Sallas’ Music Notes

The final payment for the Disney trip is due February 5.   All students were given an invoice this week listing any forms that have not been turned in as well as the amount due for the final payment.

All parents of 8th Grade students zoned to attend Allatoona High next year are invited to attend an informational meeting about the Allatoona Band Program.   The meeting is next Thursday evening, February 4 at 7:00 p.m. in the Band Room at Allatoona High.   Both parents and students are invited.   The Band Directors will present great information about the Band program at Allatoona as well as scheduling information.

The Jazz Band and Clarinet Choir will be performing for Cultural Arts Night at McClure on Thursday, February 11.   We will be performing at approximately 7:30 p.m. that evening.

Our next scheduled concerts for 7th and 8th Grade students are in February.    These will be our Pre-Festival concerts to help us prepare our music for the Festival trip in March.   We have invited judges to come and evaluate us on those nights. One judge will  rehearse each band for about 20 minutes immediately after the performance to help us  to improve.

February 23, 2010          Combined Band (7-1 and 8-2 classes)       7:00 p.m.

February 25, 2010          7-2 Band          

February 25, 2010          8-1 Band

6th Grade Band Concert is coming up on Thursday, January 21.    The First Hour class performs at 6:00 p.m.    Those studnets need to arrive at 5:30 for warm up.    The Second Hour class performs at 7:30 p.m.    Those students need to arrive at 7:00 for warm up.   All students should wear the Black Band Polo shirt with black slacks, black dress shoes and black socks.   Polo shirts will be given to students in class next week.