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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
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First, I would like to thank everyone who came and volunteered to host the UIL 2A Area Contest yesterday! Throughout the day our campus received positive feedback from participants, contest staff, and judges who were there for the event! We served as great hosts for a special event, and it was a pleasure to see everyone come together to support
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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
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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
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This week we wish to extend our appreciation to all who came to help us move equipment and see us perform this weekend in Victoria! The sun was blazing, but we appreciated all of our supporters! We learned some things at this contest that we have to correct this week and moving forward, and we’ll be working hard to do
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This week I would like to begin this email by expressing my sincerest gratitude to the students, parents, community members, and others who were involved in the contest. Yesterday we unfortunately had a judge experience a medical emergency during the contest, but fortunately we had an army of people respond as we began giving him care. I am very pleased
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Welcome to what is going to be a very important and busy week for us with the Odem Bands! First, we would like to congratulate Benjamin Castaneda for earning a spot in the trumpet section in the All-Region Jazz Bands this past weekend! He will perform with the group in February during our Annual All-Region Jazz Clinic/Concert! This weekend we
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Welcome to homecoming week! This will be a very busy week for us with the Odem Bands as we have Homecoming events through the week and HS All-Region Jazz Auditions on Saturday for our students who are signed up. Then next week is the 2nd Annual Owl Marching Invitational! For homecoming events we start on Thursday with the Parade at 7:30pm
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This week with the Labor Day holiday makes for a shorter week, but just as a reminder we do rehearse with the HS Band from 6:30pm-8:30pm tomorrow night! We will show the film from Friday at 6pm, and there will be a Leadership Team meeting at 5:45pm. Last week we met with parents about the upcoming June trip to Cleveland.
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We’ve made it through our first week and a half of school, first football game, and now we’re on the road for the rest of the semester here with the bands! This week we have several big things to keep in mind. First, we will have two trip meetings for our 2024 Cleveland trip that is open to Freshmen through
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