The "Pride of the Tribe"

Itinerary for Saturday, October 26 Area Marching Contest

11:30 a.m. Meet at Stadium with instruments and uniform for practice

12:00 -12:15 End practice and load trailer

12:15 Load trailer

1:00 leave from Stadium

2:30 Bathroom Break at Bucees

2:45 Leave Bucees

3:45 Arrive at East Central, unload, put on uniform

4:45 Warm up begins

5:15 Warm up ends

5:30 Perform

6:30 Eat Dinner provided by Band Boosters (chik fil-a)

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I know that you are enjoying your summer vacation.  I’m sure that you aren’t looking forward to the beginning of the school year yet, but I am.  The new halftime show will be “Things That Go Bump in the Night” and is the soundtrack of a trip through a haunted house!  I think that once we work on the music and learn it, you and the audience will find it to be a fun and exciting show! 

Music for the marching show will have to be played off much...

Students will need to report to the band hall tomorrow at the beginning of first period. You will need to be dressed appropriately for the contest (as if it were the Spring Concert). We will leave the school shortly after 8 a.m. The contest is in Sweeny at the HS Auditorium. The 7th grade band will warm up at approximately 10:15, perform at 10:45 and sightread at 11:10. After they sightread, Ms. Brandi Ramdohr will load them onto a bus and bring them to the restaurant called Polos which ...

To the parents of all Ganado High School Bandmembers and band aides:

As you know, the Pride of the Tribe advanced fromthe Area to the UIL STATE MARCHING CONTEST! We will perform at the Alamodome in San Antonio on November 7, 2011 at11:14 a.m.  Since this will require thatwe be at the Alamodome fairly early, we will spend the night in San Antonio thenight before the contest.  Since this isan overnight trip, I will be reminding the students of the rules outlined inthe handb...

Below you will find the itinerary for the Area Marching Contest which will be held at East Central High School in San Antonio on October 29, 2011.  The address for the stadium is :  7173 FM 1628, San Antonio, Texas 78263

11:00 Run Throug, Load Trailer and eat Pizza for Lunch.

12:40 Leave Ganado

2:10 Arrive at Bucees for pit stop

2:40 Leave Buccees

4:00 Arrive at ECHS

4:45 Warm up starts

5:15 clear Warm up...

Below, you will find the schedule for the day for the UIL Marching Contest in El Campo on October 22, 2011.

7:00 a.m.  Meet at "the hill" for a run through of the show.

7:30 a.m.  Load the trailer, get into uniform pants

8:00 a.m.  Leave Ganado

8:30 a.m.  Arrive in El Campo, unload trailer, line up to go to warm up

9:00 a.m.  Start walking towards Warm up area.

9:15 a.m.  Warm up

10:00 a.m.  PERFORM

10:00 a.m.  Meet at hill for run through

10:30 a.m.  Load trailer, get into uniform

11:00  a.m.  Leave Ganado

11:15 a.m. Arrive in Edna, unload trailer

11:40 a.m.  warm up

12:15 p.m. Perform in Prelims

12:30  p.m. Watch Video Clinic

2:30 p.m. Re load busses to come home. ( I will know if we are outstanding 1A in prelims at this time)

2:45 p.m.  Arrive back in Ganado, chill at band hall

3:00 Boosters ...

To all prospective High School Band Members:

Enclosed you should find a copy of the Summer Band Schedule.

I know that you are enjoying your summer vacation.  I’m sure that you aren’t looking forward to the beginning of the school year yet, but I am.  The new halftime show will be “The Four Freedoms” and is based on the1941 speech by Franklin D. Roosevelt outlining the freedoms that everyone in the world should enjoy! ...

This is the basic plan, subject to minor changes depending on the time of the send off:

1 p.m.  Meet at school, get instruments, go out to practice field to run through show

1:30  p.m.  Load trailer, go downtown for send off

after send off  re-load trailer and leave for the game

3:30 p.m.  Restroom stop at Bucees in Luling

5:00 p.m.  Arrive at Cici's Pizza in San Marcos for all you can eat pizza buffett

5:50  ...

This is the schedule for the UIL Marching Contest on October 16.

7:00  Meet at stadium for a run through (this was the kids choice, not mine!)

