Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Grade Band and Music
Sing Songs and play springtime music games

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

Wednesday - Watch slideshow of band and choir all year.

Thursday and Friday - Sing songs

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

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

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.

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.

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

Draw and color an animal and make it part of a musical
instrument and name it for extra credit in class
SIXTH GRADE BAND

Scale warmups
Tests on A Flat Concert and B Flat Concert Scales
Chorale

Sightreading

Tech book skills
Solo - Sawmill Creek

Contest Music - Perfect
Early Bird March
Coldwater Creek

More Songs to Play
Rhythm X
Five Note Concerto
This Rockin’ Band
Drumania
Gallant March

New Songs to Learn
Rocky Top

SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE BAND

Scale warmups
Chorale
Childhood Hymn
Slow section on Winterwinds

Tuneups

Solos - Rondo and Hunter’s Chorus

Songs to Perfect for Contest
Honor Roll March
Midnight Escape
WinterWinds
Thunder Bay Legend

New Songs to Learn
Elvis
In the Mood

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Attention all 6th, 7th, and 8th grade band and choir members. There are practices this week before and after school.
Monday, today, after school is for Sixth Grade Concert Band
Tuesday after school is for Honor Band followed by Garbage Band
Wednesday morning before school for the Red Devil Concert Choir at 7:29 AM in the choir room
Thursday after school is for Honor Band followed by Jazz Band
There is NO practice after school on Friday.

Six Flags Trip Packets are out. If you haven’t gotten yours yet, please check Mr. Lane’s blog or email. The price is the same as last year, $315 per student and $50 for chaperones. All money and forms are due no later than Friday, March 14th. Chaperones are taken on a first come first serve basis as they pay their $50 fee. The Six Flags Trip is open for all band and choir members, grades 6, 7, and 8. There are a few copies of the Six Flags Trip Packet in the bandroom.

McDonald bucks are available. See Ms. Ward to get yours today.

Parents, please remember, Six Flags Trip forms and money are due no later than Friday, March 14th. Please make your checks payable to GMS Band.

Upcoming Concerts. Please mark your calenders.

Mar. 8 - Playing For the Cure Concert at White Station Middle School benefitting the American Cancer Society - GMS Honor Band
Mar. 11 - Sixth Grade Concert Band at Concert
Festival at Ridgeway Middle
Mar. 12 - Honor Band at Concert Festival at
Ridgeway Middle

SIXTH GRADE GENERAL MUSIC

Theory
Write more music - three measures
Add clef and time signature and eighth notes

Songs to Sing:
Black History Songs and Patriotic Songs from books

Draw and color an animal and make it part of a musical
instrument and name it for extra credit in class
SIXTH GRADE BAND

Scale warmups
Chorale

Tech book skills
Solo - Sawmill Creek

New songs:
Five Note Concerto
Rhythm X
Early Bird March
Coldwater Creek
This Rockin’ Band

SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE BAND

Scale warmups
Chorale
Childhood Hymn
Slow section on Winterwinds

Sightreading - Thunder Bay Legend

Solos - Rondo and Hunter’s Chorus

Songs to Perfect:
Honor Roll March
Midnight Escape
WinterWinds
Extreme

Playing Tests this week on Winterwinds

Pencil Tests and Measure Test on Winderwinds

Name Tag Test this week

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Congratulations to all of our GMS Band members that participated in the Overton Honor Band last Saturday. After only 3 hours of rehearsal on Saturday morning they played an AWESOME Concert on Saturday afternoon. Congratulations to these band members.
Abbie Hicks Chigozie Akah Jenni Christie
Kendall Mckee Chris Esposito Neal Lathem
Kaitlyn Smith Jon Roberts Heather Yeomans
Kathryn Dixon Corrie Dew Ian Schranze
Andrew Flanigan Daniel Babian Kyriunna Harris
Lauren Dyer Stephanie Hines John Paul Sloan
Gerald Thornton Jacob Irvine Greg Weatherford
Arlann Robinson Hayley Barr Areej Itayem
Rebecca Fong Daniel Thorpe Tiara Green Bennett Chappell Kristen Mullen Octavious Dean
Practice Schedule for the Week of February 18th
T - Red Devil Concert Choir Altos at 7:29 AM
T - Honor Band after school followed by the
Garbage Band
W - Red Devil Concert Choir at 7:29 AM
Th - Red Devil Concert Choir Boys at 7:29 AM
Th - Honor Band after school
F - Jazz Band

There will be Pencil Tests and Winterwind Measures numbered in class all this week for the 7th and 8th grade band members.

