Happy Sunday!

Week at a glance:

• Tuesday: Jazz Band 3:30pm-4:30pm
• Wednesday: Jazz Band 3:30pm-4:30pm
• Friday: Jazz Band 7:45am-8:10 am/Black History Month assembly performance during school

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Jazz Band Performance

Our Jazz Band will have a busy week with two afternoon rehearsals and one morning rehearsal this week preparing for their performance at the Black History Month Assembly on Friday during the school day. Please ensure that all Jazz Band members are at all three rehearsals and that they have a semi formal outfit for Friday. No jeans, sweatpants, or t shirts permitted. Khakis, dress pants, skirts and dresses as well as dress shirts and polos are permitted. Ms. Menendez will review the uniform for Friday with the students.

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Pre LGPE Concert 7th and 8th grade only

On Tuesday, March 3rd our 7th and 8th graders will have their Pre Large Group Performance Evaluation concert at the Mabry Arts Center on Carrollton High School. This is a required concert for our Concert Band, Symphonic Band, and Wind Ensemble. The schedule has been posted below:

• 5:15 PM Report time for all students
• 6:00 PM Concert Band performance (students are dismissed after their performance)
• 6:30 PM Symphonic Band performance (students are dismissed after their performance)
• 7:00 PM Wind Ensemble performance (students are dismissed after their performance)

We hope that you will consider viewing the performances of the other ensembles as well as the high school ensembles that will perform after us!

Large Group Performance Evaluation is our version of the Georgia Milestones. Bands must perform three pieces from a pre-approved list of repertoire and have adjudicators who provide feedback and ratings based on a criteria that the Georgia Music Educators Association has formed. This is an important part of our year and we look forward to getting a run through next Tuesday in front of some colleagues of our who will give us important feedback leading into LGPE in Mid March.

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Upcoming Dates:

• Pre LGPE Concert at the MAC: March 3rd (7th and 8th grade only)
• LGPE Concert: March 19th (7th and 8th grade only)
• Carowinds Field Trip: April 24th-25th
• Spring Concert for all CMS Students: May 7th

CMS Band

Have a wonderful rest of your Sunday!

Sincerely,

Ms. Maria Menendez

maria.menendez@carrolltoncityschools.net

Happy Sunday!

Week at a glance:

• Wednesday: Jazz Band 7:45am-8:10 am.
• Thursday-Saturday: District Honor Band (Itinerary emailed out already)
• Friday: Jazz Band 7:45am-8:10 am.

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District Honor Band

Congratulations to our CMS and CHS Students who participated in District Honor Band this weekend. These students practiced in the Fall for a difficult audition in early December and earned a spot this year! This is the largest group that Carrollton City Schools has brought and we are extremely proud of them for representing us in Ringgold, Georgia. Dr. Carr, Ms. Morrissey, Ms. Hanlin, and Yvonne Haley ensured that all students attended rehearsal on time, took the students bowling, to Krispy Kreme, and supported them the entire way. Thank you for your care this weekend and thank you to Carrollton City Schools for providing the charter bus for us to ride in comfort!

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Band Store

Our store is open year round if you would like to purchase hoodies or shirts! Thank you to Ozier Apparel for making this happen!

https://ozierproducts.com/CMSBandSpiritWEAR/shop/home

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Private Lessons

If your student is looking to improve on their instrument, whether that is to start as a beginner to advance to become competitive, private lessons are a game changer for band students. I have compiled a list of some incredible educators and I would love to see our students studying with these musicians!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16-5Fa9hyt6kdME0yC8L7wgpfHfuhyb8czdtLOUUaY7U/edit?usp=sharing

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Carowinds 8th Grade Only

If you have not signed up your student, please do so ASAP. We will begin rooming selections for students this month.
https://superholiday.groupcollect.com/v2/go/cmsb30117-26
If it asks for a code it’s: cmsb30117-26 

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West Georgia Winds

If your 6th-8th grader is interested in an honor band experience that meets right in our own band room, West Georgia Winds is the group for them! This is an honor band group with students from across the state who travel to practice and perform together. We have several Carrollton middle and high school band members who participate. If you would like to push your student and have them join this prestigious ensemble, let me know!

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Upcoming Dates:

• Pre LGPE Concert at the MAC: March 3rd (7th and 8th grade only)
• LGPE Concert: March 19th (7th and 8th grade only)
• Carowinds Field Trip: April 24th-25th
• Spring Concert for all CMS Students: May 7th

Have a wonderful rest of your Sunday!

