This Week!

Hi Everyone,

We have a regular practice schedule this week!  Friday we are AWAY at New Manchester - we will plan to leave SPHS at 5:30 PM and should be back around 11:30 PM.  Here is everything you need to know for the next few weeks (it is quite a bit!)

1. MUM Fundraiser - mums will be delivered this week.  We're still waiting on confirmation on which day they will be delivered, but we will let you know as soon as we know.

2. Cheese Fundraiser - We passed out fundraising information for our Annual Cheese Fundraiser right before the break.  Please check with your students for their order forms.  The cheese fundraiser is due back in on Friday, October 10th.  Here is a link to the cheese order form: Cheese Form

3. Homecoming Parade - Our homecoming parade is next Tuesday, October 7th here at SPHS.  Students should plan to bring their casual uniform to school with them.  We will plan to practice in our casual uniforms and move straight from practice to the parade.  Parents – we encourage you to attend the parade and community pep rally tomorrow evening.  The parade starts at 6:30 and the community pep rally will happen directly after the parade in the South Paulding HS Football Stadium.  Students should be done sometime around 7:30 PM on the 7th.

4. 2025 Paulding County Marching Band Exhibition

Tuesday, October 14th is our Marching Band Exhibition which will be hosted at East Paulding HS.  That day is also a 2 hour early release day for the district.  Students should plan to stay with us at the end of the day.  Here is our schedule:

 

Tuesday, October 14th – Marching Band Exhibition

4:15 PM - Depart SPHS

4:45 PM - Arrive @ EPHS

5:30 PM – Mass Band Rehearsal at the SPHS football practice field.

6:30 PM – The exhibition begins.

8:15 PM – SPHS Performs

9:15 PM – The exhibition concludes.  Students will help clean up / put up equipment and load busses to come back to SPHS.

Tickets for the exhibition can be purchased at this link:

2025 Paulding County Marching Band Exhibition - Band - Oct 14, 2025

Tickets will also be available for purchase at the gate for $10.  Children 5 and under are free.  PCSD employees are admitted free of charge with their county badge.  8^th grade band students are also admitted for free with a ticket provided by their middle school band director.

5. Rockmart HS Band Competition

Here is the schedule for our band contest at Rockmart High School on October the 18th.  

Saturday October 18th - Band Contest – Rockmart High School

Schedule for Saturday the 18th:

Rehearsal starts at SPHS - 1:00 PM
Practice Ends - Students Eat / Change / Load Busses - 3:45 PM
Depart SPHS - 5:15 PM
Arrive @ Rockmart HS - 6:15 PM
Warmup - 7:40 PM
Perform - 8:40 PM
Awards - 9:30 PM
Depart Rockmart HS - 10:30 PM
Arrive @ SPHS - 11:30 PM

The band will feed our students before we leave for RHS, but they may want to bring money to eat in the concession stand for a late snack as well.

As always, we would LOVE for you to come out to Rockmart HS to support us!  Below is some information you may need:

Address for Rockmart High School:

990 Cartersville Hwy

Rockmart, GA 30153

There is an entrance fee of $11 per person.  Children 4 and under are free.  Here is the link to purchase tickets:

2025 Yellow Jacket Classic - Band - Oct 18, 2025

This Week (9/2)

Good Afternoon,

 

Here is everything you need to know about this week:

 

Tuesday – Marching Band Rehearsal from 3:45 – 6:30 PM

 

Wednesday – OFF

 

Thursday – Marching Band Rehearsal from 3:45 – 6:30 PM

 

Friday – AWAY vs. North Paulding HS

Students should plan to stay after school on Friday.

3:25 PM – School Ends.  Students begin to load equipment.

4:00 PM – Students eat in the commons

4:45 PM – Students change into uniforms / finish loading the trailer

5:15 PM – Students meet in the band room

5:30 PM – Depart for NPHS

6:15 PM – Arrive @ NPHS

7:30 PM – KICKOFF!

10:15 PM – Game Ends

10:45 PM – Depart for SPHS

11:30 PM – Arrive @ SPHS

 

Saturday  - Paulding Meadows

We are looking forward to a great performance and great fundraising weekend at Paulding Meadows!  Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to help us make this event a success!

PARENTS – We still need 3 adult gate workers on Sunday (11-2) & 3 parking lot workers on Sunday (12-2).

