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Marching Pride Update

7/31/2020

First, we’d like to provide some clarification on our updates. These updates will be sent out via email once a week every Friday until the start of school. The program we are using to send out these emails is called “Cut Time.” When you receive these updates, they will come from "noReply@cuttime.net." If you are a current student or parent who is not receiving these emails, please email Mrs. Robinson at robina2@collierschools.com.

On Tuesday, July 28th, CCPS announced that the School Board approved the new Academic School Calendar for 2020-2021, which moves the student start date to August 31st. The new Academic School Calendar is now available on the CCPS Website: https://www.collierschools.com/Page/12556

Since we were given the directive to postpone marching band practices till the start of school, the first marching band rehearsal will now be on Monday, August 31st.

When is the first marching band rehearsal? Mrs. Robinson will start after school rehearsals in the week of August 31st. We will still begin by only rehearsing sections at a time, once a week after school to allow better social distancing and extra safety precautions. These once a week sectionals will occur until at least early September. This is the projected schedule:

Monday, August 31st – Woodwind Sectionals, 6:00-8:30pm
Tuesday, September 1st – Auxiliary & Percussion Sectionals, 6:00-8:30pm
Thursday, September 3rd – Brass Sectionals, 6:00-8:30pm
Tuesday, September 8th – Auxiliary & Percussion Sectionals, 6:00-8:30pm
Wednesday, September 9th – Woodwind Sectionals, 6:00-8:30pm
Thursday, September 10th – Brass Sectionals, 6:00-8:30pm

Why are we only rehearsing in sectionals once a week? Mrs. Robinson feels that it’s best to start rehearsing in smaller groups before having all 220+ students combined all at once. These sectional groups will allow Mrs. Robinson and the staff to work with less than 80 students at a time. A smaller amount of students at a time allows Mrs. Robinson and the staff to run rehearsals with better social distancing.

What about football games? Once a decision is made by FHSAA, we will announce our game performance dates. As of right now we do not foresee that the band will be allowed to perform at away games, but we do plan on attending all scheduled home games.

Where can I see all other dates for games, rehearsals, and performances? All of our tentative dates are posted on our band calendar, which is available on our band website: www.prhsbands.org. It is highly recommended that all students and parents synch the band calendar with their phones. Instructions on how to sync our calendar with your phone are also provided on the calendar page.

Online Band/Auxiliary with Option 2 & Option 3 Clarification: Please refer to this PDF for more details: Option 2 vs. Option 3

Auxiliary Placement Auditions: The instructional videos will be sent via email on Monday, August 3rd. Students will have the option to attend a help session via WebEx on August 5th. Audition videos will be due by Monday, August 10th. Instructions and more information will be sent to all currently registered auxiliary students in a separate email on Monday, August 3rd.

Percussion Placement Auditions: The first preliminary audition video was due yesterday (Thursday, July 30th). Students who submitted their first video will get an invite to attend a help session WebEx on Thursday, August 6th. The final audition video will be due on Thursday, August 13th. Instructions and more information will be sent to all currently registered percussion students in a separate email by Sunday, August 2nd.

Student Social WebEx Meetings: One of our favorite traditions in band camp is when we allow the students to get to know one another through Ice Breaker Activities. Our first Social WebEx will be next week Tuesday, August 4th. More details will be sent in a separate email later this weekend.

Kick-Off Meeting: Dates and times are TBD.

Physical Exams & Required Forms: The following forms are required by all students in order to participate in band. Students will not be allowed to participate without submitting the following on AthleticClearance.com. Please complete these forms by Monday, August 31st.

Proof of Medical Insurance
Physical Form
Consent and Release from Liability Certificate
Assumption of Risk and Liability to Coronavirus/COVID-19 Form

Marching Pride Update

7/23/2020

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ALL STUDENTS WERE ASKED TO COMPLETE A SURVEY SENT VIA EMAIL! There is a separate survey for percussion students, auxiliary students, and then one survey for woodwind and brass students. Please complete the survey at your earliest convenience.

ICYMI: CCPS released an update on their “Moving Forward” plans. If you did not see the update, be sure to visit this link: CCPS Update: Moving Forward Plan

Tip #1: Make sure you know who you are emailing. In case you didn’t know, there are TWO Mrs. Robinsons at Palmetto Ridge High School. Mrs. Annabelle Robinson is the band director of the Marching Pride. Mrs. Bianca Robinson is one of the guidance counselors at PRHS. It’s very common for Annabelle Robinson, the Band Director, to receive emails that are supposed to be addressed to Bianca Robinson, the guidance counselor, and vice versa. If you have questions regarding the PRHS Band Program, please make sure that you are emailing Annabelle Robinson at robina2@collierschools.com.

