Category: HHSBPA Update

Just a few reminders for the week:

Monday (tonight!): Final Ireland trip meeting 6pm in the auditorium

Wednesday: Qdoba restaurant night – 120th & Colorado from 4-8pm, mention you are there for the band and we will receive a portion of the proceeds

Thursday: Mile High Jazz Festival

• 7:00 am: Call Time
• 7:30 am: Depart for the King Center at Metro State University
• 8:15 am: Arrive and Jazz 3 moves to warm ups
• 8:50 am: Jazz 3 Performs
• 10:30 am: Jazz 2 Performs
• 11:30 am: Lunch at Tivoli Student Center (Walking Distance)
• 1:55 pm: Jazz 1 Performs
• 4:30 pm: Depart Metro back to HHS
• 5:15 pm: Arrive at HHS and dismiss!

***We are in need of 2 chaperones for the Mile High Jazz festival, you will need to be at the school at 7am and will return with the students at 5:15pm. Please let us know if you are able to chaperone this event.***

Have a great week!

Good evening band families!

We would like to congratulate the Horizon Wind Ensemble, Mr. Dailey, and Mr. Duran for their fantastic performance at CMEA. The music they performed was extremely difficult and required every member to work hard to achieve the quality performance that they reached.

If your student participated in the Little Caesar’s fundraiser, the products will be delivered on Tuesday. Your student will need to pick up their order after school on Tuesday. The orders need to stay refrigerated so please make sure the order is picked up.

Have a great week!

Good evening band families! We have a quick update for this week:

If you are participating in the King Soopers community rewards, it is time to take a screenshot of your rewards and email it to our HHSBPA email. Please have them in by February 1st.

If you are able to donate breakfast food items for the Wind Ensemble’s CMEA trip, please drop them off to Mr. Dailey either 1/27, 1/28 or 1/29.

We are still looking for sponsors/donations for our Ireland trip shirts and hats, if you know of anyone who would be willing to donate or sponsor the band, please let me know.

If you participated in the Little Caesar’s fundraiser, we will put out an email about the pick up date and time as soon as we receive the information.

Have a great week!

Good evening band families, I hope everyone is staying warm this weekend!

Just a couple quick things for this week:

If you are participating in the King Soopers community rewards, it is time to take a screenshot of your rewards and email it to this email address. Please have them in by February 1st.

The wind ensemble has a rehearsal tomorrow from 9-12pm.

We are still in need of a chaperone chair, a food chair, and a concessions chair for next year’s marching season. Please let us know if you are interested in helping out with any of those positions.

If you are able to donate breakfast food items for the Wind Ensemble’s CMEA trip, please drop them off to Mr. Dailey either 1/27, 1/28 or 1/29.

Thank you for your help with this!

The first basketball pep band game is this Friday. Please check in with your student on which games they will be attending. The students were asked to complete a form to chose which games they would play at. Playing at the basketball games are a part of the lettering requirement, as are attending other concerts that they are not playing in, so if your student is wanting to letter in band, they will need to attend these events!

Our January Restaurant Night is this Wednesday at Panda Express at the Orchard from 10am-9pm. Mention you are will the band and we will get a cut of the proceeds. Here’s a link to all the information and the flyer: Panda Express night

This Saturday, our Winter Color Guard will be hosting a Friends and Family Show. The doors open at 5pm. Tickets are $10, kids 12 and under are free. This is a fantastic opportunity to come watch and support our winter guard. There will be other high school color guards performing too, with Anesidora closing the show.

The Little Caesars fundraiser continues through this week, ALL ORDERS MUST BE TURNED IN BY FRIDAY 01/17. Delivery and pick up of the pizza kits will occur the week of February 3, we will let you know the exact date when Little Caesars gives that to us.

We are beginning to look for corporate sponsors for our bands. We would love to have multiple sponsors to help fund our bands. If your company would like to sponsor the band, or you would be willing to help get our sponsor letter out to companies, please let us know. We currently are in need of a sponsor for some last minute needs for our trip to Ireland, we will be happy to put companies logo on our trip shirt for donations. Please let us know ASAP if you know of a company who would like to help us out.