There will be playing tests this week for all 7th and 8th grade band members on Winterwinds.

There will be playing tests this week for all 6th grade band members on Coldwater Creek.

All band members are required to practice no less than 90 minutes a week as part of their grade.

Six Flags Trip Packets are out. If you haven’t gotten yours yet, please check Mr. Lane’s blog or email. The price is the same as last year, $315 per student and $50 for chaperones. All money and forms are due no later than Friday, March 14th. Chaperones are taken on a first come first serve basis as they pay their $50 fee. The Six Flags Trip is open for all band and choir members, grades 6, 7, and 8. There are a few copies of the Six Flags Trip Packet in the bandroom.

McDonald bucks are available. See Ms. Ward to get yours today.

Upcoming Concerts. Please mark your calenders.

Feb. 29 - GMS Cultural Diversity Program
Jazz Band, Honor Band, and Red Devil
Concert Choir
Mar. 8 - Playing For the Cure Concert at White Station Middle School benefitting the American Cancer Society - GMS Honor Band
Mar. 11 - Sixth Grade Concert Band at Concert
Festival at Ridgeway Middle
Mar. 12 - Honor Band at Concert Festival at
Ridgeway Middle

Sixth Grade General Music

Theory
Write more music - three measures
Add clef and time signature

Warmups
New songs to sing:
Patriotic songs and African American History
songs from the books

Discuss new projects
Draw and color an animal and make it part a musical instrument

SIXTH GRADE BAND

Teach 2 new scales to for warmups - A flat and B flat concerts
Teach first 3 rudiments to percussion

Tech # 53, 54, and 55
Solo - Sawmill Creek

New songs:
Five Note Concerto
Rhythm X
Miramar Fanfare
March
Coldwater Creek

Practice time sheets of 100 minutes are due each week as part of your child’s grade

SEVENTH GRADE BAND

Scale warmups for Honor Band

Chorale warmups

Five new rudiments
Tech # 43, 44, and 45
Solo - Rondo

New songs:
Honor Roll March
Midnight Escape
WinterWinds
Extreme
Thunder Bay Legend
Childhood Hymn

` Practice time sheets of 100 minutes are due each week as part of your child’s grade.

Honor Band Tryouts for the GMS Honor Band will be
going on throughout the month of January.

EIGHTH GRADE BAND

Scale warmups for Honor Band

Chorale warmups and breathing

Five new rudiments
Tech book

Hunter’s Chorus

New Band Songs
Honor Roll March
Midnight Escape
WinterWinds
Thunder Bay Legend
Extreme
Childhood Hymn

Practice time sheets of 100 minutes are due each week as part of your child’s grade.

Honor Band Tryouts for the GMS Honor Band will be
going on throughout the month of January.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

WOW!!!!! WOW!!!!! WOW!!!!! What a wonderful weekend at Overton and the Overton Honor Band. Congratulations to all of our members that participated. It was an AWESOME weekend although it was cut short because of the weather. I will let you know as soon as I hear anything if and when they are going to make it up. And, a very special thanks to all of you parents who helped make the Honor Band run really smoothly. Great job kids and parents.

The All West Tennessee Honor Band is this weekend at the Cannon Center in downtown Memphis. We have 5 members that will be participating. YEAHHHHH!!!!! All All West Tennessee Honor Band members will need to be in the lobby of the Cook Convention Center no later than 12:30 PM on this Thursday for registration. Rehearsals begin at 1:30 PM. You should have a schedule. If you don’t, please let me know immediately.

