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By aweber, October 31, 2009 12:09 pm

Hi all!

1.  Due to the early report time this Saturday, the snack boxes for the kids are being put together by a retailer. They will be delivered to the school at 6:30 (UGH) Saturday morning. I need 6 cases of water to supplement the boxes. I also need early risers to help put the snacks into the tubs. There is no room for error on the timing. I would like the water to be at the school on Friday before the kids leave for Coffman. Things are winding down.  If you can help out, please contact Jan at jgeise@columbus.rr.com Thanks for all your help!

2. Our Mandatory Parent meeting for the Disney trip will be Monday December 7th at 7pm in the cafeteria. Remember, final payment is due on November 15th.   The Kroger money will not be available in time, so you will need to make the final payment, and then, when the Kroger money is applied, refunds will be made. Refunds will only be made on actual money, not fund raised money.

Thanks.
Ann

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By admin,

Hello all!  We have the info for Saturday the 7th.  Mr. Gray has all of the information below . Maybe we’ll see you all in Marysville tonight.
Ann

Parents,

It seems that having our OMEA Finals performance on the evening of Nov. 6 is going to be a good thing. Attached is the schedule for the Mid-States Championships. You’ll see that our “check-in” time is 9:00 a.m. at Mason High School:

William Mason High School
6100 S. Mason-Montgomery Road
Mason, OH 45040)

This means we will have to leave DSHS at 7:00 a.m. Our report time will be 6:45 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7. We will not be able to practice here, so we’ll leave equipment loaded from Friday night, get on the buses and go.

There are two scenarios for our schedule the rest of that day.

One, we don’t make finals… Prelims awards end about 2:15, we load and leave and get back to DSHS around 5:30.

Two, we make finals… Finals awards end about 6:30… THEN we load and leave and get back to DSHS around 9:30 (this is the preferred scenario!!).

I hope this is all making sense!

Summary:

Friday, Nov. 6 — OMEA State Finals, Dublin Coffman HS, 3:00 report, 6:45 perform.
Saturday, Nov. 7 — MSBA Championships, Mason HS, 6:45 a.m. report, 11:00 perform.

View Schedule

Jim Gray
Director, Dublin Scioto Orchestra and Bands
Dublin Scioto High School
4000 Hard Rd.
Dublin, Ohio 43016
614-718-8340

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By aweber, October 28, 2009 12:53 pm

Hi all!  Please see the message below from Lesley Strohm.  Although this can be a very long day, it is great to see how far the kids have come since band camp.  They just keep getting better and better.  Another good reason to chaperone is that you get in free.  Although there is not pricing yet for this year, last year, it was $8 for prelims, $8 for finals, or $12 for all day.  Please contact Lesley at the email address below if you can help. Ann

I need bus chaperones for Midstates Championship on November 7th.  I’m looking for 4 hardy souls who are interested in spending a day watching some AWESOME band performances.  I don’t have specific report times yet, but expect it will be before noon that we leave.  Could you please forward this out for me.  Volunteers can email me to let me know at lesley.strohm@yahoo.com.

Thanks for all you do!!
Lesley

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By aweber, October 26, 2009 4:28 pm

Please see the info below from Mr. Gray.  Hope to see some of you tonight at the booster meeting. Ann

Our OMEA State Finals performance date and time is Friday, November 6, 6:45 p.m.  I discussed this with staff Saturday night when we got back from Newark, and with the students today during class.  Because our qualifying event came late in the season we did not have the luxury of “picking” a date and time that worked BEST for us.  We chose Friday, Nov. 6 for several reasons:

1)  The first weekend of OMEA State Finals is CLOSED.  That means the entire schedule for both days was completely filled at both Coffman HS and University of Dayton.

2)  Other than Friday night, our next option was Sunday, November 8 at the University of Dayton.  Personally, if I can keep us from working on Sundays, too, I will.  I’m also hoping that the band will have a really good day at Mid-States Championships on November 7 and will want to end the season there!

3)  I felt parents would rather we have our performance right here in Dublin than in Dayton.  Having it Friday night November 6 simply extends our Friday night schedule by one week… and we don’t have to travel far.

4)  We as a staff, and the band, think that having our OMEA State Finals performance on Friday night before Mid-States Championships on Saturday would be good… helping us maintain focus and get one more set of judges’ comments before Saturday.

