Nearly everything is up on part page of this website including music, drill, and videos.  Note:  Seg3 video is considerably slower than the tempo we will be playing it.  Also, seg4 music parts aren't up due to a technical thing I'm trying to fix.  

However, I have paper copies of all parts for every section for the entire show ready for Monday's first precamp practice.  We will also get drill during precamp.  I am working out individual drill spots over the weekend which will be ready to go on Monday as well.  

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7Hey everyone!  It's starting to feel like it's time for band camp.  The weather, the skies, the sunlight, the excitement.....just seems like band camp.

Here's what you will need for pre-camp week:

1.  Your instrument - if you play a school instrument, we've got it ready
2.  SNEAKERS - no flip flops, bare feet, or sandals.  
3.  Set book - if you don't have one on Monday, that's fine because we won't be using
     them until Tuesday.  A set book is one of those small spiral notebooks that you will
     put a shoelace or lanyard on to be able to sling it around your neck plus a pen or
     pencil that you can hook to it in order to write your sets in.  We will learn how to do 
     that on Tuesday
4.  Water

I will have copies of all of the show music and other music if you haven't gotten (or lost) your set of music.  

Our precamp week schedule:

Monday through Thursday, August 5-8    9 am til noon each day plus
Wednesday, Aug 7 @ 7 pm BAND CAMP MEETING at Westfield Center

Hello all!  I hope you are all having a great summer so far.  I have been looking in on drumline and color guard practices and things are going great.  

Seg 1 drill is done and uploaded to parts page on this website.  I DO NOT HAVE INDIVIDUAL SPOTS ASSIGNED YET - don't do set books until that happens.
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I received the parts, score, and mp3 for segment 3 which I put up on the parts page on this website.  Segment 4 will be ready by the end of the month.

Drill is being written.  Seg 1 is done and segs 2+3 will be ready by the beginning of August.  

New bond instruments are being delivered to the district every day!  It's going to be fun trying all of the new stuff out.

We are still in need of a good electric keyboard for August through October.  I am able to purchase one but if we have one in the band family that is available to borrow, I'd rather do that.  It needs at least 70 keys (weighted) and have multiple voices including a nylon string acoustic guitar voice.  If you have anything like that that you are willing to loan, let me know ASAP.  

 Thanks to all who attended the Band Boosters July Meeting.  For those who could not attend, minutes will be posted soon.

To subscribe to our mailing list or volunteer to help the Boosters, click here.

Important Dates Coming Up:

Invitational Planning Meeting: Monday August 5 at 700pm at the Board Room at the Kennedy Recreation Center.   Contact Jami at carseatjami@gmail.com to volunteer.

Band Camp Pre-Camp Meeting: MANDATORY: Wednesday August 7 at 700pm at the Westfield Center.  Camper and at least one parent/guardian must attend.

Pre-Camp Practices: August 5-8 at THS; 900am-1200pm
Band Camp: August 11-16 at Skyline Camp, Almont MI

First Home Game and Pre-Game Band Tailgate: Thursday August 29 at the Auditorium entrance.  Tailgate at 530pm, Game at 700pm.

September Band Boosters Meeting: Monday September 9 at 630pm - Trojan Cafe inside THS

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If you are not already active with the Trenton Marching Band Boosters, please consider coming to our next meeting:

    Date:    Monday, July 8th

    Time:    6:30pm

    Place:   Front Lawn of THS; Bring A Lawn Chair! 


LOOKING AHEAD:
August 5-8        Pre-camp band practice at the high school
August 7           Mandatory pre-camp meeting for campers and parents (7pm at Westfield Ctr)
August 11-16    Camp

The 2019 THS Marching Band had our first full band practice tonight after school.   Rookies met their seniors, music was played, and we got the gears moving on our fall show, “South of the Border”.   Onward and upward!

I have added the MSBOA District 12 Marching Band Festival on Monday, Oct 14 to our fall schedule.  I usually function as the site chair for the MSBOA event but want to participate with the band this year.  It functions much like concert band festival with ratings but most importantly, it will give us a professional video recording of our performance from high on top of their press box in the evening (LED lights, remember) in mid October.  It's a regular practice night anyway so instead of practice, we will perform at Flat Rock HS!

Website calendar has been updated with all practices, sectionals, and performances from May through the end of October.   You can add the THS Music Department google calendar with the link and/or print it from the website page above. 

THSMB family:

Long story short - our fall show calls for a synth keyboard specifically with a good acoustic GUITAR sound (nylon guitar string sound even better).  We don't have a synth at THS anymore but there may be a band family member who could loan us a fairly good quality* electric keyboard synth from August through October that you wouldn't mind us taking to band camp and using in the pit.   It doesn't need 88 keys.   It also needs an external speaker output (headphone jack is fine).    I already have a stand to use with it.  Sustain pedal is also necessary (or if it can use one but you don't have one, I'll get one to use)

*Quality = if it's really light and feels like a toy, that's not what I'm looking for.   Portable but could be used to play gigs, not just to put on your lap on the couch.  

Thanks in advance.  Let me know.

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