Lourdes High School Music Department

Information about first Football Game Friday night September 3, 2010

All students need to have a lyre prior to Friday’s football game.  Lyre’s can be purchased at Welhaven Music.  Students should wear pep band shirts when not in uniform.  If you have not received your pep band shirt yet, wear purple.  Shirts should arrive the first week of school.

RCTC Stadium

5:00 PM-6:00 PM                  Practice at RCTC.  Please be dressed in bibbers, T-shirt and marching band shoes

6:00-6:20 PM                         Get something to eat or eat your sack lunch.                 

6:20 PM                                  Meet with your sections for a quick tuning (section leaders:  please                                                                                            have tuner with you or make sure someone is responsible for tuning)

6:30 PM                                  Be ready sitting in stands for Pep Band

6:40 PM                                  Play pre-game music, schools songs and Star Spangled Banner right before start of game.  We will plan to play Final Countdown, Land of 1000 Dances, Championship,    Manhattan, Hey Baby, and Big Noise before the game, Lourdes School Song, “Minnesota Rouser”(Pine Island School Song) and the Star Spangled Banner.

7:00 PM                                  Game starts.  Students need to sit with Band in Pep Band area.                                                                                 Please be ready with the school song for touchdowns.

End of First Quarter:            Put on jackets….get into full uniform.  Meet with sections to                                                                                                           warm-up and tune

Half-time:                               Performance

End of game:                         Play school song and load all equipment and uniforms in trailer. Read the rest of this entry »

The 2010 Lourdes High School Marching Band Show audio resources/mp3s are now available. Staff have compiled these audio clips to help you learn your drill, music, and set changes. All band students should take advantage of this valuable resource. Click on the Scheherazade mp3 link in the left hand column under “Pages.” We will update the audio section often so keep an eye (and an ear) open for changes.

Greetings,

Congratulations to the Lourdes High School Marching Band on a successful band camp.  The students made great strides towards an exciting 2010 Marching Band Show. 

Let’s keep the momentum going through the rest of the season!

A reminder that practices continue through the months of August and September.  Check the website often.  www.lhsmusic.org

Wednesday Aug. 18       5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Saturday Aug. 21           9:00 AM – 1:00 PM with a leadership corps meeting following practice.

Wednesday Aug. 25       5:00 PM – 8:00 PM.

Saturday Aug. 28           9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Monday Aug. 30            5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

*Wed. Sept. 1               5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

*Mandatory, no excused absences (we have our judges Mr. Dufault and Mr. Haugen coming in to work with the band).

Friday Sept 3                 5:00 PM  1^st Football Game of the year at RCTC

Saturday Sept 4             9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

…these are the upcoming rehearsals.  More are listed on the calendar.

A reminder that if a student must miss rehearsal, Mr. Mangan needs an Absence Form (found in the left hand column on the website) as soon as possible.  All band students are required to attend the mandatory band rehearsal on Sept. 1^st.

Parking Passes are ready for band students.  Mr. Mangan will bring the passes to practice this Wednesday.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact Mr. Mangan via email or phone.

Enjoy the final days of summer and we look forward to an exciting and eventful band year!

Greetings Everyone,

 I hope your summer is going well.  We are gearing up for our 2010 season.  Please read carefully through the following information pertaining to the Lourdes High School Marching Band.  Click on the header to view the entire document.

 Drill is ready for pick-up 

 All students are expected to pick-up drill outside of the band room door prior to band camp.  Please note the Lourdes High School summer hours for pick-up times.  Also, section leaders will be setting up sectionals this week to demonstrate how to make dot books.  Students will use dot books during band camp

UPDATE!!  New Band Members and Leadership Corps

Leadership and New Band Members Practice has been changed on Thursday July 29, 2010 from 12:00-2:00 to 10:00-12:00.  All leadership and new band members are required to be there.

Leadership will have a meeting following the practice from 12:00 PM-1:00 PM.   All leadership members are required to attend the meeting. 

Tuesday’s practice does not change.  Please check the website calendar for more info. www.lhsmusic.org

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Due to the Mass for a LHS student undergoing surgery for cancer, the schedule for Wednesday’s practice has changed.

We will practice at Holy Spirit from 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Please note the excerpt from the Lourdes Principal’s email below that was sent out to the RCS Community…

“Dear Rochester Catholic Schools Community,

We will gather as a community on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at St. John the
Evangelist Church at 8:30 am for a Mass of Healing for Lourdes student…”

If there are any questions, please feel free to contact Mr. Mangan or Mr. Donlon.

Greetings Everyone!

The Rochesterfest Parade is this Friday and the students have done a great job preparing for this annual event.   Click on the link below to view the itinerary.  Parents, please go through the schedule with your student.  A reminder that LHS Marching Band students will also be attending the awards ceremony following the parade.  Food will be provided to students by the Rochesterfest Committee

RochesterFest Information 2010

A big thank you goes out to the Lourdes High School Marching Band students and all of those folks who helped out with the Memorial Day Parade. From taking care of uniforms, to planning, to water-crew, to video taping, to hauling equipment, to supporting your student and getting them where they needed to be, to all of the things left unsaid; these are what make Lourdes a great place to be. It is because of the community that our band program is what it is.

Greetings Everyone,

The Memorial Day Parade is just around the corner. The Lourdes High School Marching Band is a part of a cycle to serve our community by being the host band of Rochesterfest and marching in the Memorial Day parade. Thanks to all students and parents for your efforts in supporting our city and especially our veterans. As a music department we feel this is a great opportunity for us to be a part of something that is important in our world. American Fantasy and Tribute to America should be memorized for this parade and Rochesterfest parade in June.
Click on the following link to view the Uniform and Itinerary Information for the Memorial Day Parade:
Memorial Day Uniform and Itinerary Information