Practice Schedule for the Week of January 28th
M - Sixth Concert Band
M - Honor Band Concert for Brag Night
T - Honor Band followed by Garbage Band
W - Red Devil Concert Choir at 7:29 AM
Th - Honor Band
Th - All West Tennessee Honor Band begins
at 12:30 PM at the Cook Convention
Center in downtown Memphis
F - No Practice
S - All West Tennessee Honor Band Concert
at Cannon Center in downtown
Memphis at 9 AM

The Mighty Red Devil Honor Band will be performing at the GMS “BRAG NIGHT” on Monday evening, January 28th at the GMS Gym beginning at 6 PM. All Honor Band members will need to be in full uniform, no hats or gloves, and in their seats with their instrument and music no later than 5:45 PM.

All band members are required to practice no less than 90 minutes a week as part of their grade. This is going up by 20 minutes from the first semester.

Tryouts for the GMS Honor Band will continue throughout the month of January. Slots are filling up quickly. Play your music for Mr. Lane or Ms. Ward to get your spot in the GMS Honor Band. The required music is Winterwinds.

Six Flags Packets are out. If you haven’t gotten yours yet, please check Mr. Lane’s blog or email. The price is the same as last year, $315 per student and $50 for chaperones. Chaperones are taken on a first come first serve basis as they pay their $50 fee. The Six Flags Trip is open for all band and choir members, grades 6, 7, and 8.

1. All Honor Band, Jazz Band, and Red Devil Concert Choir members are eligible to make the Six Flags trip. Members of the Sixth Grade Concert Band, colorguard, and banner carriers will also be eligible to make the trip on a first come, first serve basis. The cost of the trip is $315.00 per student. All money, permission forms, medical forms, and t - shirt order forms for the trip are due no later than Friday, March 14th.

2. All Honor Band members, Jazz Band members and Red Devil Concert Choir members to be able to particpate in the trip must:
Attend all Honor Band, Jazz Band and Red Devil Choir rehearsals
Play or sing their music satisfactorily for Mr. Lane or Ms. Ward
Display proper behavior at all times
Attend a mandatory parent / student meeting for the trip

Parents will be contacted if a member is in jeopardy of being
removed from the trip.

3. All band and choir members will be assigned a chaperone and must stay with their chaperone at all times during the trip. Chaperones must pay a $50 non-refundable fee to be eligible to make the trip. We will stay at the Comfort Inn Suites - Northlake in Atlanta on Friday and Saturday nights, April 25th and 26th. Chaperones will room two to a room next door to the student’s rooms, where there will be three to four students to a room..

4. All students and chaperones must wear their Mighty Red Devil band or choir t - shirt at all times during the trip, including all three days. A t - shirt order form can be found at the end of this letter, or give Mrs. Christie a call at 754 - 6051 to order one.

5. We will be taking 4 buses chartered by Crown Coach in Memphis. Roll will be called each time students re-enter the buses.

6. Parents and students must attend a mandatory parent and student meeting for the trip which will be Tuesday afternoon, April 22nd at 4:15 PM or 6:30 PM in the GMS Cafeteria. If parents and students are not present for the meeting, your student will not be permitted to participate in the trip. Chaperones must attend a mandatory chaperone meeting following the parent and student meeting.

7. The complete schedule for the trip can be found at the end of this letter.
8. The use of alcohol, tobacco, the possession of illegal drugs, and / or shoplifting are not permitted any time during the trip. The breaking of these rules will result in automatic dismissal from any other band or choir school sponsored activity and you will be turned over to Mr. Joy for further consequences according to Shelby County School rules. This is a school field trip. Mr. Lane and Ms. Ward are responsible for all of the students on this trip. The use of alcoholic beverages will not be permitted by the adults and adults should go elsewhere to smoke.

9. Appropriate school dress code must be maintained at all times. School dress code rules will apply for the entirety of the trip, and the red band and choir t - shirts must be worn at all times.

