Virginia Tech Honor Band Clinic

December 4th, 2008

Congratulations to the following students for being selected to participate in the 2009 Virginia Tech Honor Band Clinic in January:

Laura Price-Flute

Christina Reid-Clarinet

Lilly Sum-Clarinet

Shanika Washington-Bass Clarinet

Aaron Dixon-Euphonium

Ed Knack-Tuba

Winthrop Invitational Band Clinic

October 21st, 2008

Congratulations to Ed Knack and Laura Price for being selected to particpate in the 2008 Winthrop Invitational Band Clinic.  We are all very proud of you!

Brassline Wins!

October 17th, 2008

Congratulations to our very own Ed Knack, Lionel Parker, Jared Duke, Chris Parker and Arron Dixon (better known as BRASSLINE) for winning the 2008 Vance High School Talent Show!  Obviously Vance Brass Rocks!  Way to go V-Co!

Superior

October 4th, 2008

Congratulations to the Marching Cougars on their Superior rating at the Lord Salisbury Band Classic at Catawba College today! Details, pictures, etc. as I get them. Special thanks, too, to Dee and all the folks she brought in to help.

V-Co? You know. Nice job, folks.

Amazon Associates

September 11th, 2008

I’m still haven’t found the time to put the pretty icon up here yet, but you can support the Vance HS Band by using this link (
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/vancehighscho-20)
to shop at amazon.com. No cost to you, so it’s more free money.

Edit: Fixed the broken link. Sorry about that.

Reminders: Booster Meeting Thursday the 11th, Fruit starting 12th

September 5th, 2008

Just a reminder that we’ll have a booster meeting in the band room, 7pm, Thursday September 11. I’ll have (and post) an agenda before then. If you have anything you’d like included, please drop me a line at president@vanceband.org.

Fruit Sales run Saturday, September 13 through Wednesday, September 24. Materials will be distributed Friday the 12th and will be available early at the booster meeting.

Connect Your Food Lion MVP Card

August 19th, 2008

More free money. Please go to the Register MVP Cards site and sign-up. Lowe’s is coming as soon as I can figure out their system and site.

By the way, if your keyring or wallet is at critical mass with the things, visit Just One Club Card.

Re-Connect Your Harris Teeter VIC Card

August 14th, 2008

It’s time to relink your HT VIC card to the Together In Education (TIE) program. Use code 5418 for the Band Boosters. Free, easy money!

Calendar Updates

July 29th, 2008

The football, competition, and academic schedule dates have all been included in the Band Calendar. Individual entries will be updated with more detail as it becomes available.

Band Forms, etc. for 2008-09

July 21st, 2008

Please see links below. All files are PDFs. Drop me an email if you run into trouble downloading them.

Marching Band Handbook and Forms
Emergency Contact and Medical Information Form
Letter to Incoming Marchers
Marching Band Enrollment Form