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Please read this entire email! Important information is included! I know it seems like a lot, but we needed to cover all bases going into face to face rehearsals. This upcoming week, we are good to go for ALL scheduled rehearsals. While preparing for rehearsals, safety has been the first concern on our minds. Below is a detailed list of requirements and guidelines that we will be following while at rehearsal, and you can also find a more generalized list HERE as well as the schedule of rehearsals HERE. Included in the generalized list is the assignment of groups - have your child confirm what group they are in. Just as a reminder, winds means woodwinds AND brass. Required Items - Face mask (if your child does not have one, they will not be allowed to participate in activity) - Water bottle filled with water (bring multiple! Water fountains are not available and while we will try to provide a water cooler to fill water bottles from, I can make no promises at this time) - Instrument and all necessary supplies (students renting school owned instruments will receive them Monday) - Tennis shoes (with arch support - Vans and other like shoes are simply not good enough for your feet while marching!) - Light colored, activity clothing (jeans are not acceptable for this weather!) - Sunscreen (all activity will be done OUTSIDE) - Sunglasses and/or hat (recommended) - Binder with sheet protectors and clothespins/binder clips to stop music from moving with the wind (again, all activity will be OUTSIDE which means dealing with the elements) Procedures - All students will enter in through the North Doors due to construction. Please be aware this may change due to construction being ever evolving. I will send a Remind if the entrance changes. If you haven't already, sign up for Remind by going HERE. (The North Doors are the doors by the auxiliary gym. Instead of going in through the circle drive, go around the right side of the building when facing the circle drive and drop off in that parking lot. Student leaders will be helping navigate this!) - Students will proceed to the auditorium where a check in will take place. Masks must be worn throughout this process. - Students will be assigned their own seat in the auditorium. Seats are NOT up to change and students should sit in that seat after check-in. They may place all personal items underneath their chair. The instrument closet will not be utilized at this time. (Music has been distributed onto their seats - take this time to put your music in your binder's sheet protectors!) - After our meeting, all other activities will be outside. When marching, we will be on the practice field. When playing, we will find a shaded area. - All students must maintain a six foot distance at all times. This is not a recommendation, but a requirement. This is for YOUR safety. - When marching or playing their instrument, students do not have to wear their masks, but should keep it around their neck for when they move from activity to activity. - At the end of rehearsal, students will return their music stand to their chair in the auditorium. They should take everything home with them after rehearsal - nothing personal should be left in the auditorium because we have to sanitize the room after rehearsal. Instruments should be cleaned and sanitized and it is encouraged to take a shower after rehearsal and change clothes. Absences If your child cannot attend a rehearsal due to ANY REASON, please email me and let me know. If I am expecting your child at rehearsal and they do not come, I will be calling to ensure that they are okay. Required Forms Thank you to those who have filled out the information form. I'm missing from just a few individuals. You can wait to fill out the order form - that is one of the things I will be discussing with the students on Monday. If you have any questions about either of these forms, please let me know. Student Information Form 2020 Winds Order Form 2020 Color Guard Order Form Band Camp We have been informed that band camp cannot be more than five hours. After deliberation, we have decided that band camp will be from 8am-2pm with a lunch break from 11am-12pm. More information will be sent out a little later this month, but as a reminder band camp is August 3 through August 7, now from 8am-2pm instead of 8am-6pm. Freshmen Orientation As a side note, I have been in contact with Mr. Newell about freshmen orientation conflicting with the Friday of band camp. Please do not worry about this as we have it worked out! Freshmen band and color guard students will start the morning off at band camp, attend their freshman orientation from 9am-10am with their group (which will include other band and color guard students), then return back to band camp. For upperclassmen that are a FreshMentor, they will do the same. Yard Sign Fundraiser Our first fundraiser for the next school year is a Yard Sign Fundraiser! Please CLICK HERE to go to the order form with information. This fundraiser will go into our activity accounts to help us purchase anything we might need for the next school year. Thanks to Jolene Cole for putting this together for our band! As always, please let me know if you have any questions, comments, or concerns. Musically yours -- Michaela Davis
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