Updates for the week of August 24th

Scrip cards will be available Thursday evening at the band tower from 6:15 until 6:40.

We will practice THIS Friday from 3:30 - 6:30. We will NOT be traveling to the football game this Friday at Station Camp.

Thanks again to everyone for helping make our Pancake Breakfast a Success!

Thanks to our sponsors!

We're proud to announce our 2009-2010 sponsors! We are fortunate to have the support of organizations and professionals in Murfreesboro, Smyrna, Nashville, and throughout middle Tennessee. Please patronize these businesses and services:

Better Water, Inc.

Complete water treatment solutions for home, office, medical, and commercial use

Jackson Thornton

Certified Public Accountants and consultants

Walmart

Beaman Dodge Chrysler Jeep

Captain D's Seafood Restaurant

Hoover Paint and Wallcoverings

Jason A. Jones, CPA

Mark Pirtle Real Estate Development

Ragan Smith Associates

Civil engineering, landscape architecture and more

Dr. Thomas Sulkowski, Family Practice Partners

Roger Hudson, Attorney at Law

Thompson Services, Inc.

HVAC, plumbing, electrical, gas

To have your business or service listed here, contact us at SiegelBandBoosters@gmail.com. We'll be glad to email or call with sponsorship details.

Update from the field

Testing blog update from cell phone!

Friday night 8/21 schedule

Since we have a home game, the details are simple this week:

Band rehearsal begins at 6 pm in the bandroom. Most students need to arrive by 5:30, some even earlier. Your student should know. Some sections are meeting early to prepare for inspection. Inspection will be just after indoor rehearsal. Students will be dismissed in the stands after the game.

Updates for the week of August 17th

Scrip Orders are due Tuesday (8/18). See Belinda Juergens (juergensb@rcs.k12.tn.us) for more information. Also see our forms page for Scrip forms and information.

Our first football game Friday (8/21) is a home game. Please have your student check their uniform for proper fit before Friday.

The Pancake Breakfast and Silent Auction is Saturday, August 22nd from 7 - 10:30am; performance at 11:15. More info For questions, contact John or Sherry Bowen at 896-2077.

Band practice will begin at 9 am Saturday and conclude after the performance. Color Guard will practice until 3 pm.

Students will receive detailed time information for activities from the Directors. "Marching orders" for Friday evening will also be posted here on Thursday.

Don't forget the Pancake Breakfast and Silent Auction Saturday, August 22nd

Everyone's invited to the Siegel High School Band's

7TH ANNUAL PANCAKE BREAKFAST & SILENT AUCTION

7:00AM – 10:30AM

AUGUST 22, 2009

$5 Adults, $3 Ages 5 & under

TENNESSEE TITAN TICKETS GIVE-AWAY – 10:00AM

Must be present to win!

BAND PERFORMANCE AT 11:15AM

Band families: If you haven't brought in your auction item, you can drop it off in the band room or bring it at practice on Tuesday or Thursday at the tent.

Print the flyer sent out by email and put it up at places you go during the day! Or send this link http://siegelband.blogspot.com/2009/08/dont-forget-pancake-breakfast-and.html to your friends and families! Yard signs are also available after practice, if you didn't get one at the last Booster meeting.

Pancake Breakfast tickets will be for sale at practice Tuesday and Thursday, at the football game Friday and at the door on Saturday.

More photos now online

Thanks to Neil Waxman for taking photos and loading them to Picasa Web for all to enjoy. We're hoping to use the Picasa Web format for sharing photos this season, so do let us know if you have any problems using it. From Picasa Web, you can download a photo, order a print of it, comment on it, etc.

New postings include:

Pre-camp photo albums

Percussion camp photo albums

Social photo album

Car wash photo album

All at http://picasaweb.google.com/SiegelBandBoosters

Precamp photos online!

Don't miss the 2009 precamp photo gallery!

How the Kroger Cares card works

(Updated for the 2011 school year)


One of the ways we raise money for both the band and individual students is through the Kroger Cares program. Here are more details. 

Thanks so much for using the Kroger Cares gift card to help with the band's fundraising. Siegel Band receives 4% of what you spend! These funds can really add up to help with band expenses. 

Here’s how it works:

1. Go to your local Kroger (anywhere in the nation).

2. Shop as normal.

3. When you get to the checkout counter, BEFORE THEY RING UP your groceries or gas, ask them to put a certain amount on the Kroger gift card.**

For example if you have a few things, put $20 or $30, if you have lots, put $100 or $200. Whatever amount you want, pay for it (cash, check, whatever) and they put that amount on your Kroger Cares gift card.

4. The groceries, prescriptions, postage stamps, gas or photographs will be rung up as normal.

5. Pay for them with the Kroger Cares gift card. You just click CREDIT on the machine and slide your card through. If you went over the amount you put on the card, you just pay it normally (cash, check, debit, etc). If you spent less than the amount on the card, then it stays on the card until the next time you use it!

