First, let me say how proud I am of both of your performances this weekend. Your first run of the show on Friday night was AMAZING!!! You had the crowd engrossed in your performance and you could tell that you were having fun! I know you were hot and miserable in uniform both Friday night and Saturday, but every single one of you did an amazing job. Thank you for being patient and not complaining (too much) about being hot. Saturday's parade in Perry was short and sweet. Once again, you left an impact on the crowd and they thoroughly enjoyed watching and listening to you perform!

If you plan to take your uniform to be dry cleaned, which I would highly recommend, it MUST be taken to Duffy's Dry Clean City in Stillwater. It is located at approximately 6th and Western. You need to have it there by Tuesday in order to have it back in time on Friday. IF YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF STAIN OR DIRT ON YOUR UNIFORM, IT MUST BE DRY CLEANED IMMEDIATELY!

This week is a busy one with Homecoming and other things going on.

Monday - Start inside and watch video from Friday night. New drill charts will be handed out and instructions will be given for Sir Duke.  

Wednesday - ALL CHERRYDALE FARMS ORDER FORMS ARE DUE! Money is due at the time of delivery, however, if money was collected it needs to be turned in with the order. PLEASE DO NOT HOLD ANY MONEY! Check MUST be made out to P-T Band.
8:00pm - Report for Homecoming Pep Rally and Bonfire. Students should be finished no later than 8:45pm.

Thursday - Memorization playing test for "Sir Duke" is to be turned in by 9:00 pm via Google Classroom. At this point, all students should be on Google Classroom. If there are still issues, they must visit with Mrs. Hawkins ASAP!

 Friday - Due to Homecoming festivities Friday night, the band must be in the stands by 6:30. Call time for Friday night is 5:45. We will be in full uniform. Also, we will have members of the OSU Cowboy Marching Band in the stands with us. This is always a fun time for all of us, so help them out and allow them to share music. I will do my best to have some music put together for them, but not sure I will be able to do so this week.

I will make more announcements later on as necessary. Let's have a fantastic week and keep moving forward in our progress! You all amaze me every single day! :-)

This Friday's game is in Hennessey. As I had mentioned earlier, the transportation situation has hit everyone hard this year. We are going to be able to take one bus to the game. Therefore, it will only be a pep band. I hate not taking everyone, but at least we are able to get a pep band there. I am hoping in the future, we will have 2 buses available so the entire band will be able to travel.

We will load the trailer at 5:00. (Students should eat BEFORE coming to the band room.) We should return from Hennessey around 11:00 p.m. Students will wear casual uniform. 

HANDBOOK FORMS:  All handbook forms are due TOMORROW!! This includes the school instrument and percussion usage forms with payment. (If there is an issue with getting payment to me by tomorrow, please let me know.)

PLAYING TEST:  All wind and percussion players have their first playing test due on Thursday. Playing tests must be recorded and then submitted through Google Classroom. Every student has received an invitation to the HS Band Google Classroom except the 2 or 3 students who are new to the district. Videos must be recorded with the camera facing the student. Students are to play the song "Superstition" from memory and should be listening to the recording that is on the band website while playing. Percussionists will need to record their tests at school. ALL PLAYING TESTS ARE DUE BY 9:00 P.M.!! Do NOT wait until the last minute to try to record and upload! If the students have any questions, they need to talk to me. 
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Good evening! After a full day of professional development and visiting with Mrs. Carlson about some thing, I wanted to let everyone know about a couple of changes.

1. We have decided to wait until MONDAY to start our 7:30 a.m. rehearsals. 

2. Thursday and Friday will start at 8:15.

3. If you and/or your child have not made arrangements to arrive in time for the start of the 7:30 early rehearsals, that needs to happen ASAP. The buses do NOT arrive early enough. Please have your child talk to their section leader or an upper classmen. There are many students who would be willing to help out if asked!

4. I have had several questions about away games. As of right now, everything is still up in the air concerning transportation. Please leave all dates listed on the band calendar open whether it says tentative or not. Students are required to be at all performances!! Again, I will keep you posted on the issue as more information becomes available.

