Category: Weekly Update

Good evening band families, it was great to see so many of you at Frolic on Friday, please be on the lookout for information for our next band parent meet up!

It’s the big week…mini camp begins THIS Tuesday! Mini camp will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday from 9-4pm. Please make sure that your student has eaten breakfast, has sunscreen, sunglasses, a hat, athletic shoes, a water bottle, their instrument, music, lyre, a lunch, and a good attitude!

The school’s parking lots are being paved this summer, I have attached a map on what will be closed off this week, here are the instructions:

For the 1st week specifically (the BLUE shaded area), make sure to park in the GREEN shaded area. All coaches, sponsors, and students should walk along the BLUE area sidewalk (courtyard side) to access the building, and then walk back to the GREEN area and to the fields. 

We are still in need of help with our fruit and popsicle breaks, if you are able to supply fruit or popsicles for any of the mini camps, please sign up here: Fruit/Popsicle sign up. We want to make sure there is enough for everyone, so please sign up.

We also need help measuring students for their competition uniform tops. Our uniform chair, Anna, will be fitting students on Tuesday starting at 9am. So far, we only have 2 parents signed up, if you can help, please sign up here: Uniform Sign Up.

This Saturday is our car wash at North Metro Church’s parking lot. Encourage your student to sell their car wash tickets to earn money for their band accounts. We are still in need of equipment and parent volunteers to help run the event. If you are willing to let us borrow a hose, supply some car wash soap, have a power washer that you would lend us, or are able to help out on Saturday, please sign up here: Car Wash Sign Up.

Just a reminder that the band contract is due along with the $100 down payment on June 18th.

Please let us know if you have any questions!

Good evening band families, we hope everyone is enjoying the long weekend. Thank you to all of you who came to Thursday night’s meeting, it was great to see so many faces, if you missed the meeting, we attached the band parents slide presentation to today’s email which should be waiting for you in your inbox.

If you did not receive today’s email, please email us at [email protected] with your student’s name and grade and we can get you added to the list.

In June, the students will have their “mini camps” on 6/3, 6/4, 6/10, 6/17 and 6/18. These are from 9am – 4pm at the school. Please ensure that your student has athletic shoes, sunglasses, sunscreen, a hat, their instrument/equipment (including a lyre and their music) and a water bottle. Also, make sure they have eaten breakfast and that they bring lunch or have the ability to go get lunch. The band parents like to organize two breaks for the students during their mini camp and band camp. We would like to provide fruit in the morning and popsicles in the afternoon for the students. If you would like to donate fruit, popsicles, or your time to help set up and clean up the breaks, please sign up on the Sign Up Genius here: Fruit/Popsicle Sign Up

On Tuesday June 3, Anna, our uniform chair will be measuring the students for their new competition uniform tops. She is going to need help to get through all the students. If you are able to help out, please sign up here: Uniform Help

We will be holding our annual car wash on Saturday June 7th from 10-2pm at North Metro Church. This is a great fundraiser for your student to earn money for their band account (If they haven’t picked up their car wash tickets, encourage them to get them from Mr. Dailey) and allows the general fund to earn money the day of the car wash. We need some items and volunteers to ensure the car wash is successful. If you are able to let us borrow a power washer or can donate a bottle of soap, or your time, please sign up here: Car Wash Sign Up

Please remember that the band contract is due June 18th along with the $100 deposit to secure your students’ spot. Please go here for payment options.

We are so excited to be starting up again and being there to watch and support our marching hawks soar!

Good morning band families!

This week is our big kick off to the marching season! We are so excited to welcome the new freshman and their parents on Thursday.

Thursday the students will have their read through of the new show from 5-6:30pm, then we will have a parent meeting in the auditorium from 6:30-7:30pm. Please make sure to attend this meeting. We have important information about this upcoming season. I only have a few email addresses from incoming freshmen, so, if you know any incoming freshmen, please share this information with them, we are hoping for a large turnout of both students and parents.

As of June 1st, all the senior parents who have not reached out to me will be removed from the email list, if you have not told me that you want to remain on the list and wish to, please let me know by June 1st.

If you have any questions, please reach out.

We hope to see you all on Thursday!

We are coming to the end of this school year and just about to start up the new marching season, so there is a lot about to happen.

This week we have the final band concert of the year on Thursday at 6:30pm. We will be holding our annual silent auction basket fundraiser to help kick off the marching season, so please come show your support and bid on some fun baskets! Come early to check out and bid on the baskets and take a look at the senior boards (senior parents feel free to decorate a tri fold board full of your seniors best and cutest school moments, we will have tables out to display them).

Graduation is Wednesday May 14th at 7pm. The band does play at graduation and details of the day will be sent out by Mr. Dailey.

We are in need of 3 more parent volunteers to chaperone the band to the Graduation ceremony.Wednesday May 14th – Call Time is 4p.