Sincerely,

Ms. Maria Menendez

maria.menendez@carrolltoncityschools.net

Happy Sunday!

Week at a glance:

• Tuesday morning: 7:45am -8:10am TBLA
• Wednesday: Jazz Band 7:45am-8:10 am.
• Thursday-Saturday: District Honor Band (Itinerary emailed out already)
• Friday: Jazz Band 7:45am-8:10 am.

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Carowinds 8th Grade Only

If you have not signed up your student, please do so ASAP. We will begin rooming selections for students this month.
https://superholiday.groupcollect.com/v2/go/cmsb30117-26
If it asks for a code it’s: cmsb30117-26 

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West Georgia Winds

If your 6th-8th grader is interested in an honor band experience that meets right in our own band room, West Georgia Winds is the group for them! This is an honor band group with students from across the state who travel to practice and perform together. We have several Carrollton middle and high school band members who participate. If you would like to push your student and have them join this prestigious ensemble, let me know!

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Upcoming Dates:

• District Honor Band: February 5th-7th.
• Pre LGPE Concert at the MAC: March 3rd (7th and 8th grade only)
• LGPE Concert: March 19th (7th and 8th grade only)
• Carowinds Field Trip: April 24th-25th
• Spring Concert for all CMS Students: May 7th

CMS Band

Have a wonderful rest of your Sunday!

Sincerely,

Ms. Maria Menendez

maria.menendez@carrolltoncityschools.net

Happy Sunday!

Week at a glance:

• Wednesday: Jazz Band 7:45am-8:10 am.
• Friday: Jazz Band 7:45am-8:10 am.

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Jazz Band Concert

The Villa Rica High School Jazz Band is performing at the State Conference for music next week! They will have a send off concert on Monday, January 26th at the Carroll County Performing Arts Center. If you would like to support a local group of students and hear some incredible jazz playing, you may purchase tickets here.

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Carowinds 8th Grade Only

If you have not signed up your student, please do so ASAP. We will begin rooming selections for students this month.
https://superholiday.groupcollect.com/v2/go/cmsb30117-26
If it asks for a code it’s: cmsb30117-26 

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West Georgia Winds

If your 6th-8th grader is interested in an honor band experience that meets right in our own band room, West Georgia Winds is the group for them! This is an honor band group with students from across the state who travel to practice and perform together. We have several Carrollton middle and high school band members who participate. If you would like to push your student and have them join this prestigious ensemble, let me know!

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Upcoming Dates:

• District Honor Band: February 5th-7th.
• Pre LGPE Concert at the MAC: March 3rd (7th and 8th grade only)
• LGPE Concert: March 19th (7th and 8th grade only)
• Carowinds Field Trip: April 24th-25th
• Spring Concert for all CMS Students: May 7th

CMS Band

Have a wonderful rest of your Sunday!

Sincerely,

Ms. Maria Menendez

maria.menendez@carrolltoncityschools.net

Our first week back was a great one! We are off to a tremendous start and the students are already playing wonderfully as if we did not have weeks off. I am so happy to see them back and enjoying making music with their friends.

Week at a glance:

• Wednesday: Jazz band 7:45am-8:10am
• Friday: Jazz band 7:45am-8:10am
• Sunday: West Georgia Winds Spring Season begins!

Carowinds

This week I will reach out to double check our roster for Carowinds with any families of a student who has not signed up yet. If you have not signed up your student, please do so ASAP. We will begin rooming selections for students this month.

https://superholiday.groupcollect.com/v2/go/cmsb30117-26

If it asks for a code it’s: cmsb30117-26 

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All State

We hope to hear results tomorrow but wanted to take a moment to say how proud we are of our six students who auditioned for the Georgia All State Band on Saturday! Joseph Ballew, Gabriel Forero, Emma Ha, Jeronimo Morales-Ruiz, Zio Rho, and Jaina Williams. Being invited to audition means that they scored a high enough score on their District Honor Band audition back in December. We are SO proud of you! Leadership takes courage and you showed so much preparing and auditioning on Saturday!

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West Georgia Winds

If your 6th-8th grader is interested in an honor band experience that meets right in our own band room, West Georgia Winds is the group for them! This is an honor band group with students from across the state who travel to practice and perform together. We have several Carrollton middle and high school band members who participate. If you would like to push your student and have them join this prestigious ensemble, let me know!

