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This is your weekly MUSIC DEPARTMENT update! Hello Folks! This is the LAST Weekly Update of the school year!! There are still things to do, but the end is in sight!! Don’t forget about Rookie Camp starting on 6/3 at 8am! Everyone is welcome to attend but it’s only required for New Marchers, Colorguard, Majorettes, and Leadership. Before you get it in your brain that you’re putting your horn away for the summer, READ THIS! Summer is THE WORST time to put away your instrument

This is your weekly MUSIC DEPARTMENT update! Hello Folks! Wow! It's the seniors' last week as high school students! As you go through this week, be sure to give some love to the seniors around you! They deserve it! Where has the time gone? 🥺 Also, kudos to all the fantastic Student Staff Interviews, Drum Major Auditions, and Colorguard Auditions! This week is Pass the Torch Week, so we get to celebrate our Senior Class and welcome our upcoming Freshman Class. I also want y

This is your weekly MUSIC DEPARTMENT update! Hello Folks! It's Audition Week!!! CONGRATULATIONS, BAND!!! The BCHS Wind Ensemble went to State Concert MPA to push the band through it's last requirement to qualify for the Otto J. Kraushaar Award last Thursday! This is a prestigious award given only to bands who recieve superior ratings from all judges at the District Marching, District Concert, and State Concert Music Performance Assessments. I want to celebrate.... but I'm n

This is your weekly MUSIC DEPARTMENT update! Hello Folks! It's State Week!!! I've nothing to say about it. Just stay focued and let's rock it this week folks! Weekly Walkthrough 🧩 Monday, we have Leadership Tuesday from 3pm to 5pm. Tuesday, we have Wind Ensemble Rehearsal from 4pm to 6pm with Mrs. Mara Rose- Bruce (Ret. from Fleming Island). Wednesday, we have Face Pie rewards during 5th Period this day! Students will need to get a pass signed by their 5th period teacher t

This is your weekly MUSIC DEPARTMENT update! Hello Folks! Welcome Back!!!! It's State Prep Time!!! I'm so excited to see you all again! While it has been SO restful, I'm ready to push to the finish line with all of you! And PUSH we will. Right out the gate, we have quite a bit going on with Percussion Clinics and Auditions this week, Wind Ensemble State Rehearsals (with three HEAVY HITTERS for guest clinicians, might I add), Student Staff Interviews looming, Music Ensemble

This is your weekly MUSIC DEPARTMENT update! Hello Folks! It's Prism Week!! We have our first Prism Concert Rehearsal on Monday in the Band Room. This is known as a Timing Rehearsal. We will run the Thursday Night Format and the Friday Morning Format. On the Tuesday and Wednesday rehearsals, we'll have runs of the concert with the staging included. It will be crucial that all performers stay focused, stay in the rehearsal area, and are ready for their set(s) because we need

This is your weekly MUSIC DEPARTMENT update! Hello Folks! Commitment Night is this week! Don't forget to make sure you and your parents come to Commitment Night this Friday, 3/27 from 6:30pm to 8:00pm. Students will start with me and then head off to a rehearsal. Parents will stay in a meeting with me where we'll talk about band camp, band dues, and all kinds of neat things! Commitment Night is important because I use attendance and Band Dues collected on this night to dete

This is your weekly MUSIC DEPARTMENT update! Hello Folks! It’s State Jazz and S&E Week!! Please stay on top of your Prism Music. This week Wind Ensemble and Percussion will need to split attention between Incantation and Eighties. Symphonic will need to split attention between Hello and Espresso. Jazz will need to be all in for State on Monday and Tuesday, then all in for Prism starting Wednesday. We have a short Window to make Prism delightful! Speaking of things that are

This is your weekly MUSIC DEPARTMENT update! Hello Folks! It's Disney Week! The Band EOY Trip to Disney World is coming up this weekend! If you're involved with that, make sure you've reviewed the itinerary ! BUT WE CANNOT SLOW DOWN! Congratulations to the Baker County Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band for their performance at MPA! I'm very proud of everyone's hard work leading up to and during that day! You were a great example for our community and our Middle Schoolers! No

This is your weekly MUSIC DEPARTMENT update! Hello Folks! It's MPA Week! I'm depending on everyone to stay mentally sharp for me. Please note that we had to make some scheduling adjustments so Jazz Band has time to prepare for State Jazz MPA: There is an added rehearsal on 3/10 from 1:40pm to 4pm. Leadership on this day will now start at 4pm. The Wind Ensemble Rehearsal on 3/12 is CANCELLED. Jazz will rehearse this day from 1:40pm to 4:30pm. Jazz Ensemble will rehearse on 3

