 Now, five GB students are spending their summer marching with the Legends Drum and Bugle Corps. The most recent addition is Katy Howie! Congrats Katy! All five students were offered contacts and are looking forward to this summer experience. You can track their progress through LEGENDS WEBSITE. 
Courtney
Jacob
Michael
Jessica
Devin
 Mr. Rizzi has updated the MB Visual page. Check out the two videos, and once you have watched both, head on over to the forum and making a post in the "May 30th Rehearsal" topic on the Winds discussion board about some things you noticed. Extra props if you include reference to someone else's post or start a real conversation with them on the board! The goal is to open up a friendly and productive dialogue with your teammates! CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO GO TO THE VISUAL PAGE.  Drum Corps International is offering FREE viewing of the 2012 World Championship through Sunday, June 2nd. CLICK HERE to watch DCI for FREE.
As the school year is coming to a close and vacation is right around the corner, I wanted to bring to your attention a great summer musical opportunity right here in Flint. Dr. Heidenreich recently came into the school to talk with the band classes about the UM-Flint Chamber Music Clinic, and I strongly believe this would be beneficial for all students in the band program. Here is a link to the website for more information about the clinic:
http://www.umflint.edu/music/Chamber_Music_Clinic.htm I hope you can take advantage of this clinic!  We share the joy with our 2013 Senior class as they participate in their graduation ceremony tomorrow. We are so proud of each and everyone of our day band students. In an effort to celebrate with them, we will honor each senior by posting a picture of them on FACEBOOK and their musical activities at GBHS. We have 29 day band students, so each 1/2 hour, from 9am - 10pm, a new senior will be announced. We hope that you enjoy watch each student throughout the day. Congratulations seniors, and we hope you have a wonderful evening!  "Memorial Day this year is especially important as we are reminded almost daily of the great sacrifices that the men and women of the Armed Services make to defend our way of life." - Robin Hayes  A special THANK YOU to Grand Blanc Eyes for being one of our table decorators at the Jazz Concert. Their table was wonderfully decorated complete with flowers, mugs and coupons for 20% of sunglasses! Thank you!  Congratulations to Ethan, Kathleen, and Maddy! These 3 members sold over 21 Little Caesars items and added over $100 to their band account to use for band camp. Great job! All orders have been calculated and will be added to everyones account shorty. In total, close to $1,500 will be added to students accounts. Be sure to visit the Little Caesars Fundraiser page to see when all items will be delivered.  Wow! As a visual staff, we are VERY excited about your progress so far. Four rehearsals in, and the focus and determination is still clearly there! Let's keep this going!! Instead of having you watch yourselves perform this week, we thought it would be cool to have you watch some of the best performers in the activity! For those who are not familiar with Phantom Regiment, they are the equivalent of a "professional marching band" with only brass instruments. Many of the members of this group are your age (or just a little bit older). Click the link below to finish reading, view video, and complete assignment.  We have recently added a new Marching Band Resource Page to the band website. On this page you can download music, audio files, and eventually drill. If you need a copy of anything, visit this page to get what you need. Be sure to visit this page if you are missing anything! REMEMBER ... we will be doing a folder check on Thursday! CLICK HERE to visit the page. This page is password protected.  Pizza Cones! Yummmmm! This is a reminder that our Pizza Kit Fundraiser comes to an end on Thursday. All orders and money must be turned in by the end of marching band rehearsal. Please put everything in an envelope, with your name on it, it place it in the scrip box. Remember ... for every item you sell, $5 will be added to your band account.  Great job to everyone involved in the 2013 Sweet Sounds of Jazz Concert! Thank you to all the parents and volunteers that helped make the evening a huge success. The tables looked great, and the food was wonderful. Congratulations to Mr. Finkbeiner and the GBHS Jazz Band and Jazz Combo for their fine performance! This is the best we have heard both of these groups play. Truly a great evening all around! Thank you and Congrats! A special congrats to Warren Lissner for being chosen as this years MOST IMPROVED MEMBER. And to Thomas Kratofil and Joel McElwee for being picked for the LOUIS ARMSTRONG AWARD. Feel free to leave a message below to CONGRATULATE everyone involved.  