Tip #2: Make sure that “Band” or “Dance Techniques” is on your schedule. Students who wish to be members of the Marching Pride must be enrolled in a band or auxiliary class for the 2020-2021 school year. Students who play a woodwind, brass, or percussion instrument must have “Band 1-5” listed in their schedule. Students who are in dance or color guard must have Dance Techniques 1-4” on their schedule. Your guidance counselor gave you a course request form last year. It was on that form that “Band” or “Dance Techniques” should have been selected. If you did not request “Band” or “Dance Techniques”, you will have to contact your counselor and ask them to add the class to your schedule.

Tip #3: Band and Jazz Band are two separate classes. Students who wish to be in jazz band have to choose “Jazz Ensemble” as an additional class. The “Band” class is where students learn marching band and concert band. Jazz band is its own class. It should be noted that it’s not possible for a band student to just take Jazz Band. Students who play a band instrument and want to be in Jazz Band are required to also take “Band” as an additional class. You can add jazz band to your schedule by emailing your counselor.

Tip #4: eLearns and eCollier Academy are not the same thing. At the end of the last school year, everyone took classes online through eLearns. Since all students and staff worked from home, all teachers made accommodations to provide instruction online. eCollier Academy is supposed to be more structured and at least as of right now, there are some courses that are not offered through eCollier Academy Structured. For example, as of right now, band and dance techniques is not offered through eCollier Academy Structured.

FAQ #1: Why is Band/Dance Techniques only offered through Option 1 (On Campus School) and Option 3 (eCollier Academy – Flexible)? Band and Dance Techniques are both co-curricular classes. Co-curricular classes are classes that require students to complete assignments during the school day and outside of the school day. This means that band and auxiliary students are required to attend a band and auxiliary class during the school day and occasionally attend after school commitments such as rehearsals and performances. It is not possible to be a member of the Marching Pride and only attend the after-school commitments. It is also not possible to be a member of the Marching Pride and only attend class during the school day.

FAQ #2: Is there a band class option available for eCollier Academy-Structured? As of right now, there is no “band” or “auxiliary” class offered. They are trying to offer a music course that could include some instrumental playing, but it will not be a band class and it will not be affiliated with the PRHS Band Program. Keep in mind that as of right now, eCollier Academy - Structured is being treated as its own separate school.

FAQ #3: I want to enroll in the eCollier Academy – Flexible Option and plan on taking two co-curricular classes. Will those classes be offered in back to back periods? We cannot guarantee that co-curricular classes will be scheduled back to back. For example, if you plan on taking Jazz Band and Band, Jazz Band might be during 1st period and then your Band class might be during 5th period. It would be impossible to expect the school to schedule band classes according to band student requests.

FAQ #4: When will we know our schedule? We typically do not receive schedule information until the week before school starts.

FAQ #5: If I choose to do eCollier Academy – Structured for the first semester and switch to On Campus Schooling in the second semester, can I still join band, jazz band, or auxiliary? Students who switch out of eCollier Academy Structured will be permitted to join band in the second semester, but these students will be placed into a concert band based on teacher recommendation and instrumentation needs. Entry into jazz band might be possible but will be more difficult to accommodate due to the nature of the class. New members will not be permitted into the auxiliary team due to the loss of training given during the first semester. Returning auxiliary members will be considered, but their placement will be based on teacher recommendation.

Auxiliary Placement Auditions: Available information can be found here.

Percussion Placement Auditions: Information can be found here.

Leadership Meetings: All officers will receive a WebEx invite via email. The next meeting will be on July 24th at 10:00am.

Physical Exams & Required Forms: Don’t forget, the following forms are required by all students in order to participate in band. Students will not be allowed to participate without submitting the following on AthleticClearance.com. Please complete these forms by Wednesday, August 19th.

Proof of Medical Insurance
Physical Form
Consent and Release from Liability Certificate
Assumption of Risk and Liability to Coronavirus/COVID-19 Form

These forms are available through the provided links on the band website. They are also available on when you log into AthleticClearance.com.

Marching Pride Update

7/17/2020

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On Wednesday, July 15th, CCPS released their plans and updates for how they will reopen schools, and on Thursday, July 16th, CCPS released updated guidelines for all marching bands to ensure health and safety for our students.

There is one key point that I would like you all to keep in mind as we move forward: The marching band season is not being cancelled. While some marching band events have been cancelled, we still have every intention on preparing and teaching the Marching Pride at PRHS. The Marching Pride season may look very different than previous years, but we will make the most of the situation that we are currently in.

