Trojan Marching Band Leadership Team
Members of our Student Leadership Team will meet virtually on Monday, July 27th for our previously-scheduled Leadership Clinic. Drum Majors & Section Captains should monitor email, later this week, for a Zoom link and details about the day. The Ropes Course training for Leadership Team has been cancelled. We do not currently anticipate any Leadership Team training to be held outside of the session scheduled on July 27.
Color Guard and Drumline (July 28-30)
Students in the Color Guard and Drumline will meet as scheduled for rehearsals on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of next week (July 28-30). You should have received communication about an adjusted schedule for those days from your instructors.
Band Camp (Week of August 3)
We are waiting until next week before announcing specific plans for the week of August 3rd. We have a plan ready to roll out, but are awaiting additional guidance from the Health Department, and approval from the District 99 Administration, before moving forward. All of our plans include socially-distanced practices occurring only outdoors, the use of face coverings, and groups of 50 or less. Health screenings will be mandated at the beginning of any practice session, and rehearsals will be no longer than 3 hours per day. We hope to share the specific plan early next week, but it is important to know that even then the plan will be subject to later revisions based on emerging guidance from the Health Department and any state-level guidance issued regarding fall sports and activities.
Band Parent Meeting
The band parent meeting scheduled for August 5th is currently suspended. The District 99 Board of Education will be voting on school reopening plans on August 3rd, and, subsequently, our faculty will need time to react to those plans before disseminating information relative to the 2020-21 academic year. We will communicate with families when the meeting will be rescheduled, or if the information will be disseminated electronically.
Our faculty is hard at work building plans for the school year, and we are working with our administration to ensure we have as many options available to our students as possible. We appreciate your flexibility and patience and your support for your student's music education.
Eyes with Pride,
Jessen T. Smith and Brayer Teague
Color Guard and Drumline (July 28-30)
Students in the Color Guard and Drumline will meet as scheduled for rehearsals on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of next week (July 28-30). You should have received communication about an adjusted schedule for those days from your instructors.
Band Camp (Week of August 3)
We are waiting until next week before announcing specific plans for the week of August 3rd. We have a plan ready to roll out, but are awaiting additional guidance from the Health Department, and approval from the District 99 Administration, before moving forward. All of our plans include socially-distanced practices occurring only outdoors, the use of face coverings, and groups of 50 or less. Health screenings will be mandated at the beginning of any practice session, and rehearsals will be no longer than 3 hours per day. We hope to share the specific plan early next week, but it is important to know that even then the plan will be subject to later revisions based on emerging guidance from the Health Department and any state-level guidance issued regarding fall sports and activities.
Band Parent Meeting
The band parent meeting scheduled for August 5th is currently suspended. The District 99 Board of Education will be voting on school reopening plans on August 3rd, and, subsequently, our faculty will need time to react to those plans before disseminating information relative to the 2020-21 academic year. We will communicate with families when the meeting will be rescheduled, or if the information will be disseminated electronically.
Our faculty is hard at work building plans for the school year, and we are working with our administration to ensure we have as many options available to our students as possible. We appreciate your flexibility and patience and your support for your student's music education.
Eyes with Pride,
Jessen T. Smith and Brayer Teague
Text Alerts
We have a text system in place – via the Remind101 platform – and ask all band families that utilize text messaging to subscribe.
There are three different ways to sign up:
1. Sign up for text notifications by texting @dgnbands to 81010.
2. Go to www.remind.com/join/@dgnbands
and follow the directions.
3. Download the Remind app from the App Store or Google Play, sign up for an account with your email address, and enter @dgnbands when prompted.
