Panther Band 25-26 Newsletter #19

Announcements

• January 15/16: Incoming 9th Grader Showcase

• January 24th-25th: Blue Stars Drum Corps Camp

• January 27th: NMS/KMS Side by Side (5th & 8th Periods)

• January 30th: Elementary Performance (8th Period)

Spring School Week 2

Wednesday January 14th - 1st Period Playing Test (Air Flow A)

Wednesday January 15th - 5th Period Playing Test (2 Octave Chromatic) (Woodwinds)

Thursday January 16th - 5th Period Playing Test (2 Octave Chromatic) (Brass)

January 12th || MONDAY

White Day (1, 3, 5, 7, 8)

• 8th Period Full Winds Rehearsal

  • Location: Band Hall

  • w/ Ms. Boone

  • Time: 2:00PM-4:00PM

• 8th Period Percussion Rehearsal

  • Location: Percussion Room

  • w/ Mr. Parham

  • Time: 2:00PM-5:00PM

• 5th Period High Brass (Trumpets & Horns)

  • Location: Band Hall

  • w/ Ms. Boone

  • Time: 4:00PM - 5:00PM

  • Broadway One Step - All Sixteenth Notes

  • Viva - Measures 124 - End

  • J.S. Jig - Measures 17 - 37

  • J.S. Jig - Measures 143 - 175

  • 2 Octave Chromatic Scale

  • Concert Ab/Db/B/E Scales

• Winterguard Rehearsal

  • 4:00PM - 8:00PM

  • w/ Mr. Robles

  • JV RED/JV BLUE

  • Location: 9th Grade Center Gym

  • Please Ride the After School Shuttle (2:55PM Departure)

    • DO. NOT. BE. LATE. (Run!)

January 13th || TUESDAY

Blue Day (2, 4, 5, 6, 8)

• 8th Period Full Band Rehearsal

  • Location: Band Hall

  • Percussion will also rehearse

  • w/ Ms. Boone & Mr. Parham

  • Time: 2:00PM-4:00PM

• 7th Period Full Winds Rehearsal

  • Location: Band Hall

  • w/ Mr. Parham

  • Time: 4:00PM - 5:30PM

• 1st Period Brass

  • Location: Orchestra Room

  • w/ Mr. Cruz

  • 4:00PM - 5:00PM

  • Remington Descending

  • Air Flow A

  • Lost Woods Fantasy

  • Nottingham March

• Winterguard Rehearsal

  • 4:00PM - 8:00PM

  • w/ Mr. Robles

  • Varsity Winterguard

  • Location: 9th Grade Center Gym

  • Please Ride the After School Shuttle (2:55PM Departure)

    • DO. NOT. BE. LATE. (Run!)

• Band Booster Meeting

  • 6:30PM

  • Location: Band Hall

• Sheldon Spotlight Awards

  • 6:30PM - 7:30PM

  • Location: KHS PAC

  • All Region Band Students

    
    

January 14th || WEDNESDAY

White Day (1, 3, 5, 7, 8)

• 8th Period Full Band Rehearsal

  • Location: Band Hall

  • Percussion will also rehearse

  • w/ Ms. Boone & Mr. Parham

  • Time: 2:00PM-4:00PM

• 5th Period Percussion

  • Location: Percussion Room

  • w/ Mr. Parham

  • Time: 4:00PM-5:00PM

• 5th Period Woodwinds

  • Location: Band Hall

  • w/ Mr. Cruz

  • Time: 4:00PM - 5:00PM

  • Viva - Measures 124 - End

  • 2 Octave Chromatic Scale

  • Concert Ab/Db/B/E Scales

• 5th Period Low Brass

  • Location: Orchestra Room

  • w/ Ms. Boone

  • Time: 4:00PM - 5:00PM

  • Broadway One Step - All Sixteenth Notes

  • Viva - Measures 124 - End

  • 2 Octave Chromatic Scale

  • Concert Ab/Db/B/E Scales

• Winterguard Rehearsal

  • 4:00PM - 8:00PM

  • w/ Mr. Robles

  • Varsity Winterguard

  • Location: 9th Grade Center Gym

  • Please Ride the After School Shuttle (2:55PM Departure)

    • DO. NOT. BE. LATE. (Run!)

