Glenn Band News - Gems and Indoor Drumline Contests
Glenn Band News: February 6 - February 10, 2023
Safe & Warm
Glenn Band Fans,
We hope that all of you have been able to stay warm and safe through the past several days. I have never experienced anything like the weather that we saw here in Austin last week; I was in Chicago visiting family and after several cancelled flights I arrived home to felled trees and an ice-covered home. We truly hope that all of you have been able to get through the past days unscathed and have been able to repair and tidy up in the past couple days of warmth.
This is a busy week with a lot of news - please read through everything below carefully as we celebrate our Grizzly Band students and prep you on everything coming up for us.
This Week in the Grizzly Band
*For Indoor Percussion & Gems Calendars, please check those specific rehearsal calendars.
**Band sectional schedules are listed later in the newsletter and not listed below.
- Monday, 2/6
- GHS Flute Choir; 7:00-8:00am
- Tuesday, 2/7
- GHS Trombone Choir; 7:00-8:00am
- Booster Board Meeting, 6:00pm
- Wednesday-Friday, 2/8-2/10
- Texas Music Educators' Association Conference in San Antonio (All-State Bands)
Sectionals This Week
Wind Ensemble Sectionals
- Monday PM (3:50-4:50pm) - Horns
- Tuesday PM (3:50-4:50pm) - Trumpets
- No sectionals this Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Symphonic Band Sectionals
- No sectionals this week
Gems Shine Bright at Danielson Solo & Ensemble Contest
Congratulations to ALL of our Gems Dance Company members for their performances this past weekend at the Danielson Solo & Ensemble Contest! Everyone did a wonderful job, and we would especially like to recognize Eryn Michlowitz and Juli Dohring, who both received First Division Soloist Ratings! Additionally, Eryn and Juli also received Outstanding Duet Performance at the contest! BRAVO!!!
Glenn Indoor Percussion Captivates Audience & Judges at First-Ever Contest
BRAVO to our outstanding Indoor Percussion members on a successful and victorious first show! Yesterday (February 4th, 2023) marked the first indoor drumline competition in the history of Glenn High School. Although only two groups competed in their class ("Percussion Scholastic A"), Glenn Indoor Percussion took home First Place with a score of 80.6. To all of our GIP members, staff, volunteers, and community, CONGRATULATIONS!
Please feel free to view scores for "Percussion Scholastic A" at BOTH events from yesterday. The judging panel was the same for both shows, so these judges evaluated all of these groups on the same playing field at both the Akins HS show and then the North Shore HS show.
Akins:
https://www.texascolorguardcircuit.org/events/45900
North Shore:
https://www.texascolorguardcircuit.org/events/45858
Want to see the Glenn Indoor Percussion show?? Join us at our next community performance on Saturday, February 25th - at this show we will perform the 2023 production "Captive" in it's entirety!
Looking for Valentine's Chocolates? Give them the "World's Finest"!
Just in time for the "season of love", we will once again be offering students the chance to sell "World's Finest Chocolates" starting this week!
The fundraiser will run from tomorrow, 2/6, until Friday, 2/17.
This fundraiser is actually held by student request - our band kiddos just really like selling these to friends at school and at home.
We'll also be offering three grand prize drawings this year! For every box that a student sells, they will receive one ticket in the grand prize drawing. At the end of the fundraiser we will draw three names from these tickets - first place will get to choose either a pair of AirPods or Beats Solo3 headphones, and second and third place will each win a $100 Amazon gift card!
Formal Attire Needs & Guidelines
As we approach our spring and UIL concert season, please be aware of the following guidelines for formal attire.
All students will be provided with a formal dress or tuxedo (tuxedo will include pants, jacket, and tie. A vest may also be included.) This attire must be worn in full for all concert performances.
Students will be sized for this attire in the next week during class time.
Please note: some students will require minor alterations for their formal attire, typically hemming for proper length. We are asking for parents to hem pants and dresses on their own - students will be allowed to take their attire home for alterations if they need hemming.
Grizzly Band Formal Attire Guidelines:
PURCHASED ITEMS
- White Dress Shirt
- Tuxedo-wearing students only: A standard white dress shirt, long sleeved, with a collar, must be worn.
