OHS Band Weekly Updates 7/11/16

Hello everyone,

We hope you are able to enjoy the week off from marching band. Here are the announcements for this week.

Fitness Homework Since we do not have rehearsal this week, it’s strongly recommended that everyone repeats this assignment three times this week.

C25K – (28 minutes)

Brisk walk - 5 Minutes Alternate jogging 3 minutes, walking 1.5 minutes, jogging 5 minutes, walking 2.5 minutes, jogging 3 minutes, walking 1.5 minutes, and jogging 5 minutes

Cool down walk - 5 minutes

Core

Plank or superman for 1 minute, 1 minute rest, plank or superman for 1 minute

Bridge for 1 minute, 1 minute rest, bridge for 1 minute

Bicycle crunches 3 sets of 10

Stanford Good Ole Days Parade

The Stanford Parade is on Saturday, July 16. If you are riding the bus, we will load the trailer at 12:45 and leave at 1:00. If you are meeting us in Stanford, we will meet at the intersection of School and Armstrong at 1:15. The parade starts at 2:00 and we should finish around the old grade school at 2:30. Students who rode the bus to the parade but are not riding back to school should be signed out by a parent/guardian by 2:45. We should return to Olympia by 3:00. Students are expected to help unload the trailer and put everything away before leaving.

Band Camp Information

Band Camp is next week! There is a lot of information to go over with everyone. Instead of putting it all here, we have created a Google Drive Folder. You can find a Band Camp Introduction Letter, schedule for both weeks, the procedures for dinner, and a flyer for our Friends and Family Potluck/Preview. The folder can be accessed by clicking here. Please be sure to read through everything!

Parent Help – URGENT

We need parent help!

Urgent/Immediate needs:

1. We still have a few spots for staff meals that need to be filled. You can sign up by clicking here.

2. We need a couple of parents to assist with uniform fittings. If you are willing/interested in helping, contact Allison Spracklen at allison.spracklen@olympia.org.

3. Pizza party coordinator for the Friday of band camp.

4. Potluck coordinator for the end of band camp.

“Romeo and Juliet”

A good portion of band students are involved with an abridged version of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”. This will be performed on Wednesday, July 13 at 6:00 PM on the lawn of Ewing Manor in Normal. The performance is free. The Illinois Shakespeare Festival will perform “Peter and the Starcatcher” at 7:30 PM. Tickets for this performance are available at the ISF website: Illinoisshakes.com. Tickets will be discounted for friends and family of the Olympia School District.

QotW

“Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good.” - Malcolm Gladwell

MotW

Students are great imitators, so give them something great to imitate!

As always, please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

Thanks!

Kyle Brubaker

Director of Bands

Olympia Middle/High School