5. Band photos will be available soon!

Thank you all for your work and support during band camp. This is a FANTASTIC group of students with a very bright future ahead of them!

WOW! What a great week of camp with the full band! The kids have worked so hard and we have made a lot of progress in a very short amount of time. 

Here is the schedule for this week. There have been a couple of changes in the schedule this week, so please pay attention as each day is a bit different.

Monday:
8:30 a.m. - Full band meets (Football players are excused due to their practice.)

• Be dressed in your band shirt from last year. 
• Performance for Freshman camp will be around 9:00 a.m. We will probably be finished by 9:15.
• Freshman will attend the freshman camp after our performance.
• All other students will be released after the performance.

1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Full band rehearsal

Tuesday:
10:00 -12:00 - Outside marching rehearsal **THIS IS A TIME CHANGE FROM PREVIOUSLY POSTED SCHEDULE!
12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch
1:00 - 3:00 - Inside music rehearsal

Wednesday:
9:00 - 11:30 - Full Band Rehearsal **THIS IS A TIME CHANGE FROM PREVIOUSLY POSTED SCHEDULE!

Thursday: PHOTO DAY!!
8:30 - Photos begin **THIS IS A TIME CHANGE FROM PREVIOUSLY POSTED SCHEDULE!

• Students will be in full uniform for photos.
• Students need to have their marching shoes (if they already have some). We will size all other students this week to make an order.
• ALL students will need LONG, SOLID BLACK SOCKS!!! If students don't have marching shoes yet, they will simply wear their black socks for the group picture.
• Individual portraits will be taken of every student in their uniform. As soon as the images are available, I will send a link out to everyone and you can download the photos at no cost to you. 
• Football players will need to get to the band room ASAP after practice to get their photos taken. Once all individual photos are taken, we will take a large group photo.
• Once photos are finished, we will rehearse until 11:30 if there is enough time to do so.

Friday: LAST DAY OF CAMP!!
9:00 - 11:30 - Full Band Rehearsal **THIS IS A TIME CHANGE FROM PREVIOUSLY POSTED SCHEDULE!

We are ending a little earlier on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday to give students going to Tech a chance to clean up and eat lunch before their afternoon classes.

Since we don't have any activities planned for this week, we are going to have "Themed Days" to add a little fun to rehearsals.
Monday - Crazy Hat/Hair Day
Tuesday - Hawaiian Day
Wednesday - Crazy Socks Day
Thursday - 'Merica Day
Friday - Gender Bender Day

TRANSPORTATION:
As many of you may have noticed in the Perkins Journal this past week, the school district as a whole is short on bus drivers. As of right now, they are five drivers short from where they were last year. This may GREATLY impact how much the band travels to everything from football games to band contests. I honestly do not know what is going to happen yet. There are a lot of conversations going on between different people and the administration. We are monitoring the situation closely and we will keep you posted on changes that may have to be made.

Thank you all for being outstanding students, parents, and supporters of the band program. I have NO DOUBT this is going to be an INCREDIBLE YEAR!

I hope everyone is ready! The drum line and color guard have worked hard this past week. The new members of the band came in on Friday with the leadership team to work on marching fundamentals.

NOW....IT'S TIME TO GET THE BAND BACK TOGETHER!!

Schedule for this week:
Monday (8/6):
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - Uniform check-out for Seniors and Juniors: WW players
10:00  a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Outside marching practice
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Lunch (on your own) 
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Inside music rehearsal/Color Guard rehearsal

Tuesday (8/7):
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - Uniform check-out for Juniors: Brass & Percussion
10:00  a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Outside marching practice
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Lunch (on your own) 
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Inside music rehearsal/Color Guard rehearsal
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. - FUN ACTIVITY: Project Runway - Band Camp Edition
6:30 p.m. - Band Booster Meeting for all band parents

Wednesday (8/8):
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - Uniform check-out for Sophomores
10:00  a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Outside marching practice
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Lunch (on your own) 
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Inside music rehearsal/Color Guard rehearsal
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. - FUN ACTIVITY: Game Day

Thursday (8/9):
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - Uniform check-out for Freshmen: Brass & Percussion
10:00  a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Outside marching practice
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Lunch (on your own) 
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Inside music rehearsal/Color Guard rehearsal
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - FUN ACTIVITY: Movie Day (BRING SNACKS TO SHARE!)

