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Good Morning Band Family,
We had a very successful end of the season yesterday at the Jaguar Invitational yesterday. In finals were third overall and in prelims we were second in our class. The band had two great performances during 35 mile an hour gusts of wind.
We had yet another amazing group of parents that helped with our props and front ensemble. I will attach a picture below of the backfield shot of the the props on the website. During our prelims performance we had 35 mph wind gusts. I often hear parents refer back to Warrensburg finals in the 90s as mud bowl. We definitely experienced Wind Bowl yesterday. It was an interesting 9 minutes behind the props yesterday. Thank you to all those who helped out. We have the best parents!
As we wrap up our 2018 marching season I wanted to say thanks to our teachers, parents, and students who made this season a success! It takes a small army to make the band successful! This year the students decided to turn it on and we are heading to a whole new level.
Looking ahead:
No early practices this week! :) Two full days of school and one half day before our fall break!
Have a great Sunday,
Mr. Lovell
We had a very successful end of the season yesterday at the Jaguar Invitational yesterday. In finals were third overall and in prelims we were second in our class. The band had two great performances during 35 mile an hour gusts of wind.
We had yet another amazing group of parents that helped with our props and front ensemble. I will attach a picture below of the backfield shot of the the props on the website. During our prelims performance we had 35 mph wind gusts. I often hear parents refer back to Warrensburg finals in the 90s as mud bowl. We definitely experienced Wind Bowl yesterday. It was an interesting 9 minutes behind the props yesterday. Thank you to all those who helped out. We have the best parents!
As we wrap up our 2018 marching season I wanted to say thanks to our teachers, parents, and students who made this season a success! It takes a small army to make the band successful! This year the students decided to turn it on and we are heading to a whole new level.
Looking ahead:
No early practices this week! :) Two full days of school and one half day before our fall break!
Have a great Sunday,
Mr. Lovell
Good Morning Band Family,
7:00 Kick-off
SENIOR PARENTS REPORT TO THE NIX SIDE END ZONE TRACK DURING AT 8 MINUTES REMAINING IN THE 2ND QUARTER
Order for Half Time is Dance Team, SENIOR RECOGNITION, and then Band Performs at Half Time.s
Yesterday we competed at Fort Zumwalt North. We earned best music, best visual, best effect, and 1st place in class 4, but we were .15 points below Parkway West and were the 13th highest scoring band. This competition took the 12th highest scorning bands, but not class winners. This was another big league competition where all bands were part of the STL suburban area.
Next week we are heading to Seckman HS to compete in our last competition for the season. Itinerary is below. We are also taking band pictures on October 17th during the early rehearsal. We also have our last game this Friday. (senior night) Report time will be at 4:30pm.
Thank you to all the parents that helped yesterday with props, food, and supervision. We wouldn't be able to do it without your help!!
7:00 Kick-off
SENIOR PARENTS REPORT TO THE NIX SIDE END ZONE TRACK DURING AT 8 MINUTES REMAINING IN THE 2ND QUARTER
Order for Half Time is Dance Team, SENIOR RECOGNITION, and then Band Performs at Half Time.s
Yesterday we competed at Fort Zumwalt North. We earned best music, best visual, best effect, and 1st place in class 4, but we were .15 points below Parkway West and were the 13th highest scoring band. This competition took the 12th highest scorning bands, but not class winners. This was another big league competition where all bands were part of the STL suburban area.
Next week we are heading to Seckman HS to compete in our last competition for the season. Itinerary is below. We are also taking band pictures on October 17th during the early rehearsal. We also have our last game this Friday. (senior night) Report time will be at 4:30pm.
Thank you to all the parents that helped yesterday with props, food, and supervision. We wouldn't be able to do it without your help!!
Good Morning Band Family,
Happy Post Band Festival Day!! The Band had a very successful festival day yesterday. We are very fortunate that the rain stayed south and north of us for most of the day. Many festivals in the state had to cancel their finals. Thank you to all the help from EVERYONE! Many directors commented that our festival went really smoothly! I am planted in the press box for most of the day, but whenever I would venture out, I was always greeted with positive and smiling faces throughout the night. Great Job Everyone.
I wanted to get the itinerary up and posted this am for our families. Rest up today and we are back at it this week!