7:15  Run Through

7:30  Load Trailer, go to band hall to get into uniform

8:00  Leave Ganado

8:40  Arrive at El Campo Stadium, unload go to warm up

9:15  Warm up

9:45 Leave Warm up

Itinerary for Edna Marching Contest on Oct. 9, 2010

9:00 a.m. Meet at Band Hall

9:15 a.m. Run Through the show at the stadium

9:45 a.m. Load trailer, get into uniform

10:30 a.m. Leave Ganado

10:45 a.m. Arrive in Edna, unload

11:25 a.m. Enter Warm up

11:50 ...

The parade is Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010.

We will meet at the band hall at 8:30 a.m. to load the trailer and busses to head to Edna.  Once in Edna we will line up at our spot on the parade route.  The parade begins at 10:15 a.m.  We will march the parade route to the Wells Fargo parking lot.  Once we arrive at the parking lot, we will have ice cold water waiting for the band members.  We will reload the instruments, check roll and come home.  If yo...

For the football games the itinerary will go something like this:

Call time is the time that I expect students to be seated, in uniform, ready to start.  Arrive BEFORE Call TIme so that you will be ready ON TIME.  In case of an "away" game, it is the time that the bus will be leaving, not the time you should arrive to get on the bus!  Again, be early in order to be on time!

Take a look at the "List of Events" page.  It states the "call t...

To all prospective High School Band Members:

Enclosed you should find a copy of the Summer Band Schedule.

I know that you are enjoying your summer vacation.  I’m sure that youaren’t looking forward to the beginning of the school year yet, but I am.  The new halftime show is called “Master ofIllusion.”  As we discussed at the end ofthe school year, it will be a magic show on the field.   I think that once we...

On Saturday,May 22 we will betaking the JHS Band Trip to Schlitterbahn. Last week I sent home permission slips.  The permission slip must bereturned you will not be allowed to attend.

On the trip, you may bring food and drinks on the bus.  You may bring these as snacks and/or as a meal.  However, youwill also be receiving a meal band at the park which is good for one of several choices of combos throughout the park. The rules for food and drink on the bus are simple....

April 7, 2010

To the parents of all JHS band students:

On April 15th, the 7th and 8thgrade bands will be going to UILConcert and Sight-Reading Contest at the Palacios High School Auditorium.  This contest is the only event in which the entire junior high band competes away from school during the course of the school year.   We have been preparing in class for this event for about 6 weeks now. All 7th grade and 8th grade band members ar...

Contest is on Wednesday, April 7!

We will meet in the band hall right after lunch.  You will NOT check in to your 6th period teachers.  At that time we will load the trailer with all equipment and get out uniforms.  When we get on the bus you MUST be  in uniform including black socks that do not allow skin to show above them when you sit down.  You must also have on your black marching shoes.  If you don't have both of these items, you will not ...

10:20 band hall opens

10:45 send off

11:00 back to band hall/load trailer

12:20 back at band hall, get on bus, check roll

12:30  buses leave forConroe

1:45 bathroom stop (McDonalds/Shell just south of Rosenberg)

2:00  buses leave

3:15 arrive at stadium

3:30 pizza delivered

4:00-4:15  start getting into stadium for game

5:00 game starts

7:30 ish  game ends

8:00 buses leave

Stop at Bucees in Whart...

11:15 - 11:30 p.m.  Meet at Band Hall, get ready to load up

11:45 p.m.  Buses goes downtown for sendofff

11:55 p.m.  Send off for for football team

12:10 p.m.  Reload instruments on trailer, get ready to leave from downtown

12:30 p.m.  Leave for New Braunfels

2:15 p.m.  Pit stop at Bucees

2:30 p.m. Leave Bucees

3:30 p.m.  Arrive at Cici's Pizza in New Braunfels for all you can eat buffet

4:30 p.m. ...

12:15 - 12:30 p.m.  Meet at Band Hall, get ready to load up

12:45 p.m.  Buses goes downtown for sendofff

12:55 p.m.  Send off for for football team

1:10 p.m.  Reload instruments on trailer, get ready to leave from downtown

1:30 p.m.  Leave for San Antonio

3:15 p.m.  Pit stop at Bucees

3:30 p.m. Leave Bucees

4:30 p.m.  Arrive at Double Dave's Pizza on N. New Braunfels Ave. in San Antonio for all you can eat buffet