2019 Band Camp Newsletter

PLEASE READ THOROUGHLY WITH YOUR STUDENT. STUDENTS WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS INFORMATION. THIS IS THE ANNUAL CAMP LETTER AND THE INFORMATION WITHIN IS VERY IMPORTANT. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THIS NEWSLETTER. Dear Parents and Students, The time of the year for our marching camps is getting close – two weeks! There are some…

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2019 Band Camp Info

After seeing the note below and signing up for the new remind text service, read the newsletter. It is crucial for each parent (and student) to read the newsletter in its entirety.  It is VERY IMPORTANT!  CLICK HERE TO READ THE NEWSLETTER. The REMIND TEXT service is CHANGING:Each student & parent should be signed up…

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Nominations for our New Board Members

Nominations for 2019/2020 Board:President – Gordon King1VP – LaVeta Solanto2VP – Michael Patch2VP Asst. – Heather Tewalt3VP – Melanie JacksonTreasurer – Mary MillerTreas. Ass.t – Nikka ShaneyfeldTreas. Asst. – Cyndi SarkesianSecretary – Lorraine Miller and Kim Grantham

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March Band Booster Meeting

Hello all, Please make plans to attend the upcoming March BHS Band Booster Association meeting on Tuesday, March 12 at 6:30pm.  This is a *very* important meeting where we will set nominations for next year’s Booster Board, and also take a general membership vote on proposed by-laws revisions.  If you have not yet taken the…

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MPA Ensemble Stipulations

Buckhorn Band Students and Parents: The following is a new development this year and is important to understand as our program continues to increase not only in size, but in levels of expectations and standards of achievement- to provide each student with fair involvement in our activities, and in order to best motivate and scaffold…

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Concert Band Audition Music

Concert Band audition materials are now available in the band room and with links below  Please be sure you/your student gets a copy. You can click and view or download audition music: Flute Clarinet Bass Clarinet Oboe Horns Saxes Trumpets Trombones Tubas Baritones 1Baritones 2 Percussion 1Percussion 2 PARENTS:  Please help your student plan time…

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Collective Bracelets Benefeting Indoor Percussion

Leah Farris, the Pit Instructor, has so graciously volunteered to donate 15% of her commissions of the sale to the BHS Indoor Percussion program.  The sale is live now and will end December 15, just in time for Christmas.  These bracelets are unique and are specifically designed by Leah. There is a picture of the…

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Buckhorn High School Band:  Mattress Sale Feb 23, 2019

On Saturday, February 23rd, from 10am to 5pm our Buckhorn High School Band Program is hosting our 3rd Annual Mattress Sale fundraising event.   This event has been VERY successful here at school districts across Alabama and the US over the last 10 years. We are excited to have this event here at Buckhorn High School.…

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Marching “ends”, Concert begins!

What a fantastic marching season it’s been!  Each contest affirmed that our students are very talented, passionate, well-trained in the arts, and hard-working.  At our first contest (SRC), percussion got the top score; second contest (JSU) – first place band, percussion, and drum major, second place guard; and at the State Championship, our band got…

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