We will begin collecting Concert Uniforms on Monday, May 18th.
Uniforms must be turned in by Friday, May 22nd or you will be added to the Clear Springs High School fine and fee list.
Our final concert of the year is coming up and everyone is cordially invited to attend and support the students as it is always more enjoyable for the students to perform to a packed house with loud applause.
Thursday, May 14th
7:00 PM (Doors open at 6:50 PM)
Clear Springs High School Auditorium
This concert is looking to be a great concert for the whole family. Selections will include a medley from The Sound of Music to celebrate its 50th anniversary, and to give you a taste of our fun filled trip to Orlando, music from the Harry Potter movies and a medley of classic Disney songs. You are sure to leave the concert with a catchy tune stuck in your head.
This will also be the last time our seniors will perform with The Clear Springs Charger Band. This means that this concert could be the last time some of these seniors will ever play with a band again, so all family members and friends won’t want to miss it.
All members of the 2015-2016 Clear Springs Charger Band and at least one parent/guardian is required to attend next week’s meeting:
Tuesday, May 5th
6:30 PM
Clear Springs High School – Auditorium
We will discuss Auditions, Summer Band changes, Equipment Night, Dues, and Fundraising. This is the only opportunity to hear everything straight from the directors and ask questions as needed before next year.
We look forward to seeing everyone there!
The 2014-2015 school year is quickly coming to a close, which also means that the 2014-2015 edition of the Clear Springs Charger Band will be coming to an end as our seniors graduate and incoming freshman join to form the 2015-2016 Clear Springs Charger Band. However, before we say goodbye to our seniors and welcome in the new freshman, lets all get together and celebrate our achievements from this year as well as reminisce about your favorite memories by attending the 2014-2015 Clear Springs Charger Band Banquet.
The program for the banquet will begin with an Italian dinner buffet after which the directors will present various awards for achievement and service to various members regardless of class. We will also be having door prizes and will be treated to an awesome slide show put together by Mr. Clark. To close the evening we will be letting the kids loose on the dance floor. Don’t worry parents, there will be parent chaperones to keep an eye, or several eyes, on things.
Cost: $25 per person
Make checks payable to: CSHS BAND BOOSTERS or pay online by clicking here.
Payments are due no later than May 8 to the Band Hall safe.
Student ticket orders must have the following 3 items included:
Friday, May 15, 2015
7:00 – 11:00 pm
Doors will open at 6:30 pm (Please do not arrive before 6:30)
Nasa Gilruth Center (Enter off Space Center Blvd.)
The 2015-2016 audition material is now available for download from CHARMS.
***Tenor and Bari Sax students will audition on Alto. There is no separate audition for Tenor or Bari. Students need to provide their own Alto Saxophone.
Woodwind and brass auditions begin the week of May 18th and percussion will be May 26th, please check our Google Calendar for the specific day and times.
The audition material contains a cover letter with more detailed information. Please read it as it contains information that you will need to know for auditions.
A great way to help help raise some additional funds for the band is to have lunch or dinner at Chili’s. Yes, you read that right, simply have lunch or dinner at Chili’s and present the following flier when you pay for your meal and Chili’s will donate 15% of your purchase amount to the band.
Tuesday, April 28th
11am-11pm
2845 Gulf Fwy S
League City, TX 77573-6781
(this is the one by 646)
This is a very easy way to raise some funds. Let’s try and make this as successful as possible by not only participating but also by printing out extra fliers and giving them to friends, relatives, and/or co-workers.
All students who will be participating in High School Band during the 2015-2016 school year are required by the district to have a Pre-Participation Physical which must be dated after April 1, 2015. These Physical Forms are due the first day of Summer Band (July 29 for freshmen; July 31 for all other classes). Forms are available for pickup in the band office and available for download online by clicking here. IMPORTANT: Make sure you have the correct form by checking that “REVISED 12-4-14” is in the upper right-hand corner of page 3. This is the Medical History page.
This physical can be performed at your family doctor, however a doctor will be available at Clear Springs on Thursday, April 23rd from 2:30 to 5:00 for your convenience. This will be in the Clear Springs High School Competition Gym. The cost will be $25 dollars; cash is preferred or checks may be made payable to Dr. John Kirkwood. Please note that Wind Ensemble members will not be able to take advantage of this as they will be at UIL Contest; instead, they will either need to get the physical at their family doctor or go to Clear Creek High School on April 22 between 2-6. Click here for more info.
These physicals are due the first day of Summer Band, but can and should be turned in to the band office if completed before the end of the school year. Do not let the trainer keep the form. Wait for the doctor’s signature and take the form with you when you are done. You can then turn the form in the next day to Mr. Brown or Mr. Williams.
