Weekly Post

What a spectacular weekend! We had over 350 students performing in the stands and on the field during half-time at last Friday’s game! Thank you Mr. Paxon Roan and Mr. Tom Howell for bringing nearly ninety-eight 7th and 8th graders to our 8th Grade Band Night! We hope to see all of the 8th graders next year with the Marching Pride! We’d also like to thank Mrs. Annamarie Magdaleno, Ms. Malerie Urquiola, Mrs. Claudia Sumalla, Mrs. Dana Rowtie, and our Auxiliary Team for all your help in organizing our Dancing Cubs! We really enjoyed performing with our little dancers and hope to see you at our next Dancing Cubs event!
 
Congratulations to the Marching Pride on an outstanding performance at the Lehigh Lightning Tournament of Bands! The Marching Pride won every caption in Class 5A: Best Music, Best Visual, Best General Effect, Best Percussion, and Best Auxiliary. Our Drum Majors won a Superior rating for their performance. We placed first in Class 5A and were Grand Champions placing first among 17 performing bands! This is the first time in the six years that the band has started competing that the Marching Pride has won Grand Champion in any competition. This is also the first time since 2012 that a Collier County Band has won Grand Champion at the Lehigh Lightning Tournament of Bands! (In 2012, the Golden Gate Titan Band won Grand Champion at Lehigh under the direction of Mr. Brett Robinson. One of the students in the band was our very own Mr. Joseph Bigler!) 
 
Winning at Lehigh was a great moment for our students. They have been working very hard and as we all know, you don’t always get rewarded for your hard work. We’d like to thank the students, staff, and parents who all helped with last Saturday night’s competition. There are so many different components needed to make our performance possible, and we’re very privileged to have parents and staff members who are all willing to go the extra mile for our students. Thank you!

Congratulations to our Marchers of the Week: Raudel Irigoyen (woodwind), Alex Rojas (brass), Eric Perez (percussion), Callie Monville (auxiliary), and Lauren Blocker (officer). Congratulations to our Section of the Week, the Sousaphone Section led by Section Leaders Christopher Salazar and Christian Guerra!
 
Thank you to all of our parents who came out to help with last Friday night’s game, Cheesecake pick-ups, and Saturday’s competition! If you are interested in helping out for this week’s game, please email Ms. Fuentes at prhschap@gmail.com. 
 
Please don’t forget that we have rehearsal tomorrow MONDAY and Thursday this week because we have the Collier County Band Show on Tuesday. There is no school on Thursday or Friday, but we still have rehearsal on Thursday evening and we have Senior Band Night on Friday evening! This Saturday, we’re traveling to Lakewood Ranch High School for our final competition of the season. 
 
VERY IMPORTANT: Parents please remember that when picking up students from Saturday’s competition, please wait for students in a parking space or in the student drop off area by the flagpole. Please do not wait in the Faculty Parking Lot along the curb by the double door entrance to the band room. The trailers unload all of the equipment and instruments in that area. Thank you for your cooperation!
 
 
This Week’s Schedule:
 
Monday (10/14)

• Marching Band Rehearsal, 5:30-8:30pm

Tuesday (10/15)

• Healthy Snack, 4:00pm

• Collier County Band Show, Call 4:30pm, Performance starts 6:30pm

Wednesday (10/16)

• PSAT/SAT testing Grades 9-12

Thursday (10/17)

• No School for students, Teacher Professional Development Day
• Pep Rally Practice, 4:30-5:30pm

• Marching Band Rehearsal, 5:30-8:30pm 

Friday (10/18)

• No School for students, Teacher Planning Day

• Senior Band Night, Call 4:30pm

Saturday (10/19)

• Lakewood Ranch Music in Motion Competition, 11:00am-midnight

 
 
Marching Pride Band & Auxiliary Jacket Orders (Past Due): If you did not place your order last week and still want a jacket, please turn in your form and payment to Mrs. Robinson ASAP.  
 
Marching Band After School Rehearsals (MONDAY and Thursday): This week’s rehearsals will both be in the stadium this week. For this Thursday’s rehearsal, band students will wear a black shirt and auxiliary will wear white. The band will be performing post game this week as our half-time show will feature the BCHS Cougar Band and our Marching Pride Seniors performing selections from their freshmen year show “Powerful Beyond Measure.”
 
