Welcome To The McKinney Boyd High School Band Site http://boydband.com/blog Thu, 24 May 2012 13:59:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Concert Tonight! http://boydband.com/blog/2012/05/24/concert-tonight/ http://boydband.com/blog/2012/05/24/concert-tonight/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 13:59:34 +0000 Jason Myers http://boydband.com/blog/?p=458 Please join us tonight at 7pm as the McKinney Boyd High School Band presents their final concert of the year. All four bands will be performing tonight. We will also be honoring our seniors as they get ready to graduate next week. We appreciate all of our parent support throughout the year and hope to see you there!

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Ad Sales

Parents,

If your student needs a sample sports program to show prospective businesses, you can get one for $3 (last year’s book) at the band hall (when directors are available) or you can come to come to my house to pick one up (still $3).  Call me and we can arrange a time.

Susan

h – 972-529-9456

c – 214-450-9453

Susan Armstrong

Boyd Band fundraising coordinator

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The top three soloists who will perform at this year’s McKinney ISD Concerto Finals Contest are:

Michelle Dulock
Ryan McMullin
Ben Wilson

Receiving Honorable Mention this year were:

Caitlin Champiny
Eamon Dowd
Gretchen Eggers
Will Griffith
Hunter Heinrichs
Alex Howley
Jessica Piechotta
Praveen Satarasinghe
Ryan Sinclair
Rajat Suresh
Josh Yancey
Sarah Yanniello

This year’s preliminary competition was by far the most competitive to date!  Great job to all of our hard working students!!

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Saturday, May 5, 8:00am – 12:00 noon.

MBHS Pancake Breakfast

This is a new fundraising opportunity with very little effort (don’t worry), but we DO need your help to spread the word and take orders for tickets. Here’s how it works:  Pancakes of Texas is coming with food, drinks, equipment, plates, cups, utensils….EVERYTHING needed to provide a complete ‘all you can eat’ breakfast of pancakes, sausage, coffee, and juice to anyone and everyone who can come – for only $7.00 per ticket.  The band will receive half of the ticket proceeds, which will go into the general band fund. The Jazz band will provide entertainment at various times throughout the morning.

Here’s what you need to do: download the attached flyer, then email it, Facebook it, blog it, or whatever you can do to get it out there as advertising.  There will also be paper flyers available to students to take home to distribute (as soon as they arrive in the mail). The pancake breakfast is open to the public and tickets are available at the door, HOWEVER, the more tickets we can sell ahead of time, the more successful the breakfast will be.  We need your help by taking orders for tickets from friends, family, and co-workers – use the flyers!! Simply use the attached list to keep track of ticket orders, bring the money to the band hall, and pick up your tickets.

VOLUNTEERS:  We will need a few volunteers to run the breakfast.  Pancakes of Texas brings the stuff, we provide the manpower to cook it and serve it.  Students, this is a chance for GREEN CORD HOURS.  We know it’s prom day, but we’re counting on underclassmen to step up and help out if the seniors can’t. **Watch for a volunteer sign up email.**
****PLEASE NOTE*** – if people buy advance tickets, tell them they must bring them to the breakfast – they cannot get in without their ticket in hand (or they’ll have to buy another one at the door)!!****
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In addition, McKinney Boyd earned 6 of the 14 Outstanding Soloist Awards.

Outstanding soloists were:
Taylor Evans, Flute
Eamon Dowd, Alto Saxophone
Rajat Suresh, Alto Saxophone
Ryan Sinclair, Trumpet
Hunter Heinrichs, Tuba
Ben Wilson, Percussion

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This is the third championship medal earned by the color guard in the past four years. This year our guard members made history by earning the most trophies ever in one year! The guard placed a record 7 times in one season with 3 second place finishes, 3 first place finishes, and a bronze medal at championships. In the past four years the MBHS Color Guard has earned a total of 18 top three placements including 3 state medals! Please congratulate the ladies of the guard on one of their most successful seasons ever!

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McKinney Boyd Student Itinerary

Trip Guidelines – New York

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Pre-UIL Contest 2012

American Classics Festival April 14, 2012

UNT Murchison – May 3, 2012

St. Andrew’s – May 4, 2012

Performance of Record – May 12, 2012

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