The itineraries are posted below and we will need all hands on deck for our props again this week!
Have a great day,
Mr. Lovell
Happy Post Band Festival Day!! The Band had a very successful festival day yesterday. We are very fortunate that the rain stayed south and north of us for most of the day. Many festivals in the state had to cancel their finals. Thank you to all the help from EVERYONE! Many directors commented that our festival went really smoothly! I am planted in the press box for most of the day, but whenever I would venture out, I was always greeted with positive and smiling faces throughout the night. Great Job Everyone.
I wanted to get the itinerary up and posted this am for our families. Rest up today and we are back at it this week!
The itineraries are posted below and we will need all hands on deck for our props again this week!
Have a great day,
Mr. Lovell
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Good Afternoon,
We are in need of parents to help with props for the Washington Band Festival - https://www.timetosignup.com/whsband/sheet/1270831
Click to sign up if you can help!
Thank you,
Mr. Lovell
We are in need of parents to help with props for the Washington Band Festival - https://www.timetosignup.com/whsband/sheet/1270831
Click to sign up if you can help!
Thank you,
Mr. Lovell
Good Morning Band Family,
We are heading into our busiest weeks of the season. WASHINGTON BAND FESTIVAL WEEK! We have a lot to do both on and off the field to prepare for this Saturday. If you haven't please volunteer your time at
https://www.timetosignup.com/whsband If you can, please sign up for two slots.
Monday - Student Worker Sign-up goes up - 7:30am - Rehearsal - Please be on time or early. Doors open no later than 6:45am.
Tuesday - 8:00 Rehearsal - Please be on time or early. Doors open at 7am.
Wednesday - 7:30 - Show designers will be in attendance to work the band. We need ALL students to be early. Show them what Washington is about. Added rehearsal from 2:30-4:00pm on Wednesday. (More time with Show Designers.)
Thursday - 8:00 Rehearsal - Please be on time or early. Doors open at 7am. Show designers will be in attendance to work the band.
Friday - 8:00 Show designers will be in attendance to work the band.
Saturday - BAND FESTIVAL - Schedules and Instructions will be posted below this post.
Please check the website for updates this week. Things may change due to mother nature and at this point, her and I aren't getting along.
Thank you to all the wonderful parents that helped out this weekend at Sullivan, the prop parent crew that tirelessly rebuilt some broken panels, the parents that move the props on Sat, the parents that hold the props on Saturday. There is a theme going on - PARENTS! We have the best, but we could use your help. We need different parents to help hold/move/adjust so they are able to watch the show from the stands. Let us know if you like to help out!
Yesterday we traveled to Sullivan and performed our show, "Into Paradise." We placed 2nd in our class in prelims and then placed 3rd place in finals overall out of 16 bands of the day. The students performed very well and brought the show to a new level! Phenomenal Job!
Saturday is one of the most important days for our program and we need all hands on deck. Remember our motto, “EXCELLENCE is being better today than you were yesterday. EXCELLENCE does not take days off...it's a lifestyle.” This applies to our performance, preparation, and the work we do at the festival. There are many students/parents in the area that wish they were a part of our program. Show them why and make it a great day for the 50th Washington Band Festival!
Mr. Lovell
washingtonmobands.com
We are heading into our busiest weeks of the season. WASHINGTON BAND FESTIVAL WEEK! We have a lot to do both on and off the field to prepare for this Saturday. If you haven't please volunteer your time at
https://www.timetosignup.com/whsband If you can, please sign up for two slots.
Monday - Student Worker Sign-up goes up - 7:30am - Rehearsal - Please be on time or early. Doors open no later than 6:45am.
Tuesday - 8:00 Rehearsal - Please be on time or early. Doors open at 7am.
Wednesday - 7:30 - Show designers will be in attendance to work the band. We need ALL students to be early. Show them what Washington is about. Added rehearsal from 2:30-4:00pm on Wednesday. (More time with Show Designers.)
Thursday - 8:00 Rehearsal - Please be on time or early. Doors open at 7am. Show designers will be in attendance to work the band.
Friday - 8:00 Show designers will be in attendance to work the band.
Saturday - BAND FESTIVAL - Schedules and Instructions will be posted below this post.
