Upcoming Events

• 8th Grade Night --- Monday, March 29. Call time is 5:30PM in the band room. Students should wear their show shirt, blue jeans, black belt, and 51% (mostly) white shoes.

• Dinner Concert ticket orders are due by this Thursday, April 1, 2010.

Tickets are pre-sale only! If you have lost your order envelope send you child with the appropriate amount: $5.00/ticket. Students do not need a ticket, but all other attendees do if they are planning on eating.

• Battle of the Bands is this Thursday, April 1, 2010.

I am still in need of volunteers to help with this event. If you can help, please be in the band room at 6:00PM, Thursday evening.

• Stars and Strikes Lock-In fundraiser is scheduled for Friday April 16th.

Please encourage your child to invite their friends and go ahead and start turning in money for the event. Cost is $35.00 if money is turned in by April 15 or $45.00 at the door.

• Next Booster meeting is scheduled for Monday, April 12, 2010.

Footage of Haralson County Awards

If you have any video footage from the Haralson County Golden River Marching Competition Awards ceremony we are looking for it to be included in the end of the year DVD. Please contact me at ccarr@paudling.k12.ga.us if you can help out.

Thanks,

CC

Battle of the Bands

Battle of the Bands will be hosted on April 1, 2010 at 7:00PM in the South Paulding High School Auditorium. We are in need of parent volunteers to help keep an eye on the students during this time. If you are available to help out please contact me at ccarr@paulding.k12.ga.us. I will need volunteers to collect tickets, stand guard at doorways, monitor backstage, and just be around. If you are unable to contact me before the event you are still welcome to help out. Please report to the band room by 6:00PM. We will be able to put you to work.

Thank you in advance,

C.Carr

Stars and Strikes Lock-In

We are hosting a LOCK -IN at Stars and Strikes of Dallas on April 16, 2010 from 12:00AM - 6:00AM. Cost is $35.00 for pre-paid admission by April 15. Included in this price is unlimited pizza and soda until 2:00AM, unlimited bowling, bumper cars, and lazer tag all night, and a $10.00 game card! We hosted a trial run of this event after Spirit Night and had a great time while earning a little extra money. This one is going to be even better!

Please note: Stars and Strikes will be open to the public until 2:00AM, but we will have chaperones present, as well as Stars and Strikes staff, and security guards. People participating in the Spirit of South Paulding Lock-In will be locked in and not allowed to leave until 6:00AM.

If you miss the April 15 deadline then you can purchase admission at the door for $45.00.

We hope to see you there!

Booster Meeting Rescheduled - Important Dinner Concert INFO

The booster meeting scheduled for this evening : 3.15.10 will be held NEXT Monday on 3. 22.10 at 7:00PM in the band room.

Spring Dinner Concert: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at 6:00PM in the commons. It will be a spaghetti dinner. If you can bring a crockpot of spaghetti please e-mail Missy Dillard at dilhunt@bellsouth.net. Tickets are $5.00 per person and $3.00 per ticket will go towards the student's Band Fees. Please Note: dinner is pre-sell only! People without tckets will be asked to wait until everyone with a ticket has processed through the line - then if there is enough food we will sell you a ticket to eat. That is an IF. Envelopes to submit payment will be sent home with the students, which need to be returned by April 1, 2010 to the box in Mr. Slay's office. We will fill the orders with the tickets around April 14-15. This year all students are asked to bring one 2-litre drink and one dessert. The boosters will provide salad, dressings, and parmesean cheese. Thank you for all that you do for the band!

Booster Meeting

Next Booster Club Meeting is this Monday, March 15, 2010 at 7:00PM in the Band Room. There will be many important things discussed including: Dinner Concert, Stars and Strikes Lock-In, Battle of the Bands, and new officers.

Hope to see you then!

FESTIVAL WEEK!

Our GMEA LGPE (Festival) times are quickly approaching. Festival is hosted by Cartersville High School this year.

Symphonic Band goes to festival on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 6:30PM. The students will be traveling to CHS via bus right afterschool on Wednesday. We would love to see you in Cartersville on Wednesday to support the Symphonic Band. They are performing an exciting program: Army of the Nile March, October, and Incantation and Dance.

Concert Band goes to festival on Thursday, March 11, 2010. Concert Band performs early so we actually have to leave before school starts on Thursday. Report time: 7:00AM. Please make arrangements to be in the band room by 7:00AM. The bus is leaving shortly after our report time, being late could result in missing the bus and losing the opportunity to perform at festival. Remember to get a good night's sleep Wednesday night and eat a light sensible breakfast before arriving to the band room. This will help us focus and prepare us to perform our best. Our performance time is 10:00AM at Cartersville HS. If you can take some time away from work and be in the audience we would greatly appreciate you being there. Having an audience inspires the kids to perform better and we love performing for you guys! Our program will be: Gray's Harbor March, Ghost Fleet, and Fire Dance. We will stop on our way back at Stevie B's Pizza for lunch before returning to SPHS to reward the students for their hardwork in preparing this concert. Please send your child with enough money to cover lunch at Stevie B's -- roughly $8.00?

Our concert attire is the same as all formal concerts: all black attire. Symphonic Band Members will probably have a chance to change before loading the bus-- this information will be covered in class. Concert Band members need to report in concert attire at 7:00AM on Thursday morning.

CONCERT BAND REPORT TIME: 7:00AM on Thursday morning --- in all black attire.