Lastly, if you student will be continuing with the Horizon band program, I am going to ask you to consider joining our board. We have a couple positions opening up this year and a few that we are adding:

• Chaperone Chair: Helps organize chaperones for all outings such as football games, competitions and festivals. Making sure chaperone bags are stocked.
• Food Chair: Helps organize food for marching competitions and concert festivals as needed
• Concessions Chair: Will organize food and will help staff concessions sold at concerts
• Social Media Person: Will take pictures and maintain social media pages

Members of our board meet (generally) the first Tuesday of every month at 6pm. We do a fantastic job of collaborating and helping each other, so please do not feel you will be on your own to figure things out. It takes a village to support a band program, so we need people to come fill the spots of those parents whose students are graduating. If you are interested in a position, or have questions, please fell free to reach out.

Have a great week!

Good afternoon band families!

We hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving week.

This week we have a restaurant fundraiser night on Wednesday. Here’s the info:

Smashburger @ 14375 Orchard Pkwy

Wednesday, December 4th at 11 am-9 pm

Dine in, take out or pick-up!

More info and link to RSVP:

Horizon High School Band Parent Association’s GroupRaise Meal at Smashburger

Please share this on your social media pages to ensure a good turn out!

Have a great week!

Good evening band families!

We hope everyone has recovered from the busy and very amazing marching season and are excited about concert season!

Fees

As we move away from marching season, I would like to remind everyone to please pay their band fees. We currently have 48 students who are not fully paid. Please pay any outstanding balance as the band fees are vital to keeping the band programs running and being able to provide excellent instruction and experiences for our students. Please keep in mind, if your student is planning on participating in winter color guard or winter percussion, they will NOT be able to participate until their band fee is paid. On top of that, fees will be approximately $650 for both winter percussion and guard this year, plus the cost of the uniform. We are looking at needing those fees paid in full (tentatively) by March 1st. This cost is based on having a certain number of students join and may change if that number is not met.

Marching Band Banquet

The marching band banquet is going to be this Thursday at 6pm. We will be having a dessert bar. Each section will be assigned a dessert to bring and share. This year, we will be hosting a silent auction at the banquet. Here is a quick note about what to expect:

Want to own a piece of our Jackpot show?  At this weeks’ Celebration, we are going to be selling our Show Props!  Everything will be up for sale – Poker Chips, Dice, Vinyl Banners, Decals & Stickers – even the Slot Machine!  Format will be a silent auction with a minimum bid (so that we can recoup some of the cost of materials) – think about what you might want to take home to remember our fantastic season!

Private Lessons

If your student is interested in taking private lessons, we now have a list of private lesson instructors. Private lessons could be a great gift to your student this holiday season!

Jazz Festival

Just a quick reminder that Horizon’s Jazz Festival is this Wednesday and Thursday. Horizon’s three jazz bands will play on Wednesday. Parents are welcome to attend this free event.

Ireland Updates

Check out the Travel page for updates on our Ireland trip!

We hope you all have a wonderful week. Please email us with any questions!

Good afternoon band families! This update is going to be loaded with information and requests for help to get ready for the State Marching Competition this weekend, please read it all the way through!

This weeks Schedule:

Monday: 5:30-9pm rehearsal

Tuesday: 4-7pm rehearsal on parking lot

Thursday:

• 4-6pm Section time (per each section, usually dinner somewhere, talk with you student for specifics)
• 6-8pm Special Moments Ceremony (students only)

Friday:

• 7am call time
• 7:30am depart
• 12:30pm performance
• 12:45pm awards, depart back to HHS if possible with transportation

Saturday:

• 5am call
• 5:30am depart
• 9:15-10:15am possible performance times
• 11:45am Awards

The top 8 5A bands make finals, hopefully we will be one of those bands. If so, the finals performances begin at 5:15pm and the awards ceremony is at 9:30pm. Mr. Dailey will put information out on the Band App as the day goes on.

State

We will know performance times for Saturday’s semi finals after the awards ceremony on Friday. As it stands currently, Horizon is in 7th place, they take the top 8 bands (based on the semi finals scores) in the Finals. The finals performances begin at 5:15pm with 5A bands, then they will do the 4A bands, putting awards at 9:30pm. Please plan on your student being gone from 5am-11:30ish pm that night. It is a long day. It will be cold in the morning and in the evening with the highs currently forecasted for the low 70’s.

