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Good evening,

This is going to be another exciting week for our band program!

Week at a Glance:

  • Tuesday: Winter Concert
  • Thursday-Saturday: MidFest Honor Band for five of our band members: Emmett Bush, Lola Crandell, Reese Roenigk, Wendy Whaley, and Abigail Keesling.

Winter Concert: Tuesday 12/10

The uniforms for our students includes black dress shoes, black pants or a black long skirt with leggings underneath, and something festive for their upper body. This can include hats, headbands, ugly Christmas sweaters, etc.

Our concert times are as follows:

6th grade/Symphonic Band:

  • Report to MAC @ 5:15
  • 6th grade performs @ 6:00PM
  • Symphonic Band performs @ 6:25
  • 6:40 PM Dismissal for both groups

Concert Band/Wind Ensemble:

  • Report to MAC @ 6:50
  • Concert Band performs @ 7:15
  • Wind Ensemble performs @ 7:45
  • 8:00 PM Dismissal for both groups

District Honor Band Results

We had several students audition yesterday in order to potentially earn a spot in the District VII Honor Band. The students have been working since August to prepare for this audition and deserve so much credit for the determination and courage that it took to audition yesterday.

Congratulations to the following students on being accepted into the 2025 District VII Honor Band:

Band 1: Abigail Keesling (8th chair), Emmett Bush (2nd chair), Reese Roenigk (4th chair), Wendy Whaley (8th chair), Zio Rho (12th chair), Gina Lin (13th chair), Lola Crandell (1st chair), Mattaniah Wimberly (2nd chair), Gray Esslinger (2nd chair).

Band 2: Joseph Ballew(16th chair).

We are so proud of all of the students from all schools present yesterday for the hard work leading up to the audition. Thank you to our Carrollton students who auditioned and who are leaders in our program.

I look forward to seeing you all at the concert on Tuesday and I cannot wait for you to hear the students play!

Sincerely,

Ms. Maria Menendez

maria.menendez@carrolltoncityschools.net