The expectation is that the chaperones ride on the buses with the band, to Boulder and back to the school (2 chaperones per bus) and sit in the stands behind the band.  Clear Bag Policy applies to this event. Please respond to this email if you are able to chaperone.

We will be kicking of marching season on Thursday May 22. All the students (including incoming freshman) will meet from 5-6:30pm to read through the show and there will be a parent meeting from 6:30-7:30pm in the auditorium. We need all students to attend the read through and all parents to attend the meeting. We will be discussing the 2025/26 budget, discussing fees, meeting the new board members, and seeing where parents can plug in and help out with the band village. We look forward to seeing everyone there!

Lastly, senior parents, please let us know by end of this week what you would like done with any extra funds your senior may have.

-Gift to another student

-Gift to the scholarship fund

-Place in siblings account

**All unspecified funds will go into the general account**

Also, let us know if you have another student in the band, or coming into the band so we can keep you on the email list. June 1st we will delete all senior parents email accounts unless otherwise told!

We hope you all have a fantastic week, please let us know if you need anything!

Good evening band families!

We are getting close to the end of the year and there is a lot going on.

This week, the Wind Ensemble will be heading to the CBA state festival on Monday.

Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday we will be working on getting the uniforms cleaned, and we need your help taking the uniform bags apart and then re-hanging them once they are cleaned. If you are able to help, please sign up on this sign up genius here: Uniform Cleaning

Friday, Jazz 1 will be performing at the UNC Jazz Festival.

If you are signed up with King Soopers Community rewards, please send your screenshot to this email address by May 1st.

If you have a senior, we need to know what you would like us to do with any left over funds that are in their account. We have several options:

• *If you have another band student, or and incoming freshman, we can put the funds into their account.
• You can “gift” the funds into another students account (just let us know what student you want to give it to).
• You can ask for that money to be put into our scholarship fund.
• If you don’t specify where you would like to the funds to be placed, they will automatically go into our general fund.

Please let us know your choice by May 8th.

Also, if you are a parent of a senior, please let us know if you have another student in the program, or an incoming freshman so we can keep you on the email list for next season. We will delete all senior parent emails on June 1st, so please let us know if you would like to continue receiving emails after then.

Lastly for senior parents, you can set up a senior photo board at the last concert (both the last jazz and concert band concert).

Please let us know if you have any questions!

We have the spring concert for the concert, symphonic, and wind ensembles on Tuesday at 6:30pm. We were planning on having our silent auction that night, however, we have chosen to postpone it until the last concert of the year to kick off the marching season. If you were unable to get your student’s basket item, we now have more time! If you need to bring in an item, or if you would like to donate more, please bring it in to Mr. Dailey.

At Tuesday’s concert, the students are encouraged to wear a pop of pink with their concert black. We will be honoring the life of Tierney Denke who passed away on Wednesday. We are all incredibly heartbroken to lose a band student. I would like to invite parents (and others) who come to the concert on Tuesday to also wear pink. We would love to show the Denke family that we are thinking of them through during this difficult time, so please join us and let’s show our love and wear pink. We will take pictures and send them to the family.

If your student is going on the Ireland trip, they will be bringing home their uniform tomorrow, along with their trip shirt, and baseball hat. Please make sure that your student has the following packed:

• Passport
• Uniform pants
• Uniform top
• Marching shoes
• Baseball hat (they are wearing this for the parade)
• Gloves
• Gauntlets
• Black socks
• Their instrument (reed players have an extra reed, brass players have slide/valve oil).

We are NOT taking spare uniform parts, so please triple check they have everything. Have a great week!

Off to Ireland on Thursday!

Greetings band families!

This week, on Tuesday February 25th at 7pm, we will be having an all band parent/student meeting for those who will be in the band program next year. This will be an informative meeting for incoming freshman, new band members, and current band members. Mr. Dailey will be discussing the programs offered, what the schedule will look like and will be revealing the marching show. There will be a short presentation by the BPA and you will have a chance to meet with the different members after the meeting. This meeting will start promptly at 7pm, please plan on attending.

If your student is going on the Ireland trip, rehearsals begin this Tuesday at 3:30pm. The rehearsals prior to the trip are as follows:

• Tuesday 2/25 – 3:30-5pm (First Rehearsal)
• Thursday 2/27 – 3:30-5pm
• Tuesday 3/4 – 3:30-5pm
• Thursday 3/6 – 3:30-5pm
• Monday 3/10 – 3:30-5pm (Final Rehearsal)

Unfortunately, we still have several students who owe band fees. This greatly impacts our budget and ability to provide resources for the band program to be successful. The band parent’s association provides funds for things like transportation, money for new music, drill, instructors, and so much more. Please make sure that your student’s fees are paid in full. If you need to assistance with fees please contact either the HHSBPA or Mr. Dailey.

Have a great week!

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!