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September Band Events
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- Created on Monday, 29 August 2011 22:31
September is a very busy month for the Warren East Bands:
Regular Weekly Events:
- Mondays - Jazz Band - 3:15-4:30
- Tuesdays - Marching Band Rehearsal - 3:00-5:30
- Thursdays - Marching Band Rehearsal - 3:00-5:30
Now through September 12 - Warren East Middle School Band Fundraiser. The WEMS Band is trying to raise $3,000 to go toward the purchase of new music and instruments and are raising funds through brochure sales. Please help out Mr. Leavell & the WEMS Band by purchasing an item from them either from a student, or through their webstore: http://www.helpourgroup.com. Click on "Shop Now" and enter our group number (35142) to purchase items with the proceeds going toward the Warren East Middle School Band program.
Friday, September 02 - Football Game vs. Monroe County. Report time - 5:30. Game Starts at 7:00. Finished no later than 10:00 PM. The plan is to wear full uniform at this game & perform the show at halftime.
Thursday, September 08 - Band Booster Meeting - 6:00 PM - WEHS Library. This is a special Booster meeting solely to discuss the Warren East Raider Invitational on October 01. We will know a full lineup for our contest by this point, and will need to kick contest preparations into high gear.
Friday, September 09 - Homecoming Football Game vs. Daviess County. Report time - 5:30. Game Starts at 7:00. Finished no later than 10:15 PM. We will be participating in Homecoming festivities during halftime, and will be performing the show at the conclusion of the game.
Saturday, September 10 - Marching Contest at Caverna. Full itinerary to come later this week. There are 4 Class AAA Bands performing at Caverna:
- Breckinridge County - 6:30 PM
- Allen County-Scottsville - 6:45 PM
- Hart County - 7:00 PM
- WARREN EAST - 7:15 PM
Saturday, September 17 - Marching Contest Doubleheader at Butler County & Russellville. Full itinerary to come. Butler County has 4 Class AAA Bands:
- South Warren - 12:30 PM
- Breckinridge County - 12:45 PM
- Franklin-Simpson - 1:00 PM
- WARREN EAST - 1:15 PM
Russellville has 3 Class AAA Bands:
- Allen County-Scottsville - 7:15 PM
- WARREN EAST - 7:30 PM
- Franklin-Simpson - 7:45 PM
Thursday, September 22 - Band Booster Meeting - 6:00 PM - WEHS Choir Room - Final preparations for the WEHS Raider Invitational on October 01, as well as our trip to Murray State University on Sept. 24 (see below).
Saturday, September 24 - Murray State University Festival of Champions. This is something new on the schedule and replaces our planned trip to Hart County. This is a great opportunity for our students to participate in a very large contest, currently featuring 21 bands. There are 5 bands signed up in Class AAA:
- Boonville High School (IN)
- Grain Valley High School (MO)
- Lone Oak High School
- Paducah Tilghman High School
- WARREN EAST HIGH SCHOOL
This may change slightly, depending on if bands add on Tuesday due to contests not making.
Festival of Champions is a Prelims/Finals format contest (similar to Green County in 2009 & Caverna & Barren County last year). A total of 12 bands will advance to Finals competition - the top band in each class and the next seven based on score. Additionally, if any band is 2nd place in their class and does not make Finals, they will get to perform before Finals in exhibition.
Festival of Champions features a top-notch adjudication panel, gives our students the opportunity to perform in a very large venue with tough competition and an amazing crowd, and allows them to see the Murray State University Racer Band. MSU is also working to telecast FoC on television. Mr. Leavell and I very excited about what our participation in Festival has to offer, and I will have more details on FoC soon.
Saturday, October 01 - WEHS RAIDER INVITATIONAL & WCHS Dragon Classic. I wanted to go ahead and mention this as it is coming up VERY soon. We are continuing preparations for our contest and will have lots more information next week about what we need. Please stay tuned to your e-mail!