Grand Blanc Band Boosters is proud to present: Sweet Sounds - Performances by the GBHS Jazz Band, Jazz Combo and the UofM Flint Jazz Ensemble. + An Evening of Sweet Jazz and Desserts + May 18th, 2013 7:00pm at Grand Blanc West Middle School. For More information. CLICK HERE  Dear Marching Band Parents: The Grand Blanc High School Marching Band is an exciting, active organization. We are proud to have a committed, enthusiastic group of students who are involved in the music making process. These musical ambassadors are a source of pride for our band, school and community. An equal source of pride is the band’s parent support group. These dedicated parents and friends have given unselfishly of their time and talents to provide enrichment experiences for the students involved in our program. During the course of the marching band season, our band parents make a difference. Annual projects help raise needed funds to offset the cost involved in travel, equipment and related educational expenses. Our band parents also help manage uniforms maintenance and distribution, assist with transport and set-up of equipment, serve as chaperones, and the list goes on! On Thursday, May 16th, at 8:00pm in the East High School Commons, the Grand Blanc Band Boosters and the band directors, will be meeting to discuss with all NEW marching band parents, upcoming band events and support activities. This annual meeting is designed for YOU, new marching band parents, to be introduced to the booster organization and answer any questions that you have about the program. This meeting will begin with a short presentation by the directors and a few booster parents, and then will be open for questions. The meeting should not last more than an hour. Please try to clear your calendar and attend. We will also be distributing band camp packets at this time if you did not get one. This is your personal invitation to come out and renew an old friendship or make a new one. Come and experience first-hand the sense of community that develops as involved parents and friends support the activities of their children. We look forward to seeing you there!  We are in need of “special desserts” such as cakes, pies, cheesecakes, tortes, cupcakes, fancy cookies, etc. Store-bought desserts are fine as long as they are in keeping with the elegant theme. (Packaged cookies such as Oreos and Chips Ahoy would NOT be appropriate for this event.) Desserts may be dropped off to the West Middle School cafeteria this Saturday, May 18th, between 4 & 6pm. If you have any questions, please contact a board member. Thank you so much for your help!! CLICK HERE TO SIGN-UP FOR A DESSERT  Today is the last day to purchase your PRE-SALE Tickets to "The Sweet Sounds of Jazz!" After today, tickets are $12 at the door! Do not delay! Order today!  Our Sweet Sounds of Jazz fundraiser is THIS SATURDAY! We need your help to make this very important fundraiser successful. We need volunteers to help set-up, serve during the event, clean up afterwards, etc. etc. We also need people to donate SWEETS to this event as well. This is the last big fundraiser of the year. Please sign up on charms TODAY! We really need your help to make this successful! Click on the links below to sign up. Click the link below to Volunteer for the EventClick the link below to sign up to bring "Sweets" Donations needed for Jazz Night!
We have only had a few parents sign up to donate desserts for the Jazz Night fundraiser being held THIS SATURDAY! Please go to Charms and sign up asap! This evening has a reputation with the community of having an elegant “date night” atmosphere. Let’s continue that reputation! We are in need of “special desserts” such as cakes, pies, cheesecakes, tortes, cupcakes, fancy cookies, etc. Store-bought desserts are fine as long as they are in keeping with the elegant theme. (Packaged cookies such as Oreos and Chips Ahoy would NOT be appropriate for this event.) Desserts may be dropped off to the West Middle School cafeteria this Saturday, May 18th, between 4 & 6pm. If you have any questions, please contact a board member. Thank you so much for your help!! CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION. Sign Up to Volunteer! Please visit Charms and sign up to chaperone for Marching Band Camp! This is a great way to earn those hours for fee reduction! All volunteer positions have been added to the Charms Calendar! Thank You!! Booster Meeting! Our monthly booster meeting is set for this Monday, May 13th at 7pm! Please join us in helping make important decisions! Hope to see you there! Marching Band Parent Meeting! Please make every effort to attend this informative meeting for Marching Band Parents! We will be discussing Charms, fee reduction, fundraising, ways for parents to get involved, etc! It will begin at 8pm, and Thursday May 16th. Location will either be in the auditorium or cafeteria. There will be signs! I look forward to seeing you there! Fundraising Chairperson! We are still looking for a motivated person to act as our Fundraising Chair. This is a vital portion of our Booster organization! Please consider being this position and contact Kelly Wells (810).240.0585 if you are interested!! Thank You!! Pizza Kit Fundraiser happening NOW. Looking for a way to raise money for band camp, winter guard, drumline etc? This fundraiser is for you! Sale starts May 9th and goes through May 23rd. All money and orders are due by May 24th. Order forms and information sheet are available in the band room. You can also find more information on the BAND WEBSITE.  To all the band moms out there ... HAPPY MOTHERS DAY! Thank you for everything that you do! Fitting uniforms, chaperoning, making meals, providing us water, moving equipment, driving us to and from rehearsal, fundraising, doing make-up and hair, providing encouraging words, cheering for us, organizing events, attending booster meetings, paying for band camp, etc. etc. You are truly wonderful for all that you do. Without you, there would be no band! THANK YOU!  To our loyal FACEBOOK followers, we have opened up and added time slots for you to volunteer for the 2013 Marching Band. You get first pick at time slots! Please visit Charms and sign up to chaperone for band camp, football games and competitions. This is a great way to earn those hours for fee reduction! All volunteer positions have been added to the Charms Calendar! Tomorrow we will send out an e-mail to everyone in the marching band, so SIGN-UP today! Thank You! |
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