RedDevilBandandChoir

LESSON PLANS
FOR
WEEK OF APRIL 21ST

SIXTH GRADE GENERAL MUSIC

Songs to Sing:
Fun songs from books to sing
Lean
We Are the World
Give a Little Love
One Tin Soldier
Go My Son

Song Sheet
Seasons of Love
Purple People Eater
Deep and Wide
This Little Light of Mine
School Is Coming To An End
You’re Beautiful To Me
Abcdef

Extra Credit in Music - Make a musical instrument.
SIXTH GRADE BAND

Scale warmups
Tests on A Flat Concert and B Flat Concert Scales
Another New Scale - C Concert
Chorale

Spring Concert Music
Early Bird March
Coldwater Creek
Rhythm X
Five Note Concerto
This Rockin’ Band
Drumania
Gallant March
Gypsydance

The GMS Band and Choir Spring Concert will be Monday night, May 5th, at 6:30 PM at the Germantown Performing Arts Center on Exeter Road. Make plans now to attend. Here the Sixth Grade Concert Band and the Sixth Grade Superstars.

SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE BAND

Scale warmups - A Flat, B Flat, C and D Concerts
Another New Scale - G Concert
Chorale
Tuneups
More Chorale

Songs to Perfect for Contest
Honor Roll March
WinterWinds
Extreme
Rocky Top
Midnight Escape
Elvis

ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR
WEEK OF APRIL 21ST

Here is our practice schedule for the week of April 21st:
M - Jazz Band after school
T - Six Flags Concert Choir at 7:29 AM in the choir room
T - Six Flags Honor Band after school in the bandroom until 4:15 PM
T - Six Flags MANDATORY Trip Meeting at 4:30 PM or 6 PM - All students and their parent must be present to be eligible to participate in the trip
W - Red Devil Concert Choir rehearsal at 7:29 AM in the choir room
Th - Six Flags Concert Choir at 7:29 AM in the choir room
Th - Six Flags Honor Band after school followed by Jazz Band
F - Six Flags Trip - Buses will begin being loaded at 5 AM

Attention all Sixth Grade Concert Band members. There will be NO practice after school for the week of April 21st.

Attention all band and choir members and parents. The MANDATORY Six Flags Trip Meeting will be Tuesday afternoon, April 22nd, at 4:30 PM or 6 PM in the GMS Cafeteria. All members participating in the trip MUST be present with their parent to be eligible to make the trip.

Attention all Honor Band members and Red Devil Concert Choir members. Both groups will be performing for the National Junior Honor Society Induction Program on Tuesday, April 29th. The uniform of the day for both groups is full uniform, black socks and black shoes.

Red Devil Concert Choir. The WTVMEA Choir Festival will be held on Thursday, May 1st. Permission notes are due now. All choir members are with a uniform are participating. All choir members should come to school dressed in their full uniform on the morning of May 1st. Buses will leave GMS at 9 AM. The competition will be held at Colonial Middle School in Memphis.

Honor Band Parents - The Playing for the Cure Concert will be Saturday, May 3rd. All band members participating need to be at the bandroom on Saturday, May 3rd, no later than 12 noon. We should return around 3 PM. The Concert will be held at White Station Middle School. Permission notes are due now.

Parents, call all of your friends and relatives. The GMS Band and Choir Spring Concert will be Monday night, May 5th at 6:30 PM at the Germantown Performing Arts Center on Exeter Road in Germantown. Make plans now to come hear the Mighty Red Devil Honor Band, the Red Devil Concert Choir, the Sixth Grade Concert Band, and the Superstars. There will be an admission charge of $5 for adults and $3 for students. All band and choir members participating will be admitted free in their full uniform. All band and choir members should be in their seats in their designated areas no later than 6:15 PM.

Attention all Sixth Grade Concert Band members and parents. The Sixth Grade Concet Band will be in Concert performing for the 5th graders on both Wednesday, May 7th and Thursday, May 8th. They will need to come to school both days dressed in their full uniform, black pants, black socks, black shoes and the Red Devil band shirt. This also includes the full Red Devil Concert Choir. The choir uniform of the day will be their Red Devil choir shirts and their dress code pants.

Calenders of all band and choir activites have been passed out to your children. Please ask them for the calender.

Band uniform turn in day and school instrument turn in day will be Monday and Tuesday, May 12th and May 13th, from 3 PM until 6 PM in the bandroom. A late fee of $10 will be charged if you don’t turn your uniform in on time.

DRUMLINE TRYOUTS for next year’s Mighty Red Devil Marching Drumline will be Monday through Friday, May 12th through May 16th from 3:15 PM until 4:30 PM each day in the bandroom.

Have a GREAT weekend. See you at the Six Flags Meeting on Tuesday.