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Students/Parents,
On Saturday, September 22nd, we will be traveling to Marshall, MN to compete in the Pursuit of Excellence marching band competition. Marshall is always a great competition because it allows us to work with clinicians during the day before we compete. This is a jam-packed day full of exciting musical experiences for the kids and as you can see by the arrival time home...a long day as well! Below is a schedule of events for that day: ITINERARY - 9.22.18 9:00AM - Load Bus 9:15AM - Depart for Marshall 11:45AM - Arrive in Marshall and Unload Equipment for Clinic at Middle School 12:25PM - Clinic at Marshall Middle School 2:10PM - Load trailer after clinic 2:30PM - Lunch at MHS 3:00PM - Downtime to hang in homerooms 5:00PM - Dinner at MHS or on campus 6:00PM - Meet in homerooms to get dressed and ready 6:30PM - Warmup 7:30PM - March to Gate 7:45PM - Arrival at Gate 8:00PM - PERFORMANCE 8:30PM - Stay in uniform for AWARDS 8:45PM - Pack trailer and uniforms 9:30PM - Depart for Mitchell 12:00AM - Approximate Arrival into Mitchell If anyone has questions, please feel free to contact me. I hope that you all can make it up to cheer us on! For those that are planning on traveling to Marshall, the performance is held at Mattke field on the SMSU campus. The link to the field is at: goo.gl/maps/T9BFNdK4dQ42 Thanks! Ryan Stahle ryan.stahle@k12.sd.us Below is a schedule of all bands: Gold Class 5:30 – Lennox HS, Lennox, SD 5:45 – Bishop HeelanHS, Sioux City, IA 6:00 – Madison HS, Madison, SD 6:15 – Anoka HS, Anoka, MN 6:30 – Harrisburg HS, Harrisburg, SD 6:45 – Hastings HS, Hastings, MN Crimson Class 7:00 – West Central H.S. Hartford, SD 7:15 – Huron HS, Huron, SD 7:30 – Sibley Ocheyedan HS, Sibley, IA 7:45 – West Lyon HS, Inwood, IA 8:00 – Mitchell HS, Mitchell, SD Exhibition 8:15 –SMSU Mustang Pep Band 8:30- Gold Class and Crimson Class Awards Navy Class 8:40 – Irondale HS, New Brighton, MN 8:55 – Central HS, Aberdeen, SD 9:10 – O’Gorman HS, Sioux Falls, SD 9:25 - Brookings HS, Brookings, SD 9:40 - Brandon Valley HS, Brandon, SD 9:55 – Roosevelt HS, Sioux Falls, SD Ivory Class 10:10 – Rosemount HS, Rosemount, MN 10:25 - Lincoln HS, Sioux Falls, SD Judged Exhibition 10:40 – Marshall HS, Marshall, MN 10:55 –Navy Class and Ivory Class Awards Students/Parents,
On Saturday, September 29th, we will be first performing for the residents at Edgewood Assisted Living and then traveling to Brandon to compete at the Big Sioux Review. Below are the details of the day: ITINERARY: 3:30PM - Load buses at High School 4:00PM - Performance at Edgewood Assisted Living 4:30PM - Load Buses after performance 4:45PM - Depart for Brandon 5:45PM - Dinner (there are places at the MS and in town) 7:15PM - Meet in homerooms to get dressed and ready 7:45PM - Warm Up 8:45PM - March to Gate 9:00PM - Arrival at Gate 9:15PM - PERFORMANCE AT BIG SIOUX REVIEW 9:30PM - Pack trailer 9:45PM - Watch other bands 10:30PM - Awards 11:00PM - Depart for Mitchell 12:00AM - Approximate Arrival into Mitchell Below is a schedule of all bands: High School Class Time National Anthem 6:40 Madison A 6:45 Luverne A 7:00 Pipestone A 7:15 Lennox A 7:30 Brookings AA 7:45 Huron AA 8:00 West Central AA 8:15 Judge’s Break 8:30 Sibley-Ocheyedan AA 8:45 West Lyon AA 9:00 Mitchell AA 9:15 Aberdeen Central AAA 9:30 Sioux Falls O’Gorman AAA 9:45 Sioux Falls Lincoln AAA 10:00 Brandon Valley Exhibition 10:15 Awards 10:30 If anyone has questions, please feel free to contact me. I hope that you all can make it up to cheer us on! For those that are planning on traveling to Brandon, the performance is held at their football stadium near their high school. The link to Brandon High School is at: https://goo.gl/maps/gbk7WUZjMwp Sincerely, Ryan Stahle ryan.stahle@k12.sd.us 605-995-3040 Students/Parents,
On Saturday, October 6th, we will be traveling to Sioux Falls to compete at the 2018 Festival of Bands! Below are the details of the day: ITINERARY: 8:30AM - Load Buses 9:00AM - Depart for Sioux Falls 10:00AM - Arrive in Sioux Falls 10:30AM - Get dressed into uniforms 11:00AM - Warm up Arcs 12:00PM - Warm up in Canaries Stadium 12:15PM - March to Gate 12:30PM - Arrival at Gate 12:45PM - PRELIMINARY PERFORMANCE AT FESTIVAL OF BANDS 1:00PM - Pack trailer 1:30PM - Eat lunch and watch other bands 5:15PM - Awards and announcement of FINALS TBD - FINALS PERFORMANCE 10:00PM - AWARDS 11:00PM - Depart for Mitchell 12:00AM - Approximate Arrival into Mitchell If anyone has questions, please feel free to contact me. I hope that you all can make it up to cheer us on! For those that are planning on traveling to Sioux Falls, the performance is held at Howard Wood Field. Directions are at: https://goo.gl/maps/VT2cA8UCzZw Sincerely, Ryan Stahle Director of Bands Mitchell High School ryan.stahle@k12.sd.us 605-995-3040 Dear Band Parent/Band Member,
