5:00pm – Meet at MHS with uniform
6:40pm – Warmup begins at North Canton Hoover High School
7:10pm – CONTEST PERFORMANCE
7:45pm – Sight-reading
8:15pm – Visit concession stands and wait for rating
8:45pm – Depart
9:30pm – Return to MHS

Wind Symphony members and parents please reserve March 13 and 14th on your calendars for our Large Group Contest performance. This is arguably one of the band’s most important performances of the year as they perform for a panel of judges to receive a rating. The event will take place either on the 13th or 14th. We will get our performance date and time as we get closer to the performance. Thank you.

Marching band students will be meeting on Thursday at 6:30pm at MHS dressed in costume for the annual Halloween parade. The parade begins at 7pm. We will do our dress rehearsal immediately following the parade. We plan to finish the practice at 8pm.

The Oct 2nd dress rehearsal practice will take place at 5pm. All other Thursday dress rehearsals will continue to take place at 7pm.

Report time for ALL away football games for the 2014-2015 marching season will be 5:30pm. 

The marching band will be meeting at 4:15pm on Saturday, September 13th for the Beaver Local Band Show, and 4:30pm on Saturday, September 27th for the Carrollton Band Show. We hope to return to MHS before 10pm the night of both shows. 

Senior profiles for marching band seniors are due to the band office immediately. 

Pictures for the senior posters are taking place at Dunlaps after school this Friday. Seniors should take their uniforms with them after school on Friday.

There will be no marching band practice Friday, August 15th or Monday, August 18th due to Freshman Orientation and a Teacher Work Day. Tuesday night (8/19) marching band members will be traveling to the Stark County Fair to practice for the fair show taking place the following week. Students should meet that night at the band room at 5:45pm dressed in their 2014 theme shirt. We hope to return to the school before 9pm that night.

Weekly “dress rehearsal” practices will take place this year on Thursday nights from 7-8:30pm in the MHS football stadium beginning on August 28th. 

The band will be meeting at 3:30pm at Minerva High School on Sunday, August 3rd to leave for band camp at Camp Ecco. This is different from the time originally listed in the marching band handbook. All band fees are due at that time. Total fees are $250 for rookies and $190 for upperclassmen. Checks can be made payable to the “Minerva High School Band”.

High school jazz band members will be performing in the 2014 Brick Street Art and Jazz Festival from 7pm to 7:45pm. Students should arrive wearing concert black at 6:30pm on High Street behind the performing stage with their instrument and music. Students who may have forgotten to take their instruments or music home after the last performance may pick them up at the high school at 9am Saturday morning.