Belton Middle School Band

Happy Spring! 8th Grade Parents and Students can now vote and order their 8th Grade Band Shirt until Thursday, April 2 at 4pm. Students will receive their personalized Spring Trip Eligibility Form this week, and the form is due back no later than Friday, April 10 at 4pm. Jazz Band competes at the Temple Jazz Festival this Thursday, March 26 at the Temple College PAC. Read all about it at this link: https://app.smore.com/n/79zug4

It’s contest week for Symphonic Band (Monday) and Wind Ensemble (Tuesday)! Future M100 8th Graders and Parents should attend a meeting with Mr. Kwaku this Wednesday at 5:30pm in the BMS Band Hall. Also, 8th grade shirt designs are due by this Friday at 4pm, right before we leave for Spring Break. Read about this and more in this week’s newsletter: https://app.smore.com/n/spcn0k

This is the last week to sign up to audition for Jazz Band next year for interested 6th & 7th graders who play saxophone, trumpet, trombone, piano, or percussion. Fill out the form in the newsletter if your student is interested. Temple College is hosting a Band Camp from June 8-12 for interested students – see details in the newsletter. This is the last week of after school sectionals for Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble students who both have their big UIL Evaluation next week. Read this week’s newsletter for all the details: https://app.smore.com/n/sm8kv

Both Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble performed well at Pre-UIL this past week and we got a lot of good feedback from the judges! Videos from our concert performance is included in this newsletter. Beginners did great at their first solo contest on Saturday, and those results are included as well.

Coming up this week, ALL Sectionals are back on this week after school for Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble members and there are only 2 weeks left until UIL on March 9-10. We need parent chaperones to help us out on both March 9 and 10. Please sign up in CutTime if you can help out.

All-Region Jazz Band members will be recognized at the Board Meeting this Monday and will have their clinic and concert this Saturday the 28th at Temple High School. Jazz Band performs another 5th Grade Pep Rally this Friday morning. Click on this link to read this week’s newsletter: https://app.smore.com/n/05x9s

Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble students have their Pre-UIL Benchmark Concert this Thursday at the Belton HS PAC, while Beginners have their Solo Contest this Saturday at BMS. This week’s newsletter gives all the details, plus includes a special shoutout from Mr. Chilton! Read all about it here: https://app.smore.com/n/zyeapg