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Have a wonderful evening!

Sincerely,

Maria Menendez

maria.menendez@carrolltoncityschools.net

We are officially on our last week of the first semester! The students have worked so hard this semester and we are excited to end the week strong!

Week at a Glance:

Monday: CHS and CUES Concert 6:00PM Free to the public!

Tuesday: Chair test in class for 7th and 8th graders. Playing test for 6th grade in class

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Christmas Sponsorship

I want to say thank you to everyone who helped with our original two families and their Christmas sponsorship this year. What even warmed my heart more is when we were asked to support a third family, and you all covered everything that they needed within an hour. Thank you to this community for being so loving and selfless during this time.

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Winter Concert

What a tremendous Winter Concert! The audience was so supportive and the students performed wonderfully. The students were dressed very festive and I am sure that many great photos were taken. Below are some from the school system. Thank you to our staff of incredible band directors and teachers who work behind the scenes to make concerts like this so successful! Dr. Carr, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Trumble, Mr. Boyle, and Mr. Videtto handled so many things and allow for Mr. Marier and Ms. Menendez could focus on making music with the students! What a village we have!

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Have a wonderful rest of your Sunday night!

Sincerely,

Ms. Maria Menendez

maria.menendez@carrolltoncityschools.net

Good evening and welcome to our Winter Concert!

Please click the link below to access:

CONCERT PROGRAM

Good evening! We are so excited for this week because there is much to celebrate and lots of music to share!

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Concert Info 12/9

Our concert next Tuesday will have a slightly different schedule and different uniform. Please read below:

Uniform:

• Upper body: Anything festive! Green, red, white, light blue, christmas lights, antlers, hats, you name it!
• Lower body:black on bottom, with no crocks, sandals, flip flops.
• Skirts and dresses must have black leggings underneath
• Our concerts are required for all band members and students are required to stay for the duration of their portion of the concert. 

6th grade/Symphonic Band:

• Report to MAC @ 5:15
• 6th grade performs @ 6:00PM
• Symphonic Band performs @ 6:20
• 6:40 PM Dismissal for both groups

Concert Band/Wind Ensemble:

• Report to MAC @ 6:15
• Concert Band performs @ 7:00
• Wind Ensemble performs @ 7:35
• 7:55 PM Dismissal for both groups

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Christmas Sponsorship

Please ensure that your gifts are labeled and turn in this week so that I can get the gifts delivered to the families. You all have such incredible hearts and we are going to make so many people happy. Our two families will have a better holiday season because of our band program. Thank you so much!

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District Honor Band

We had 18 students audition for District Honor Band on Saturday. This involved months of preparation, courage, and leadership! We are so proud of all that auditioned and are excited to share that we had 12 students earn a spot in the District VII Honor Band!

Congratulations to the following:

Band 1: Emma Ha, Jeronimo Morales-Ruiz, Jaina Williams, Zio Rho, Joseph Ballew, Konsih Pisoh, Gina Lin, Gabriel Forero.

Band 2: Jaine Savoie, Jacob Tang Yuk, Selena Chen, Margot Ayers.

This group will travel to Ringgold, Georgia in February to participate! Congratulations!

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Carowinds

8th Graders must create a Carowinds account if they have not done so already.

https://superholiday.groupcollect.com/v2/go/cmsb30117-26

If it asks for a code: cmsb30117-26

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Have a wonderful rest of your Sunday evening and stay dry and warm!

Sincerely,

M. Menendez

maria.menendez@carrolltoncityschools.net

Week at a glance:

• No after school activities this week

Welcome back from break! I hope that you all had an incredible time with family and loved ones! This week we are gearing up for our last concert of the semester. Next Tuesday is going to be so enjoyable and we cannot wait to share music with you!

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Concert Info 12/9

Our concert next Tuesday will have a slightly different schedule and different uniform. Please read below:

Uniform:

• Upper body: Anything festive! Green, red, white, light blue, christmas lights, antlers, hats, you name it!
• Lower body:black on bottom, with no crocks, sandals, flip flops.
• Skirts and dresses must have black leggings underneath
• Our concerts are required for all band members and students are required to stay for the duration of their portion of the concert. 