Friday (8/10):
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - Uniform check-out for Freshmen: Woodwinds and anyone who missed check-out
10:00  a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Outside marching practice
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Lunch (on your own) 
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Inside music rehearsal/Color Guard rehearsal
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. - P-T Band Family Cookout at the Territorial Plaza

REMINDERS:
*Bring water! Stay hydrated!
*Dress appropriately for being outside in the heat.
*All students must wear lace up athletic shoes for their own safety!
*BRING SUNGLASSES AND/OR A HAT TO WEAR OUTSIDE!
*Wear sunscreen!
*Have all music ready to go in your flip folders BEFORE Monday afternoon's music rehearsal! 
*Everyone MUST have a pencil!
*Have all supplies, reeds, valve oil, etc., for your instrument to work correctly!

TRYING ON UNIFORMS:
*Wear thin athletic shorts and a t-shirt. This will make the process go MUCH faster!
*If you have long hair, it will need to be put up how you will wear it with your hat to ensure we get the correct hat size.
*Black marching shoes - Anyone needing marching shoes will be sized at some point during camp. We will make a large group order and will let you know how much shoes will be.
*Students will also need black gloves with their uniform. They will be $3.00 a pair. Please send CORRECT change on uniform day if they need gloves.

I will post more announcements as they become available. Please learn to check the website often! I also highly recommend that you sync the P-T Band calendar to your phone! It will be the most update information on dates and times during the school year!

I'm looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow!

-Mrs. Cartmell

Good afternoon!

I just wanted to touch base with everyone again before band camp begins next week. I've had several questions about
the schedule, so I am going to try to clear things up.

Monday (7/30) - Thursday (8/2): 9:00 a.m. - noon  All Percussion and Color Guard members

Wednesday (8/1) - Thursday (8/2): 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (approximately)  All Section Leaders and Drum Majors

Friday (8/2) - 9:00 a.m. - noon   All 9th graders, new color guard members, Section Leaders, and Drum Majors. This will be
an OUTSIDE marching fundamentals rehearsal. Students must have lace-up athletic shoes (for their safety), WATER,
and sunscreen.

All members will report to FULL band camp on Monday, August 6. Please check the newsletter for times and details.
Uniform check-out will begin for designated groups at 8:00 a.m. Students must wear thin athletic shorts, t-shirt, and long
hair needs to be put up for uniform hat fitting.

We will begin promptly at the designated time for both morning and afternoon rehearsals. Students should plan to arrive
at least 10 minutes early for every rehearsal.

Students need to bring a JUG OF WATER to drink. We will be monitoring the weather and will take lots of water breaks. A
little bottle of water will not keep them hydrated. Students also need to start hydrating now by drinking lots of water. It
will help once we begin those outside rehearsals. Students also need to be prepared with sunscreen. 

Students absolutely MUST have lace up athletic shoes for their own safety. Boots, slip-on shoes, flip flops, etc., are
NOT appropriate for marching. I would also advise that shoes be something they strictly use for marching band. We will have
a place for students to keep them at school. They will get dirty, gross, and will not smell good. 

If ANYTHING has changed with your child and their decision to continue with band, please let me know ASAP. I have put
many hours into planning things, so it helps me to know ahead of time if plans have changed. 

I'm incredibly excited about getting this year started. I am also incredibly excited to announce that our new Assistant
Director of Bands is Ms. Lynzi Carlson. Ms. Carlson has previously taught in Blanchard, OK and Wauchula, FL. She is a low
​brass player and is very excited to be joining the P-T Band family!

