2018 Chair Placement Auditions

Happy New Year to all!  I hope everyone had a very relaxing, refreshing, and enjoyable holiday break and that our students are ready to get back in to the swing of things.  I’m very excited for the music and opportunities that our students will get to experience this semester!  It’s going to be challenging but…

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Meet the Musicians

Dr. Sue Samuels (previous Director of Bands at UAB) is hosting the “Meet the Musicians” event at Randolph School in Huntsville again this year.  This is a great opportunity for students to meet music professors and directors from several universities across the state and to ask them questions about how their college band program works…

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Recipe Book Fundraiser

Update – The books are ready to be pre-ordered! We all have favorite recipes we use during the holiday that have been passed down and some we have created. We are excited to announce that our cookbook is ready for advance orders! The cookbooks only cost $10.00 and each student has the potential to make $6.00…

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Week of Veteran’s Day

1) Veterans Parade Cancellation 2) RES and MtCES field trip for Veterans Assemblies 3) BHS Veterans Assembly info 1) In light of many conflicts arising from the school system’s scheduling of a long weekend around Veterans Day this year, we will NOT be participating in the annual Veterans Day Parade in downtown Huntsville on Saturday,…

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Cookie Dough Fundraiser

We have just kicked-off our annual fundraising campaign, and we need your support! We’ve partnered with Cherrydale to create something really big and to raise the money we need. This year’s campaign is called Be The Change, and Radio Disney star Erin Bowman wrote an exclusive song for us called “Be the Change”! Watch the…

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Mr Souder’s Fall Mega Post – Dates You Need to Know Now

Please be sure to add/confirm the following events on your calendars and freshmen/rookies, see the note about concert attire – tuxes/dresses: – Saturday, October 21st – Tennessee Valley Invitational Marching Competition (Muscle Shoals HS) – Saturday, October 28th – Peach State Marching Festival and Competition (Rome HS, GA) – November 2nd – last football game performance (unless the team…

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Huntsville Clarinet Day! 

(This will likely be the day of our New Market Christmas Parade which is at 1:00 PM – Jenny says it’s no problem to come after our parade, which lasts about a half hour. Jenny is fantastic and will be visiting to do a clinic and mouthpiece trial with our clarinets and saxes soon.) Hosted…

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UNA Extravaganza 2017

Attention students/parents, I have just received this announcement for the 2017 UNA Pride of Dixie Marching Band Extravaganza event.  Several Buckhorn Band graduates are in the UNA POD and if anyone is interested in checking out the band/school, this is a good opportunity to do it.  Email [email protected] directly to reserve a spot. 2017 Marching…

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All State Orchestra Auditions

Each year, the Alabama Orchestra Association requests auditions from wind players throughout the state to fill the wind instrument spots in the All State Orchestra.  If interested, please the see the note below and let me know if you need any guidance or help: The Alabama Orchestra Association is requesting winds and percussion for their…

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What to Expect for Away Games

Attention – EVERYONE must read the below bullet points to understand the expectations and protocol for away games (within the county), including veteran parents, please.  It is quite long in order to cover the many aspects of away games.  Please read thoroughly.  I will be going over all of this with our students Friday: –…

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