BE SURE THAT BOTH PARENT AND STUDENT SIGN THE BOTTOM OF PAGES 1, 2, AND 3! FORMS WITHOUT SIGNATURES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
As many of you know, a high school band program can only function successfully with outstanding leadership from both the students and parents. As such, all students that would like to have a greater role in the Clear Springs band program need to download, print, complete, and turn in the 2015 Drum Major Application or the 2015 Marching Leader Application by Monday, April 27th. Both of these can be found on CHARMS or on the band calendar under “more details” after clicking on the due date.
Students who are auditioning for drum major do not need to turn in the marching leader form. If they are not chosen as Drum Major they will automatically be considered for another leadership role, two applications are not necessary. There is a place on the form to indicate in which positions they are interested.
Attention all students, especially juniors!
Those of you who will be taking the SAT and/or ACT exams next year need to be planning ahead now so that you can take the exams and not miss any band events next Fall. Juniors in particular will need to take their exams at the end of this school year and/or in June – especially if you will be attempting early acceptance to Texas A&M or the University of Texas.
For your convenience we have included the SAT/ACT dates on our band calendar for the remainder of this year as well all the SAT/ACT dates for the 2015-2016 school year and have noted which days do and do not conflict with band events. You will see multiple test dates throughout the year with only one or two conflicts. Per the Band Handbook, the SAT and ACT are not considered excused absences from band events, therefore planning ahead is required by the students in order to be able to take the exams, do well on them, and meet all their band commitments.
The available dates, per the band calendar, for the remainder of this school year and June are:
Please take advantage of these testing dates if you are applying for early acceptance to any university. The first available time after those listed above are not until November.
The Texas Music Scholar Award designates students in high school music programs who exemplify attributes of meritorious performance in the areas of scholarship, musicianship, and citizenship. Designation is attained by TMEA Active Member recommendation of students in grades 9-12 who have met the following criteria during the current school year:
These criteria may be met through participation singularly or in any combination of band, orchestra, or vocal organizations. The distinction may be achieved each school year. The school year is defined as the beginning of the year through the next-to-the-last official grade reporting period of the local school district for the purposes of calculating grade averages and determining eligibility. To be eligible for this award, download, print, complete, and turn in the Texas Music Scholars Application by Monday, April 27. Late applications will not be accepted. Texas Music Scholars receive a certificate, patch, and letter from the Texas Music Educators Association signed by the Executive Director. Please note that this is an award, not a scholarship or other offer of money.
The students have been working hard for several months now preparing for the UIL Concert & Sight-Reading Contest which is right around the corner. However, before they perform at Pearland for judges, they will be performing their contest music at our Pre-UIL concert so that friends and family who cannot attend UIL can have an opportunity to hear the contest music. It is also an opportunity to have a dress rehearsal before we go to contest.
Please come and support your child and encourage any other friends/family to come as it is always more enjoyable for the students to perform a concert with a large audience and loud applause. If you are able, please consider also coming to Pearland and supporting the students at their UIL performances as well.
Wind Ensemble
Students who believe they are eligible for a letter jacket must download and print the letter jacket form from CHARMS, fill it out completely and turn it in to Mr. Williams by Thursday, April 2. Students whose forms are turned in on time and have the eligible number of points will be given an order packet the following week. Orders will then take place during lunches on April 29. When you receive the order packet, the band office is no longer involved in the ordering process until the jackets are delivered sometime over the summer. For more details about letter jackets and qualifications, see the Awards section in the Band Handbook.
All trip photo submissions should be saved to a flash drive and turned in to Mr. Williams by Monday, April 6. If you are submitting photos for multiple categories, create a separate folder for each category and name each folder according to this example.
example: Hidden Mickeys – Beyonce Knowles, Group Photos – Beyonce Knowles, Character Photos – Beyonce Knowles
Students submitting for Most Autographs should turn in their original autograph book. Be sure the student’s name is included. Remember only autographs obtained on the trip are eligible.
Awards will be handed out at the band banquet in May.
In order for our school district to provide and maintain instruments for students, Clear Creek ISD assesses a fee of $50 per semester ($100 for the entire school year) to students who use a school owned instrument. This fee, while not small, is substantially less than what it would be to rent an instrument from a music store.
We have not yet collected the fee or the Clear Creek ISD Musical Instrument Loan Contract for the 1st or 2nd semester of the 2014-2015 school year. We will begin collecting this fee and contract at this time; we waited until this time of year to collect this fee in order to not have it due at the same time as other payments (e.g. band dues, Orlando trip payment, etc…). The Clear Creek ISD Musical Instrument Loan Contract will be distributed to the students who are using school owned instruments on Wednesday, March 25th. Please sign the Instrument Loan Contract and submit BOTH the contract and the payment for the 1st and 2nd semesters(if applicable). These should be turned in to Mr. Brown by Wednesday, April 8th. Please make Checks payable to “CCISD-MEF”. DO NOT make checks payable to Clear Springs High School, to the band, to the booster club, or anything else. ONLY MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO “CCISD-MEF”.