Please check the website for updates this week. Things may change due to mother nature and at this point, her and I aren't getting along.
Thank you to all the wonderful parents that helped out this weekend at Sullivan, the prop parent crew that tirelessly rebuilt some broken panels, the parents that move the props on Sat, the parents that hold the props on Saturday. There is a theme going on - PARENTS! We have the best, but we could use your help. We need different parents to help hold/move/adjust so they are able to watch the show from the stands. Let us know if you like to help out!
Yesterday we traveled to Sullivan and performed our show, "Into Paradise." We placed 2nd in our class in prelims and then placed 3rd place in finals overall out of 16 bands of the day. The students performed very well and brought the show to a new level! Phenomenal Job!
Saturday is one of the most important days for our program and we need all hands on deck. Remember our motto, “EXCELLENCE is being better today than you were yesterday. EXCELLENCE does not take days off...it's a lifestyle.” This applies to our performance, preparation, and the work we do at the festival. There are many students/parents in the area that wish they were a part of our program. Show them why and make it a great day for the 50th Washington Band Festival!
Mr. Lovell
washingtonmobands.com
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Good Morning Band Family,
We are gearing up for another busy time in week 3 of marching band season. We have our normal morning rehearsals this week and then a home game on Friday. (Report Time is at 5:15pm) On Saturday, we travel to Sullivan, MO to compete in the 2018 Marching Festival. Schedules and Itineraries are below this post. It has been a few years since we have been to Sullivan and we are excited to be back!
We had a successful run at Lafayette this past Saturday. We placed 12th in finals and 11th place in prelims. It is always hard to explain how 12th place in finals is a huge accomplishment. Growing up in a non musical/band family, I would compare it to baseball. Lafayette Competition is what I would call the big leagues.
If you noticed yesterday, 16 of the 19 bands competing all had larger schools sizes than Washington. Some of those schools had HS populations well about the 2,000 mark. Even with this huge difference, this competition places the bands in band size class (number of students in band), that puts Washington in the largest class possible, even though we have a high school size of around 1300.
With all of that being said, our philosophy is to make our students better in a competitive environment. Some really good bands went home yesterday and didn't perform in finals from the STL suburbs. If you notice the only other band that took a chance at this STL competition from our area/county was Borgia HS. Our students put on a great performance and made finals with some really good bands!! Hopefully this sheds some light on what 12th place really means at this competition and for our new band parents, what our philosophy here in Washington is about. We will keep pushing this week and until the end of the season. There is something really special with this group of students!
Another amazing part of what we do here in Washington is our second to none parent help. If you haven't noticed yet, we have a few props on the field this year. :) The props are 8' by 8' panels and they were delivered on Thursday and group of phenomenal parents took time out of their already busy schedule and built these props in two evenings. I can tell you that in my 13 years, I haven't been around a group so helpful and dedicated. We have a gold mine with our parent support! I would list names, but I don't want to leave anyone out. We also have a compass that alumni and parents also created on a holiday. The compass needle spins and will be integrated into the show. Pictures are below.
On Saturday there was some wind on the field, we had a group of 15 parents that also stood on the field to make sure that the props remained on the field.
Sorry for the lengthy post, but we have a great thing going here in Washington! We are two weeks out from our home festival in Washington. We are need of help form the parents for the festival. If you haven't signed up for the festival, please follow this link to sign up. https://www.timetosignup.com/whsband/ We need ALL hands on deck. Please signup today if you have time. We will start to send stuff home this week.
Once again, thank you for reading this post all the way through. See you Friday and Saturday,
Mr. Lovell
washingtonmobands.com
We are gearing up for another busy time in week 3 of marching band season. We have our normal morning rehearsals this week and then a home game on Friday. (Report Time is at 5:15pm) On Saturday, we travel to Sullivan, MO to compete in the 2018 Marching Festival. Schedules and Itineraries are below this post. It has been a few years since we have been to Sullivan and we are excited to be back!
We had a successful run at Lafayette this past Saturday. We placed 12th in finals and 11th place in prelims. It is always hard to explain how 12th place in finals is a huge accomplishment. Growing up in a non musical/band family, I would compare it to baseball. Lafayette Competition is what I would call the big leagues.