5)  Having the OMEA State Finals performance on Friday after school, in Dublin, makes for a shorter schedule that day:

3:00  report to practice field
4:00  load
4:45  leave DSHS
4:55  arrive DCHS
5:40  warm up area
6:25  leave for gate
6:35  gate
6:45  perform
7:00  load
8:00  awards
8:25  leave DCHS
8:30  arrive DSHS

I know many of you have volunteered to work the concession stand at DCHS during this event (thank you!!)…  Jerome also performs on Friday night.  If Jerome parents work for Scioto parents and vice versa, no parent should have to miss their child’s State Finals performance.

As you saw in Ann’s previous email our Mid-States Championships performance will be at Mason High School on Saturday, November 7.  At this time entry into MSBA Championships is still open so a final schedule will not be coming out for another weekend… HOWEVER, it is important to note that MSBA Championships is a Prelims/Finals event!  Whatever schedule we receive will be for the Prelims performance only.  We’ll have a “general time frame” for Finals but obviously won’t know an exact performance time if/and until we make it into Finals.  So Saturday, November 7 it is our hope to have a very long day with multiple performances (Prelims, Finals, Champion).  As soon as we have any of this information we will get it out to you.

Your students performed a fantastic show on Saturday at Newark.  We’ve watched the video, see things we can still improve on… but MAN it felt good to see the students’ success.  This is one of the hardest shows we’ve done in terms of complexity of movement and design, complete-ness of the visual package, integration of all the elements of the band, and difficulty of the music.  So getting a “slow” competition start was expected, but Staff has been telling the students all along that we have what it takes… it will just take time to pull it all together and that it would be worth it in the end.  Saturday was the proof!

Congratulations to all of you for supporting the students… and to the students for working so hard to pull off the vision we had in our heads!!

*whew*

Ok… let the games continue.

J.

Jim Gray
Director, Dublin Scioto Orchestra and Bands
Dublin Scioto High School
4000 Hard Rd.
Dublin, Ohio 43016
614-718-8340

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By aweber,

Hi all!  Sorry for the misleading Subject line – but this is more a lack of info email, than info.

1st – OMEA State Finals.  I have been receiving some emails, and Mr. Gray has asked for everyone to please take a breath while he works things out.  He will let us all know as soon as he can what is happening.

OMEA State finals run over two weekends and are split between Coffman H.S. and Dayton, Ohio.  You can make a request of where and when, but there is a committee that decides the final outcome of where and when we will perform.

2nd – Midstates Finals.  November 7th. We have a little info here.  The competition will be at   Mason High School,   6100 S. Mason-Montgomery Rd.,   Mason, Ohio 45040.  This is where all of the AAAA bands will perform.  As of October 13th, there were 14 bands in our class.  Mr. Gray probably will not have performance times and additional information until some time next week.

For those of you who did not make it to the show on Saturday, the band was truly amazing.

Have a great week.
Ann

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By aweber, October 21, 2009 2:31 pm

Hi all!  I have some new info from Mr. Gray about the contest on Saturday.   Ann

The contest is not at the school, but at the old stadium in town.

White Field is located on the corner of 11th Street and Church Street in Newark.

If you use Google maps or Mapquest, look up “Newark City Sch White Field,” 70 N 11th St., Newark, OH 43055.  View Location

Also, because it is in the middle of town, parking can be an issue.  Please leave yourself enough time to walk some, or to drive around in circles for a little while looking for something.

Here is the complete Newark Contest Schedule:

9:00  Report
10:15  Load
11:15  Leave DSHS
12:30  Unload
1:15  Warm up
2:00  Gate
2:15  Perform
3:30  Awards
4:15  Leave Newark
5:45  Arrive DSHS

Here is the complete line up of competing bands:

12:15      OPENING CEREMONIES
12:30  C  Waterford HS
12:45  B  Licking Valley HS
1:00  B  West Muskingum HS
1:15  B  Buckeye HS
1:30      JUDGE’S BREAK – 30 MINUTES

2:00  A   Marietta HS
2:15  A  Dublin Scioto HS
2:30  AA  Hamilton HS
2:45  AA  Rutherford B. Hayes HS
3:00  AA  Reynoldsburg HS
3:15  A  Newark HS (Exhibition)
3:30      AWARDS

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By aweber, October 19, 2009 3:24 pm

Hi all!  Please see all of the information below from Mr. Gray about the contest schedule for this weekend.