January 15th || THURSDAY

Blue Day (2, 4, 5, 6, 8)

• RIsing 9th Graders Showcase

  • Location: PAC

  • During School

  • 8th Period Students Only

• 1st, 5th and 7th Period Flutes

  • Location: Band Hall

  • w/ Mr. Cruz

  • Time: 3:15PM - 4:00PM

  • Headjoint Happiness

  • Octave Exercise: F, F#, G, Ab, A

  • 2 Octave Chromatic Scale

    • Chromatic Low D - High G

  • Vibrato Exercise

• 1st, 5th and 7th Period Clarinets

  • Location: Band Hall

  • w/ Mr. Cruz

  • Time: 4:00PM - 4:45PM

  • Mouthpiece Merriment

  • Register Slurs: Measures 1-27

  • Mechanism Exercises

  • 2 Octave Chromatic Scale

    • Chromatic Low E - High C

• 1st, 5th and 7th Period Saxes

  • Location: Band Hall

  • w/ Mr. Cruz

  • Time: 4:45PM - 5:30PM

  • Harmonics Exercise

  • Vibrato Exercise

  • 2 Octave Chromatic Scale

    • Chromatic Low C - High D

• 7th Period Brass Rehearsal

  • Location: Orchestra Room

  • w/ Mr. Parham

  • Time: 4:00PM - 5:00PM

• No Indoor Winds Rehearsal on Thursday

  • NO. REHEARSAL.

• Winterguard Rehearsal

  • 4:00PM - 8:00PM

  • w/ Mr. Robles

  • JV BLUE

  • Location: 9th Grade Center Gym

  • Please Ride the After School Shuttle (2:55PM Departure)

    • DO. NOT. BE. LATE. (Run!)

January 16th || FRIDAY

Blue Day (2, 4, 5, 6, 8)

• RIsing 9th Graders Showcase

  • Location: PAC

  • During School

  • 8th Period Students Only

• Indoor Winds Rehearsal

  • 4:00PM - 8:00PM

  • Location: 9th Grade Center

  • Please Ride the After School Shuttle (2:55PM Departure)

    • DO. NOT. BE. LATE. (Run!)

  • Bring Suitcases

  • Auditions for Solos

    • English Horn

    • Euphonium

    • Trumpet

    • Clarinet

    • Soprano Sax

• Winterguard Rehearsal

  • 4:00PM - 8:00PM

  • w/ Mr. Robles

  • JV RED

  • Location: 9th Grade Center Gym

  • Please Ride the After School Shuttle (2:55PM Departure)

    • DO. NOT. BE. LATE. (Run!)

    
    

January 17th || SATURDAY

• Indoor Winds Design Day

  • 8:00AM - 4:00PM

  • Location: 9th Grade Center

  • Lunch from 12:00PM - 1:15PM

• Winterguard Design Day

  • 8:00AM - 1:00PM

  • w/ Mr. Robles

  • JV RED

  • Location: 9th Grade Center

(UPCOMING)

January 19th || MONDAY

• NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

• Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January 20th || TUESDAY

Blue Day (2, 4, 5, 6, 8)

• 8th Period Full Winds Rehearsal

  • Location: Band Hall

  • w/ Ms. Boone

  • Time: 2:00PM-4:00PM

• 1st, 5th and 7th Period Flutes

  • Location: Orchestra Room

  • w/ Mr. Cruz

  • Time: 3:15PM - 4:00PM

• 1st, 5th and 7th Period Clarinets

  • Location: Orchestra Room

  • w/ Mr. Cruz

  • Time: 4:00PM - 4:45PM

• 1st, 5th and 7th Period Saxes

  • Location: Orchestra Room

  • w/ Mr. Cruz

  • Time: 4:45PM - 5:30PM

• Winterguard Rehearsal

  • 4:00PM - 8:00PM

  • w/ Mr. Robles

  • Varsity Winterguard

  • Location: 9th Grade Center Gym

  • Please Ride the After School Shuttle (2:55PM Departure)

    • DO. NOT. BE. LATE. (Run!)