If you noticed yesterday, 16 of the 19 bands competing all had larger schools sizes than Washington. Some of those schools had HS populations well about the 2,000 mark. Even with this huge difference, this competition places the bands in band size class (number of students in band), that puts Washington in the largest class possible, even though we have a high school size of around 1300.
With all of that being said, our philosophy is to make our students better in a competitive environment. Some really good bands went home yesterday and didn't perform in finals from the STL suburbs. If you notice the only other band that took a chance at this STL competition from our area/county was Borgia HS. Our students put on a great performance and made finals with some really good bands!! Hopefully this sheds some light on what 12th place really means at this competition and for our new band parents, what our philosophy here in Washington is about. We will keep pushing this week and until the end of the season. There is something really special with this group of students!
Another amazing part of what we do here in Washington is our second to none parent help. If you haven't noticed yet, we have a few props on the field this year. :) The props are 8' by 8' panels and they were delivered on Thursday and group of phenomenal parents took time out of their already busy schedule and built these props in two evenings. I can tell you that in my 13 years, I haven't been around a group so helpful and dedicated. We have a gold mine with our parent support! I would list names, but I don't want to leave anyone out. We also have a compass that alumni and parents also created on a holiday. The compass needle spins and will be integrated into the show. Pictures are below.
On Saturday there was some wind on the field, we had a group of 15 parents that also stood on the field to make sure that the props remained on the field.
Sorry for the lengthy post, but we have a great thing going here in Washington! We are two weeks out from our home festival in Washington. We are need of help form the parents for the festival. If you haven't signed up for the festival, please follow this link to sign up. https://www.timetosignup.com/whsband/ We need ALL hands on deck. Please signup today if you have time. We will start to send stuff home this week.
Once again, thank you for reading this post all the way through. See you Friday and Saturday,
Mr. Lovell
washingtonmobands.com
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Good Morning Band Family,
I wanted to post a few pictures from our band camp this past week. As I mentioned on Friday, we had a week full of great attitudes, great work ethic, and they showed their incredible potential. The directors and staff can already tell that this is going to be a great season. Pictures are in the folder titled, Band Camp 2018.
If you know anyone that isn't part of this group that is an alumni, parent, student, or a fan. Take a moment to get them on board. We continually update this throughout the year.
As always we have great kids in Washington! We can't say enough positive things about the camp. Below are pictures from our theme days. Tues - Tie Dye, Wed - Them Day, Thursday - Twin Day, and Friday - Disney Day. Photo Credits go to Ms. Holdmeyer.
We are having our annual picnic on August 10th at 6pm. This is where we feed our band family and get to know each other. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and become a part of our stellar band booster organization.
One last Dominos Stand request. We are short shifts on Sunday Evening. If you can help us, please go to the band website. washingtonmobands.com and click the time to sign up link. We really need your help.
See you August 10th,
Mr. Lovell
I wanted to post a few pictures from our band camp this past week. As I mentioned on Friday, we had a week full of great attitudes, great work ethic, and they showed their incredible potential. The directors and staff can already tell that this is going to be a great season. Pictures are in the folder titled, Band Camp 2018.
If you know anyone that isn't part of this group that is an alumni, parent, student, or a fan. Take a moment to get them on board. We continually update this throughout the year.
As always we have great kids in Washington! We can't say enough positive things about the camp. Below are pictures from our theme days. Tues - Tie Dye, Wed - Them Day, Thursday - Twin Day, and Friday - Disney Day. Photo Credits go to Ms. Holdmeyer.
We are having our annual picnic on August 10th at 6pm. This is where we feed our band family and get to know each other. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and become a part of our stellar band booster organization.
One last Dominos Stand request. We are short shifts on Sunday Evening. If you can help us, please go to the band website. washingtonmobands.com and click the time to sign up link. We really need your help.
See you August 10th,
Mr. Lovell
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Good Morning Band Family,
We would like to announce our Spring Trip for next year! (2019) We take the band on a trip every two years. We will be bringing the HS Band to Disney World in Florida. All students enrolled in both semesters, grades 9-12 are eligible to journey to Florida with the Band. We will have more information in the later weeks, but we are looking to set our prices now to keep prices low. Thank you, Mr. Lovell |
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