IT'S STATE WEEK!
It's hard to believe that State Finals is this coming Saturday!  All of the hard work for the past 3 months all pays off this weekend!  I hope that you are either signed up to help or are planning to come and cheer on the Pride of Clover this Saturday!  We need to FILL THE STANDS this weekend and show everyone that there's a NEW BAND IN 5A ready to shake things up!!  

Tickets are $10 for adults & $6 for children/students and are good for prelims & finals.  The Pride of Clover is the final band in Prelims @ 4:30pm, but if you want a good seat you'd better be there by NOON as it will most certainly fill-up!  Be sure to find other Clover Band fans and sit as a group!

Items of note:

State Week Schedule:
October 30 - November 4
Monday – Full Band until 6pm (Group activity 6:30-8)
Tuesday – Full Band until 6pm
Wednesday – NOTHING
Thursday – Full Band 6pm-9pm @ the Stadium
Friday – Full Band 6pm-9pm @ the Stadium

The schedule for Saturday is attached.  We will be meeting at the stadium for a quick rehearsal and will load the buses and depart from there for Irmo.  Students will need to bring a bag lunch for the bus ride to Irmo so that we can save time.  We will feed the kids several other times during the day.

Our Poinsettia sale is going on NOW!  $10 per flower and all proceeds go to the general fund to help us catch-up on our budget items.  We're asking everyone to try to sell 10 flowers.  These make great Christmas Gifts.

We will have another Bed Sheet turn-in day after Thanksgiving for orders to arrive before Christmas so it's not too late to purchase sheets!  Thank you to everyone who turned in their orders already!

We are in need of 12 adults and 8 students for the Panthers game this coming Sunday.  To sign-up, please click the following link:   PANTHERS GAME 11/5

DID YOUR CHILD SIGN-UP FOR REGION BAND?  IF NOT... WHY NOT?   Every musician in the Clover Band should be working to make themselves better and this is a GREAT way to make that happen.  IF we want to take our program to the NEXT LEVEL... it starts with having stronger musicians, and that starts with them pushing themselves for Region Band.    It's not too late to sign-up.  See Mrs. Loftis for details!

Upcoming dates:

December
3 - Clover Christmas Parade
7 - OMS 6th grade concert @6pm
12 - CMS Christmas Concert @ 7pm
13 - OMS 7th & 8th grade concert @ 6pm
14 - CHS Christmas Concert @ 6pm
15-17 - Carolina Crown @ CHS for Winter Camp!
22 - Last day of 1st Semester

January
8 - 2nd Semester Begins
20 - Region Band Auditions
27 - All-State Auditions

CONGRATULATIONS ON TWO GREAT PERFORMANCES!  WOW!!  What an OUTSTANDING DAY for the Clover Band!  After a solid prelims performance that earned 9th place and a spot in finals we SURGED to 6th place with an INCREDIBLE finals performance!  We are truly beginning to hit our stride and have 2 weeks to take it up ONE MORE LEVEL for 5A STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS!!  WE ARE CLOVER BAND!

October 23-27
Monday – Brass/Percussion until 5:30pm
Tuesday – Full Band 6pm-9pm
Wednesday – guard sectionals until 5pm
Thursday – Full Band until 6pm
Weekend - FREE
 
Please see the attached schedule for 5A State Competition along with the rehearsal schedule for the week.  It is important that we have everyone at every rehearsal so we can achieve our maximum potential!  Please find ways to WORK IT OUT & MAKE IT HAPPEN for 2 more weeks!
 
BED SHEET FUNDRAISER is due FRIDAY!  Have you sold any sheets? SHEETS MAKE GREAT CHRISTMAS GIFTS & for the price/quality you CANNOT BEAT THEM!!
 
The drumline started their Poinsettia sale last week and we will have packets available to the entire band this Tuesday!  This will be a GENERAL FUND fundraiser so I hope that you will help us improve our financial outlook by selling 10 flowers.  These make great Christmas gifts!
 
