SMS Week 5.3

​We have an incredibly busy week ahead of us leading into Spring Break!
Please continue to help us keep an eye on student grades to ensure academic success. All students should be working on their Objective Sheets. Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band students need to submit all of their objectives through Schoology.
Pre-UIL Concert / Clinic with Alan Harkey
 Symphonic Band (Non Varsity) - Please meet at 5:30 PM in the SMS Band Hall dressed in Concert Black with your instrument and all materials. Warm Up will begin at 5:35 PM in the SMS Band Hall. The Concert will begin at 6:00 PM in the SMS Eisenhower Auditorium. All parents, friends, and other students are encouraged to attend the Concert. Immediately following the Concert, our guest clinician, Mr. Alan Harkey, will give some brief feedback and critique. Immediately following Mr. Harkey’s comments, we will demonstrate the Sight Reading process. Everyone is dismissed following the Sight Reading process (approximately 6:45 PM), but is encouraged to stay for the Wind Symphony performances.  Wind Symphony (Varsity) - Please meet at 6:15 PM in the SMS Band Hall dressed in Concert Black with your instrument and all materials. Warm Up will begin at 6:30 PM in the SMS Band Hall. The Concert will begin at 7:00 PM in the SMS Eisenhower Auditorium. All parents, friends, and other students are encouraged to attend the Concert. Immediately following the Concert, our guest clinician, Mr. Alan Harkey, will give some brief feedback and critique. Immediately following Mr. Harkey’s comments, we will demonstrate the Sight Reading process. Everyone is dismissed following the Sight Reading process (approximately 7:45 PM).
Fan Cloth Orders Have Arrived! We have received most of the products from our Fan Cloth Fundraiser and will be passing them out this week! We are working on organizing all of the products to create a check out system. We plan to send products home with students on Tuesday. They will have to sign out their products. Some products have been back ordered and so we do not have them yet, but those should arrive soon after Spring Break. Credits from the fundraiser will be applied to each student’s Miscellaneous Ledger during Spring Break.
Denison ISD Percussion Concert All Percussion students in grades 6 – 12 are involved in the Denison ISD Percussion Concert this Thursday, March 5th at 7:00 PM in the Denison High School Smith Auditorium. It is an optional concert for all other students. Percussion students need to check with Mr. Gurke to make sure we have a solid plan for transporting any necessary equipment. All percussion students need to arrive at the Denison High School Smith Auditorium by 6:15 PM, dressed in Concert Black Attire, with their music and any necessary equipment they have been assigned to bring. This should be a fun
and exciting night to demonstrate what our percussion students have learned and have been
working on thus far in the year!
Retention Assembly at B. McDaniel Intermediate School (Wind Symphony Only)
The Wind Symphony will be performing at B. McDaniel Intermediate School this Friday morning
for a Retention Assembly for the Beginner Band in the Band Hall at 8:15 AM. We will be
demonstrating our daily drill, performing UIL Concert music, and discussing Band life at Scott
Middle School. We will start rehearsal at 7:45 AM (Euphonium Sectionals are at 6:45 AM) and
will start the assembly at 8:15 AM. We plan to conclude by 9:00 AM and return to Scott Middle
School by 9:30 AM. Students are to wear blue jeans and their SMS Band T-Shirt and be dropped
off at B. McDaniel Intermediate School Friday morning. The earliest students may be dropped off
is 6:00 AM. All students must arrive by 7:30 AM. Students may be dropped off in the 5th Grade
Loop or the Bus Loop and walk to the open Band Hall door by the Cafeteria.
Finances
The SMS Band Booster Club currently has $6,953.15 in past due finances. Please check Charms
to make sure all finances are up to date. Payment may be made in the Band Office via cash or
check made out to Touch of Gold, or online through Charms via credit or debit card. All fees
should be paid at this point except for trips and April Private Lessons (Due April 1st) forward.
Financial Statements have been emailed.
Monday
 WS Tuba Sectional 6:45 AM – 7:50 AM in the Band Hall with Mr. Fisher
 WS Low Reed Sectional 6:45 AM – 7:50 AM in the Jazz Room with Mr. McCall
 SB Low Reed / Low Brass Sectional 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM in the Band Hall with Mr. McCall
 Pre-UIL Concert / Clinic with Alan Harkey (Symphonic Band at 6:00 PM, Wind
Symphony at 7:00 PM)
Tuesday
 WS French Horn Sectional 6:45 AM – 7:50 AM in the Band Hall with Mr. Fisher
 WS Alto Saxophone Sectional 6:45 AM – 7:50 AM in the Jazz Room with Mr. McCall
 WS Percussion Sectional 6:45 AM – 7:50 AM in the Percussion Room with Mr. Gurke
 WS Clarinet Sectional 6:45 AM – 7:50 AM in the Ensemble Room – Student Led
 WS Trombone Sectional 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM in the Band Hall with Mr. Fisher
 SB Alto Saxophone / French Horn Sectional 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM in the Jazz Room with
Mr. McCall
 SB Percussion Sectional 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM in the Ensemble Room – Student Led
 Wind Symphony FaceTime Randall Standridge (During Class)
Wednesday
 WS Trumpet Sectional 6:45 AM – 7:50 AM in the Band Hall with Mr. Fisher
 WS Clarinet Sectional 6:45 AM – 7:50 AM in the Ensemble Room – Student Led
 WS Flute / Oboe Sectional 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM in the Band Hall with Mr. Fisher
 SB Flute / Oboe Sectional 6:45 AM – 7:50 AM in the Jazz Room with Mr. McCall
 SB Trumpet Sectional 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM in the Jazz Room with Mr. McCall
Thursday
 WS Brass Sectional 6:45 AM – 7:50 AM in the Band Hall with Mr. Fisher
 WS Woodwind Sectional 6:45 AM – 7:50 AM in the Jazz Room with Mr. McCall
 WS Percussion Sectional 6:45 AM – 7:50 AM in the Percussion Room with Mr. Gurke
 WS Clarinet Sectional 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM in the Band Hall with Mr. Fisher
 SB Clarinet Sectional 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM in the Jazz Room with Mr. McCall
 Denison ISD Percussion Concert, 7:00 PM in the Denison High School Smith
Auditorium
Friday
 WS Euphonium Sectional 6:45 AM – 7:50 AM in the B. McDaniel Intermediate
School Band Hall with Mr. Fisher
 Wind Symphony Rehearsal 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM in the Band Hall
 Six Flags Trip Fee Due ($70)
 7:00 AM Retention Assembly at B. McDaniel Intermediate School (Wind Symphony
Only)
 Sherry Miller Clinic with Wind Symphony 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM in the Band Hall /
FaceTime Pierre La Plante