Rotary parade

We are at the beginning of the parade this year.
Please drink water all day.
We will provide a snack at the route, and a bottle of water at the end

Please wear summer uniform:
band polo, black pants, black socks
marching shoes or all-black shoes.  All black. If shoes have anything "not black" on them, they will be taped over.
Students *may* substitute a superhero T-shirt or a superhero costume

Arrive by 5 PM at the corner by the radio station (WPHM) and Alpine Cycle

3:45 Band room opens
3:45 Equipment trailer will load
4:30 Band room closes
5:00 PM meet at corner by WPHM and Alpine Cycle.  Look for us
6:30 PM Parade begins
7:15 PM Get picked up on Desmond Landing by parents/friends/family


This information was also made available on the following TWiB handed out on Tuesday

Color Guard Audition Results

Thank you to all students that came to clinics and auditions.

Remember that any student with the

desire to play and the motivation to learn is a

welcome member of the Northern Bands.

For some auditions (guard, drum line, band placement),

we sometimes we have to say “not yet.”

In fact, there are at least 4 current members of the guard

that did not make it on their first or second attempt. 

I am very impressed by their conviction and determination to continue to work towards their goal.  It is a characteristic that makes them very special, and our organization that much better.

If you are not included in the guard *this year*,

we hope that you know how important you will be

to us to help us create this fall’s marching band show.  

Everybody:

Grab your flag or your horn and prepare for a fantastic season!

Click Link

Drum Line Placement 2015

Please direct all questions or concerns about placement to the drum line instructors.

Nicole: Nicole7boone@gmail.com

Zach: zbn1823@gmail.com

Corey: chaoticdrummer38@yahoo.com

Snare           Tenor        Bass           Cymbal 

Melvin	Vaughn	Olivia	Mitchell (R)
Alex	Jessie	Ben	Drake (R)
Ryan	Evan	Noehl	Hannah (F)
Johnathan	Brendan	Sarah	Brandon (F)
Jasmine		Lauren	Jaden (A)
Jacob		Ethan	Gary (A)
Kyle		Brady	Danielle (C)
Dante			Garrett (C)
			Haley (E)
			Max (E)

Here it is!

Fiery Spanish Opener

Midtune -> Slow

Tango Closer

One Call Now, Sunday, March 29

This is a message from Port Huron Northern Bands.  The text of this message can be found at PHNBands.org

Congratulations to those participating in Cinderella this past weekend.  Nice show!

We have two DC Parade rehearsals this week, after school Monday and Thursday.  Please dress appropriately for outside practice.

DC trip meeting for students AND parents is Tuesday, March 31 at 4:30 or 7:30 PM in the PHN Band room.  Students and parents may attend different meetings.

Time is running out for the travel raffle.  Ask your student for a packet if you need another.

It’s a great time to be in the Northern Bands.

One Call Now, Wednesday, March 25.

This is a message from the Port Huron Northern Bands.  The text of this message can be found at PHNBands.org.

First, congratulations to the state solo and ensemble events this past weekend.  29 Ones and 10 Twos.  NICE JOB!

Next, we hope that you’ll take the time to see Cinderella this weekend.  It is loaded with band students from onstage talent, to backstage help, to set work, to playing in the Pit Orchestra to helping in the booth.  It is shaping up to be a great show.

Next, please consider either purchasing travel raffle ticket or handing the raffle envelope off to somebody you think might purchase one.

…and the last few announcements are for DC travelers only.

Students were handed a parade release form today.  They need to return this release tomorrow morning.  This release is their ticket to sign up for a bus seat.  If they forgot to bring one home, a link to the form can be found in the Twitter feed, on the front page of PHNBands.org, and on many of the band facebook pages.

We have two parade rehearsals next week, Monday and Thursday immediately after school.

Finally, parent and student must attend a trip meeting next Tuesday, either at 4:30 or at 7:30 PM in the Northern Band room.

Thank you.  It’s a great time to be in the Northern Bands.

I will be at school starting at 7 PM Thursday!

