Saturday Updated Schedule

Saturday’s updated schedule:

Consider bringing a rain poncho or rain coat!

The large equipment will already be loaded.  

Small equipment should be brought on the buses as soon as you arrive in the morning.

Medium Equipment underneath

Saturday’s updated schedule:

• The buses need to roll out by 5:30 in the morning.  Please eat before you arrive. To be safe, be on our campus by 5:15 with an anticipated departure of 5:26/27 !      Due to UofM’s schedule, we are unable to wait for late arrivals.
• The large equipment will already be loaded.  Small equipment should be placed on the buses as soon as you arrive in the morning.
• Wear a jacket or sweater for comfort for travel and rehearsal.  Bring the top part of your uniform on a hangar.
• According to University of Michigan Policy, students will not be allowed to bring bags into the stadium.
• Both a box lunch and a pizza dinner and a snack and drinks will be provided.  Students are welcome to bring additional money for concessions.

WHEN YOU ARRIVE, DO THE FOLLOWING!

Find the bus with the uniform jackets and hat boxes underneath it

Put your uniform jacket and hat box under the bus

Board the buses wearing the bottom half of the uniform and carrying your hat in the box.

Small instruments go on the bus in the main compartment with you.  

Assemble instruments at 6:45 en route

As soon as we arrive, disembark and start lining up 8 across (WEAR YOUR SWEATSHIRT/WARMUPS)

Flutes  (front)

Clarinets

Altos/Mellos

Trumpets

Baritones

Trombones

Tenor Sax

Tuba Bass Clar BSax

Wear a jacket or sweater for comfort for travel and rehearsal.  Bring the top part of your uniform on a hangar.

On Saturday, the early bus (#3!) will be back at school by 9 PM, the late buses will be back at close to midnight.  Late-stayers must clear their stuff off the bus before it departs, after the invitational.

The text of this handout is available online at phnbands.org

Instructions for families with tickets can be found at phnbb.com

One Call Now October 16, 2014

It’s another great week to be in the Northern Bands.

It’s Senior parent night.  Senior parents, please meet at the field house gate by 6:25.

Your seniors will meet you at the field entrance a few minute later and walk you out onto the field.  

Please join us for cider and doughnuts after pregame.

Saturday’s updated schedule:

The buses need to roll out by 5:30 in the morning.  Please eat before you arrive.

The large equipment will already be loaded.  Small equipment should be placed on the buses as soon as you arrive in the morning.

Board the buses wearing the bottom half of the uniform and carrying your hat in the box.

Wear a jacket or sweater for comfort for travel and rehearsal.  Bring the top part of your uniform on a hangar.

According to University of Michigan Policy, students will not be allowed to bring bags into the stadium.

On Saturday, the early bus will be back at school by 9 PM, the late buses will be back at close to midnight.

Both a box lunch and a pizza dinner and a snack and drinks will be provided.  Students are welcome to bring additional money for concessions.

USAF Band tickets are almost gone.  Ask your student to get some for your family.

The text of this message is available online at phnbands.org

One Call Now Sunday, October 12, 2014

This is a message from the Port Huron Northern Bands for Sunday, October 12, 2014

Congratulations to the PHN Marching Band for making it 9 of 10 years for first division ratings.  Thank you to the parents that once again volunteered time from their busy lives to help our kids.

Band students were issued a very important packet of information on Friday, October 10th.  Please ask your student for this packet.

A copy of this packet can be found at a link on the front page of PHNBands.org

LINK TO PACKET

Some of the things in the packet:

Information on how to get a Band-o-gram for October 25

Washington DC Trip Update

Deadline info for Solo and Ensemble festival

Concert Uniform Information

Band/Senior Night Information

travel permit and detailed itinerary info for UofM

Information on how friends and family can purchase inexpensive tickets to see us perform

Reminder/payment slips for various upcoming events

For a small charge, Bob Bryce is willing to drive friends and family to Ann Arbor in his bus.  Contact him through FaceBook or through Bob’s Car Care Center at 388-9840

Families that would like a picture from Tuesday night’s festival can turn in order packets by Monday, October 20.  

Congratulations to Color Guard Captain Megan Burns and Horn Captain Braeden Houle for being named Homecoming king and queen.

The text for the preceding information can be found at PHNBands.org

One Call Now Sunday, October 5, 2014

This is a message from the port huron northern bands, Sunday, October 5

Your students should be bringing home calendar updates about once each week right now.  We are currently on TWiB #6.  If your student did not bring this home, check the left hand column of the PHNBANDS.org website.

Tomorrow is a marching band rehearsal at 2:45, ending before 6 PM.  This is the last rehearsal before festival on Tuesday.

Don’t forget to purchase your marching festival tickets for Tuesday night.  If you purchase them through us, we get to have the money stay at Northern.  Tickets purchased at the gate send the money to MSBOA.  Tickets at $3 and $2 for students and seniors.  Checks payable to PHN Bands.

Our performance is at 8:30, but PLEASE show up much earlier to ensure that you have a good seat.  Bands start performing at 6:30.

Our marching band students should eat dinner before they arrive at PHN at 4:45 in full uniform to ride the buses over.  We will have our group photo taken first, before the other bands, otherwise we will have to take our picture AFTER the performance Tuesday night.

Good luck to the Notrthern Husky Marching Band.

