! Tomorrow
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First of all I would like to extend a big Thank You to everyone who helped make Windi and Jazzi a success this year! We hope it was a fun event for those of you who attended, and look forward to having the event again next year! The next four weeks are going to be packed with events for our
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Last weekend was a big jazz weekend for us, and it was great to be back performing with The Screeching Owl Jazz Band at the South Coast Jazz Festival! I would like to also congratulate our two students, Junior Emma Doria, and 7th Grader Shawn Williams, for outstanding performances as members of the All-Region Jazz Bands Saturday! This week our main
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