- Shoes
- Tuxedo-wearing students: Students will need black dress shoes & socks. Loafer style or laces are acceptable.
- Formal dress-wearing students: Students will need black dress shoes. Flats are recommended. No stockings/hosiery/leggings should be worn.
HAIR
- Students should wear hair out of their face and eyes.
JEWELRY
- Students are allowed to wear small earrings, single necklace, and small rings. Hair ties and scrunchies should not be worn on the wrists.
- It is concert tradition (and highly encouraged) for girls to wear pearls for concert performances.
SHOES
- Students should not wear sneakers, combat boots, slippers, or black socks without shoes instead of the appropriate dress shoes.
UNDER THE CONCERT ATTIRE
- Students wearing tuxedos must wear a plain white t-shirt underneath the dress shirt.
- Students wearing dresses should be aware of the wider neckline.
- It is inappropriate to wear long pants under the dress.
If you have any financial concerns, please contact jeremiah.figlewicz@leanderisd.org.
Upcoming Grizzly Band Events
- Friday, 2/17; Junior Movie Night (March-a-Thon Overall Class Prize)
- Friday, 2/24; February Concert
- Saturday, 2/25; Indoor Percussion Community Performance
- Sat/Sun, 3/4 - 3/5; WGI Austin Super-Regional Hosted by GHS Grizzly Band
Calendar for 2023-2024
At their January 26th meeting the LISD School Board approved the school calendar for the 2023-2024 academic year. You can find the calendar at the "Board Brief" listed here.
With this in mind, we have begun planning the dates and times for next summer and fall. These can be found on our Google Calendar at GlennBand.org. Please note that these dates and times may change and changes will be communicated to families and posted to the Google Calendar.
Summer Band 23-24 Overview
- DCI San Antonio Trip (details below): Saturday, July 22
- Leadership Training Camp (leaders only): Monday-Tuesday, July 24-25
- Summer Band Week 1 (FULL BAND): Wednesday-Friday, July 26-28
- Summer Band Week 2 (FULL BAND): Monday-Friday, July 31-August 4
- Summer Band Week 3 (FULL BAND): Monday-Friday, August 7-11
- Summer Band & First Week of School: Monday-Friday, August 14-18
Marching Band Contests 2023-2024 (Preliminary Dates)
- BOA Austin - September 23
- Vista Ridge Marching Contest - October 7
- Region Marching Contest - October 10
- BOA Prosper - October 14
- 5A Area Marching Contest - October 28
- BOA San Antonio - November 3 & 4
- 5A State Marching Band Contest - November 6 & 7
**Some events, like Festival of Bands, rehearsal calendar, and stadium dates are still TBD from LISD. Some events may also be subject to change based on local contest calendars. I'm very confident in the above contest dates, please start planning now!
Summer Band Rehearsals & Contest Day Notes
As with all Texas high school bands, please plan for your student to be at all of the above events. Look ahead now for SAT and ACT dates, as well as for vacation planning. I'll be heading to my log cabin in Wisconsin in June for a while so that I can be back for summer band! Please begin planning your summer/fall calendars for travel and testing now - we are SO EXCITED for next year's marching season and a big part of our success is having 100% attendance!
Conflicts are sure to come up - if you see these, please email me or Mr. Travis to let us know so that we can try to help with any possible solutions. Thank you!
DCI San Antonio Trip!
From Mr. Travis:
This trip is for students that are currently in 8th - 11th grade
in the Glenn Band, Danielson Band, or Leander Band. Form must be completed and payment submitted by Monday, February 13th.
We will be traveling to San Antonio to watch the best marching ensembles in the country on Saturday, July 22nd 2023!
The price for this trip is $90. ($83 for ticket, $7 for dinner)
Only cash and check allowed. Please make payments out to "Glenn Band Booster Club."
We will only have room for 2 school buses (80 students).
The main reason I am collecting contact information is to send out an updated schedule during the summer before this event.
TO SAVE YOUR SPOT ---
ONLY fill out this form if you are 100% certain you will attend! Please read information above again before you click "Yes"
Email Mr. Travis
- Zack.Travis@leanderisd.org