Collier County Band Show (Tues. 10/15): Call time will be 4:30pm. Band students will wear a white shirt, athletic shorts, tall black socks and marching band shoes under their uniform. Auxiliary will wear their show uniform and tan shoes with tights, full hair and make-up. This event will feature all seven Collier County high school marching bands. Admission is $7. Tickets can only be purchased at the gate. Gates will open at 5:00pm. This event helps to fund the High School Collier County Honor Band event that is held in January for select students. The National Anthem will start at 6:30pm and the first band to perform will be Lely High School. We hope to see you there! 
 
Auxiliary Pep Rally Practice (Thurs. 10/17): Rehearsal will be on Thursday from 4:30-5:30pm.
 
Senior Band Night vs. Barron Collier HS (Fri. 10/18): The band room will open at 3:45pm on Friday. The call time for all students is 4:30pm. We will be in full uniform this week. All band students will wear this year’s white band t-shirt, athletic shorts, tall solid black socks, and marching band shoes. All auxiliary students will wear this year’s pregame uniform, tights, this year’s black outdoor auxiliary shoes, earrings, full make-up and hair. During 3rd quarter, all auxiliary students will change into their show uniform and tan auxiliary shoes. The Marching Pride will perform post game as the Marching Pride Seniors will perform their freshmen show “Powerful Beyond Measure” on the track during half-time. 
 
SENIOR! Information (Fri. 10/18): Call time for Band Senior parents is 5:00pm. Please meet us outside by the flagpole. At 5:00pm, the senior band students will walk their parents to the stadium where they will line up on the track by the Visitors’ stands. The Senior Band Night Ceremony will start at approximately 5:30pm. SENIORS! Please give us your information by this Wednesday. If you signed up to receive a hat and tiara, please turn in your $15 to Mrs. Robinson by this Thursday. 
 
Lakewood Ranch Music in Motion Competition (Sat. 10/19): Call time will be 11:00am. The band will help load the trailer with props upon arrival. More information can be found at this link.   
 
Krispy Kreme Fundraiser (Due Thurs. 10/24): The Band Boosters are selling Krispy Kreme donuts starting this Friday (10/11). All Marching Pride students are expected to participate by selling at least 3 boxes. This fundraiser will help to raise money for the charter buses the Band Boosters ordered for the Lakewood Ranch Competition, which is in Bradenton, FL. 
 
Disney Trip Last Payment & Bus Buddy Request (Due Mon. 10/28): The final payment of $50 is due by Monday, October 28th. Concession stand credit will be applied to this payment for families who completed the requirement. Bus Buddy requests are also due by this date. Parents who were selected to be chaperones for the trip have all been contacted. Please turn in your payment to Mrs. Robinson by Monday, October 28th. 
 
 
Parent Volunteers Needed!

• Collier County Band Show (Tues. 10/15) Parent volunteers will be needed to help with concessions, ticket sales at the gate, and directing bus & trailer parking. Please contact Ms. Eileen Fuentes at prhschap@gmail.com if you’re able to help out. 
• Senior Band Night Football Game vs. Barron Collier (Fri. 10/18) Please email our Head Chaperone, Ms. Eileen Fuentes at prhschap@gmail.com if you’re able to help with chaperoning, concessions, or truck crew. Parents are reminded that we’re only allotted a certain number of parent volunteers per game. Parents who are assigned to volunteer will receive an email. We’re expecting a very large crowd for this game since we’re playing Barron Collier and it’s our Band Senior Night. We’re really hoping that non-senior parents will help with this game so our senior band parents can enjoy the night with their students. 
• Lakewood Ranch Music in Motion Competition (Sat. 10/19) Please email our Head Chaperone, Ms. Eileen Fuentes at prhschap@gmail.com if you’re able to help with chaperoning or truck crew. Parents are reminded that we’re only allotted a certain number of parent volunteers for this event. Parents who are assigned to volunteer will receive an email. This will be a very long day, but we need our parents to help our students! Please consider coming out to help. 

 
 
Other Upcoming Events:

• Honor Band Audition Entry Deadline, Mon. 10/21
• Battle of the Gate Pep Rally, Fri. 10/25
• Away Football Game at Golden Gate HS, Fri. 10/25, Call 4:30pm
• District Marching MPA, Sat. 10/26, Call TBD
• Trunk or Treat, Tues. 10/29, 7:30-8:30pm
• Home Football Game vs. Port Charlotte HS, Fri. 11/1, Call 5:00pm
• PRHS Marching Band Invitational, Sat. 11/2, all day and evening 

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