10. All money, permission forms, and medical forms for the trip will be due no later than Friday, March 14th along with the $315 trip fee. There will be NO refunds due to the fact that the money has been used to pay for the buses and the entry fees. Chaperone fees of $50 each are also due no later than Friday, March 14th.

11. Parents must turn in a complete medical form for their child no later than Friday, March 14th or your student will not be permitted to attend. All medicines that need to be administered to your child during the trip must be given to your child’s chaperone on the morning of the trip. Medicines must be in a prescription bottle and placed in a plastic baggie with instructions about how often the medications should be given to your child. Chaperones will administer the medicines to your child. The medical form and permission form are included at the end of this letter. Please fill out both forms in their entirety.

12. Parents checking out their children to keep them in Atlanta should do so with Mr. Lane only. The time to check out your child will be after we have reloaded the buses at 7:00 PM on Saturday evening, April 26th. Mr. Lane will have you sign a release for your child.

We are looking forward to a great trip. We have a wonderful trip planned with many activities for you and your child. Our trip is being planned this year by Todd Simpson with Crown Coach. If you have any questions, please give me a call at 647 - 0943.

John Lane / Jill Ward

SIX FLAGS TRIP COSTS
(per student)

Round Trip Luxury Motorcoach Transportation with Crown Coach
Two Nights accommodations at the Comfort Suites - Northlake
Security Guards at the hotel each night
Group dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe in Atlanta (group set menu)
Group dinner at the Ryan’s Steakhouse in Atlanta
Group visit to the World of Coke
Group visit to the CNN Studio Tour
Group admission to the Tennessee State Aquarium
Breakfast on trip to Atlanta provided
Lunch on trip back to Memphis provided
Participation and Admission - Six Flags Park and Music Festival

Total Student Fee $315.00

Festival and Park Entrance Fee
paid by Booster Club

Total Fee Per Student $315.00

Chaperones: $50 each

All students and chaperones will need to bring money for lunch at the CNN Center Food Court upon arrival in Atlanta on Friday, April 25th.

TENTATIVE
SIX FLAGS TRIP SCHEDULE

Friday, April 25th, 2008

5:00 AM - Loading of buses - Mr. Lane arrives at GMS
Parents give medications needing to be
administered to their child to chaperone in
prescription bottle - prescription bottle should
be placed in a plastic baggie with instructions
on administering medication
5:30 AM - Buses leave GMS for Atlanta
8:00 AM - Breakfast served on buses
1:30 PM - Arrive at the CNN Center in Atlanta
Chaperones and students will need to bring
money for lunch at the CNN Center Food Court
2:30 PM - CNN Studio Tour and World of Coke Tour
6:00 PM - Reload buses and head to Ryan’s Steakhouse for dinner
8:15 PM - Reload buses and depart for Comfort Suites - Northlake
8:45 PM - Arrive Comfort Suites - Chaperones see lead chaperones
for room keys and escort students to room
9:00 PM - Students in rooms and chaperones in room next door.
Students doors must be left propped open until
lights out. No boys allowed in girls rooms and no
girls allowed in boys rooms. STUDENTS MAY NOT LEAVE FLOOR OF HOTEL UNLESS ACCOMPANIED BY A CHAPERONE.
10:00 PM - Lights out in motel - Room check by Mr. Lane and Ms.
Ward - Security guards come on duty

On the first day students will need money for lunch in CNN Food Court and will need money for snacks and souvenirs while in the CNN Studio Tour and the World of Coke Tour. Students will stay with their chaperones at all times in the Food Court, the CNN Studio Tour and the World of Coke Tour.

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

6:30 AM - Wake up calls begin
7:00 AM - Deluxe Continental Breakfast for Group 1
7:30 AM - Deluxe Continetnal Breakfast for Group 2
8:00 AM - Deluxe Continental Breakfast for Group 3
Students must come to breakfast with Chaperone
9:00 AM - Load buses iin Full Concert Attire and head to Music
Festival in Douglassville, GA. Students will need to bring with them clothes to change into after the Music Festival to wear while in the Park.
10:00 AM - Six Flags Music Festival
12:05 PM - Reload buses and head for Six Flags Park
5:00 PM - Attend Awards Ceremony in the park
7:00 PM - Reload buses and head for dinner at Hard Rock Cafe
(group set menu)
9:00 PM - Reload buses and head for Comfort Suites - Northlake
10:00 PM - LIghts out in motel - Room check by Mr. Lane and Ms.
Ward - Security guards come on duty

On the second day students will only need money for lunch and souvenirs while in the Park and souvenirs at the Hard Rock Cafe.