On Friday, September 21st, we will be leaving for Platte to participate in the Missouri Valley Marching Festival. We will first be marching in the parade as an exhibition band and then later that morning the featured entertainment at the final awards ceremony. We will be performing our halftime show after we are done marching in the parade. This will prove to be very valuable as we don't have another home football game performance before we compete in Marshall! Below is a schedule of events for that day. I also wanted to include a checklist of items that each student will need to bring (please check off that morning before you come to school): Instrument ___________ Band T-Shirt ___________ Hat ___________ Gloves ___________ LONG Black Socks ___________ Marching Shoes ___________ Gauntlets ___________ We will have the jackets, pants and plumes in the trailer to hand out once we get there. PLATTE ITINERARY 9.21.18 8:00AM LOAD BUSES 8:30AM DEPART TO PLATTE 9:30AM UNLOAD AND WARM-UP 10:30AM PARADE 12:15PM PERFORM OUR HALFTIME SHOW 12:45PM LUNCH PROVIDED FOR EVERYONE! 1:45PM LOAD TRAILER AND DEPART FOR MITCHELL *2:45PM ARRIVE IN MITCHELL *Approximate Times If anyone has any questions, please feel free to contact me. For those that are planning on traveling to Platte to watch, the show will be performed at the high school football stadium. Please look on our website (www.mitchellband.org) for maps, changes in schedules, ect. Ryan Stahle 995-3040 Dear Parents,
Mother Nature hasn't been very kind to us lately! Below are the items I would have mentioned at the parent show last night:
At this point, we are planning on performing for anyone that is in attendance at the stadium on Friday morning at Joe Quintal Stadium at 7:30AM. It wont be the same as the community show but at least a chance to see the show before we perform that evening at the football game. Friday's call time for the game is at 5:30PM. Mr. Stahle If anyone is interested in ordering t-shirts, long sleeve t-shirts, sweatshirts or hoodies this year to wear at the football games and marching band competitions, please see order form below. If you are interested, please download form, fill out and bring money down to Sungold before August 28th. If you have any questions, please contact Sungold Sports direct! Thanks! Dear Parents,
On Saturday, August 25th, the marching band will be traveling to Sioux Falls to participate in the Roosevelt Marching Clinic. This is a great opportunity to work on our show EARLY in the season and get some great feedback from the amazing clinicians they bring in. I know there are some conflicts with other activities and we expect that everyone that does not have a conflict is in attendance (this has been on the schedule since March). If some of you have activities that you can attend and then make it to the clinic, that would be greatly appreciated! Below is the itinerary for the day: 8.25.18 6:15AM - LOAD BUSES 6:30AM - DEPART FOR SIOUX FALLS 7:30AM - EVERYONE UNLOADS ALL EQUIP AND SETS UP FOR CLINIC 8:00AM - LEADERSHIP CLINIC 10:00AM - GE CLINIC 11:45AM - LUNCH 12:45PM - MUSIC CLINIC 2:45PM - VISUAL CLINIC 4:00PM - DEPART FOR MITCHELL 5:00PM - APPROXIMATE ARRIVAL 5:30PM - DINNER PROVIDED FOR BAND AT THE PAC 7:00PM - KERNEL BOWL (Just playing music in stands) Roosevelt provides a t-shirt that we will be wearing at the clinic. EVERYONE will be responsible for bringing the following items:
If anyone has any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Sincerely, Ryan Stahle Director of Bands ryan.stahle@k12.sd.us Dear Parents,