6th grade/Symphonic Band:

• Report to MAC @ 5:15
• 6th grade performs @ 6:00PM
• Symphonic Band performs @ 6:20
• 6:40 PM Dismissal for both groups

Concert Band/Wind Ensemble:

• Report to MAC @ 6:15
• Concert Band performs @ 7:00
• Wind Ensemble performs @ 7:35
• 7:55 PM Dismissal for both groups

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Christmas Sposorship

Please ensure that your gifts are labeled and turn in this week so that I can get the gifts delivered to the families. You all have such incredible hearts and we are going to make so many people happy. Our two families will have a better holiday season because of our band program. Thank you so much!

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District Honor Band Tryouts: This Saturday the 6th

Good luck to our students auditioning for District Honor Band on Saturday! Once you are done auditioning you may head out and enjoy the rest of your Saturday!

DISTRICT VII HONOR BAND AUDITIONS FINAL INFORMATION

SCHOOL ADDRESS: Cass Middle School

195 Fire Tower RD NW Cartersville, GA 30120

There are two entrances to CMS. We want to encourage parents to enter on “Brittani LN.”

Students may carpool or ride with their guardian. Ms. Menendez will be working all day at the event and cannot provide a bus.

Please arrive at 12:30 to check in, warm up, and then get in line when they call for Carrollton to stand in the audition lines. Your audition time is 1:30 PM but you will be able to line up earlier!

Students will check-in at the registration area labeled “Gym, enter here” on the campus map.

Students should wear semi-formal attire (no jeans) and nothing with our school logo on it.

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Carowinds

The following students/chaperones currently have Carowinds Accounts:

Margot,Ayers

Joseph,Marshall,Ballew

Samuel,Camp

Selena,Chen

Ruthie,Collins

Ruby,Cook

Calie,Corrie

Gabriel,Courtney

Shavoun,Courtney

Paris,Davidson

Aiden,Davis

Brycen, Davis

Kingston,Dix

kingston,dix

Braylen,Dodson

Jennifer,Engelbird

Josie,Engelbird

Kammie, Gosa

William,Griffin

Emma,Ha

Gabryelle,Henson

Donovan,Jones

Douglas,Jones

Gerald,Jones

Landon,Lane

Aniyah,Lewis

Joseph,Lewis II

Gina,Lin

Franklin,Lopez

Lauryn,McKenzie

Elijah,Nix

Nikki,Truss

Donald,Mason,Peden

James,,Peden

Kathryn,Reid

Rosemary,Reid

Zio,Rho

Zefira,Rivera Manon

Ella,Silvey

Zariah,Spidell

Bruce,Spray

Nehemiah,Thames

Juliet,Isabella,Truss

Cameron,,Tyciak

Lindsey,Villalobos-Florez

Jose,Viveros reyes

Jaina, Williams

Christopher,,Wilson-Harkins

Reagan ,Woodrow

If your 8th grader does not see their name on this list they will need to make an account ASAP.

https://superholiday.groupcollect.com/v2/go/cmsb30117-26

If it asks for a code: cmsb30117-26

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Have a wonderful rest of your Sunday evening and stay dry and warm!

Sincerely,

M. Menendez

maria.menendez@carrolltoncityschools.net

Week at a Glance:

• No after school events this week

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Christmas Sponsorship

Each year, our band program sponsors families during the holiday season. As a team leader (band director) I receive information on students and their shirt, shoe, and pant sizes as well as some toys or other gifts submitted by their parents. To keep things anonymous, we will have two families and called them “Family #1” and “Family #2”.

Family #1

Family #2

If you are able to contribute, please click on one of the links above to select items to donate. Please identify the items (especially if they are wrapped) by the Family # and the Age/Gender of the child. This allows for me to separate the presents and get them to the correct family.

Thank you for considering and I am so excited that our students are learning to give to others during this time of the year!

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UWG Free Concert 11/17

On Monday, the 17th, the University of West Georgia Wind Ensemble has a fantastic concert! Please click below to see their jaw dropping pieces including a baritone/euphonium soloists, a piece about the Northern Lights, and a piece featuring four percussionists that will blow your mind.

https://www.westga.edu/calendar.php#event-details/2037c0c9-a22f-4415-b0e9-a0bcc0c59e26

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Upcoming Dates

12/9 Winter Concert

Have a wonderful rest of your Sunday evening!

Sincerely,

Ms. Maria Menendez

maria.menendez@carrolltoncityschools.net