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

6:30 AM - Wake up calls begin
7:00 AM - Deluxe Continental Breakfast for Group 3
7:30 AM - Deluxe Continental Breakfast for Group 2
8:00 AM - Deluxe Continental Brreakfast for Group 1
Students must come to breakfast with Chaperone
8:30 AM - Reload buses and begin trip back to Memphis
11:30 AM - Arrive at Tennessee State Aquarium in Chattanooga
Tour aquarium and meet for lunch on Terrace at
12:45 PM
1:30 PM - Reload buses and make trip back to Memphis
6 PM - Arrive at GMS in Memphis and unload buses

Germantown Middle School Band Emergency Medical Treatment Permit
and Travel Permission Slip

(please fill out completely)

I hereby give permission for my child, ___________________________
(student’s name)
to participate in the 2008 Germantown Middle School Band and Choir Spring Trip to Six Flags over Georgia taking place April 25th, April 26th and April 27th, 2008. I understand and agree Shelby County Board of Education, Germantown Middle School, its band director and chaperones shall not be nor later become liable or responsible in any way in conjuction with services, for any death, damage, delay or irregularity which may occur while participating in this school sponsored activity. I trust the judgement of the Director/Chaperones in regards to my child’s compliance with the trip schedule, regulations, and rules. I further agree to abide by the Director’s decision to terminate my child’s trip because of his or her failure to comply with either the schedule or the regulations and rules.

Also, in case of emergency, I hereby give my consent for a qualified licensed physician to perform any medical or surgical procedures she/he deems necessary to the welfare of my student while participating in this school sponsored activity. I hereby give permission to the trip chaperones to administer prescription medications and Tylenol during the trip. It is understood that the band director/chaperones and the medical personnel will make every attempt to contact parents, guardians, or emergency contacts prior to taking emergency medical actions. Further, this authorization permits said physician to hospitalize, secure appropriate consultations, order injections, blood transfusions, anesthesia (local, general or both) or surgery for this student if such emergency conditions warrant. The undersigned accepts full financial responsibility for all medical services rendered.

This authorization permit shall be effective on April 25th, April 26th, and April 27th, 2008.

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Student’s signature

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Parent’s/Guardian’s signature

_____Yes, I will be keeping my child at Six Flags Over Atlanta and I will check my child out with Mr. Lane on Saturday evening, April 27th at 7 PM after the buses have been reloaded.

GERMANTOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND MEDICAL INFORMATION
(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE INFORMATION)

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Student’s Name (Area Code) Parent Work Phone Number

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Address Person to Contact in Case of Emergency

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City, State, Zip (Area Code) Emergency Phone for Above

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Home Phone Number Family Physician’s Name and Phone Number

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Parent’s Cell Phone Numbers Student’s Date of Birth

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Parent/Guardian’s Name(s) Medical Insurance Company

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Parent/Guardian’s Address(s) Insurance Policy Holder Group No.

Note: All parents with children taking prescription medications are required to turn their child’s medications into their chaperone on the morning of the trip. Medications must be in the prescription bottle placed inside a baggie with instructions included about how often the medication should be administered. The only exceptions are Insulin, Bronchial Inhalers, and Bee Sting Medication. Chaperones will be admiinistering the medications to your student.

Current Medications: Dosage:

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Allergies, allergic reactions, allergic reactions to medications:____________

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Major surgery within the past year:__________________________________________

Acute or chronic medical conditions:_________________________________________

Physical conditions that limit recreational activities:______________________

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Special dietary needs:_______________________________________________________