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Band Announcements for November 27, 2013

11/27/2013

"If the only prayer you ever say is 'thank you', that would suffice." -Meister Eckhart

-CB Sectionals: Celtic
-Online store closes Dec. 1st. Get your Outback Tour shirt ordered now.
-Pep Band today. Orchestra winds & percussion 3rd.
-Monday (Dec. 2nd) WS will be seeing NIU Steel Band at Arts Alive.
-Monday (Dec. 2nd) all percussion students are on a field trip periods 2 & 3.
-Adopt-A-Fam: We are $137 short of our goal. Everyone throw in a buck today.
-Macy's Parade: Watch it tomorrow. Get inspired. You're on a national stage in just 5 weeks! Learn from these bands.
-Jordan Lynch for president! 321 yards last night. That's nuts! He should be on the Heisman list. Go HUSKIES!!
-HORNS GO HOME FOR THE WEEKEND... Concert music. Long tones everyday. Memorize the Outback music.
-Happy Thanksgivukkah tomorrow. Enjoy this important time with family and friends.

Band Announcements for November 26, 2013

11/26/2013

"Action is the real measure of intelligence."-Napoleon Hill

-SB sectionals: Jingle Bells 4-ever.
-PIES DELIVERED TODAY. Get these home today. They need to stay frozen. We don't have the facilities to keep them over night.
-Florida drumline: Meets tonight at 7:00 pm.
-Pep Band tomorrow. Bring Stars & Stripes/Grease
-Orchestra winds/percussion will rehearse tomorrow 3rd.
-Adopt-A-Fam: Final 2 days. Empty dad's change bowl and donate it!
-Macy's Parade: Watch it on Thanksgiving. Get inspired by band's on a national stage...you'll be on one soon. Check out our Illinois connections: South Shore Driil Team and Marion Catholic H.S. Marching Bands are in the parade.
-NIU Huskies final game tonight @ 6:00; ESPN2.

November 25, 2013

11/25/2013

"All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

-WS sectionals: Sleigh Ride.
-Mr. I report: He will be back on Dec. 2nd. Keep thinking positive thoughts for him.
-Lab Band: Today 3:00.
-Florida Jazz Project: Tonight 7:30.
-Outback waivers: I'm missing about 40. Get 'em in.
-Outback payments: Bartgen, Brossard, Groenewold, Jaimes, Reyna, Wong. Please pay off your accounts ASAP.
-Barnes & Noble Dec. 5: Sign up to perform on the front board.
-Adopt-A-Fam: $750!!! You're almost there. Finish strong this week. We start shopping over the weekend.
-IOUs: I add $1.00 interest every Monday. Pay your debt today. Wong $4, Mitchell $4, DeLuca $2.50, M.Anderson $6, Cotten $4, Bartgen $9, E.Petritis $5, Park $5, Jones $3, Worazek $5, Jorgensen $3.50, Hansen $5, Barrash $4, Kim $4, Kowalczyk $5, Worsham $7.

Band Announcements for November 22, 2013

11/22/2013

"Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied." -Pearl Buck

-Today is St. Cecilia Day...the patron saint of music.
-Today...50 years ago President Kennedy was assassinated. And yes...like most people my age, I remember the exact moment we found out.
-Cadet sectionals: 2 Christmas Carols.
-Outback waivers due today.
-Adopt-A-Fam: We're over halfway there. Be Santa!!!
-Cool Beans: Thanks to the jazz combo who played this morning.
IOU's: Interest starts on Monday. Pay your bills.
-ALL HORNS GO HOME FOR THE WEEKEND!!! Concert music & technique class. Long tones everyday.

Band Announcements for November 21. 2013

11/21/2013

"If suffer we must, let's suffer on the heights." -Victor Hugo

-Outback waivers due tomorrow.
-IOUs: Interest starts being added on Monday. $1.00 every Monday. PAY YOUR DEBTS!!
-Tomorrow will be pep band/Outback tunes. Bring appropriate horns.
-Adopt-A-Fam: Give up a cookie and save Christmas for a little kid today.
-Online store is open. Check out the awesome Outback Tour shirts.
-Christmas cards for soldiers: Bring cards in by Nov. 27.
-Jazz Combo meets today at 5:00.
-Sign up to perform at Barnes & Noble on Dec. 5 is on front board.

Band Announcements for Nov. 20, 2013

11/20/2013

"Desire makes everything blossom; possession makes everything wither and fade." -Marcel Proust

-CB sectionals: Let Christmas Begin.
-Outback waivers due Friday.
-Online store is open until Dec. 1st. Get your Outback tour shirt.
-Adopt-A-Fam: We're almost at half our goal...keep moving forward. Check the couch for loose change tonight.
-Christmas cards for soldiers: Reddy is doing a project. She needs your help. Bring in new, generic holiday cards. She will get them to our servicemen overseas.

November 19, 2013

11/19/2013

"No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched." -George Jean Nathan

The online store is open. The Outback Bowl Tour shirt is one of many items available. Thanks to Lisa Howaniec for the design.
Go to: www.shop.thelockershop.com to see lots of cool bando merchandise.
SB sectionals: Jubilant 148-end
Percussion: Dismantle the cymbals from marimba. Finish the Beast.
Florida drumline: Tonight at 7:00.
Outback waivers: Due Friday.
Adopt-A-Fam: Save Christmas for a family less fortunate.
Zaley/Krueger: See me.

Band Announcements for Nov. 18, 2013

11/18/2013

"I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world." -Thomas A, Edison

-Thank you for a great season. Now it's time to focus on Outback...Holiday Concerts...Pep Band....
-WS sectionals today: Jingle Bells. W.W. fix 47-63.
-Adopt-A-Fam: Clock is ticking. We're no where close to our goal. Give what you can, when you can. Be Santa!!!
-Lab Band meets 3:00 today.
-Floridian Jazz Project (FJP) meets 7:30 tonight.
-Outback Drumline meets tomorrow night at 7:00.
-Percussion: We can dismantle the Beast and the marimba cymbals today.
-Marching horns today.
-MVPs for Sat.: Tracy Schluckbier, Jack McCoy, Ryan Petritis, Latrell Washington

Band Announcements for Nov. 15, 2013

11/15/2013

"Jazz is America's classical music." -Miles Davis

-IMEA Jazz Fest is tomorrow. Give Andrew Chester, Patrick Ward and Kevin Marks a high five today.
-Playoff game tomorrow: Run thru at 11:30 on main field. We'll start with halftime. We only get the field until noon, so be on time. It will be in the high 50's tomorrow.
-Drumline: The Hilltoppers will have part of their drumline here...wanna do something with them?
-OUTBACK payments: We need to be all paid in today. I pay off the trip today.
-Have marching horns here on Monday. We will be reading the OUTBACK show.
-Cadet sectionals today. Totem Pole.
-Horns home for the weekend. Concert music needs tons of work.
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Band Announcements for Nov. 14, 2013

11/14/2013

"The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by somebody else's rules, while quietly playing by your own." Michael Korda

-Outback Payments: Please get your final payment in by Friday. We pay all our bills this Friday.
-Mr I. update: He looks good. Sounds good. Could be released from the hospital this afternoon.
-Florida Jazz Project rhythm sectional tomorrow??? Yes???
-Playoff game on Sat. 11:30 run thru on main field.
-NIU wins!!
-WS Percussion: Work on your own. Head Talk.
-Baritones: 3 horns returned from the shop yesterday. Please put them away.
-If you just completed reading the announcements, shout "yahoo!!!" now.

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