This is your weekly MUSIC DEPARTMENT update! Hello Folks! Alright! We are now in our busy season, meaning there is at least one major event every week until school gets out (except for spring break). What does this mean for you? I means you need to stay on top of your school work, keep practicing, and do your best to stay on top of your health! Also!! Encourage your peers to stay on top of reading the weekly update and doing the weekly update quiz. There has been a dip in p

This is your weekly MUSIC DEPARTMENT update! Hello Folks! Wow! What a crazy and awesome week we enjoyed last week! Congratulations to the BCHS Jazz Ensemble and to all of the Solos and Ensembles for their respective performances at Jazz MPA and S&E MPA!! Also, congratulations to the Wildcat Winterguard for a 15 point jump at Flagler Palm Coast HS! The BCHS Jazz Ensemble at Jazz MPA Solo and Ensemble MPA Results The Wildcat Winterguard at Flagler Palm Coast HS So now what? W

This is your weekly MUSIC DEPARTMENT update! Hello Folks! What a wonderful Concert Band Camp we had on Saturday! I think we've grown considerably in a short amount of time! I know that you had to sacrifice some weekend time to participate, but I'm so thankful you did, and I hope you got something good out of the experience! I don't say it enough, but I love you all. This week is Jazz MPA and Solo and Ensemble MPA! Unfortunately, things DON'T slow down, but it is at least a

This is your weekly MUSIC DEPARTMENT update! Hello Folks! Kudos to our students who participated in NFHB! They had an amazing a musical time learning from Legendary Band Composer Robert Sheldon! The concert sounded WONDERFUL! We have a lot of visitors coming through this week to help us get better! Be here and stay on top of everything! As we begin closing in on our first sets of MPA's (Jazz and Solo and Ensemble), it'd be prudent to remember that it's very hard for me to h

This is your weekly MUSIC DEPARTMENT update! Hello Folks! This week is NFHB Week! If you earned placement into NFHB, be sure to check out the Weekly Walkthrough below! Are you advertising the Dominos Fundraiser? Everyone needs to do their part! Sustaining what, you might ask? Our lovely Band program, of course! Shout out to our current Top 10! Weekly Walkthrough 🧩 Monday , is Mr. Moore and Marcus Monday from 1:40pm (the rest of jazz band will work in Sectionals) until 3:00

This is your weekly MUSIC DEPARTMENT update! Hello Folks! Everyone, please give it up for Jacob Ballinger for his performance at All State! Also give it up for the Wildcat Winterguard's first performance of the season at Premiers! It was a busy weekend, but so many great things happened! I'm so proud of everyone! By the way, your Originals for Solo and Ensemble were due to be turned in to me LAST WEEK. Please give me your originals ASAP this week! Weekly Walkthrough 🧩 Mond

This is your weekly MUSIC DEPARTMENT update! Hello Folks! Everyone, please wish Jacob Ballinger the best as he travels with me to Tampa for the Florida Music Educators Conference, where he will participate in the High School Honors Band! This also means Mr. Moore will be gone Wednesday- Friday. This historically has been a HUGE opportunity for students to get ahead on their Concert MPA music, so I hope you all will take advantage. Work together to push far ahead. No sociali

This is your weekly MUSIC DEPARTMENT update! Hello Folks! Welcome Back! You may notice that the weekly update has some new sections to it. Check them out! (Actually, please do because you're being quizzed on that information!) I'm making it a goal to create strong structure for our band moving into MPA season. It'll be necessary because things will get pretty busy pretty quickly. In fact, there is something going on EVERY WEEKDAY in the month of February (for example), and

This is your weekly MUSIC DEPARTMENT update! Hello Folks! We're in the home stretch! Keep fighting! This is the last weekly update before the new year! I know we're working toward making it to Christmas Break, but please make sure you set aside time to pick up your instrument over the break as well. Everyone should have their Solo and Ensemble piece in by now, so it'll be important that you start practicing that music, since Solo and Ensemble is coming up quick. Weekly Walk

This is your weekly MUSIC DEPARTMENT update! Hello Folks! We have another busy week this week— made BUSIER because weather decided to get in our way… but we will endure! Stay on top of your personal practice AND your coursework! There’s a lot going on, but you need to manage your time effectively to be able to keep on top of everything. That may require some personal sacrifice here and there. That’s a part of growing up. You also need to stay on top of your health. Carry ha