Author: CMS Trojan Bands

Fall Concert and Added Football Game Announcement

Our middle school has been invited to pack the stands and play for our 8th grade football team this Saturday, November 4th! The game begins at 7:30 PM at Grisham Stadium.

  • Report time will be 7:00. 
  • Game begins at 7:30
  • Game concludes at 9:00 PM
  • Drop off/Pick up at CHS Band Room
  • Open to all band students
  • No money required
  • Students will be fed a snack and water
  • Students will get half time off to visit concession stands
  • Must wear white Trojan Band shirt. (I have extras)

https://forms.gle/RUQRuXqHmehorJDo6

The first 10 volunteers to sign up will be given a wristband to get in the game free as a parent volunteer. The administration wants to show their support for our strong parent presence that our band program could not survive without! (I will contact the first ten of you later this week to let you know).

Fall Concert

Our first concert of the year is almost here! One week from today, on Monday, November 6th our CMS band will rock the Mabry Arts Center.

We will have two concerts on Monday night. 6th Grade and Symphonic Band will have their concert at 6 PM while Concert Band and Wind Ensemble will have theirs at 7:30. This allows for traffic to hopefully be as calm as possible with the amount of students in our middle school band program.

We have four bands in our CMS program. The itinerary for each is below:

6th Grade Band:

  • 5:15 Report to Mabry Arts Center with instrument in case
  • 5:30 Have instruments and music on stage with cases in the back garage
  • 5:30-5:55: Warm up on stage
  • 6:00-6:20 Perform
  • 6:20: Switch spots with our Symphonic Band to watch them perform
  • 6:30-7:00: Watch Symphonic Band Perform

Symphonic Band:

  • 5:15 Report to Mabry Arts Center with instrument in case
  • 5:30 Have instruments and music with you in your assigned seats in the audience with cases in the back garage
  • 6:00-6:20 Watch 6th Grade Band Perform
  • 6:20: Switch spots with our 6th Grade Band and enter stage
  • 6:20-6:30 Warm up
  • 6:30-7:00 Perform

7:00 6th Grade/Symphonic Concert Concludes. Students Dismissed

Concert Band:

  • 6:45 Report to Mabry Arts Center with instrument in case
  • 7:15 Have instruments and music on stage with cases in Mr. Cox’s room
  • 7:15-7:30: Warm up on stage
  • 7:30-7:50 Perform
  • 7:50: Switch spots with our Wind Ensemble Band to watch them perform

Wind Ensemble:

  • 6:45 Report to Mabry Arts Center with instrument in case
  • 7:15 Have instruments and music in assigned seats in the audience with cases in Mr. Cox’s room
  • 7:30-7:50: Watch Concert Band perform
  • 7:50-8:00 Warm Up on stage
  • 8:00-8:25: Perform

8:25 Concert/Wind Ensemble Concert Concludes. Students dismissed.

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to reach out.

Sincerely,

Ms. Maria Menendez

maria.menendez@carrolltoncityschools.net

10/30-11/3

Good afternoon,

It has been a busy yet incredible past couple weeks here in the CMS Band!

We had two field trips, a middle school football game, a high school football game for 8th Grade Night, a chocolate bar pizza reward party, and even some of you assisting with our high school marching band competition! On top of that we have several students who have auditioned and made an advanced group called West Georgia Winds. Those students have already rehearsed twice and have been working hard to add on even MORE music on their plate.

We have so many motivated and hard working students in our band program. I also want to say that the parents and guardian help the past two weeks has been incredible. You all have been flexible and have done everything with a smile on your face! Thank you for putting our students first and donating your time and resources to our program.

Week at a Glance

Tuesday: DHB After school Rehearsal until 4:15

Wednesday: Jazz Band until 4:15

Thursday: Percussion Ensemble Rehearsal until 4:15/Low reeds extra help until 4:00

Jazz Band/Percussion Ensemble

Once the Fall settles down, we begin our percussion and jazz band ensembles. A few special notes:

  • 6th, 7th, 8th grade band members are allowed in these ensembles
  • NO fees or costs are required for this ensemble
  • All students regardless of instrument may participate in these ensembles
  • No form is needed to participate, students simply stay after school to participate each week

Carowinds:

If you have not created your Carowinds account and are not up to date, please update that this time. Our trip payments are spread out over months to make things more manageable.

https://superholiday.grcoll.co/go/cmsb30117-24

Our chocolate bar fundraiser will be applied to the November 12th payment, not the initial downpayment. Every box of chocolate bars that was sold will credit $30 towards your trip! There are still more boxes to sell if anyone would like to sell more. We will also credit money towards our trip using the raffle fundraiser in January. Fundraising is a great way to lower the cost of the Carowinds trip!

Attached is the document with the trip itinerary, cost, and break down.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vS6Nl1CcxAIV5IH8C8wTa_wv9mxDgekC9hnxl-ZPizDWfCB3V16pSAv_hMZVWV86w/pub

Have a wonderful rest of your Sunday!

Sincerely,

Ms. Maria Menendez

maria.menendez@carrolltoncityschools.net