Tomorrow night is our annual boat parade and lake retreat. Below is some information for everyone. LOCATION The kids will meet out at the Lake Mitchell Day Camp. The address is: 939–1399 Indian Village Road. You shouldn't miss it...but some people confuse it with the Sportsman Beach Club. The Day Camp is the one just west of the Sportsman Beach Club. TIME The kids are welcome to come out to the Day Camp anytime after 5PM. We will be serving the food around 5:30PM. We will then load the kids up on the pontoons around 6:30PM. VIEWING LOCATIONS You can find any place along Lake Mitchell to watch the boat parade but most people gather at the Amphitheater, the Public Beach or the Sportsman Beach Club to watch the kids. We will start in the bay outside of the Day Camp and then go to Amphitheater first, then the public beach and finish in the bay where we started (traveling counter-clockwise around the lake). FOOD We will have pizza, snacks and water. If your child needs something different or in addition to this, have them bring what they need. If you signed up to bring something via SignUpGenius, please have your child bring along that night to the Day Camp (not to school like the signup stated). PICKUP TIME The boat parade is usually wrapped up by 8PM and the kids usually leave around 8:30PM. Please have your kids picked up by 8:30PM as we usually clean up the place and lock up at that point. If anyone has questions, don't hesitate to reach out! Looking forward to another fun event! Ryan Stahle If you were unable to attend the band parent meeting last night....please see the outline below. Couple of things to note from last night that were discussed: 1) Please note the schedule change for the parent community show. This date is now Tuesday, September 4th at 7PM at Joe Quintal Stadium. 2) Picture forms were available last night for pictures with Linda McEntee. If you were not there last night, have your child pick those up this week at camp and bring home. Picture date is Tuesday, August 28th at 7AM. 3) PLEASE CONSIDER SIGNING TO HELP THE BAND THIS YEAR if you havent already. Last night we discussed all the committees that need help. Links to those events on signup genius is on the front page of the website. 4) We talked about camp....that information is in the other blog post. Let me know if anyone has any questions! Looking forward to another great year! Mr. Stahle We are getting close to the start of another marching band camp! This week is INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT to the success of this season! Here are a couple of things to remember and make you aware of below:
REMINDERS Please do not forget to bring a LARGE water bottle to camp on Monday. It is VERY IMPORTANT to stay hydrated during these next few weeks (dont worry - we take plenty of breaks). Even if you dont think you need water...you will want access to it at all times! Also, dont forget to bring sunscreen (and use it), bug spray, comfortable athletic shoes (NO SANDALS OR FLIP FLOPS) and your instrument. Dont forget to bring a lunch or money to eat out as lunch is not provided at camp. SNACKS Every year, Cheryl Miller (the most popular person this week) will be helping us set up snacks for everyone in the breaks. Please bring a non-perishable item to share during these breaks (some items that have been brought in the past would be cookies, crackers, etc.). We may ask everyone to bring another snack later in the week if we are running low. When you arrive on Monday, please put your items in the hallway in a group so Cheryl can grab during that first break! DRESS UP SCHEDULE The drum majors announced this week that the following dress up days will be: August 6 - Neon Day August 7 - 80’s Day August 8 - Tie-dye August 9 - Beach Day August 10 - Crazy Hat Day August 13 - Black and Gold Day August 14 - Camo Day August 17 - Hawaiian Day August 20 - Jersey/Sport Day August 21 - Mr. Stahle Impersonation Day (not sure whether to be flattered or mad here!). :-) You don't have to do this....just if you want to! They will be giving away prizes (usually popsicles - which are great after a day of camp) to the winning person. Just remember - dont come dressed in something that interferes with your ability to march! SPECIAL EVENTS DURING CAMP WEEK AND SCHEDULE August 6th - 8AM-4PM (note the start time is different from all other days) August 7th - 7AM-4PM August 8th - 7AM-1PM (early dismissal so you all can register for classes at MHS) August 9th - 7AM-4PM August 10th - 7AM-4PM (bring your dog to band camp day! Actually just for the first hour, then you will have to get them back home or in a kennel. DONT BRING IF YOUR DOG IS NOT SOCIAL OR BITES!) August 13th - 7AM-4PM August 14th - 7AM-4PM (will be watching a movie in the PAC in the afternoon! Or this may occur on hot day TBD!) August 15-16 - NO CAMP DUE TO TEACHER IN-SERVICE August 17th - 7AM-3PM (early dismissal for boat parade) August 20th - 7AM-4PM August 21st - 7AM-12PM If anyone has questions....please do not hesitate to reach out! See you all soon! Mr. Stahle |
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