FRIENDSWOOD MUSTANG BAND

SPRING TRIP PARENT MEETING - MANDATORY

Greg Dick — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:31:24 +0000

The Spring Trip meeting will be on Monday, March 22, from 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. in the cafeteria at Friendswood High School. One parent of every student going must be in attendance as well as the student. We will go over the trip guidelines and pertinent information for the trip. This meeting is very important to the success of the trip. Thanks!

Percussion Solo & Ensemble Success

Greg Dick — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:34:24 +0000

On Friday, March 5, the FHS Percussion Department presented An Evening of Percussion. The FHS percussionists performed solos and ensembles followed by a marching percussion clinic which included the incoming 8^th grade percussionists from Friendswood Junior High. The clinician for the evening was Mr. Rick Rodriguez from Spring HS. Mr. Rodriguez is a nationally know conductor, composer, and instructor of percussion. Mr. Rodriguez will be writing the battery percussion parts for the FHS Marching Band next fall.

Earning Excellent ratings in solo performance were Joey Mains, Andrew Wiley, Jillian Olson, Marissa Persaud, Conner Borne, Dan Rutledge, and Austin Martin.

Earning Superior ratings in solo performance were Daniel Du, Michael Gregory, Dino Georgeton, Blake Disiere, Connor Yee, Will Hibbs, Sarah Meyer, Tayler Guidry, Brian Markley, Ryan Bynum, Jenny Baglio, Brooke Mendenhall, Garrett Bynum, Nader Asgari, Nick Scarpa, JP Hranitzky, Daniel Nandin, Jordan Salley, Kathleen Cain and Darian Larsen.

Earning Superior ratings for ensemble performances were Daniel Du, Michael Gregory, Dino Georgeton, Blake Disiere, Brian Markley, Andrew Wiley, Joey Mains, Joe Garza, Conner Borne, Dan Rutledge, Austin Martin, Ryan Bynum, Jenny Baglio, Brooke Mendenhall, Garrett Bynum, Nader Asgari, Nick Scarpa, JP Hranitzky, Daniel Nandin, Jordan Salley, Kathleen Cain, Darian Larsen, Tayler Guidry, Will Hibbs, Sarah Meyer, Jillian Olson, Marissa Persaud, and Connor Yee.

Congratulations to the students for an outstanding job! The FHS Percussion Department will present their Spring Percussion Concert on Monday, May 10, at 7:00 p.m., at Friendswood High School.

Director of Percussion at FHS is Julio Sanchez.

BAND & COLOR GUARD SMOKED BRISKET SALE THROUGH FRIDAY

Barbara Brunson — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:32:28 +0000

IBP Choice Briskets, hand seasoned, and smoked to perfection! The end product is approximately 8 lbs of delicious, moist beef. Locally prepared for MBBC by Bay Area Meats. Each brisket sold earns you one raffle ticket for a $50 gift certificate to Bay Area Meats. Winner chosen March 25th. Each brisket is $40. Contact David Steinke (davidsteinke@comcast.net) to place your order. Briskets will be delivered to the FHS Band Hall March 24th. All proceeds benefit the Mighty Mustang Band & Color Guard Program.

Use Good Search To Earn The Band Money

Greg Dick — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:57:09 +0000

As you search on the internet, consider using Good Search as your search engine. Type “Friendswood Band” in the “who do you search for” box and hit Verify. After that, search all you like. For every search, the band receives 1 cent so if all 250 students in the band and color guard along with the parents search once a day, we could make $225 a month. That is free money for the band to use. Put Good Search as your homepage as a reminder to use it. Thanks!

CRAWFISH BOIL COMING SOON!

Barbara Brunson — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:25:44 +0000

Got Crawfish! We’ve got a date at the end of April for a Band Crawfish Boil and now we’re looking for parents to lead the efforts. The board has been brainstorming trying to minimize the number of fundraisers by holding bigger more lucrative events. We think this could be one of our big ticket items, but we need your help. To find out more contact Laura Konet @281-482-5694 or lrkonet@yahoo.com.

PERCUSSION S & E CONTEST AND MARCHING CLINIC DATE CHANGE

Greg Dick — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:32:48 +0000

The FHS Percussion Solo & Ensemble Contest and Marching Clinic has been moved from Saturday, March 6, to Friday, March 5, due to student and clinician conflicts. The event will begin at 4:00 p.m. and end around 9:00 p.m. Ricky Rodriguez, from Spring High School, is our judge and clinician. He was a member of the Blue Devils Drum & Bugle Corps and has taught at Spring for many years. Just recently the Spring HS Percussion Ensemble performed at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago. All 8th grade percussionists are invited to attend the marching clinic to begin preparing them for high school. Mr. Urbina and Mr. Sanchez will work out those details about time, etc. More details will come out soon. If there are any questions, please contact Mr. Sanchez.