Parade release form

https://www.dropbox.com/s/af006frg64w4owp/Release%20form.pdf?dl=0

Newest TWiB!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4zoe904ow9ci2i8/TWiB-20150323duple.pdf?dl=0

Detroit Thanksgiving Day and Port Huron Santa and Sarnia Parade Information!

CLEAN lovely copy of handout I will give out in class:

Once again, in order to march, students need to have had an *excellent* record of attendance at the 6 parade rehearsals;  Final Parade Rehearsal, Tuesday, November 25; 2:45 - 4:30 PM; Marching Krafft and Fairway drive with a police escort for safety.

Please bring in the following to help take care of the group on Thursday:

Seniors: Box of Granola Bars Thursday morning or Tues

Juniors: Gallon of Milk or Orange Juice Thursday Morning or Tues

Sophomore Boys: Box of Bisquick Tuesday after rehearsal

Sophomore Girls: Bottle of syrup or “tubbed” margarine Tuesday

Freshman Boys: Dozen Eggs Tuesday end rehearsal

Freshman Girls: Pkg. “Link” sausage Tuesday at end of rehearsal

Uniform policies for Thursday (slightly different for Friday):  All normal uniform expectations are in effect including:

• Hair must be secured up and into hat so that the hat can be put on and removed as necessary
• Makeup must be subtle/“invisible”; Earrings must be subtle stud-style and invisible at 10 feet 
• Socks must be black and run up to mid-calf; Shoes must be clean
• Any-underlayers must be invisible and NAVY blue or black in color

Additional uniform considerations:

• Navy blue or black hats and head bands are allowed under the uniform hat, but cannot interfere with the ability to wear the hat normally; Sweatshirt layers must not have hoods
• Students may use hand and foot warmers, but please be careful about having them in direct contact with bare skin
• Students may wear additional layers of black gloves; layers must not interfere with the normal operation of the instruments
• Students should wear multiple thin layers (navy blue or black); Leggings, secondary pants-layers must be tucked into socks

Itinerary for Thursday, November 27:

4:00 AM Building opens

4:15 AM Breakfast volunteers start setting up, cooking

4:55 AM Sit down for hot breakfast at PHN Cafeteria; Students arrive in full uniform, carrying hats 

Need breakfast food donations, see above  Please contact boosters at phnbb.com

    Looking for breakfast cleanup crew (*could* be fan bus people!)

5:35 AM Band buses depart 6:00 AM Fan Bus departs

6:45 AM Required arrival, per Parade Company

  Line up, check in, walk from buses to staging area to parade “head”

  If you bring blankets, we have arranged for them to be donated to a 

  homeless shelter.  We have no mechanism to transport/store/return them

9:00 AM Stepoff

10:15 AM APPROXIMATE TV APPEARANCE ON WDIV

  Don’t forget to have all of your friends and neighbors vote for us on “Click on Detroit”

  Link will be available on phnbands.org from November 26 - 30!

10:45 AM Approximate PHN Bands parade finish

11:00 AM Bands load equipment, get drink, snack

  Parents/Students riding home with parents *must* check out with Mr. Senkmajer before the buses depart

11:30 AM Student buses will depart from Larned between Woodward and Randolph

Students that have not been picked up by 11:30 will be transported back to Port Huron

We will not leave students in Detroit; we can’t hold everyone else up from their families

Fans will need to verify bus departure time and location with the Preferred Charter driver

Port Huron Santa Parade Nov. 28 and Sarnia Parade of Lights Dec. 6
(Sarnia parade is watched by tens of thousands and they *love* our band!)

Uniform adjustments for Friday, November 28, Saturday, December 6

• Students are encouraged to wear a plain red-and-white santa hat (unless an entire section does otherwise)
• Students are encouraged to wear a scarf of ANY color!
• Students are encouraged to decorate themselves and their instruments with tinsel, electric lights, ribbons!

Itinerary for Friday, November 28

Eat Dinner before you arrive

4:30 PM Band Room opens

4:45 PM  Band Room Closes

5:15 PM  Meet down behind SEMCO

6:45 PM  Pickup at McMorran North Lot

7:15 PM  Possibly a pep band that night? Information to follow!