 

Paulding Meadows is THIS weekend.  The Marching Band will perform at Paulding Meadows on Saturday, September 6th, at 9:45 AM.  Students will wear their Casual Uniform for this performance.  Students will be done performing by 10:30 AM. Students should plan to arrive at Earl Duncan Park no later than 8:30 AM.  For those who are new to Paulding Meadows, traffic in the morning can really be an issue. **All members of the band must use the Northside Elementary School entrance on Saturday morning for the performance. **Enter Northside Elementary, drive to the back of the parking lot, and you will see a gate that leads you into Earl Duncan Park. Follow this road until you see our Band Trailers. Please plan on arriving EARLY so that your child is not LATE. For those parents who are not working with the Band for Paulding Meadows, tickets are $5 per person. If anyone stops you at the Northside Elementary School entrance, just let them know that your child is performing in the band. They will then direct you to the proper location to meet us.

We are still seeking donations for our food booth, where we’ll be selling our crowd-favorite fried Oreos, along with Pepsi-brand 12 oz canned drinks and bottled water. Your contributions make a big difference, and we truly appreciate anything you can provide from the list below:

Requested Donations:

• 12 oz cans of the following Pepsi products:
• Pepsi
• Diet Pepsi
• Mountain Dew
• Diet Mountain Dew
• Crush Orange
• Mug Root Beer
• Starry

Please deliver all donations to the band room by Today, September 2nd.

This Week (8/25) / Band Photos / Paulding Meadows Information

Hi Everyone,

Here is our schedule for this week:

Monday - Marching Band Rehearsal from 3:45 - 6:00 

Tuesday - Marching Band Rehearsal from 3:45 - 6:30

Wednesday - No Practice (District Honor Band Registration Deadline!)

Thursday - Marching Band Rehearsal from 3:45 - 6:30. Mum fundraiser due!

Friday - BYE Week (no football game this week)

A few reminders:

Band Photos will be taken in class Tuesday.  Here is a message from the photography company:

**PARENTS, **

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Parents, you should have already received an order form. If you do not get the order form you can order online. We encourage parents to Pre-Order Online at pdiportraits.com. If you pre-order online BY picture day you will receive a FREE 2026 Photo Calendar. Parents will have to enter the coupon code from the order form, in order to NOT be charged shipping when they order online. If you DO NOT have an order form please use the Coupon Code below at checkout for online orders. ALL Orders will be shipped back to the Teacher UNLESS You pay the $6 shipping fee ONLINE.

The Coupon Code is (Online Orders ONLY): 082625

TOMORROW  is the LAST DAY to take advantage of the FREE 2026 PHOTO CALENDAR OFFER!!

Order Today at pdiportraits.com

Paulding Meadows is NEXT weekend.  The Marching Band will perform at Paulding Meadows on Saturday, 6th, at 9:45 AM.  Students will wear their Casual Uniform for this performance.  Students will be done performing by 10:30 AM. Students should plan to arrive at Earl Duncan Park no later than 8:30 AM.  For those who are new to Paulding Meadows, traffic in the morning can really be an issue. **All members of the band must use the Northside Elementary School entrance Saturday morning for the performance. **Enter Northside Elementary, drive to the back of the parking lot, and you will see a gate that leads you into Earl Duncan Park. Follow this road until you see our Band Trailers. Please plan on arriving EARLY so that your child is not LATE. For those parents who are not working with the Band for Paulding Meadows, tickets are $5 per person. If anyone stops you at the Northside Elementary School entrance, just let them know that your child is performing in the band. They will then direct you to the proper location to meet us.

We are still seeking donations for our food booth, where we’ll be selling our crowd-favorite fried Oreos, along with Pepsi-brand 12 oz canned drinks and bottled water. Your contributions make a big difference, and we truly appreciate anything you can provide from the list below:

Requested Donations:

• Oreo cookies (Name brand only, please — no Double Stuff, off brand, or flavored varieties)

• Bottled water

• 12 oz cans of the following Pepsi products:

  • Pepsi
  • Diet Pepsi
  • Mountain Dew
  • Diet Mountain Dew
  • Crush Orange
  • Mug Root Beer
  • Starry

Please deliver all donations to the band room by Tuesday, September 2nd.

We also still need BOTH student and parent volunteers to work the gate, parking lot, and the food booth at Paulding Meadows.  Please sign up directly through the "EVENTS" tab in Cut Time.

Thank you!

Football Concessions / Paulding Meadows Information

Good Afternoon!

We have two very important updates:

Concessions

Calling all parents - we need YOUR help!

One of our largest fundraisers (and the way that we are able to keep our fees lower than any other band in the district) is selling concessions at our football games.  Unfortunately, this is not something our students can help us with because they are actively performing at the football games.  We must have parent support for this endeavor!  As a reminder, we ask that every family volunteer once in our home concession stand throughout the year.  As always, we ask that our senior parents volunteer earlier in the season and that our 9th grade parents volunteer later in the season: this ensures that senior parents don't miss out on Senior Night and that our 9th grade parents don't miss out on seeing their child perform at home for the first time!