For the health and safety of all students and staff, it has been decided that all “in person” CCPS marching band rehearsals, camps, meetings, and auditions should be postponed until school resumes on Wednesday, August 19, 2020. The attached letter from our Fine Arts Coordinator can provide more details.

eCollier Academy - Flexible: Students who choose the eCollier Academy – Flexible option will also be able to participate in band and other co-curricular courses available at their zoned school. This means that students can take their classes online at home, but still come to PRHS for their band/auxiliary class. Students who choose this option will be expected to be in attendance every day for band/auxiliary class. They will also be expected to attend all scheduled after school rehearsals and performances. Band is currently not available through the eCollier Academy – Structured option.

Cancelled Marching Band Events:

All CCPS band camps have been cancelled. All in-person marching band instruction has been postponed until the start of school.
The Florida Bandmasters’ Association has cancelled the 2020 Marching MPA.
The 2020 CCPS Band Show has been cancelled, but the District is still reviewing alternate ways to promote and feature our high school marching bands.
The Marching Pride will not compete in competition this season. Many programs have cancelled their competition shows.
The PRHS Bands will not host their annual Marching Band Invitational this year as all marching bands in the area are not competing.

What about football games? Once a decision is made by FHSAA, we will announce our game performance dates. As of right now we do not foresee that the band will be allowed to perform at away games, but we do plan on attending the 5 scheduled home games.

When is the first marching band rehearsal? Mrs. Robinson will start after school rehearsals in the week of August 24th. We will begin by only rehearsing sections at a time, once a week after school to allow better social distancing and extra safety precautions. These once a week sectionals will occur until at least early September. This is the projected schedule:

Monday, August 24th – Woodwind Sectionals, 6:00-8:30pm
Tuesday, August 25th – Auxiliary & Percussion Sectionals, 6:00-8:30pm
Thursday, August 27th – Brass Sectionals, 6:00-8:30pm
Monday, August 31st – Woodwind Sectionals, 6:00-8:30pm
Tuesday, September 1st – Auxiliary & Percussion Sectionals, 6:00-8:30pm
Thursday, September 3rd – Brass Sectionals, 6:00-8:30pm

Why are we only rehearsing in sectionals once a week? Mrs. Robinson feels that it’s best to start rehearsing in smaller groups before having all 230+ students combined all at once. These sectional groups will allow Mrs. Robinson and the staff to work with less than 80 students at a time. A smaller amount of students at a time allows Mrs. Robinson and the staff to run rehearsals with better social distancing.

Auxiliary Placement Auditions: We have no choice but to hold these placement auditions virtually. An instructional video will be sent via email on August 3rd, students will have the option to attend a help session via WebEx on August 5th, and an audition video will be due by August 10th. Instructions and more information will be sent to all currently registered auxiliary students via email. If you have any concerns, please email Mrs. Robinson at robina2@collierschools.com.

Percussion Placement Auditions: We have no choice but to hold these placement auditions virtually. An instructional video will be sent by July 23rd, a preliminary video will be due by July 30th, a help session WebEx will be offered on August 6th, and the final audition video will be due by August 13th. Instructions and more information will be sent to all currently registered percussion students via email. If you have any concerns, please email Mrs. Robinson at robina2@collierschools.com.

Leadership Meetings: Mrs. Robinson will continue to invite all officers to meetings via WebEx. The next meeting will be on July 24th at 10:00am.

Virtual Ice Breaker Activities: One of our favorite traditions in band camp is when we allow the students to get to know one another through Ice Breaker Activities. We plan to schedule a few WebEx meetings to allow our students to meet one another prior to school. Dates and times are TBD.

Kick-Off Meeting: This meeting will be virtual via WebEx as visitors are not allowed on campus at this time. Required forms and fees will be collected electronically. Dates and times are TBD. More information will be sent through a separate email.

CutTime: CutTime is a cloud-based group management tool that we use for student accounts and email communication. If you receive an invite to complete your account, please login to update your contact information.

Physical Exams & Required Forms: The following forms are required by all students in order to participate in band. Students will not be allowed to participate without submitting the following on AthleticClearance.com. Please complete these forms by Wednesday, August 19th.

Proof of Medical Insurance
Physical Form
Consent and Release from Liability Certificate
Assumption of Risk and Liability to Coronavirus/COVID-19 Form

These forms are available through the provided links on the band website. They are also available on when you log into AthleticClearance.com.

Concert Band Placements: Mrs. Robinson will re-evaluate all students when school resumes.

Where can I see all other dates for games, rehearsals, and performances? All of our tentative dates are posted on our band calendar, which is available on our band website: www.prhsbands.org. Instructions on how to sync our calendar with your phone are also provided on the calendar page.

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