Another great week for the Roughneck Band! About 70% of the opener is on the field, which is a huge credit to the talent and work ethic of these students. That is a lot to do in just 4 days of learning drill! We are excited to take this show on the road this next week!
SHOUT OUTS Huge shout out this week to our Drill Instructors! These students have latched on to their new UDB app, and they are a huge reason we've been able to learn drill so efficiently this week. Thank you for your leadership! Also, let's recognize our Rookie of the Week: Allie Weber! Allie has been a fantastic addition to the cornet section and always wears a smile. Welcome to the Roughneck Band, Allie! GAME DAY INFO A travel itinerary has been sent to each band student's school email account. This is the only place itineraries will be available other than a hard copy, which is available by request in the band office. Tickets are available online at ticketspicket.com. The stadium is cashless, and there will be a card reader at the gate. We'll see you there!
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Another great week for the Roughneck Band! This team continues to work hard...they're making great progress on their music, and beginning this next week, we will start putting marching drill on the field. We had our first performance of the year in the Oil Patch Days parade yesterday, and the next will be at the first football game on Thursday, August 25th!
We are happy to have several new people with us this year! The flute section welcomes Emily, the percussion section welcomes Alex, the cornet section welcomes Allie and Kassady, and the baritone section welcomes Brayden and Rylan. These new Roughneck Band members have been knocking it out of the park in their first couple of weeks...their talents and personalities are a wonderful addition to our band family! THANK YOU to all of the parents who helped to provide and/or serve treats after Summer Band practices these past two weeks, and thanks to Andrea Corley for organizing the efforts! We have such wonderful support from our extended band family. Thank you for making Sundown such a special place! And so it begins...the first day of school is this coming Tuesday! The band will rehearse every Tuesday night from 7:00 to 9:00 for the remainder of the marching season, and will perform on Friday nights. Competition begins in October. We are looking forward to a great 2022 season for the Roughneck Band! What a fantastic start to the 2022 marching season! If you happened to drive by the practice field while we were out there, you saw well over 100 students putting in the work! Much progress was made on show music and a few other tunes this week, as well as some solid marching fundamentals already starting to develop.
Our 8th graders are off to a great start! On Tuesday, we had a "last person standing" competition with the 8th graders, and Katy Flores was the champ! Then, on Thursday, we did the same with the full band. The 8th graders hung in there, with Addi Hord still standing in the final 10! But it was Nathan Flores that was the last one standing that evening...way to go, Nathan and Katy! Roughneck Band leadership has been SUPER this week! Our drum majors, section leaders, and drill instructors, and HOFs have taken ownership of their positions and provided a great deal of teaching, coaching, and support at the student level. These students are already pointing the band toward an exciting run in 2022! Looking forward to Week 2! Welcome to another Roughneck Band marching season! We hope you all have had an absolutely fantastic summer. It is time to reassemble the best group of young people on the planet...The Pride of the Oil Patch!
We are excited to begin preparations for our 2022 marching show, "Legends Never Die", arranged once again by Randall Standridge and featuring the music of Against the Current, Queen, and Dvorak. We met with our music composer, Mr. Standridge this summer, and he said, "This is the second year in a row that Sundown has my favorite ballad of any show I've written"! Get ready for those "Sundown Sounds"! Drum Majors this year will be Shea Beadles, Autum Olivas, and Daniella Reyna. Check out there bios by clicking on "Our Staff" at the top of this page! The "Important Info" link at the top of the page will take you to links to our band calendar for the year, the band handbook, our Facebook page, and the summer letter with summer band rehearsal information. The link to the calendar is a live link, so each time you click on it, it will include any updates we've made. We hope to update this blog on a weekly basis,. Our Facebook group is where you will find the most up-to-the-minute information. It is a closed group, so you will need to request access. We also have a Remind group for students and parents to receive text message alerts...contact Mr. Mauldin if you would like to have access to this feature. Let's make this another great year for the Roughneck Band! |