The contents of this message are available online at PHNBands.org

Halloweekends

7:45 AM Arrive - eat breakfast before you arrive

!!!

Band Student Ticket

!

$55

!!

$_____

!

Bring $$ for lunch and dinner

!!!!!

Family member on bus

!

$75

x ____

!

$_____

!

Return about 1:30 AM

!!!!!!

Band Student no bus

!

$25

x ____

!

$_____

!

!!!!!!!!

Family Member no bus

!

$40 x ____

!

$_____

!

!!!!!!!!!!!!

Total

!

$_____

!

Student costs $55

, includes transportation and park entry and an evening snack

!

$$ does NOT cover any meals during the day.

Family-members may accompany on the bus for $70 *

!

People may meet us in Sandusky and buy a discounted ticket for $40

!

!

This is a “costumed” performance. Students must create a character (not merely a “teenager”) that can be converted into a

“Zombie” for the Halloweekends parade. Costume clothing will be damaged by makeup.

No realistic looking weapons.

!

!

* Only siblings or parents may accompany students on the busses. No siblings OF ANY AGE may attend if there is no

parent

along.

Adult siblings

are not eligible to accompany unless a parent also attends.

We reserve the right to ask for picture ID

and the right to refuse boarding to anybody, even with last-minute changes

... in the event of last-minute changes, full

refunds may not be possible.

7:45 AM Arrive - eat breakfast before you arrive

!!!

Band Student Ticket

!

$55

!!

$_____

!

Bring $$ for lunch and dinner

!!!!!

Family member on bus

!

$75

x ____

!

$_____

!

Return about 1:30 AM

!!!!!!

Band Student no bus

!

$25

x ____

!

$_____

!

!!!!!!!!

Family Member no bus

!

$40 x ____

!

$_____

!

!!!!!!!!!!!!

Total

!

$_____

!

Student costs $55

, includes transportation and park entry and an evening snack

!

$$ does NOT cover any meals during the day.

Family-members may accompany on the bus for $70 *

!

People may meet us in Sandusky and buy a discounted ticket for $40

!

!

This is a “costumed” performance. Students must create a character (not merely a “teenager”) that can be converted into a

“Zombie” for the Halloweekends parade. Costume clothing will be damaged by makeup.

No realistic looking weapons.

!

!

* Only siblings or parents may accompany students on the busses. No siblings OF ANY AGE may attend if there is no

parent

along.

Adult siblings

are not eligible to accompany unless a parent also attends.

We reserve the right to ask for picture ID

and the right to refuse boarding to anybody, even with last-minute changes

... in the event of last-minute changes, full

refunds may not be possible.

7:45 AM Arrive - eat breakfast before you arrive

!!!

Band Student Ticket

!

$55

!!

$_____

!

Bring $$ for lunch and dinner

!!!!!

Family member on bus

!

$75

x ____

!

$_____

!

Return about 1:30 AM

!!!!!!

Band Student no bus

!

$25

x ____

!

$_____

!

!!!!!!!!

Family Member no bus

!

$40 x ____

!

$_____

!

!!!!!!!!!!!!

Total

!

$_____

!

Student costs $55

, includes transportation and park entry and an evening snack

!

$$ does NOT cover any meals during the day.

Family-members may accompany on the bus for $70 *

!

People may meet us in Sandusky and buy a discounted ticket for $40

!

!

This is a “costumed” performance. Students must create a character (not merely a “teenager”) that can be converted into a

“Zombie” for the Halloweekends parade. Costume clothing will be damaged by makeup.

No realistic looking weapons.

!

!

* Only siblings or parents may accompany students on the busses. No siblings OF ANY AGE may attend if there is no

parent

along.

Adult siblings

are not eligible to accompany unless a parent also attends.

We reserve the right to ask for picture ID

and the right to refuse boarding to anybody, even with last-minute changes

... in the event of last-minute changes, full

refunds may not be possible.

7:45 AM Arrive - eat breakfast before you arrive

Consider bringing a bag lunch if you want to save money.  Eat it when you arrive.

Arrive wearing "normal" clothes.  Bring Zombie clothes in an extra bag.

MAKE SURE YOU BRING A SWEATSHIRT OR JACKET!

FALL EVENINGS ON THE LAKE ARE COLD!

Bring $$ for lunch and dinner

Return about 1:30 AM

Student costs $55, includes transportation and park entry and an evening snack

$$ does NOT cover any meals during the day.
Family-members may accompany on the bus for $70 *

People may meet us in Sandusky and buy a discounted ticket for $40

This is a “costumed” performance.  Students must create a character (not merely a “teenager”) that can be converted into a “Zombie” for the Halloweekends parade.  Costume clothing will be damaged by makeup.  No realistic looking weapons.

* Only siblings or parents may accompany students on the busses.  No siblings OF ANY AGE may attend if there is no parent along.  Adult siblings are not eligible to accompany unless a parent also attends.  We reserve the right to ask for picture ID and the right to refuse boarding to anybody, even with last-minute changes…  in the event of last-minute changes, full refunds may not be possible.

Remember that you are ineligible to travel if you have outstanding balances in your student account.

MSU field trip, Saturday, August 23

Field trip this Saturday, August 23.
$25, available to first 75 paid applications

Updated paperwork.  Sorry about that.

Permission slip HERE