You will be seeing a few more emails from me later today or tomorrow.

Thanks.
Ann

—–Original Message—–
From: Jim Gray [mailto:gray_jim@mail.dublin.k12.oh.us]
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 1:01 PM
To: Ann Weber
Subject: Newark Schedule

Here is the schedule for the OMEA contest at Newark this Saturday, Oct. 24.

It’s going to be an early day for once!

9:00  Report
10:15  Load
11:15  Leave DSHS
12:30  Unload
1:15  Warm up
2:00  Gate
2:15  Perform

I haven’t seen the entire line up for the contest yet, so I can’t give you a time for the awards or our arrival back to DSHS just yet.  As soon as I have that I’ll resend this with that information added.

There are 6 students taking ACT tests this Saturday morning.  If they plan ahead and have there things with them, they should be able to leave from the test and go straight to Newark and meet up with us by the time we start warm up. I would like a note from those parents stating that you know they will be driving to and from Newark after the ACT test and whether or not you intend to accompany them… just as an FYI so we can help keep an eye on them.

Thanks.

Weather this week looks good… until Friday.

Have a great week!
J.

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By aweber, October 14, 2009 7:22 pm

Hello Everyone! This is Scott with some important information. Few things for the next couple days.

1) The showcase as of now is on. It starts at 8:00pm and student report time is 7:00pm promptly. If it rains or is threatening heavy rain, it will be canceled. Decision will be made by 5th period tomorrow.

2) The spread we were supposed to have on Friday has been canceled. Report time is now 5:15pm. (i think). Please confirm with student.

Thanks,
Scott

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By aweber, October 10, 2009 11:45 am

Hi all!  Happy Homecoming!  I’m not sure how many of you I will see tonight in the rain, but I wanted to forward on a few messages to all of you.

The fist is from Lisa Robinson our photographer for this year. She has the following info and request.  Please continue  reading after her email for more info from me.

A few things for band…first, please remind everyone that photos are posted for all but 2 games and one competition this year at: dshsmb2009.shutterfly.com

Also I am looking for a volunteer to take photos of the Seniors and their parents on Senior Night (10/23).  For those who may not know what Senior night is, all of the Seniors and their parents are recognized on the field for pregame.  We’ve always had a photographer waiting on the sidelines to snap a photo.  No equipment necessary – I will set up my camera on a tripod and just need someone press the shutter.  Photos will then be posted to the website where parents and students are welcome to download for free…or can print to either have photos shipped, or pick them up at Target.

If interested, please contact me at: lrr.robinson@gmail.com

Thanks so much!

GO IRISH!!!

–
Lisa Robinson
764-8736 (home)
440-3977 (cell)
366-4472 (work)

Next, I had a request from Jan Geise.  Jan not only does our special events, but she is also involved with the PTO and the school and their chaperones for the dance tomorrow night are dropping like flies and they really need some help.   If anyone can help, please contact Jan at jgeise@columbus.rr.com .  It would be from 7:45 – 11pm.  She said it is an easy gig.

Finally, the Music Boosters web site is up and running. You can see pictures off of the main page dublinmusic.org – click on the Photos/Video tab, and also review old email messages and much more off the Scioto site: dublinmusic.org/scioto If you would be interested in helping to boost up the Scioto content, please contact me.

GO IRISH!!!

Ann

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By aweber, September 30, 2009 12:54 pm

Hi all! It’s me again!  Mr. Gray sent me the following schedule.

Glen Este (West Clermont)
Mid-State Band Association Contest

12:00 Report
1:30  Load
2:30  Leave
4:45  Arrive GEHS
6:10  Move to warm up
6:15  Warm up
7:10  Gate
7:15  Perform
8:00  Awards
8:30  Critique
9:15  Leave GEHS
11:30  Arrive DSHS

Also, if you are going to the competition, it is located at:
THE 2009 MSBA-SANCTIONED
WEST CLERMONT INVITATIONAL

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3rd

GLEN ESTE HIGH SCHOOL
4342 GLEN ESTE-WITHAMSVILLE ROAD
CINCINNATI, OHIO 45245

I have attached the lineup that Mr. Gray sent out as well. Please let me know if you have any other questions.

Go Irish Band!!!!!!
Ann

2009 Glen Este Marching Band Contest
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Cincinnati, OH