Is your child signed up for Region Band auditions?  Sign-ups are on Mrs. Loftis’s door.  Cost $10.  Every student received a region band packet and we are encouraging EVERY student to make an effort to participate!   

CONGRATULATIONS ON A GREAT PERFORMANCE!  We finished in 12th place with a 73.25 which is a Superior rating on the BOA Scale.  We were 1.76pts away from being in finals.  Not bad for our 1st time ever attending.  We learned a lot and I think we’re set-up very well going into WCU this weekend!  KEEP PUSHING!

Attached please find the announcements/reminders for the week:

Of note:

October 16-120

• Monday – WW’s/Percussion until 5:30pm
  
• Tuesday – Full Band until 6pm (flipping w/Thursday)
• Wednesday – guard sectionals until 5pm
• Thursday – Full Band 6pm-10pm @STADIUM (load the truck during class)
• Friday – Teacher Workday/Football Game HOMECOMING (we will perform @ pre-game again!)
  

Please see the attached schedule for the WCU competition along with additional details. We will need many of our prop & pit helpers to plan to help on Friday night @ pre-game & Saturday at WCU!

CHARMS SIGN-UPS:
HOMECOMING FOOTBALL GAME
WESTERN CAROLINA TOURNAMENT OF BANDS

We will AGAIN be performing REDEMPTION at the football game on Friday night BEFORE THE GAME!  We need all prop/pit movers available to help move equipment as this will be a SUPER tight time frame.  We will begin loading immediately following the performance so that we can get out quickly after the game for the early call time for WCU
 
We started our BED SHEET FUNDRAISER 10 days ago.  Have you sold any sheets?  Did you receive your packet?  IF NOT ASK YOU STUDENT!  SHEETS MAKE GREAT CHRISTMAS GIFTS & for the price/quality you CANNOT BEAT THEM!!

Is your child signed up for Region Band auditions?  Sign-ups are on Mrs. Loftis’s door.  Cost $10.  Every student received a region band packet and we are encouraging EVERY student to make an effort to participate!   

NEXT PANTHER GAME is 11/5/17!  Click to sign up:  11/5 PANTHER GAME

Please find attached reminders/announcements for the week.  A "BOA specific" e-mail was sent out last night and all announcements are available on www.cloverbands.com under NEWS.

OF NOTE:
-The rehearsal schedule for this week is as follows:

• Tuesday - full band until 7pm
  
• Wednesday - guard sectional until 5pm
• Thursday - full band 5pm-9pm @ the stadium
  

- We will have our October Band Booster club meeting tonight in the band room @ 7pm.  I hope you will make plans to attend
-We will recognize our band seniors at the football game on Friday night @ halftime
-Only 4 weeks remain of marching band season... every competition is HUGE from this point forward!
-We are still about 6 people short for the game on Thursday night.  I hope you can help us fill the stand!

Please see the attachment for details about the BOA week schedule

Please find attached the reminders/announcements for this week.

Of Note:
Congratulations to our percussion & drum majors for taking 1st place this weekend!  Scores were very close and while we were disappointed we don't have time to do anything but get back to work.  BOA IS IN 2 WEEKS!!

BOA WEEK
Due to the teacher workday & Thursday night Panther game we will be altering practice the week of Oct 9-13

Monday – Teacher Workday(no rehearsal)
Tuesday – Full Band 6‐9 (stadium?)
Wednesday – Full Band until 7 (stadium?)
Thursday – No rehearsal (Panther game)

It is very important that everyone make the change and be at rehearsal that week so that we can look/sound our best at BOA!

Look for the BOA schedule & details in another e-mail coming later today!

We did a great job catching up on fees last week, but unfortunately we are still short and are going to cancel staying overnight after the Western Carolina trip.   The updated schedule for the trip is posted @ www.cloverband.com

WE ARE CLOVER BAND!