The links to sign up are already available in Cut Time:

Go to your student dashboard by clicking "Back to dashboard"

Click your student's name

Click events

This will provide you with a list of all of the events we need volunteers for throughout the season.

Paulding Meadows

As we kick off another exciting school year, we’re thrilled to begin preparations for one of our favorite annual events—the Paulding Meadows Arts and Crafts Festival! Paulding Meadows is always a wonderful opportunity for our band program, both in performance and fundraising. We need your support to help make it a success.

To get ready, we’re seeking donations for our food booth, where we’ll be selling our crowd-favorite fried Oreos, along with Pepsi-brand 12 oz canned drinks and bottled water. Your contributions make a big difference, and we truly appreciate anything you can provide from the list below:

Requested Donations:

• Oreo cookies (Name brand only, please — no Double Stuff, off brand, or flavored varieties)

• Bottled water

• 12 oz cans of the following Pepsi products:

  • Pepsi
  • Diet Pepsi
  • Mountain Dew
  • Diet Mountain Dew
  • Crush Orange
  • Mug Root Beer
  • Starry

Please deliver all donations to the band room by Tuesday, September 2nd.

More details about the festival will be shared soon.  Thank you for your continued support!

Graduation Information

Good Afternoon (and Happy Friday!)

We are looking forward to performing at graduation next week!  All of our underclassmen are required to perform at graduation.  Students who are performing at graduation should be at the school no later than 5:30 PM on Thursday the 22nd.  We have told students to wear "Sunday Best".  This means no blue jeans, no tee shirts, and no tennis shoes.  We have also told them that what they wear must be school appropriate. The band is providing pizza for our kids on Thursday.


The ceremony begins at 8:00 PM and should conclude sometime around 10:00 PM.

Parents!  We are seeking help to sell water at Graduation this year!  You can sign up to help directly on Cut Time.  Parents who are helping should plan to arrive around 5:00 PM.  Parking for water volunteers is by the SPHS Softball Field.  We are sending Parking Passes for those who are selling water home WEDNESDAY the 21st with your student. 

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Next Week!

Good Afternoon,

Monday the 12^th is our Spring Band Concert.  The concert will start at 6:30 PM and students are wearing their formal wear (tuxedos and concert dresses.)  All students should plan to arrive by 5:30. We are excited to show you what we have been working on since LGPE and, as always, the concert is free to attend.

Thursday the 15th we are holding our annual end of year Band Banquet!  This year we are again hosting the event in the SPHS Football Stadium.  Food Trucks will be ready to serve at 5:00 pm. This should provide enough time for everyone to eat before the start of our banquet at 7 pm.  We will have multiple trucks here, including The Doughnut Truck, Triple B's, Kona Ice, Tom's Coffee, and Pork Choppers.  All awards and recognitions will begin promptly at 7 PM, so we encourage you to arrive early!

This Week (3/24)

Good Afternoon,

 

Last week was an incredible week of performance for the band program!  We are so proud of all of our students for the incredible things they are doing!  Below is an update for everything happening this week:

 

Monday –

Percussion Spring Training from 4 PM – 7 PM. 

Winterguard Rehearsal from 3:45 PM – 6:00 PM

 

Tuesday –

Winterguard Rehearsal from 3:45 PM – 6:00 PM.  

8^th grade parent / new member meeting in the band room at 6:30 PM. 

 

Thursday –

Winterguard Rehearsal from 3:45 PM – 6:00 PM

Winterguard “Friends and Family” performance in the Main Gym at 6:00 PM. 

 

Saturday -

 

SAPA Championships for our Winterguard.

 

Logistics for Saturday, March 29^th.

Our official performance time is 4:43 PM.  

Our students should plan to meet at our equipment trailer located in the parking lot at UTC Arena.  Here is the address: McKenzie Arena University of Tennessee Chattanooga 720 East 4th Street Chattanooga, TN 37403

 

Here is the schedule:

2:00 PM - Students Arrive at UTC

2:45 PM - Unload

4:43 PM - Performance

5:32 PM - Retreat

 

Tickets for this weekend are $25 and are good for admission on Saturday and Sunday.  We will provide tickets for anyone who can pull the trailer to this event!  Please email Mr. McConnell at: dmcconnell@paulding.k12.ga.us if you are available!  Tickets can be purchased through GoFan.  Parking is free.  Tickets cannot be purchased at the door and no cash will be accepted at the event for concessions.  Here is the link to purchase tickets:  

 

SAPA Championships 2025 - Performing Arts - Mar 29, 2025 - Mar 30, 2025 

 

Please let us know if you have any questions.  Thank you!