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. 

Have a wonderful day! 

Below you will find the band camp newsletter which will have a lot of valuable information in it. Please take the time to mark dates, times, uniform check-out, etc., on your calendars. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. You may do so through my school email or you may text me. My cell number is in the newsletter. I look forward to seeing everyone soon!

I hope everyone has had a great summer so far! We start our 2018 Summer Band Camp very soon! Here is a summarized version of what that schedule will look like.

July 30 - August 2 (mornings only):  Color Guard and All Percussion
August 1 - August 2 (afternoons):  All student leadership
August 3 (morning only):  All leadership and new members (Marching Fundamentals)
August 6 - 10 (all day):  Full Band Camp
August 13:  Freshman Camp for all HS Freshmen (Band will perform at the beginning. Band camp will be from 1-3 p.m.)
August 14 (all day):  Full Band Camp
August 15-17 (mornings only): Full Band Camp 

***I will be sending out more specific times within the next couple of days. There are still a few details I am trying to iron out.

***FOOTBALL PLAYERS: You will need to plan to go straight from football practice to band practice on the mornings that there may be some overlapping of schedules. If need to clean up, please do so at the field house. You will not have time to go home and then come back. Please plan accordingly!!

***SOFTBALL PLAYERS AND CHEERLEADERS: I know we will have some conflicts with times and dates. Please COMMUNICATE with me and I will work with you. 

***EVERYONE is required to be at band camp for every rehearsal. I understand things come up, but please plan ahead as you have been given these dates well in advance. Again, communication is very important! If you have any issues, you need to contact me directly! Please do not tell someone else to relay your situation to me. That makes things easier on everyone.

***SOUND FILES: Recordings for all marching contest show songs and the majority of the pep band songs are available under the "Sound Files" tab. Use these to your advantage! Coming to camp prepared on your music makes things MUCH easier on everyone! :-) Reminder: You need to have Notre Dame Victory March and all four Stevie Wonder songs memorized!!

***PRINT MUSIC: ​On the 

Good morning!

I just wanted to remind everyone of some upcoming dates.

1. April 26, Thursday 

• Deadline for all uniforms to be checked in. Students must check in each piece with Mrs. Cartmell or Mr. Robinson. (Jacket (with collar insert), Pants, Gauntlets, Hat, Hat Box, Coat Hanger, Uniform Bag)
• All uniforms must be dry cleaned to be checked in. 
• Drum Major applications due by 9:00 a.m. Students must meet all eligibility requirements in order to audition. Those requirements are listed on the application.

2. April 27, Friday (no school)

• 9:00 a.m. - Drum Major Auditions
• 9:00 p.m. - Final scale tests due

3. April 29, Sunday at 3:00 p.m. - Move equipment from the HS to the gym for spring concerts.
4. April 30, Monday

• Rehearsal at the HS Gym!!
• 7:00 p.m. - Middle School Band Concert (Beginning Band and 7&8 Band)

5. May 1, Tuesday

• Rehearsal at the HS Gym!!
• 7:00 p.m. - High School Band Concert (High School Concert Band and Senior Recognition)
• Senior parents - please plan to come down to be with your child when he or she is recognized during this special time

6. May 2, Wednesday

• 8:00 a.m. - Move all equipment back to the HS band room.

7. May 3, Thursday

• Section leader application are due by 9:00 a.m.

8. May 4, Friday

• Seniors must have all school instruments cleaned and checked in. 

9. May 7, Monday

• Jazz in the Park
• More information coming soon
• Concert will be held at Oak Park Retreat Center

10. Wednesday, May 9

• All school instruments must have been cleaned and checked in by this date. Students can recheck instruments for the summer.

11. May 11, Friday

• 8:30 a.m. - Graduation practice at the HS football field
• 7:30 p.m. - Call time for students to be seated (Nice dress clothes)
• 8:00 p.m. - Graduation begins

Color Guard Auditions - We are looking at the last week of April. More information will be coming soon. 

Have a great day!