Upcoming Band Information

I hope you’ve all been enjoying a restful summer and a fun-filled holiday weekend.

If you’re receiving this email, you are registered for band at SHS for the fall semester, and I’m excited to send my first band email of the year! This summer has been busy with preparations for camp and the fall, and on behalf of myself, the band staff, and our student leadership, we are looking forward to this upcoming marching band season and the next school year! We’d also like to send out a welcome to all of our new members! We’re excited to meet you!

I have a few announcements and reminders for you all. Please read carefully!

1) There are several new people that are currently registered for one or more band classes (including percussion and guard) next year who have not completed the fall band registration form. This form only takes a couple of minutes to fill out, and must be completed immediately if you haven’t done so already. Parents, thank you for your attention to this. The link to the form is here:

I know there were a couple of families who had not yet registered because they weren’t sure yet if they were attending SHS, moving out of the district, etc. If those plans have been finalized and your student is not attending SHS next year, please let me know right away so I can plan accordingly. If you have questions, of course, don’t hesitate to ask.

2) I’m attaching a copy of the band camp schedule to this email. A couple of important things to note: We have a VERY important meeting for band parents and students on July 17 at 6:00P in the SMS Gym (please note, it’s at the middle school, NOT the high school). During this meeting we will go over a ton of important information you need for the fall semester, including the calendar, policies, financial information, fundraising, volunteer opportunities, camp info, our end of camp barbecue, etc. Please make sure someone from your family is in attendance for this meeting.

I also want to notify percussion students of one very important change to the camp schedule that applies to them. In order to accommodate availability of instructional staff for camp, percussion camp July 17-19 will be held from 12:00P-8:00P. This is a change from the original 8:00A-5:00P. If you have transportation issues resulting from this time change, please let me know. We are happy to help with transportation issues to ensure that everyone can attend camp. These three days are very critical as we determine instrumentation and part assignments and establish fundamentals for the season. The schedule for guard July 17-19 will remain the same: 8:00A-5:00P.

3) Finally, I wanted to share a quick note from the Sahuarita Music Boosters:

The Sahuarita High School Music Booster is a 501(c)3 organization that exists exclusively for the charitable and educational assistance benefiting the Sahuarita High School Instrumental Music department by:

a) providing support to the music department staff in the form of funds and resources,
b) assisting in the organization of volunteer programs that benefit the students and their families,
c) providing grant writing and fundraising assistance.formed to help support all of the music classes and programs at Sahuarita High School.

The membership of the organization is made up of all parents or legal guardians of current SHS students in the Instrumental Music program.

We will have sign ups for various committees and will be voting for the Booster Board of Officers at our parent meeting on July 17th. If you have any questions or if you would like to learn more about how you can help support our students, please email us at booster@sahuaritamusic.org.  Thank you!

Thank you all. Please don’t hesitate to reach out should you need anything, and I look forward to seeing you all on July 17!