We would like to provide the students a grab n go breakfast Saturday morning. We are looking for donations of on the go breakfast items like apple/fruit pouches, pastries, cereal bars, etc…If you are able to donate breakfast items, please sign up here: State Breakfast

We will feed the students lunch and dinner. We are currently looking into options for those meals now. There are concessions available, plus state merchandise to purchase in the stadium if you would like to send your student with money.

We are in need of more snacks and water for this weekend to make sure the students are hydrated and fed. Here is what is needed:

Water:

• Friday 10/25 – 150-200 bottles (5 of the 40 packs)
• Saturday 10/26 – 300-400 bottles (8-10 of the 40 packs)
• Drop off at the field house please.

Snack suggestions:

• Cheese it’s
• Goldfish crackers
• Animal crackers
• Pop tarts (not blueberry) brown sugar and cherry are favorites

Snacks not needed:

• Granola bars of any kind
• Oreos
• Fruit snacks
• Peanut butter crackers
• Nutrigrain bars

If you are able to donate any of these items, please drop off water at the field house during Monday or Tuesday’s rehearsal or at the uniform closet on Thursday for decorating or Friday morning. The snacks can be brought to the Uniform closet at any of those times as well.

State Decorating Party

Every year, we like to decorate the band room for state to surprise the students. This year, we will be decorating on Thursday night after the special moments ceremony finishes at 8pm. We will also be placing their lawn signs that night too! If you would like to help with that, please sign up here: State Decorating

State Tunnel

On Saturday morning, we will gather as parents to form a tunnel for the students to go through as they get on the bus to show our support, if you would like to participate, please sign up here: State Tunnel

State Hawk Hauler Help

We are need of a couple more hawk haulers for Friday, if you can help, please sign up here:

Hawk Hauler Sign Up

In your email, we have attached several documents about the state competition so you can be prepared if you attend the competition. Please remember that it is at the Air Force Academy, so you will have to go through a safety checkpoint in order to go onto the base. They CAN search your vehicle and you need to have your driver’s license ready. There is often a line for this process, please plan accordingly so you do not miss the performance.

To follow along with scores, and other information about state, visit the Colorado Marching website: https://www.coloradomarching.org/

Monarch Patches

The Monarch Patches are in! Your student can pick them up from Mr. Dailey this week.

King Soopers Rewards

King Soopers community rewards are in for the quarter. If you are signed up for the King Soopers community rewards, please go to your profile and take a snapshot of this quarter’s earnings and email it to this email ([email protected]) by November 1st.

If you have any questions, please shoot us an email!

Good evening band families!

We are nearing the end of marching season, we have the regional competition, 1 football game, and state left. We do have a few more spots that we need to fill for chaperones and pit crew, if you are able to help, please sign up here:
Pit Crew Sign Up
Chaperone Sign UP

If you are new to marching band here is a quick rundown on how the state competitions work. This week the regional competitions are held around the state. The last regional in which 5A bands will perform occurs on Thursday, so by Friday morning, we will know the standings for the state competition. IF Horizon places in the top 6 for 5A bands, they will SKIP quarter finals which take place on the morning of Friday October 25th and go directly to semi finals which is held on the morning of Saturday October 26th. Finals are held in the evening of Saturday October 26th. Quarter finals, semi finals and finals are all held at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. If you would like to follow the scores this week, and see the placement for quarter finals, check the CBA marching website: https://www.coloradomarching.org/

We want to thank all the families who donated for the Hawk the Lawn, we were able to raise all the money needed for the signs. Our lovely Vice President, Danielle, is coordinating the Hawk the Lawn, and would like to organize a proper send off for our students, here is a message from her:

As we gear up for state, we would like to go ahead and put a small ask on your calendar. Last year on the morning of state (Saturday only-Oct. 26), parents/families surprised the kids by making a tunnel for them to walk through as they headed to the buses. We would like to do that again this year, as well! We aren’t sure of the time quite yet, but even it’s 4 a.m., our kiddos deserve it! Please stay tuned for a time in our state communication email. Go Hawks!

This week’s schedule:
Monday: 9-1pm rehearsal
1-4pm load trailer and break for dinner
4pm call time
8pm performance time
10pm ish arrive at HHS

Friday: 9-1pm rehearsal
5-10 ish football game

Thank you all for coming out to the In N Out Showcase fundraiser! It was a wonderful afternoon and the band’s performance was awesome!

I hope you all have a great week, if you have any questions, please feel free to email us.