5/9/22
Important Dates
- Barbecue Fundraiser – May 14, 11:00-2:00
- Europe Trip Interest Meeting – May 19, 5:00pm
- Colorguard, Drumline, Front Ensemble Clinics – May 17th, 19th, and 24th 6:30-8:30pm
- Next Bands Club/New to LRHS Parent Meeting – May 24, 7:00 p.m.
- Band Banquet – June 3, 6:00 p.m.
Barbecue Fundraiser is Saturday and we need your help!
We need several volunteers to make this fundraiser a success! If you are available to help please sign up to VOLUNTEER HERE! You can pre-order tickets here! Please share this LRHS Band BBQ flier with all of your local friends and family! Spread the word so we can raise money for the LRHS Bands!
CLINICS for Future Symphonic Band Students
We will be holding our annual Colorguard, Drumline, and Front Ensemble clinics on May 17th, 19th and 24th prior to the auditions for these groups. In order to audition for these groups, you must have already been accepted into the Symphonic Band. If you are interested in seeing what these groups are like, come to the clinics from 6:30-8:30pm in the band room. Feel free to come and try them out to see if you would like to be a part of any of these groups. The Colorguard will have auditions on the 24th. The drumline and front ensemble will have auditions after school on May 26th from 2:30-3:30pm.
If you play OBOE, BASSOON, BASS CLARINET, BARITONE SAXOPHONE, OR ANY PERCUSSION you MUST join one of these groups, or march a different instrument like flute, clarinet, or alto/tenor saxophone. Oboe, Bassoon, Bass Clarinet, and Bari Saxophone are NOT marched in marching band.
Europe Interest Meeting
Ms. Montgomery will be hosting an informational meeting on May 19th at 5:00pm for students interested in joining a band from North Carolina going on tour through Europe summer of 2023. You MUST either currently be in or be joining Concert Band or Symphonic Band 2022-2023. Current Seniors (graduating 2022) through rising 9th graders are welcome.
Bands Club Open Positions for the 22-23 school year
Attention parents!!! The LRHS Bands Club NEEDS YOU!!!!! Thank you to those of you who have filled some of the open slots. The Bands Club still needs a President and 4 Vice-presidents, as well as several committee chairpersons. Please check out this list of LRHS Bands Club Open Positions 22-23 to see how you can help support the LRHS Bands next year. If you want to volunteer for an open position or have any questions, please email Susan Davis (suebee70@outlook.com).
Reminders from Last Week
Download a complete copy of Band News & Notes
Easy ways to help the LRHS Band!!
Help the General Bands Fund
Use Amazon Smile when ordering items from Amazon
- Use this unique link to get you started https://smile.amazon.com/ch/561884114
- Already an Amazon user? Just go to smile.amazon.com, then sign in using your Amazon username and password. You may be prompted to choose a charitable organization. Search and select Leesville Road High School Bands Club. Each time you sign in to smile.amazon.com, our organizations should be at the top left corner of the webpage. Supporting: Leesville Road High School Bands Club.
- If you need to change your choice to LRHS Bands Club, just sign in to smile.amazon.com, then click on ‘Your Account’ at the top right side and Scroll down to Change your Charity. Search and select: Leesville Road High School Bands Club.
Get money for your student’s band account
See this flyer for our magazine fundraiser. Create an account, send out the information to your friends and family, order a subscription (or more) and 90% of the profit will be put directly into your student’s band account each quarter (10% will go towards the General Bands Club).
Need to go grocery shopping at Food Lion or Lowe’s Foods? Why not get a gift card to pay for your groceries? Susan Davis (suebee70@outlook.com ) has a supply of gift cards in different amounts that you can purchase. For Food Lion 4.85% of the card purchase price will go to your student’s band account. For Lowe’s Foods 5.82% of the card purchase price will go to your student’s band account.
Remind
Please text 81010 with the corresponding code to receive important band messages for your class!
- Intermediate Band – @lrhsib
- Concert Band – @lrhscb
- Symphonic Band – @lrhssb1 or @lrhssb