3:00 PM  If anybody would like to help decorate, the band trailer, come and help!

Itinerary for Saturday, December 6

Eat Dinner before you arrive

4:30 PM  Arrive at PHN Band Room

4:45 PM  Board buses

5:15 PM  Cross into Canada

6:00 PM  Parade begins

7:15 PM  Parade finishes, get snack

7:30 PM  Depart Sarnia

8:30 PM  Anticipated return

According to Customs agents on both sides of the border, students are *required to carry* any one of the following: a birth certificate, a Nexus card, Enhanced ID or Passport

One Call Now December 7, 2013

A few quick announcements:

It is a beautiful day for a parade.  All of the information you need for the Sarnia Parade was handed out to the students twice this week and is available on the front page of PHNBands.org.

All band students need to take the online survey.  Links are available at PHNBands.org, in the Twitter feed, and on many of the FaceBook pages

The concert is Tuesday night.  Guys should have taken home their tuxes by now.  If you do not already own one, get the 40% off online coupon for hobby lobby and you can get a tux shirt and bow tie for about $15.  Ladies: all black.  Poinsettias can be picked up after the concert.

Marching Band banquet is Thursday night.  It will again be catered by Chef Shell’s.  Tickets are available in the band room and will be available up through the night of the band concert.  In order to make sure we don’t over purchase or underpurchase food again, banquet tickets will not be available at the door.  Many students have been asking for nicer clothing at their banquets.  

Please remember to try to do business with those business that support our bands.  Please also consider signing up for Kroger or Meijer rewards.  More information on both of these topics will be available in the Concert program.

Have a great weekend and we look forward to great parade in the last marching band performance of 2013.

Sarnia Parade

Saturday, December 7 MB-Sarnia Parade
4:00 PM   Band Room Open - eat a big snack/meal before you arrive
        Get on Busses
5:00 PM   Meet in Sarnia
6:00 PM   Parade
8:15 PM   Pickup PHN

Full uniform.  You may wear a red and white Santa hat.
PLEASE wear a scarf.  You MUST have something that covers your ears!
You may wear black headband or *sport* earmuffs under your hat. 
For *this* performance, you may wear a face-covering.
Dress in layers; Tuck any under-layers into your socks  Get hand-warmers. You may not wear gloves that interfere with playing (and no mittens).  Please decorate your instruments and yourselves with lights and garland.  

You must have one of the following: a birth certificate, a passport, a Nexxus card, or an enhanced license

Bring a change of clothes, leave uniform behind.  Bring Hanger and hat box!
Turn in marching marching uniforms by Friday, December 13 - Hat box and hanger

After Dec 13 and you are responsible for getting it dry cleaned at Troy

Travel Permit

This week's TWIB

One Call Now November 29, 2013

Greetings.  Our community really looks forward to seeing our great students perform and it’s a beautiful day for a parade. 

The schedule for the day and the content of this message are online at phnbands.org

Please dress in layers for the parade.  Guidelines for uniform and decorations are online.  

School will open at 4:30 and school will be closed at 4:45.

The Band Booster meeting is Tuesday, December 3.

The Sarnia parade is Saturday December 7.  Guidelines for getting across the border and performing are pretty straightforward.  Those guidelines have been made available to students in class and will be available online.

The Band Concert is December 10.  The guys should have brought home their tuxedos Monday and Tuesday this past week week.

The band banquet is December 12.  Tickets for the meal will only be available for purchase in advance. 

We’re looking forward to some great performances over the next few weeks.

Thank you.

phnbands.org

Santa Parade Schedule

Santa Parade

4:30 PM    Band Room Open 

4:45 PM    Band Room Closes 

5:00 PM    Meet behind SEMCO down by YMCA

6:00 PM    Parade 

6:45 PM    Pickup at McMorran North Lot 

Full uniform.  

You may wear a Red and white Santa hat. 

You may wear a colorful scarf.

