Welcome to East Antioch Elementary Bands

Tuesday, January 31- North Area Band Festival– This is for symphonic band and the Crimson Tribe Jazz Ensemble only.  

6:45AM- We need help setting up 400 chairs, beginning at 6:45AM that morning.  Although this report time is optional, lettering points will be awarded, and we could REALLY use a lot of hands.  

7:40AM- rehearsal begins in the field house.  You will be considered tardy if not ready to play in the field house at that time…so get to school a little early. 

6:30PM in the band room, in full uniform, and warming up.  We will play for 10 minutes and walk down to the field together to “meet and greet” all the 5th-8th grade kids.  Concert begins at 7:00PM, should last around one hour.  EVERYONE is responsible for getting all equipment back to the band room before leaving North.

Friday, February 3- Double header basketball game.  Report time of 5:30.  This is the annual “Hall of Fame Night” so there will be a big crowd.  Please make sure you can attend, or email me at least 2 says ahead of time.  There are only 3 regular season games after this one!

Colorado participants: Your child will receive a very important document this Wednesday, February 1st (concert band on Feb. 2nd).  You will receive your official username and password to submit information regarding health insurance, skiing options, and other important items.  This information is not in electronic form, so the document will be handed out, not emailed.  Please finish this process by this Friday, February 3rd.  It only take a few minutes.

Finally, congrats to all the kids who participated in the musical “Catch Me IF You Can”- the production was amazing!  Everyone, please consider attending at least one of the performances this weekend!

Mr. Reed

– Congratulations to Jada Green and Chloe Mears for their audition and selection to the Kansas Honor Band, which will perform in Wichita, KS in late February.  Kudos to everyone who participated with auditions at the district and state level…you are all better players because of you commitment to practicing!

-pep-band calendar change.  No game tomorrow night (Monday, January 16th).  Game has been rescheduled for Tuesday, January 17th.  Report time of 6:15PM, NOT 5:45PM.  It’s a not a double header, just a single game vs. Blue Valley NW.

-clarification of band calendar.  There are two dates which do not line up with what you see on the North master calendar, but the band calendar is correct.  Chili supper is Tuesday, Feb. 7th, NOT Feb. 9th.  Symphonic band festival is Monday, April 3rd, NOT April 4th.  Please remember the REQUIRED Colorado trip meeting on Monday, March 27th, for all participants on this trip.  All students must attend, in addition to one parent (guardian).  There are several legalities to cover, which require a student and parent together.

-symphonic band AND freshman band students.  There are a few of you that did not complete the listening assignment which was due Friday, January 13th.  To receive partial points, please enroll for the class (codes listed below) and follow the directions.  If you are completing this assignment late, in addition to completion of the assignment on Google classroom, you must ALSO email me completion of this assignment, as the Google classroom doesn’t notify me when someone submits a late assignment.  Please remember, this is important, yet should be fun.  If turning in late, please do so ASAP, so you can receive more points.

symphonic band google classroom code: 3le3yg  (notice the l is a lower case L, NOT a 1.

freshman band google classroom code: 975bym

PARENTS- if you are interested in serving on the 2017-18 band booster board in some capacity (including helping, but are flexible with your service) please email me.  If you are willing to serve with the boosters in some capacity, even if you do not have a preference for your service, we will make sure you are not over extended.  Continuing needs with uniforms, fund raising, and at-large board members (attending meetings) are all needed.  We would like to solidify next year’s slate of booster members within the next couple weeks.

Also parents, please email Ms. Clifford at  wersjc@hotmail.com  if you are willing to help serve food at the Feb. 7th chili supper.

Finally, please remember to view the band calendar and other items on the band website  www.smnorthbands.org  there’s always good information.  I hope to have the rest of the semester’s calendar uploaded by the end of the day.

I hope everyone is enjoying the extra time off this weekend.  Go Chiefs!

Mr. Reed

Dear North band family-

Welcome back!  I hope everyone is well rested and looking forward to the sound of your alarm clock tomorrow morning!  

 Upcoming announcements:

 Students: we are playing tomorrow in class (Wednesday, January 4th).  You will need your instrument, as well as a pencil. 

 Friday, January 6th- pep-band basketball game.  Report time (meaning roll taken and warming up) at 5:30PM.  This is a little earlier than normal.  This is also feeder night, so we will have several 6th and 8th graders with us.  As always, please email at least 2 days prior to any game if you cannot attend. 

 Saturday, January 7th- KMEA state auditions in Salina, KS.  I have already emailed the 5 students this pertains to.

 Tuesday, January 10th- two events: pep-band basketball game, report time of 5:45PM.  It’s also a BAND BOOSTER meeting, which also begins at 5:45PM.  All parents are invited to attend.  The pep-band will warm up as the parent meeting begins.

 Again, looking forward to seeing everyone, welcome back!

Mr. Reed