January 21st || WEDNESDAY

White Day (1, 3, 5, 7, 8)

• 8th Period Full Winds Rehearsal

  • Location: Band Hall

  • w/ Ms. Boone

  • Time: 2:00PM-4:00PM

  • After rehearsal, clear out quickly for 5th Period Rehearsal

• 8th Period Percussion Rehearsal

  • Location: Percussion Room

  • w/ Mr. Parham

  • Time: 2:00PM-5:00PM

• 5th Period Woodwinds

  • Location: Orchestra Room

  • Please Set up Chairs/Stands at 3:45PM in Orchestra Room

  • w/ Mr. Cruz

  • Time: 4:00PM - 5:00PM

• 5th Period Brass

  • Location: Band Hall

  • w/ Ms. Boone

  • Time: 4:00PM - 5:00PM

• Winterguard Rehearsal

  • 4:00PM - 8:00PM

  • w/ Mr. Robles

  • Varsity Winterguard

  • Location: 9th Grade Center Gym

  • Please Ride the After School Shuttle (2:55PM Departure)

    • DO. NOT. BE. LATE. (Run!)

January 22nd || THURSDAY

Blue Day (2, 4, 5, 6, 8)

• 1st Period Full Band Rehearsal

  • Location: Orchestra Room

  • w/ Mr. Cruz

  • Time: 3:30PM - 4:30PM

  • Lost Woods Fantasy

  • Nottingham March

• 7th Period Full Band Rehearsal

  • Location: Band Hall

  • w/ Mr. Parham

  • Time: 3:30PM - 4:30PM

• No Indoor Winds Rehearsal on Thursday

  • NO. REHEARSAL.

• Winterguard Rehearsal

  • 4:00PM - 8:00PM

  • w/ Mr. Robles

  • JV BLUE

  • Location: 9th Grade Center Gym

  • Please Ride the After School Shuttle (2:55PM Departure)

    • DO. NOT. BE. LATE. (Run!)

January 23rd || FRIDAY

White Day (1, 3, 5, 7, 8)

• 5th Period Percussion Rehearsal

  • Location: Percussion Room

  • w/ Mr. Parham

  • Time: 3:00PM - 4:30PM

• Indoor Winds Rehearsal

  • 4:00PM - 8:00PM

  • Location: 9th Grade Center

  • Please Ride the After School Shuttle (2:55PM Departure)

    • DO. NOT. BE. LATE. (Run!)

  • Bring Suitcases

• Winterguard Rehearsal

  • 4:00PM - 8:00PM

  • w/ Mr. Robles

  • JV RED

  • Location: 9th Grade Center Gym

  • Please Ride the After School Shuttle (2:55PM Departure)

    • DO. NOT. BE. LATE. (Run!)

    
    

January 24th || SATURDAY

• Indoor Winds Design Day

  • 8:00AM - 4:00PM

  • Location: 9th Grade Center

  • Lunch from 12:00PM - 1:15PM

• Winterguard Show Day!

  • Times TBD

    • Show times will be released later

    • Plan for an all day event

  • w/ Mr. Robles

  • JV RED, JV BLUE, Varsity Winterguard

    • All Teams will be attending

  • Location: 9th Grade Center

  • Show Site: Dawson HS

Panther Band 25-26 Newsletter #18

Announcements

• January Parent Meeting Date TBD

  • Universal Trip Parent Meeting

    • Dates: January 2 - 5, 2027

• January 24th-25th: Blue Stars Drum Corps Camp

• January 27th: NMS/KMS Side by Side (5th & 8th Periods)

• January 30th: Elementary Performance (8th Period)

Spring School Week 1

January 5th || MONDAY

• NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

January 6th || TUESDAY

• NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

January 7th || WEDNESDAY

White Day (1, 3, 5, 7, 8)

• First Day Back

• 8th Period Full Winds Rehearsal

  • Location: Band Hall

  • w/ Ms. Boone

  • Time: 2:00PM-4:00PM

• 5th Period Percussion

  • Location: Percussion Room

  • w/ Mr. Parham

  • Time: 4:00PM-5:00PM

• 5th Period Woodwinds

  • Location: Band Hall

  • w/ Mr. Cruz

  • Time: 4:00PM - 5:00PM

• 5th Period Brass

  • Location: Orchestra Room

  • w/ Ms. Boone

  • Time: 4:00PM - 5:00PM

• Winterguard Rehearsal

  • 4:00PM - 8:00PM

  • w/ Mr. Robles

  • Varsity Winterguard

  • Location: 9th Grade Center Gym

  • Please Ride the After School Shuttle (2:55PM Departure)

    • DO. NOT. BE. LATE. (Run!)

