"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats." -Albert Schweitzer

Sectionals: continue this week. Low brass today. Work on You Can Call Me Al and trouble spots in show. Make sure to fill out an attendance form. Flutes and Clarinets Friday (due to Thursday's half day).

BIG BAND: TODAY for Cadet and CB (NOT WS).

Variety Show Auditions: after school next Wednesday and Thursday. If you have an idea for an act, come out and audition! Signup is on the bulletin board outside the music department. See Mr. I with questions.

Band Online Store: the 2016 show shirt is now available! Click here! More items will be added later this week.

Dine-In Night Fundraisers: TONIGHT from 4-8pm, stop by ShopHouse on Meacham (near Woodfield). Present a flyer and 50% of your sale goes right back to the band. TOMORROW from 10am-10pm, stop by Oberweis near the library. Present a flyer and 30% of your sale will go back to the band. Grab some great food and support the SHS Band!

First Day Fundraiser Orders:
Missing $: Barbeau ($60), Carter ($13), Husain ($70.50), Mapp ($47+11), Minard ($71).
NO NAME: 1 item sold to Carol Smith.

Manna: gift card orders are due this Friday. We will have these orders at the beginning of each month.

IOUs: these must be paid by the end of the week. Next Monday, we start adding interest.
WS: Iwin ($3).
SB: Choi ($3), Hahn ($3), Schluckbier ($3).
Cadet: Ferguson ($3), Kim ($2).
CB: Anderson ($3), Jorgensen ($3 + shirt), Long ($3).

PERFORMANCES THIS WEEKEND:
Football Game Friday: call time for woodwinds/brass is 5:45. Percussion call time is 4:30. Early is on time!
Septemberfest Parade Monday: call time is 9am in the band room. Buses will roll at 9:10.

"A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep." -Saul Bellow

Jazz Reading Band: will meet next Tues 3-4:30. If you're interested in playing in the jazz bands this winter, check it out!

Sectionals: continue this week. Saxes/horns. Work on You Can Call Me Al and trouble spots in show. Make sure to fill out an attendance form. Low brass tomorrow. Percussion 7pm Tuesday. Low brass Wednesday. Flutes and Clarinets Friday (due to Thursday's half day).

BIG BAND: Tomorrow for Cadet and CB (NOT WS).

Band Online Store: the 2016 show shirt is now available! Click here! More items will be added later this week.

First Day Fundraiser: last call for orders - put them in the music office door inbox.

Dine-In Night Fundraisers: we have TWO dine-in night fundraiser opportunities this week. On Wednesday night from 4-8pm, stop by ShopHouse on Meacham (near Woodfield). Present a flyer and 50% of your sale goes right back to the band. On Thursday from 10am-10pm, stop by Oberweis near the library. Present a flyer and 30% of your sale will go back to the band. Grab some great food and support the SHS Band!

Manna: gift card orders are due this Friday. We will have these orders at the beginning of each month.

IOUs: these must be paid by the end of the week. Next Monday, we start adding interest.
WS: Iwin ($3).
SB: Choi ($3), Hahn ($3), Schluckbier ($3).
Cadet: Ferguson ($3), Kim ($2).
CB: Anderson ($3), Jorgensen ($3 + shirt), Long ($3).

PERFORMANCES THIS WEEKEND:
Football Game Friday: call time for woodwinds/brass is 5:45. Percussion call time is 4:30. Early is on time!
Septemberfest Parade Monday: call time is 9am in the band room. Buses will roll at 9:10.

"From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life." -Arthur Ashe

Great job last Friday, SMB! We are off to an excellent start.
MVPs from Friday: M. Burke, Cantu, Humphrey, Rodatz, Tarchala, Tarchala, Thomsen, Woodman.

Jazz Reading Band: we will hold our first Jazz Reading Band session today after school - 3:00-4:30. See you there!

Sectionals: continue this week. Trumpets today. Work on You Can Call Me Al and trouble spots in show. Make sure to fill out an attendance form. Saxes and horns tomorrow. Percussion 7pm Tuesday. Low brass Wednesday. Flutes and Clarinets Friday (due to Thursday's half day).

Band Online Store: the 2016 show shirt is now available! Click here! More items will be added later this week.

