Congratulations on a great end to the season and a phenomenal Veterans Day Program! Thank you students for all of your hard work and parents for your diligent support.
Upcoming Events:
12/3 Gatlinburg Parade
12/9 Holiday Concert
12/11 Alcoa-Maryville Parade
Thanks for a great fall so far, and keep up the good work!
Congratulations on a great showing at South-Doyle this past week! Scores show great work, and still show room for improvement. Work hard this week and be ready to compete Saturday!
Many dates have been added to the calendar. If you haven’t checked it lately please click on the link to the left. This is a great way to keep track of all the band’s activities.
We have had a great week! Often after fall break it is tough to get back in the groove, but your students have really stepped it up, and we are right on track.
We are really looking for parents to help with the last two home games in the concession stands. Please contact Jo at president@wbhsband.org to volunteer to help.
Attached please find the itinerary for the next several events for the William Blount Band.
The William Blount Band continues to practice and perform well. This week will have many activities. Friday the 8th graders from Union Grove and Carpenters Middle Schools will be with us at the game against Heritage. This will be a great opportunity to get these students excited about being a part of the high school band next year. Saturday we have a festival at Jefferson County High School. This will be a great opportunity to be evaluated by judges and get comments that will help make the halftime show as successful as possible. At the bottom of this post you will find the itinerary for this Friday and Saturday.
Thanks to all the parents who have been helping with concessions on Friday night. Your work is greatly appreciated and gives the band the financial resources to function. We can always use a hand in the concessions, and it really ends up being a blast!
As always thanks for your support. Go Govs!
We had a great last week! So much was accomplished at all of our practices, and our performance at Bearden was a great improvement. We still have lots of work to do, but where we’ve gotten so far is great!
This (short) week we will have normal after school practices, but we will not be traveling to the Jefferson County game. Enjoy what will be another long weekend for students.
Parent conferences are on Monday 9/13 from 4-7 p.m. If you would like to have a conference please call and schedule one as I will be splitting time between the two buildings.
We will have a booster meeting at 6:30 on 9/14. Please plan to attend and support the William Blount Band. This group is successful with the support of every single parent.
Have a great week!
What a great week! Great practices on Tuesday and Thursday, and wonderful on Saturday. We ended up putting 10 charts on the field on Saturday thanks to everybody’s hard work. Congratulations, you should be proud of that hard work!
Friday was also great at Karns. We played a great run, and still have plenty to work on. Drumline had a great experience playing with the Karns drumline. Thanks to the Karns band for their hospitality.
This week we have regular practices Tuesday and Thursday, and a game at Bearden on Friday. The Itinerary for the game will be out soon once we get some more details.
Thank you all for your support, this has been and will be a great season thanks to every student and parent.
- Mr. Slaughter
Thanks for a great week last week. Students worked hard at rehearsals, and Friday night the halftime show was a hit! Keep practicing that show music and stand tunes, and let’s make this a productive week for the band.
We will have Tuesday and Thursday practices as normal, as well as a Saturday practice from 9-2. Bring a lunch and be ready to get a lot of good things accomplished. We will also be traveling to Karns Friday for the football game. More information will be on the itinerary in the band room.
Thanks so much for your hard work!
What a wild couple of days! Great practices all week, even if we lost some outside time due to heat. Friday night we had the Jamboree at William Blount. Thanks so much for all of your help students and parents. Everything went extremely smooth, and our football concessions are off to a great start.
Earlier today we had our 2nd annual mega car wash. It was a great success with many cars, several motorcycles, a fire truck and a house boat. We collected quite a bit in donations, and hopefully students received lots of sponsorships to boost their accounts. Thanks so much for coming out and working. Everything went great from set up to tear down.
Next week is our first home game. If you can work the concession stand Friday we would love to have your help. Students will be wearing khaki shorts, their (new) band shirt and tennis shoes for the game.
Thanks again for everyone’s help this week! The success of this band depends on every person’s help, and we are certainly off on the right foot.
Welcome Back!
Camp is behind us and we’ve had a great first week of school. Students are getting settled in to their schedules, and band is as busy as ever! Next week will be a busy one for all of us with after school practice, the football jamboree and the second annual mega car wash! It will be an exciting week for the William Blount Band.
Don’t forget to check the calendar here on the website for upcoming events. A tentative paper copy was also sent home with students.
Several people still need to turn in the handbook acknowledgement form from this year’s handbook. Please get those in as soon as possible.
All students are required to work a shift at both the jamboree and car wash next week. Sign-ups are in the band room, and those who do not sign up by next Wednesday will be assigned shifts.
Don’t forget to get out there and get sponsors for the car wash! This is our biggest fundraiser of the year, and the money raised helps each and every student of the William Blount Band.
It will be a big week for the band next week, let’s all do our part to make it a successful one!
- Mr. Slaughter