January 8th || THURSDAY

Blue Day (2, 4, 5, 6, 8)

• 8th Period Full Winds Rehearsal

  • Location: Band Hall

  • w/ Ms. Boone

  • Time: 2:00PM-4:00PM

• 8th Period Percussion Rehearsal

  • Location: Percussion Room

  • w/ Mr. Parham

  • Time: 2:00PM-5:00PM

• 5th and 7th Period Flutes

  • Location: Orchestra Room

  • w/ Mr. Cruz

  • Time: 3:15PM - 4:00PM

• 5th and 7th Period Clarinets

  • Location: Orchestra Room

  • w/ Mr. Cruz

  • Time: 4:00PM - 4:45PM

• 5th and 7th Period Saxes

  • Location: Orchestra Room

  • w/ Mr. Cruz

  • Time: 4:45PM - 5:30PM

• 7th Period Brass Rehearsal

  • Location: Band Hall

  • w/ Mr. Parham

  • Time: 4:00PM - 5:00PM

• Indoor Winds Rehearsal

  • 5:00PM - 8:00PM

  • Location: 9th Grade Center

  • Please Ride the After School Shuttle (4:30PM Departure)

    • DO. NOT. BE. LATE. (Run!)

• Winterguard Rehearsal

  • 4:00PM - 8:00PM

  • w/ Mr. Robles

  • JV BLUE

  • Location: 9th Grade Center Gym

  • Please Ride the After School Shuttle (2:55PM Departure)

    • DO. NOT. BE. LATE. (Run!)

January 9th || FRIDAY

White Day (1, 3, 5, 7, 8)

• Indoor Winds Rehearsal

  • 4:00PM - 8:00PM

  • Location: 9th Grade Center

  • Please Ride the After School Shuttle (2:55PM Departure)

    • DO. NOT. BE. LATE. (Run!)

• Winterguard Rehearsal

  • 4:00PM - 8:00PM

  • w/ Mr. Robles

  • JV RED

  • Location: 9th Grade Center Gym

  • Please Ride the After School Shuttle (2:55PM Departure)

    • DO. NOT. BE. LATE. (Run!)

    
    

January 10th || SATURDAY

• TMEA Area F Auditions

  • Location: Dekaney HS

  • Selected Students Only

• Winterguard Design Day

  • 8:00AM - 1:00PM

  • w/ Mr. Robles

  • JV BLUE

  • Location: 9th Grade Center

(UPCOMING)

Spring School Week 2

January 12th || MONDAY

White Day (1, 3, 5, 7, 8)

• 8th Period Full Winds Rehearsal

  • Location: Band Hall

  • w/ Ms. Boone

  • Time: 2:00PM-4:00PM

• 8th Period Percussion Rehearsal

  • Location: Percussion Room

  • w/ Mr. Parham

  • Time: 2:00PM-5:00PM

• 5th Period High Brass (Trumpets & Horns)

  • Location: Band Hall

  • w/ Ms. Boone

  • Time: 4:00PM - 5:00PM

• Winterguard Rehearsal

  • 4:00PM - 8:00PM

  • w/ Mr. Robles

  • JV RED/JV BLUE

  • Location: 9th Grade Center Gym

  • Please Ride the After School Shuttle (2:55PM Departure)

    • DO. NOT. BE. LATE. (Run!)

January 13th || TUESDAY

Blue Day (2, 4, 5, 6, 8)

• 8th Period Full Winds Rehearsal

  • Location: Band Hall

  • w/ Ms. Boone

  • Time: 2:00PM-4:00PM

• 7th Period Full Winds Rehearsal

  • Location: Band Hall

  • w/ Mr. Parham

  • Time: 4:00PM - 5:30PM

• 1st Period Brass

  • Location: Orchestra Room

  • w/ Mr. Cruz

  • 4:00PM - 5:00PM

• Winterguard Rehearsal

  • 4:00PM - 8:00PM

  • w/ Mr. Robles

  • Varsity Winterguard

  • Location: 9th Grade Center Gym

  • Please Ride the After School Shuttle (2:55PM Departure)

    • DO. NOT. BE. LATE. (Run!)