The band gets credit for it every time you reload it, so please use it every time you get groceries, prescriptions, postage stamps, gifts, gas etc. This is a year-round fund raiser and our account earns credits monthly.

**If you prefer, you can go to the customer service desk and put the money on the card before you shop. Any amount up to $500. Then, you might use it all month before you have to put more money on it. Either way works the same in the end for the band.

Again, thanks so much! This is a great way to help out and you do not have to buy anything like a fund raiser, you just shop at Kroger and use this Kroger Cares Gift Card! We really appreciate your willingness to take the time on this extra step every time you go to Kroger.

The Kroger Cares card costs $5 (which you can use towards a purchase at Kroger). To get your card or for questions, contact our 2011 coordinator Madonna Myers, myersmadonna@gmail.com.

Our History and Accomplishments

The Siegel High School Band has only been in existence since 2003, but it has quickly become a competitive force in the high school marching band landscape of Tennessee.


Facts and Figures (year-to-date):


Over 300 All Rutherford County Band members. 
Over 200 All Mid-State Band members.
More than 25 All State Band and Orchestra members.


* 2006 Symphonic Band Appearance and Superior rating in Grade 6 at the National Adjudicators Invitational Grand National Concert Band Festival.


* 9 TMEA State Concert Festival Appearances (Concert and Symphonic Band).


* MTSBOA Concert Festival.

• Siegel Symphonic Band

• Superior Rating in Concert and Sight-Reading, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009.
• Multiple Superior Ratings in Grade 6.
• (*Siegel Band did not participate in 2008 in lieu of New York’s St. Patrick Day performance)

• Siegel Concert Band

• Superior Rating in Concert and Sight-Reading, 2006 and 2007.
• Multiple Superior Ratings in Grade 6.

* Contest of Champions Finalist, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010.


* Contest of Champions, Reserve Grand Champion, 2008, 2009.


* Contest of Champions, Grand Champion, 2009 and 2010.


* Winner of the Tennessee Governor's Cup, 2009 and 2010.


* Music City Invitational Finalist, 2004, 2009 and 2011.


* Music City Invitational Grand Champion, 2009 and 2010.


* Music City Invitational Music City Mayor’s Cup, 2009, 2010, and 2011.


* Traveler’s Rest Invitational Finalist, 2008 and 2009.


* Traveler’s Rest Invitational Grand Champion, 2009.


* Southern Invitational Grand Champion, 2009. (Sprayberry, GA)


 * Vanderbilt Marching Invitation Over All Champion, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010.


 * Hoover Marching Invitational Over All Champion, 2006.


 * Bradley Classic Over All Champion, 2006, 2007.


 * Columbia Marching Invitational Over All Champion, 2004, 2010, 2011.


 * Hendersonville Golden Invitational Over All Champion, 2003 and 2004.


 * Choo-Choo Marching Classic Over All Champion, 2003 and 2008.


 * Southern Hospitality Invitational (Hartselle, Alabama) Over All Champion, 2003.


 * USSBA Regional - Atlanta, Georgia Over All Champion, 2004.


* Since 2003 the Siegel High School Band has received many superior ratings and multiple over all championships in Color Guard and Percussion.


 * The Siegel Band has performed in New York City, Chicago, Birmingham, Atlanta, Louisville, Orlando, Tampa Bay, St. Petersburg, Washington D.C., San Antonio, New Orleans/Baton Rouge, and all three regions of Tennessee.


 * Special guest appearances hosted by the Siegel High School Band include:

•  Lou Marini from the Saturday Night Live Band and the Blues Brothers.
•  Chester Thompson, Nashville studio musician.
•  The Nashville Jazz Orchestra.
•  Synergy Brass from Boston Massachusetts.
•  Future Man, professional musician.
•  Jeff Coffin, Professional Sax Artist.
•  Joe Murphy, Professional Tuba Artist.
•  Memphis Faculty Brass.
•  Memphis Faculty Woodwind Quintet.
•  UT Faculty Brass Quintet.
•  UT Clarinet Ensemble with Gary Spearl.
•  MTSU Wind Ensemble with Dr. Reed Thomas.
•  The Cumberland Quintet.
•  Troy University Marching Band with Ralph Ford, Mark Walker and Johnny Long.
•  APSU Wind Ensemble.
•  Tennessee Tech. Symphony Band with Joe Herman.

 * Special guest performances with the Siegel High School Band have included:

• Roger Martin (flute) Tennessee Tech. Faculty.
• Phil Barham (sax) Tennessee Tech. Faculty.
• Jim Williamson (trumpet) Nashville Jazz Orchestra and Professional Trumpet Artist.
• Gary Schallert  (conductor)  Belmont University  (recently moved to Western Kentucky Univ.).
• Vinnie Ciesielski (trumpet) Nashville Jazz Orchestra and The Music City Legend Drum and Bugle Corps. and Professional Trumpet Artist.
• Dr. Jack Stamp, conductor with the Keystone Wind Ensemble from Pennsylvania.

* The Siegel High School Band also hosts the MTSBOA All Mid State Band.

Contacts

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