First Day Fundraiser: orders are due TODAY to the music office door. Congratulations to Justin Repa for being the first to sell 50 items - he won the $50 prize!

Dine-In Night Fundraisers: we have TWO dine-in night fundraiser opportunities this week. On Wednesday night from 4-8pm, stop by ShopHouse on Meacham (near Woodfield). Present a flyer and 50% of your sale goes right back to the band. On Thursday from 10am-10pm, stop by Oberweis near the library. Present a flyer and 30% of your sale will go back to the band. Grab some great food and support the SHS Band!

Manna: gift card orders are due this Friday. We will have these orders at the beginning of each month.

IOUs: these must be paid by the end of the week. Next Monday, we start adding interest.
WS: Iwin ($3), Petit ($3).
SB: Choi ($3), Hahn ($3), Schluckbier ($3).
Cadet: Ferguson ($3), Kim ($2).
CB: Anderson ($3), Jorgensen ($3 + shirt), Long ($3).

PERFORMANCES THIS WEEKEND:
Football Game Friday: call time for woodwinds/brass is 5:45. Percussion call time is 4:30. Early is on time!
Septemberfest Parade Monday: call time is 9am in the band room. Buses will roll at 9:10.

"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing."
-George Bernard Shaw

IT'S GAME DAY! LET'S GO SAXONS! Call-time for woodwinds and brass is 5:45. Percussion call time is 4:30. Early is on time!

Missing Uniform Contracts:
Cadet: Romano

BIG BAND: Today!

Sectionals: begin this week. Clarinets today. Work on Thnks and Star Spangled Banner. Make sure to fill out an attendance form.

First Day Fundraiser: orders are due Monday.

Jazzers: we will hold our first Reading Band session Monday after school.

Summer Concert Reviews: are due today.

ALL HORNS GO HOME AFTER TONIGHT'S GAME.

"The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do, well." -Henry W. Longfellow

Uniforms: New ones were added to the rack last night. Get them home. If you ordered a new member shirt, shoes, gloves, etc., they will be available for pickup after school today.

Missing Uniform Contracts/Payments:
Cadet: Olvera
CB: Jorgensen

BIG BAND: Tomorrow.

Sectionals: begin this week. Flutes today. Work on Thnks and Star Spangled Banner. Make sure to fill out an attendance form. Clarinets tomorrow.

Dine-In Night Fundraisers: we have TWO dine-in night fundraiser opportunities next week. On Wednesday night from 4-8pm, stop by ShopHouse on Meacham (near Woodfield). Present a flyer and 50% of your sale goes right back to the band. On Thursday from 10am-10pm, stop by Oberweis near the library. Present a flyer and 30% of your sale will go back to the band. Grab some great food and support the SHS Band!

First Day Fundraiser: orders are due Monday.

Jazzers: we will hold our first Reading Band session Monday after school.

Summer Concert Reviews: are due this Friday. These are optional, but can count as your 1st semester concert review or as extra credit.

FIRST GAME THIS FRIDAY: call-time for woodwinds and brass is 5:45. Percussion call time is 4:30.

"The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble." -Blaise Pascal

Uniforms: all will leave the hallway today. If you ordered a new member shirt, shoes, gloves, etc., they will be available for pickup after school tomorrow.

Missing Uniform Contracts/Payments:
Cadet: Olvera
CB: DeLeon, Freiburger, Jorgensen, Maheras

BIG BAND: ONLY Friday this week.

Sectionals: begin this week. Low brass today. Work on Thnks and Star Spangled Banner. Make sure to fill out an attendance form. Flutes tomorrow. Clarinets Thursday.

Dine-In Night Fundraisers: we have TWO dine-in night fundraiser opportunities next week. On Wednesday night from 4-8pm, stop by ShopHouse on Meacham (near Woodfield). Present a flyer and 50% of your sale goes right back to the band. On Thursday from 10am-10pm, stop by Oberweis near the library. Present a flyer and 30% of your sale will go back to the band. Grab some great food and support the SHS Band!

First Day Fundraiser: orders are due next Monday.

Jazzers: we will hold our first Reading Band session next Monday after school.

Summer Concert Reviews: are due this Friday. These are optional, but can count as your 1st semester concert review or as extra credit.

