This year's students selected from Mitchell for All-State Jazz Band were (pictured left to right) Nadine Moore - trumpet / Jennifer Luczak - tenor sax / Malachi Haddon - alto sax / Andrew Weller - guitar.  Congrats to these fine musicians!

MHS Jazzers and Parents,

On Tuesday, March 8th, the jazz band will be traveling to the “Jazz on the Upper Great Plains Festival” in Sioux Falls, SD on the campus of Augustana College.  The event will be held at Kresge Recital Hall in the Augustana Fine Arts building.  If you need directions to this location….let me know.
Please remember that all jazz band members must be in dress black.  All this means, is concert dress in as much black as possible.  Everyone will be responsible for bringing their own music/folder and instrument.  The itinerary is below:

3.8.16              AUGIE ITINERARY
10:15AM          LOAD BUS
10:30AM         DEPART FOR SIOUX FALLS
11:30AM          ARRIVE IN SIOUX FALLS 
12:15PM          NOON CONCERT
2:30PM           WARM UP ROOM
2:45PM            PERFORMANCE TIME
3:00PM           AWARDS
3:30PM           DEPART FOR MITCHELL
4:30PM           APPROXIMATE ARRIVAL IN MITCHELL

If anyone has any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely,
Ryan Stahle
Director of Bands
​ryan.stahle@k12.sd.us

​Dear Jazz Band Members and Parents:
 
On Friday, February 26th, the jazz band will be traveling to the UNO Jazz Festival in Omaha, NE.  The event will be held at the Strauss Performing Arts Center Recital Hall on the campus of UNO (directions below).  Our band will have 30 minutes of performing time on stage and 30 minute of instructional time after our performance is finished.  We have elected to not stay overnight and will be returning after the awards ceremony is finished. 
 
Below is the schedule for the day:
 
ITINERARY - 2.26
7:15AM – Load Buses
7:30AM – Depart for Omaha
11:00AM – Arrive in Omaha and drop off for lunch 
1:30PM – UNO Jazz Ensemble featuring Dick Oatts
2:30PM – Unpack equipment and find warm up room.
4:30PM – Joey Gulizia Percussion Clinic
5:00PM –Warm up time
5:30PM - MITCHELL JAZZ BAND PERFORMANCE
6:00PM – Clinic Time
6:30PM - Pack and load buses and grab dinner
8:00PM – AWARDS and Final Concert
9:30PM – Depart for Mitchell
1:00AM - Approximate arrival in Mitchell
 
Directions to the Strauss Performing Arts Center are at: https://goo.gl/maps/5KE5qjFFTmR2
 
If anyone has questions, please contact me anytime. 
 
Sincerely,
 
Ryan Stahle
Ryan.stahle@k12.sd.us
999.2401 cell
 

Dear Band Parents,

On Saturday, October 17th, we will be leaving for Vermillion, SD for the “Quad State” marching band competition. For many of these students, this will be their first experience marching indoors in a dome environment! 

Listed below is an itinerary for the day:

QUAD STATE ITINERARY        10/17/15
9:00AM                LOAD BUSES
9:30AM                DEPART FOR VERMILLION
11:30AM                EAT LUNCH IN VERMILLION
12:15PM                UNLOAD EQUIPMENT AND GET INTO UNIFORMS
12:45PM                REPORT TO WARM UP AREAS
1:35PM                REPORT TO STAGING AREA
2:00PM                PERFORMANCE
3:00PM                PACK UP EQUIPMENT - LUNCH BY LISA 
5:00PM                AWARDS
*5:30PM                DEPART FOR MITCHELL 
*8:00PM                ARRIVE IN MITCHELL  

*Approximate Times

If anyone has any questions, please feel free to contact me by email (ryan.stahle@k12.sd.us) or by phone at 605-995-3040.  

Sincerely,

Ryan Stahle

Dear Band Parents,
 
On Saturday, October 10th, the band will first play out at the soccer state tournament here in Mitchell and then we will be traveling to Orange City, IA to compete in the Dutchmen Field Championships.  Below is the itinerary for that weekend.
 
ITINERARY                                       10/10/15
9:45AM                                                LOAD BUSES TO HEAD TO SOCCER FIELDS
10:30AM                                              PLAY FOR PREGAME AT SOCCER GAME
11:15AM                                              DEPART BACK TO HS
12:00PM                                              EAT LUNCH PROVIDED BY MR. GROSS
1:00PM                                                LOAD BUSES
1:30PM                                                DEPART FOR ORANGE CITY
4:00PM                                                ARRIVE IN OC…GRAB SNACK IF NEEDED
4:30PM                                                GET INTO UNIFORMS
5:00PM                                                WALK TO WARMUP AREA
5:15PM                                                ARRIVE AT WARM UP AREA
6:00PM                                                LEAVE FOR GATE
6:15PM                                                REPORT TO GATE
6:30PM                                               PERFORMANCE
8:00PM                                                LOAD EQUIPMENT AND UNIFORMS
8:30PM                                                DINNER PROVIDED FOR EVERYONE IN PARKING LOT
9:45PM                                                FIREWORKS
9:55PM                                                AWARDS
*10:30PM                                            DEPART FOR MITCHELL
*1:00AM                                              ARRIVE IN MITCHELL
 
*Approximate Times.
 
If anyone has any questions, please feel free to contact me by email (ryan.stahle@k12.sd.us) or by phone at 605-995-3040.  See you in Orange City!
 
Sincerely,
 
Ryan Stahle
Director of Bands
605.995.3040

​Dear Band Parents,

On Saturday, October 3rd, we will be traveling to the Festival of Bands competition in Sioux Falls.  The Festival of Bands competition is set up with afternoon preliminaries and the evening finals at Howard Wood Stadium.  The top ten bands from the morning preliminaries in all classes (there are over 25 bands that attend this competition) will be asked to perform again in finals later that evening.


ITINERARY            10/3/15
9:30AM                LOAD BUSES
9:45AM                DEPART FOR SIOUX FALLS
11:00AM                ARRIVE AT HOWARD WOOD AND GET INTO UNIFORMS
11:00AM                GET INTO UNIFORMS
11:30AM                REPORT TO WARMUP LOCATIONS
12:15PM            CANARIES STADIUM WARMUP
12:30PM            MARCH OVER TO GATE
12:45PM            ARRIVE AT GATE
1:00PM                PERFORMANCE
1:30PM                LOAD EQUIPMENT AND UNIFORMS (make sure you eat something at Howard Wood before finals are announced.  If we are one of the first bands to perform, we will not have time to eat before we perform)
*5:15PM                AWARDS AND FINALS ANNOUNCEMENT
*TBA                FINALS PERFORMANCE (NO EARLIER THAN 7PM)
*10:00PM            AWARDS 
*10:30PM            DEPART FOR MITCHELL
*11:30PM            ARRIVE IN MITCHELL


*Approximate Times.


DIRECTIONS TO HOWARD WOOD STADIUM (2000 W Russell St)
The easiest way to get to Howard Wood Stadium is take I-29 south from I-90….then take the Russell exit and  head east.  Howard Wood Stadium is on the right side of the street (you cant miss it)


If anyone has any questions, please feel free to contact me by email (ryan.stahle@k12.sd.us) or by phone at 605-995-3040.  See you in Sioux Falls.


Sincerely,

Ryan Stahle
Director of Bands
605.995.3040
ryan.stahle@k12.sd.us