Monday, November 30, 2009

Bring your baked goods!

If you have baked goods for the sale on Tuesday, you can bring to the Siegel Concession Stand on Monday night 6 PM - 7 PM.  It is across the hall from the gym.
 
Additional drop off times are Tues 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM and Tues at 2:30 PM - until the basketball game starts at 6 PM.
 
If you need to drop off at another time, please contact Janice Caldwell at 427-8017.


Monday, November 23, 2009

Siegel Band honored by City of Murfreesboro


Thursday, November 19, 2009

Fruit pickup, final fruit order, and coupon book reminders

November fruit delivery is this Friday, the 20th. Fruit should be ready for pickup beginning at noon. All orders should be picked up by 5pm. When you or your student arrives to pick up their order, please begin by stopping at the check out desk located in the hallway behind the band room as you come in the outside doors. You will be assisted in gathering your order and double checking it prior to leaving the building. If your student is picking up their order once school is dismissed, please ask them to also follow this procedure. As you complete the check out process, your November order form will be returned to you, along with the individual tickets.

Please remember that the December orders are due this coming Monday, November 23rd!

Finally, if you checked out any Enjoy The City Coupon Books, they are overdue and should be returned, or the money should be turned in to cover their cost.

Q&As about Chicago Trip

Can parents go with the band to Chicago?
Yes, all parents and families are welcomed to go with the band.

How do we sign up?
Complete a trip application for each person attending.

How much does it cost?
Price is per person depended upon on how many people are staying in a room. For example, if a single adult stayed in a room by themselves, it would cost them $828. If two people stayed in a room, it would cost $638 each. And if four people stay in a room, it will cost $543 per person. Generally we book students 4 per room, so their cost is $543 each.

When do I need to turn in our form and first payment?
December 1, 2009. The tour company must make hotel and bus arrangements so they need commitments from anyone wishing to attend this trip.

Please note, your family Fair Share ($200) Must be paid in full before payments will be applied to the trip. The first $100 Fair Share payment was due in September and the final $100 payment is due December 1.

Just like our Atlanta trip, Students will have the opportunity to sign up for bus and room assignments.

Will you have enough chaperones?
Yes, based on previous trips, we will have plenty of adults to properly chaperone the students.

We look forward to a Great trip to the Windy City!

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Siegel Band on YouTube

Thanks to Robert Kulp for being our official videographer this year! Robert has uploaded videos from many of our games and competitions to our official YouTube channel at

http://www.youtube.com/user/SiegelHighSchoolBand

Rutherford County Commission Commends Siegel Band

The Rutherford County Commission commended the Siegel Band for outstanding 2009 accomplishments at its November 12th meeting. Read the resolution here (pdf format).

Here are a few of the times you can view this meeting on RCTV (cable channel 19):
  • 10:30 PM Wednesday, November 18th
  • 10:30 AM Thursday, November 19th
  • 6:30 AM, Saturday, November 21st
  • 3:00 PM, Saturday November 21st
  • 12:00 noon, Sunday, November 22nd
  • 9:30 PM, Sunday, November 22nd

The full RCTV schedule is at http://www.rutherfordcounty.org/news/rctv_sched.htm

Friday, November 13, 2009

Murfreesboro City Council to recognize Siegel Band achievements

The Siegel Band will be recognized by the Murfreesboro City Council on Thursday, Nov. 19th at 7:00 pm. Unfortunately, because the chambers are small, we must discourage parents from attending. However, the meeting will be televised on channel 3. The city has also promised a disc of pictures they will take that night, which we'll share with you on one of the photo gallery sites. 


Casserole preorder form now available

Orders are now being taken for our casserole sale! Three yummy choices are being offered:

Breakfast casserole
Rotel spaghetti with chicken
Chicken and wild rice

Casseroles are $15 each and can be ordered for a variety of delivery dates in December. See the preorder form, available here in pdf format for more details. (If you have trouble opening the form, please let webmaster Kory know.)

Questions? Contact Janice Caldwell or Patti Daws - see form for more info.

Letter to editor praises Siegel Band

Band parent Roger Hudson recently shared his pride in the Siegel High Band with the entire community in this letter to the editor printed by the Daily News Journal: Siegel High band earns top honors in the state

Monday, November 9, 2009

Band Section Photos on LifeTouchEvents site

You can check out and, if desired, order the pictures that were taken a few weeks ago at school by going to:
www.lifetouchevents.com and entering the password

siegeltn

Then you'll need to read down the list to find the band photos (other school groups/events are listed as well). There are a couple of different entries that feature the band.

Thanks to Belinda Juergens for setting the pictures up.

Siegel Band in the News

Articles and photos about the band were recently published in

The Daily News Journal (11/6/2009 article): Siegel marches to title

and

The Murfreesboro Post (11/08 edition - we're on the front cover!): Siegel band state's best

Also watch for additional recoginition of this season soon by the City Council and County Commission.

November Booster meeting on Tuesday, 11/10

Monthly Booster Meeting Tuesday (11/10) at 6:00 p.m. in the Band room.

Some of the topics to be presented include: Recap of some of the judges' tapes from contests (hear what judges had to say), information about casserole fund raiser, Coupon Book sales.

Monday, November 2, 2009

Fruit Time

It's fruit time in Tennessee!

Please remember that orders for the November 20th delivery are due this Thursday and Friday (Nov. 5 & 6th).

Please have your student return the small envelope marked with the November delivery date to the band room this week. There should be a box in the band office marked Fruit Sale. The November envelope should contain

  • the completed tally sheet,
  • individual tickets, and
  • the corresponding money.

Please double check your orders and money! You may want to make a copy of your tally sheet before turning it in, however, it will be returned to you when you pick up your order on November 20th.

If you have questions, please email Carol Rozell at crozell@mtsu.edu or call 895-0260.

More COC photos

More photos from the COC performance are now in the photo gallery album http://picasaweb.google.com/SiegelBandBoosters/COCWOW

Also don't miss the COC awards and celebration slideshow.

Season Thank Yous

Congratulations to our SHS Band on taking First Place at the Contest of Champions!

Our students have worked hard in practice all season long and it has been recognized in every contest they have attended. None of these accomplishments would have been possible without the talent and hard work of our staff: Mr. Rhody, Mr. Medford, Mr. Steinhilber, and Ms. Annette, Thank
You!!

We also need to recognize Carrie Waxman and her crew for feeding the band on many occasions! The SHS Band is blessed to have many volunteers that help to make this a great program.

We're Proud of Our STARS!

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Pro photos from MCI

MCI professional photos are available for purchase at Jolesch Photography

http://www.jolesch.com/csEventPhotoBrowse.aspx?EventID=4189&Group=31978&Cat=0&PartID=0

View more band photos or share your own on Walgreen's site

Thanks to Neil Waxman for not only taking photos, but also maintaining our official photo gallery and archive this year.

We know many other folks also get some great shots you'd like to share, and we invite you to do so at in our Siegel Band group at Walgreens.com.

We can also write messages to the group, order prints and gifts of each others' photos and more.

The link is http://photo2.walgreens.com/groups/siegelband/otsc=SYE/otsi=CRI

If you want to upload photos to share or have questions, please email Annette Murphy for the password or more information.

Best of COC Moments - Awards and Celebration

Our main photographer, Neil Waxman, took over 1,000 photos at COC. Here are a few photos of some of the best moments when Siegel Band made school, city and county history.



More photos from the COC performance are now in the photo gallery album http://picasaweb.google.com/SiegelBandBoosters/COCWOW