FIRST GAME THIS FRIDAY: call-time for woodwinds and brass is 5:45. Percussion call time is 4:30.

"Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread." -Richard Wright

Uniforms: if you've paid and turned in your uniform contract, your uniform should be in the department hallway. These uniforms need to go home TODAY.

Missing Uniform Contracts/Payments:
Cadet: Olvera
CB: DeLeon, Freiburger, Jorgensen, Maheras

BIG BAND: tomorrow and Friday this week.

Sectionals: begin this week. Saxes and horns today. Work on Thnks and Star Spangled Banner. Make sure to fill out an attendance form. Low brass tomorrow. Flutes Thursday.

Percussion Sectionals: tonight at 7pm. Downbeat at 7pm on the main field. Early is on time. All 3

Jazzers: We will hold our first Reading Band session next Monday after school.

rSchool Registration and Syllabus Acknowledgement Form: were due last Friday.

Summer Concert Reviews: are due this Friday. These are optional, but can count as your 1st semester concert review or as extra credit.

FIRST GAME THIS FRIDAY: call-time for woodwinds and brass is 5:45. Percussion call time is 4:30.

"There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception." -Aldous Huxley

Uniforms: if you've paid and turned in your uniform contract, your uniform should be in the department hallway. Please check and take these uniforms home today!

Missing Uniform Contracts/Payments:
WS: Godana, Montalvo, Radons (contract only), Zagorski
SB: Binder, Habib, Lopez-Rodela (contract only)
Cadet: Mendoza, Olvera, Patel, Romano, Rosas
CB: Arient, DeLeon, Freiburger, Jorgensen, Maheras, Ray, Skidmore

BIG BAND: Wednesday and Friday this week.

Sectionals: begin this week. Trumpets today. Work on Thnks and Star Spangled Banner. Make sure to fill out an attendance form. Saxes and horns tomorrow. Percussion tomorrow night @ 7pm.

Interested in the SHS Jazz Bands? We will hold our first Reading Band session next Monday after school.

rSchool Registration and Syllabus Acknowledgement Form: were due last Friday.

Summer Concert Reviews: are due this Friday. These are optional, but can count as your 1st semester concert review or as extra credit.

FIRST GAME THIS FRIDAY: call-time is 5:45.

"The goal of art was the vital expression of self." -Alfred Stieglitz

Uniforms: if you've paid and turned in your uniform contract, your uniform should be in the department hallway. Please check and take these uniforms home today!

Missing Uniform Contracts/Payments:
WS: Godana, Montalvo, Radons (contract only), Zagorski
SB: Binder, Browne, Habib, Lopez-Rodela, Tamason
Cadet: Mendoza, Olvera, Patel, Romano, Rosas
CB: Arient, DeLeon, Freiburger, Jorgensen, Maheras, Ray, Skidmore

BIG BAND TODAY! Main field.

rSchool Registration: due this Friday - on the SHS Activities website.

Syllabus Acknowledgement Form: due this Friday on Schoology.

All instruments need to go home after school today. We have 5 rehearsals until the first game of the year!

"To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business and your business in your heart." -Thomas J. Watson

Uniforms: if you've paid and turned in your uniform contract, your uniform should be in the department hallway. Please check and take these uniforms home today!

Missing Uniform Contracts/Payments:
WS: Godana, Montalvo, Petit, Radons (contract only), Zagorski
SB: Binder, Browne, Habib, Lopez-Rodela, Tamason
Cadet: Mendoza, Olvera, Patel, Romano, Rosas
CB: Arient, DeLeon, Freiburger, Jorgensen, Maheras, Ray, Skidmore

Marching Rehearsals: we will be outside for rehearsals Thursday and Friday. Please make sure to have gym shoes here (especially if you're wearing nicer clothes for yearbook photos) and DOT BOOKS.

BIG BAND TOMORROW! If you have 4th hour lunch, come down to the music department right away Friday and head to the main field for rehearsal.

rSchool Registration: due this Friday - on the SHS Activities website.

Syllabus Acknowledgement Form: due this Friday on Schoology.

Percussion: signup for lessons with Mr. Kozakis is on the door to the Cage room. He will be in to talk with the bands next week.