Month: September 2023

Upcoming Parade & Travel info from Mr. Shaffer

Buckwheat Festival September 29th, 2023

Bring your uniforms to the Band room as you come into school. Be sure to have your band shoes, socks, hat and uniform. Students will wear their band shirt on the bus and under their uniforms. After you drop your uniform off, you will go to first period.

Schedule

Load bus at 9:00 Time at Fair from 10:00-1:00; Uniforms 1:00 Parade 2:00 If you want to sign your student out, you must do so after the Band finishes the parade. If you are going to sign out a student other than your child, their parents must send a note to the school prior to Sept 28th. We should be back at school by 5:30-6:00 Students are required to stay on the fairgrounds during free time. They will need money for lunch, rides, and snacks or they may bring a lunch or ask Mr. Shaffer to have the school provide a lunch.

UHS SHOWCASE OF BANDS October 9, 2023

Meet at UHS in uniform with instruments out of case @5:00pm. we will perform at 6:05. Students will be dismissed to their parents after the show.

UHS HOMECOMING PARADE October 10th, 2023 on High street.

Buckwheat Festival Sept 29

MMS Marching band will be performing in the Preston County Buckwheat Festival on September 29th. Busses will depart the middle school around 9am and return around 5:30 pm.

  • Students should bring uniforms/instruments/equipment to school with them on Friday morning. Bring them to the band room as you come to school then go to first period
    • Band T-shirts should be worn to school the day of the buckwheat festival
    • Uniform pants, uniform jacket should be in garment bag and black socks, black Dinkles shoes in a grocery bag hanging on a hanger and helmet. ( Uniforms will be handed out soon)
    • Majorettes should bring their uniform as decided by their instructor.
    • Students will need money for lunch, games, snacks & rides

If you wish to take your child with you after the parade, you will need to meet the band at the buses, retrieve your child’s items from the bus, and SIGN OUT with Mr. Shaffer. If you plan to sign out a student other than your child, that student’s parents/guardians must send in a note to Mr. Shaffer by September 25, 2022.

Itinerary:

  • 9:00 a.m. Load bus at Mountaineer Middle School.
  • 1:00 p.m. Lineup for parade.
  • 2:00 p.m. Parade
  • 5:30 p.m. (approximately) Return to Mountaineer Middle School. (return time will depend upon our placement in the parade.

For more information regarding the Buckwheat Festival go to: Buckwheat Festival

MMS Marching Band Fees for 2023/24 School Year

To limit fundraisers for band, Mountaineer asks each student to pay fees each school year:

  • Band fee for general operation.  (ONLY ONE for each family)
  • Uniform rental to clean and care for the band uniforms.
  • Charter fee to cover the higher cost of a charter bus when needed.
  • Percussion fee. (This is for drummers only.)

IF FOR ANY REASON THIS IS A HARDSHIP, let Mr. Shaffer know, and we can work things out to keep students in the program.

Please return this form with a check made payable to “MMS Band Boosters” to Mr. Shaffer by September 28th.

Thank you.

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