We look forward to seeing you this evening! A reminder that dinner is served at 7 with pictures/mingling beginning at 6:15. The hotel is the DFW Marriott North 8440 Freeport Parkway Irving, TX 75063.

The 2014-2015 leadership packet is now available for download. Please be sure to read the packet in its entirety and pay attention to all sessions that pertain to you and deadlines to meet. Good luck!

We are now accepting orders for this year's memory book. Jennifer Klein has been working hard creating a band "yearbook" that you can keep to help remember everything special about this year! The cost is $25 and orders are due by May 15. Download an order form and place it in the band hall drop safe along with payment to reserve your copy today!

We are offering the chance to purchase ads for the spring program again! Don't pass up the opportunity to purchase space in the spring concert program to send a personal message to your student, the directors, private lesson teachers, etc.!

Four sizes are available:  Full-page ($100), Half-page ($50) and Quarter-page ($25), and Personal ($10).

Please send your message to programs@fmhsband.org, NO LATER THAN Monday, May 5.  If you are purchasing a half- or full-page ad, you may also include a digital photo.

Please download an order form, include "spring program ad" as the notation on your check, place it in an envelope and deposit it in the safe in the band hall.

Interested in dancing, learning some new skills and making new friends? If so, colorguard may be the perfect group for you! Tryouts this year will take place next Monday, April 21 through Thursday, April 24 5:30-8:30 p.m. and will begin in the band hall. No prior experience is necessary and all are welcome. Be sure to wear comfortable clothing and tennis shoes.

Thursday evening, April 11, we had an informational meeting for all incoming Freshman parents to discuss the logistics of how band at Flower Mound High School works. If you were unable to attend the meeting, we have the information in both a quicktime movie and a PDF file. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us. We look forward to seeing you for auditions on April 22.

The Flower Mound Colorguard will host a "Spin Clinic" at FMHS this Saturday, April 12 from 9:00am-12:30pm. The cost is $45 and includes a t-shirt, all instruction, snack, and a performance. If you think you might be interested in colorguard, come check it out; we would love to have you! Walk-ins are welcome!

The audition music for placement in the Fall 2014 concert ensembles is now available to download. Please select your instrument below to download the appropriate packet. If you have trouble accessing the audition music, please contact us. Good luck!

A note about percussion auditions:

All percussionists are placed in the same class in the fall, so auditions for percussionists are to determine their placement in the Fall drumline. We will have several “Drumline Audition Clinics" where students will receive music, info, and instruction on how to prepare for the individual audition on 5/16. Students will also be evaluated in a group playing environment.  We will have clinicians in to work with the students and separated into instrument groupings based on their specialties (I.e. Snare, Quad, Bass, and Front Ensemble).  Students may feel free to come and go between instrument sections based on what they want to learn and try out for.  These clinics are not required and will not affect the students' grades however, the better attendance a student has, the more prepared they will likely be for their drumline audition.  Best of luck!

All clinics are from 4:30-7:00 p.m.
Mon 4/21 – Drumline Audition Clinic
Wed 4/23 – Drumline Audition Clinic
Wed 4/30 – Drumline Audition Clinic
Mon 5/5   – Drumline Audition Clinic
Wed 5/7   – Drumline Audition Clinic
Mon 5/12 – Drumline Audition Clinic
Wed 5/14 – Drumline Audition Clinic
Fri 5/16 – 2014 FMHS Drumline Auditions

Alternately, you can visit this link to make reservations: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dFFpQkE4OHFSXzB5dWlRTWxHNG5MT0E6MA

The colorguard's annual taco dinner and show will take place in the FMHS cafeteria on March 27 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 with discounted tickets for Seniors over 65, $8, and children under 10, $5. It will be catered by Cristina’s Fine Mexican Restaurant. Tickets are available through guard members or at the door starting at 6:30pm. We hope to see you there!

Spring Trip T-shirt orders are due Friday, March 21. If you lost your order form, additional forms can be downloaded here.

If you are the parent of a current 8th grade student and were unable to attend any of our parent information meetings, that information is now available for you to view online. You can view the information as either a movie (quicktime format) or as a PDF. If you have questions, please feel free to contact us. Additionally, we have a flyer with upcoming important dates of which you will want to be aware. We look forward to seeing you at the high school soon!

Congratulations to both Winterguards for a great showing this past Saturday at the NTCA Lewisville contest. The "A" guard finished 2nd place in the Scholastic A class and the "Open" guard finished 1st in the Scholastic Open class. Great job girls!

Our booster club historian is working hard on the second annual Band Memory Book.  To help offset the cost, we will be accepting advertisements.  If you have a local business this is a great way to get your information into the hands of hundreds of families!  You can download the information here. Please email Jennifer Klein with any questions.