HORIZON BANDS

Good evening band families! It was great to see so  many of you at the Showcase, the band looked and sounded great! They are off to a wonderful start to the season and will have their first competition next weekend.

Here’s what going on this week:

• Monday 9/14:
  • Rehearsal 3:30-5pm
• Saturday 9/19:
  • Broomfield Days Parade – band is in the 30th slot
• Fossil Ridge Competition –
  • Competition is at Timnath Middle-High School
  • 4700 E Prospect Rd. Fort Collins, CO 80547
  • Horizon Plays at 2:15pm

**The clear bag policy is in place at this stadium**

The band parents will be feeding the students a sack lunch in between the parade and the Fossil Ridge Competition. We are asking for help with food, if you can help out, please use the Meal Train link to sign up:

Fossil Ridge Competition Meal Train

***If you student has any food allergies, please let me know ASAP so we can accommodate your student***

We are still in need of parents to help with pit crew for the Fossil Ridge Competition, if you would like to help with that, please sign up below:

Pit Crew Sign Up

We could still use more snacks and water for games, parades and competitions, if you are able to help with that you can drop off any items Saturday morning at the students’ call time.

Please let us know if you have any questions!

Good evening band families, I hope you all are getting to enjoy a long weekend!

We have a lot going on this week, here’s the details:

Thursday 9/10 Football Game & 8th Grade night:

If you have or know of an 8th grade band student that will be attending Horizon next year, they are invited to join the Marching Hawks for pre-game and pep band for the first half of the game. They are encouraged to stay to watch the halftime show. 

• Call time for Marching Hawks: 5pm
• Game start:7pm
• Back at Horizon around 10pm

**If you have a senior with a banner, you (or your senior) is responsible to put them up at the games. Please make sure they get taken down too!** Please bring their senior banner to the Showcase too, we will hang them up on the fence!

Saturday 9/12 Showcase:

• 10am-2pm: Band rehearsal
• 2pm: Tailgate begins in the senior parking lot! (Please do not park in the senior parking lot, we are reserving this for food and games). If you order a Chick-Fi-La meal, meals will be handed out beginning at 2pm. We encourage everyone to bring lawn games and chairs to have some fun and socialize with other families. 
• 3:30pm: We will move into the stadium (event is at Horizon High School) to watch the Horizon Marching Hawks perform their show.

**If you would like to purchase a meal (Includes Chick-Fi-La Sandwich, chips, drink and cookie for $8) you need to pre-purchase on Zeffy. Everyone, including your student, will need to purchase a meal if they would like to eat. When purchasing a meal for your student, please click on the band student meal and include their name. If you would like to watch the show, you need to purchase an entry ticket either on Zeffy or with cash at the gate. Admission is $5 (kids 12 & under are free). All meal tickets need to be purchased by Wednesday September 9th. We will only order the number of sandwiches purchased and will not have extras.

Showcase Meal and Ticket Link

Buttons, Swag Bags and Shopping Bags

If you ordered buttons, they will be available to pick up at the Showcase. If you have purchased a swag bag or shopping bags and have not picked them up, they will also be available to pick up at the Showcase. If you have ordered a hat or yard sign, we will let you know when they are available, they are currently being made.

Chaperones and Pit Crew

We are still in need of chaperones and pit crew members (including Thursday’s football game). If you would like to help, please sign up on the sign up genius linked below. We have all of the marching events that we need help with listed out, so please take a look!

Chaperone Sign Up

Pit Crew Sign Up

Snacks & Water

We are still in need of snacks and water. We take these to every event for the students. If you can help with snack or water donations, you can drop them off at the Showcase.

Saturday September 19th

We will have more information about this next weekend, but we wanted to let everyone know that the students will have the Broomfield Days Parade in the morning and the Fossil Ridge marching competition in the afternoon. We will feed the students lunch in between events. This is the first competition of the season and we need everyone in attendance, please plan accordingly. 

Please let us know if you have any questions!