• Band Booster Meeting

  • 6:30PM

  • Location: Band Hall

• Sheldon Spotlight Awards

  • 6:30PM - 7:30PM

  • Location: KHS PAC

  • All Region Band Students

    
    

January 14th || WEDNESDAY

White Day (1, 3, 5, 7, 8)

• 8th Period Full Winds Rehearsal

  • Location: Band Hall

  • w/ Ms. Boone

  • Time: 2:00PM-4:00PM

• 5th Period Percussion

  • Location: Percussion Room

  • w/ Mr. Parham

  • Time: 4:00PM-5:00PM

• 5th Period Woodwinds

  • Location: Band Hall

  • w/ Mr. Cruz

  • Time: 4:00PM - 5:00PM

• 5th Period Low Brass

  • Location: Orchestra Room

  • w/ Ms. Boone

  • Time: 4:00PM - 5:00PM

• Winterguard Rehearsal

  • 4:00PM - 8:00PM

  • w/ Mr. Robles

  • Varsity Winterguard

  • Location: 9th Grade Center Gym

  • Please Ride the After School Shuttle (2:55PM Departure)

    • DO. NOT. BE. LATE. (Run!)

January 15th || THURSDAY

Blue Day (2, 4, 5, 6, 8)

• RIsing 9th Graders Showcase

  • Location: PAC

  • During School

  • 8th Period Students Only

• 5th and 7th Period Flutes

  • Location: Band Hall

  • w/ Mr. Cruz

  • Time: 3:15PM - 4:00PM

• 5th and 7th Period Clarinets

  • Location: Band Hall

  • w/ Mr. Cruz

  • Time: 4:00PM - 4:45PM

• 5th and 7th Period Saxes

  • Location: Band Hall

  • w/ Mr. Cruz

  • Time: 4:45PM - 5:30PM

• 7th Period Brass Rehearsal

  • Location: Orchestra Room

  • w/ Mr. Parham

  • Time: 4:00PM - 5:00PM

• No Indoor Winds Rehearsal on Thursday

  • NO. REHEARSAL.

• Winterguard Rehearsal

  • 4:00PM - 8:00PM

  • w/ Mr. Robles

  • JV BLUE

  • Location: 9th Grade Center Gym

  • Please Ride the After School Shuttle (2:55PM Departure)

    • DO. NOT. BE. LATE. (Run!)

January 16th || FRIDAY

Blue Day (2, 4, 5, 6, 8)

• RIsing 9th Graders Showcase

  • Location: PAC

  • During School

  • 8th Period Students Only

• Indoor Winds Rehearsal

  • 4:00PM - 8:00PM

  • Location: 9th Grade Center

  • Please Ride the After School Shuttle (2:55PM Departure)

    • DO. NOT. BE. LATE. (Run!)

• Winterguard Rehearsal

  • 4:00PM - 8:00PM

  • w/ Mr. Robles

  • JV RED

  • Location: 9th Grade Center Gym

  • Please Ride the After School Shuttle (2:55PM Departure)

    • DO. NOT. BE. LATE. (Run!)

    
    

January 17th || SATURDAY

• Indoor Winds Design Day

  • 8:00AM - 4:00PM

  • Location: 9th Grade Center

  • Lunch from 12:00PM - 1:15PM

• Winterguard Design Day

  • 8:00AM - 1:00PM

  • w/ Mr. Robles

  • JV RED

  • Location: 9th Grade Center

Panther Band 25-26 Newsletter #17

Weekly Recap

Thank you to everyone who attended this week's Playoff Game! Our football team won against Vandegrift HS and will be playing against Desoto HS this Saturday, December 20th for the State Championship Division II Title at our 6th Playoff Game of the season. The band will be performing at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX.

Congratulations to our students who performed at the TMEA All-Region Band Concert. It was a wonderful performance and we're so proud that you represented C.E. King HS well.