Please submit the payment and contract by Wednesday, April 8th or you will be added to the Clear Springs fine and fee list.
A great way to help help raise some additional funds for the band is to have lunch or dinner at Chili’s. Yes, you read that right, simply have lunch or dinner at Chili’s and present the following flier when you pay for your meal and Chili’s will donate 15% of your purchase amount to the band.
Tuesday, March 24th
11am-11pm
2845 Gulf Fwy S
League City, TX 77573-6781
(this is the one by 646)
This is a very easy way to raise some funds. Let’s try and make this as successful as possible by not only participating but also by printing out extra fliers and giving them to friends, relatives, and/or co-workers.
Our trip to Orlando is quickly approaching and to prepare we will be having a mandatory trip meeting for all students and at least one parent or guardian.
Monday, March 2
7:00 PM
Auditorium – Clear Springs High School
At this meeting, the trip handbook will be distributed which will include our itinerary. We will be discussing important items that students will need to know for the trip as well as behavioral expectations. There will also be forms to fill out and turn in.
We look forward to seeing everyone there.
photo credit: Express Monorail via photopin cc
If you have not already read part 1 please click here and read it before continuing.
Students will be performing in the Band Hall, Choir Room, and Orchestra Room beginning at 5:30. The “final” schedule, which is subject to change, has been posted in the band hall and a link to it was included in The Band Buzz email.
Audience members will need to enter between performances. Video recording is allowed provided it is not a distraction the performers. For this reason, flash photography is not allowed.
Students have been hard a work the last month or so preparing their solo and/or ensemble for performance at our Solo & Ensemble recital on February 26. For your convenience, that evening we will also be having a Spaghetti Dinner to both help raise funds for the band students as well as make it easy to be able to attend the recital without having to cook any dinner yourself that evening.
Thursday, February 26th
6:00-8:00
Clear Springs High School
For the Solo & Ensemble recital we encourage family and friends to come out and listen to their students and we also ask that you listen to a couple of other students while your are here so that all students can have the opportunity to play for an audience. The schedule of performance times will be available at the beginning of next week.
For the Spaghetti Dinner we will be serving a savory plate of pasta with meat sauce, salad, bread, and dessert. Dinner is kindly being cooked by our very own CSHS Culinary Department in order to keep our costs at a minimum and it was a big hit in 2014. The tickets for this event are being sold by the band students and are $10. Four tickets were distributed to the students to sell on Tuesday, February 10th and any students who need additional tickets can get them from the directors. All money and any unsold tickets need to be returned by Friday, February 20th.
As with many of the other fundraisers that we do, we can raise the most funds if tickets are sold to not only your own family but also to friends, neighbors and co-workers. So lets all do our best to make this evening a success. Students don’t forget to purchase a ticket for yourself (or have your parents purchase it for you).
UNSOLD TICKETS MUST BE RETURNED!
E-mail cshsbandbooster@gmail.com if you have any questions.
Continue reading part 2 of this article by clicking here.
Our next fundraiser coming up is our Pancake Breakfast where you will be able to enjoy a delicious breakfast of pancakes and sausage served to you by members of our band council. Pancakes are “ALL YOU CAN EAT”
Saturday, January 31st
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Chili’s
1150 West Nasa Road 1
Webster, TX 77598
Chili’s has generously donated their restaurant to allow us to host this event, they have also donated a chef to make the pancakes.
The tickets for this event are being sold by the band students and are $10. Two tickets were distributed to the students to sell on Thursday, January 16th and any students who need additional tickets can get them from the directors. All money and any unsold tickets need to be returned by Monday, January 26th.
As with many of the other fundraisers that we do, we can raise the most funds if tickets are sold to not only your own family but also to friends, neighbors and co-workers. So lets all do our best to make this morning a success. Students don’t forget to purchase a ticket for yourself (or have your parents purchase it for you).
UNSOLD TICKETS MUST BE RETURNED! E-mail cshsbandbooster@gmail.com if you have any questions.
This past Saturday Kunqian Li participated in the Texas Music Educators Association Area F Band Auditions. Area F encompasses all of southeast Texas from the Texas/Louisiana state line over to Katy ISD and all the way south to Brazosport ISD. He is one of only two bass clarinetists selected to represent the area when the All-State students convene at the TMEA Clinic/Convention in San Antonio in February. Less than 1% of the students who begin the audition process earn a place in this prestigious organization.
Please help us congratulate Kunqian on this tremendous accomplishment as he is the first Charger to make the All-State Band! (The previous Springs All-State students started at Creek and moved to Springs when the school opened.)