You may wear black headband or black earmuffs

Dress in layers

Tuck any under-layers into your socks

Get hand-warmers.  You may not wear gloves that interfere with playing

You may decorate your instruments and yourselves with lights and garland

Macy's Saturday

11:00 AM Band Room opens

11:15 AM Band Room closes

11:30 AM Meet inside mall in front of Macy's

12:00 PM Start

12:30 PM End

Full uniform, no hats.

Bring lyres

New One Call Now, November 11, 2013

Lots on deck this week.

Concert band had playing tests today

Wind Ensemble paying test tomorrow in Gb concert

Symphonic band has a playing test on Wednesday

There is a Band booster meeting on Tuesday at 7 PM

Wind Ensemble is selling butter braids.  Please turn in the order forms and money no later than Wednesday.

Wednesday night is another SC4Band rehearsal from 6:30 - 8:45.  Parents and students please consider joining us in the last 4 rehearsal before the SC4 holiday concert.

Thursday is a short Marching Band parade rehearsal after school.  Please dress appropriately.

On Saturday, Macy’s is looking for a small uniformed band to march and parade to welcome Santa to the mall.  Signup is in the band room.

The content of this message can be found on the front page of phnbands.org

One Call Now November 6, 2013

Conferences: I will not be available Wednesday night, but I have cleared extra time both around the normal conference times tomorrow, Thursday afternoon and evening.

Please go eat at the North End Mama Vicki’s Coney Island for dinner tonight!  A portion of each bill will be donated to the PHN Bands.  Thank you Mama Vicki’s

Marching Band rehearsal tomorrow will run from 11:15 - 12:15.  Please be dressed appropriately.

Information for auditions to Winter Drum Line and Winter Guard has been made available in the band room.  These auxiliary units are a complete reaudition from the fall units.

Both students and adults should consider participating in the SC4 Community band on Wednesday nights from 6:30 - 8:30 in the Fine Arts building.  Even if it has been awhile, we’d love to see you there!

Thank You!  Eat at Mama Vicki’s tonight!

Band-o-grams

Please be at school at 12 Noon!  Really!

Full-uniform performance

Eat before you arrive.  

You can bring a few $$ just in case your transport makes a quick in-and-out stop someplace.

We will have a snack for you later in the afternoon.

Band-o-gram playlist
Eat ‘em up :15 :15
Roll off :05 :20
University Fight Song 1:00 1:20
Let’s Go Blue or :15 1:35
Go Green, Go White, Go State
YMCA 1:30 3:05
Hockey Cheer (Let’s go state/wolves) :30 3:35
Thriller (no ADDED percussion) 1:45 5:20
Hey Ya 1:10 6:30
Jaws 1:00 7:30
University fight song 1:00 8:35
Roll off :05 8:40
Final Countdown :35 8:15
PHN Fight Song 2X 1:30 9:45

Have I’m a Believer, Hey Baby and Halftime Music ready

One Call Now! October 16

5 items:
There is an International Symphony Orchestra performance on Friday night, October 18 at Port Huron Northern.  Free student tickets are available in the band room.

Would you like a pep band for your tailgate party for the Big Game on November 2?  Information is available from a band student and also on the band web site.

There is a band concert coming up.  Make sure your student understands the concert uniform expectations.  This information is available on TWiBs that have been handed out repeatedly in class.  The TWiB archive can be found online at PHNBands.org.

Thursday will be the last day for students to include their marching band picture order with the group order.

Thursday is a Marching Band rehearsal from 2:40 - 4:15 PM. Some sections will stay later.

The text of this message can be found at PHNBands.org.

Band-o-grams!

Northern Band plays for you!

Flyer.

Driven to Give + Pep Bands

PLEASE come help the band by test driving a Lincoln at Northgate Ford tomorrow!

One driver, 21 and over, from each household can qualify.

We will be there from 9 AM  - 4 PM.

Pep band students!
THANK YOU for helping us out on this!
Uniform: Jeans and Band polo
Times: 9 AM, 11:30 AM, 2 PM
Each pep band will run approximately 1 hour
The band room will be open at 30 minutes prior to the beginning of each pep band.

Let's make some noise!  Bring a friend!  Play several!