Thank you to the teachers, students, and family members that made this week possible.

REMINDER TO 5th and 8th PERIOD: ALL ONE OCTAVE MAJOR SCALES WILL BE TESTED DURING FINALS WEEK

REMINDER TO 7th PERIOD: ONE OCTAVE C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, G, & D SCALES WILL BE TESTED DURING FINALS WEEK

Announcements

• December 15th: Finals Week - Scale Tests

• December 19th-21st: Boston Crusaders Drum Corps Camp

• January 24th-25th: Blue Stars Drum Corps Camp

School Week 17

December 15th || MONDAY

White Day (1, 3, 5, 7, 8)

• Winterguard Rehearsal

  • 4:00PM - 8:00PM

  • w/ Mr. Robles

  • JV RED & JV BLUE

  • Location: 9th Grade Center Gym

  • Please Ride the After School Shuttle (2:55PM Departure)

    • DO. NOT. BE. LATE. (Run!)

December 16th || TUESDAY

Blue Day (2, 4, 5, 6, 8)

• KHS Board Meeting Performance

  • Invited Performers

• Winds and Battery Marching Band Rehearsal

  • Location: Band Hall First

    • We will go outside at 4:30PM

  • No Guard

  • Time: 3:30PM - 5:00PM

• Winterguard Rehearsal

  • 4:00PM - 8:00PM

  • Varsity Winterguard

  • Location: 9th Grade Center Gym

  • Please Ride the After School Shuttle (4:45PM Departure)

    • DO. NOT. BE. LATE. (Run!)

December 17th || WEDNESDAY

White Day (1, 3, 5, 7, 8)

• Percussion Ensemble Rehearsal

  • 5th and 8th Period Students

    • Location: Band Hall

    • w/ Mr. Parham

    • Time: 3:30PM - 5:00PM

• Indoor Winds Rehearsal

  • 4:00PM - 8:00PM

  • Location: 9th Grade Center

  • Please Ride the After School Shuttle (2:55PM Departure)

    • DO. NOT. BE. LATE. (Run!)

• Winterguard Rehearsal

  • 4:00PM - 8:00PM

  • w/ Mr. Robles

  • Varsity Winterguard

  • Location: 9th Grade Center Gym

  • Please Ride the After School Shuttle (2:55PM Departure)

    • DO. NOT. BE. LATE. (Run!)

December 18th || THURSDAY

Blue Day (2, 4, 5, 6, 8)

• Full Marching Band Rehearsal

  • Location: Band Hall/Grid

  • Time: 3:30PM - 4:30PM

• Indoor Winds Rehearsal

  • 5:00PM - 8:00PM

  • Location: 9th Grade Center

  • Please Ride the After School Shuttle (4:45PM Departure)

    • DO. NOT. BE. LATE. (Run!)

• KHS Financial Aid Workshop

  • Location: CCC

  • 6:00PM - 7:30PM

  • Students may not attend but Guardians/Family Members can

• Winterguard Rehearsal

  • 5:00PM - 8:00PM

  • w/ Mr. Robles

  • JV BLUE

  • Location: 9th Grade Center Gym

  • Please Ride the After School Shuttle (4:45PM Departure)

    • DO. NOT. BE. LATE. (Run!)

December 19th || FRIDAY

Blue Day (2, 4, 5, 6, 8)

• Winterguard Rehearsal

  • Times TBD

  • w/ Mr. Robles

  • JV RED

  • Location: 9th Grade Center Gym

  • Please Ride the After School Shuttle (11:15AM Departure)

    • DO. NOT. BE. LATE. (Run!)

• Boston Crusaders Drum & Bugle Corps December Camp

  • Location: KHS

  
  

December 20th || SATURDAY

• Boston Crusaders Drum & Bugle Corps December Camp

  • Location: KHS

• KHS v. Desoto HS

  • PLAYOFF GAME #6

  • Location: Arlington

  • AT&T Stadium

  • Itinerary: TBD

• Winterguard Design Day

  • 8:00AM - 1:00PM

  • w/ Mr. Robles

  • JV RED

  • Location: TBD

December 21st || SUNDAY

• Boston Crusaders Drum & Bugle Corps December Camp

  • Location: KHS