Weekly Update

Congratulations to last weeks’ Marchers of the Week: Nevaeh Tovar, Zane Alani, Eric Perez, Leslie Torres and Cheyenne Cure! Last week’s Section of the Week was the trumpet section! To see our previous MOTWs, please visit the following link: http://www.prhsbands.org/2018-2019-info.html.
 
We had a very successful home game against Estero High School! What a great win for our football team and the band had a great half-time show! Thank you to all parents who volunteered their time to help out.
 
Congratulations to Paige Brokopp, Nikolai Coletta, Jariel Hernandez and Eric Robinson for completing their All State audition on Saturday! Results will be posted in late October/early November. 
 
We’d also like to extend a big thank you to the drumline students who played for the Little Bears Football Club on Saturday!  
 
 
This Week’s Schedule:
 
Monday (9/17) 

• CCPS College Night, 5:30-7:30pm at GGHS

Tuesday (9/18)

• No CCPS Activities after sundown

Wednesday (9/19)

• No School for students – Teacher Work Day

Thursday (9/20)

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

Friday (9/21)

• Band Memorization/Auxiliary Choreo Test in class on Part 3 m. 122-135
• Healthy Snack, 3:30pm
• Away Game at South Fort Myers, Call 4:00pm

 
 
Cheesecake Trip Fundraiser: Delivery date is TBD. 
 
 
Thursday Band Practice Attire: This Thursday’s band attire is grey shirt and black shorts. In addition to this attire, band students will be wearing their marching bibbers and hats for this rehearsal. 
 
 
Band Memorization Test (Fri. 9/21): Band and auxiliary students will be tested in groups during class on Friday. The performance test will be on Part 3 m. 122-135. This test will be graded. 
 
 
Healthy Snack (Fri. 9/21): Healthy snack will be distributed at 3:30pm in the band room. Please show up at 3:30pm to pick up your meal. 
 
 
Away Game at South Fort Myers (Fri. 9/21): Call time is 4:00pm. Band students will arrive to call wearing this year’s green band t-shirt, black marching band shorts, calf length solid black socks and marching band shoes. Auxiliary students should arrive to call wearing their half-time uniforms. Students are reminded to bring a charged phone and money for concessions to South Fort Myers. 
 
 
Band Room After School Hours: The band room will close at 2:30pm at the end of every school day. The band room will reopen an hour before rehearsal starts. On Friday, the band room will remain open after school since healthy snack is at 3:30pm. Students are reminded that they are not allowed on campus unless a teacher is supervising them. If students choose to stay on school grounds, they must wait outside of the building. 
 
 
Marching Band Rehearsal Saturday, 9/22 CANCELLED: The Marching Pride will not be rehearsing on Saturday, September 22nd as originally scheduled. Considering the fact that the students have a band event every Saturday in October, we’ve decided to give the students a bit of a break.
 
 
Band Show and MBI Program Ad Fundraiser: We will be starting our Program Ad Fundraiser this week. Students who did not sell a coupon book will be required to sell at least 1 Program Ad. Program ads can serve as a business ad or they may serve as a place for parents to cheer on their student. These ads will be in our programs for the CCPS Band Show on October 20thand the 15th Annual Marching Band Invitational on November 3rd. Order forms were sent via email.
 
 
Chicago Band Trip Forms: All students registered for the Chicago Band Trip should’ve received a separate email with information regarding required trip forms. All forms are due by Monday, October 1st and can be found at the following link: http://www.prhsbands.org/2018-band-trip-info.html.
 
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Chicago Band Trip: Please note that our next Trip Meeting is on Monday, October 5th. If you need to make special arrangements for your payments, please contact our Trip Coordinator Kim Mikitka. Kim can be reached by phone at (800) 373-1423 ext. 243 or via email at kmikitka@bobrogerstravel.com. Office hours are Monday through Friday 7:30am – 4:30pm (central time).
 
 
Parent Volunteers Needed: Please contact the following Booster Chairs to volunteer this week: (Chaperoning) Mrs. Eileen Fuentes prhschaps@gmail.com, (Healthy Snack) Mr. Buddy Rainey buddyrainey2@gmail.com, (Truck Crew) Mr. Wilfredo Figueroa figgy736@googlemail.com. All parent volunteers will need to wear a blue lanyard for this Friday’s game. Mr. Bigler and/or Mrs. Fuentes will give out lanyards to parent volunteers after Thursday night’s rehearsal or upon arrival on Friday. Please remember to return your lanyard at the end of the evening. ​

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