Solo & Ensemble Success

Greg Dick — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:30:57 +0000

FHS Band Solo & Ensemble Success

On Saturday, Feb. 6, FHS Band students from Symphonic, Concert I and Concert II competed at the Region 17 UIL Solo & Ensemble contest at Clear Creek High School. The students performed individually and in small groups for judges from around the Houston area and earned 113 medals.

Winning a Bronze medal was Andres Soto. Winning Silver Medals were Kristen Taylor, Danielle Gruber, Melanie Forsyth, Alex Taylor, Sam Brackett, Matthew Laitkep, Scott Morse, Jordan Devera, John-Daniel Ryan, Brandon Haskins, Emily Irby, Kieth Shannon, JC Tyer, Josh Warren, and Taylor Watson.

Winning Gold Medals were: Kristen Davis, Sarah Faxel, Abby Livesay, Morgan Mihovil, Carissa Petersen, Abbey Rogers, Kyle Wiley, Josh Gates, Rachel Goeken, Cristine Kristof, Tyler Havlik, Allison Carlin, Kelsey Faust, Joylynn Grady, Liz Harris, Yanelli Rubio, Julianna Strickland, Meghan Vickery, Taylor Williams, Ben Clements, Matthew McVey, Joe Taylor, Jeremy Bass, Kathryn Beazley, Jacob Gruener, Matthew Meyer, Kyle Mitchell, Cody Thompson, Helena Kaminsky, Haley Long, Emily Woods, Blake Hees, Zach Zimmerman, Brian Bordelon, Jennifer Twyford, Zach Cocetti, David Dirks, Deke Wilson, Adam Coleman, Todd McCormack, Matthew Dickens, DeDe White, Melanie Forsyth. Danielle Gruber, Sam Brackett, Zach Gallagher, Matthew Laitkep, Ben Le, Chandler Metcalf, Scott Morse, Jackson Senter, David Zurawski, Holly McInturff, Kristian Odfalk, Alex Taylor Heather Cumming, Rachel Harlow, Rachel Lee, Laura Tarver, Cody Milner, Jeffrey Stone, Jason Bass, David Conception, Aaron Holloway, Jonah Strickand, and Andrea Tovar.

Congratulations to the students for their outstanding work!

SMOKED BRISKET SALE FOR BAND AND COLOR GUARD

Barbara Brunson — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:35:34 +0000

The band and color guard will be selling delicious IBP Choice Briskets beginning February 22 through March 8. They are hand seasoned and smoked to perfection locally by Bay Area Meats. The end product is approximately 8 lbs of delicious, moist beef.

The briskets are $40 each. Each brisket sold earns you one raffle ticket for a $50 gift certificate to Bay Area Meats. The winner will be chosen March 25th.

Order forms can be found on this web site. Complete the order form , enclose payment (checks made out to “MBBC”) and place in the band box by March 8th.

Briskets will be delivered to the FHS Band Hall March 24th - just in time for Easter! Briskets must be picked up at that time.

All proceeds benefit the Mighty Mustang Band & Color Guard Program.

CONGRATULATIONS COLOR GUARD

Barbara Brunson — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:35:23 +0000

The Winter Guard season is well under way with great results.

The Varsity, JV and Jr. High color guards competed on January 30 at Dekany High School. The Varsity guard finished 1st in Open Class. They had been promoted to Open Class by WGI last year after making the Finals round of World Competition. The JV color guard placed 2nd in AAA class and was promoted to AA class as a result of their high score. The Jr. High guard placed 2nd in Cadet Class.

On February 6 all three color guards competed at Dawson High School. Varsity competed with the top 8 color guards in the state and placed 1st! JV placed 4th in AA class - they are currently the highest scoring JV Guard in TCGC. The Jr. High Guard placed 1st in Cadet Class.

Their next show is WGI Regional for Varsity color guard in Austin. Good luck Varsity!

All three color guards will be performing for the public at Friends and Family Night on Monday, March 1st at 6:30 pm in the high school field house. Everyone is invited and encouraged to attend and support our wonderful color guards!

CHOCOLATE MONEY PAST DUE!

Barbara Brunson — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:59:13 +0000

CHOCOLATE FUND RAISER …Chocolate money is PAST DUE!!! Mark all envelopes with “Chocolate” and your name. Remember, a box of chocolate is 50 bars, so you will need to turn in $50 for the entire box. If you did not get a box, turn in your $25 buy out in the band box. Thanks again for your help and support on this important fundraiser. Have questions? Contact David Steinke at 281-993-4766 or davidsteinke@comcast.net.