Northern Music Notes: News

MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Required meeting if you and/or your child(ren) plan to attend the Gator Bowl.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010; 5:30 in the auxiliary gym

Wed. Dec. 29 8:00 AM Leave for Jacksonville, Florida
3:00 check in at motel
4:00 visit St. Augustine, old Spanish city; see Spanish Fort on beach
6:00 return to motel and dinner
Tr. Dec. 30 11:00 rehearse our half-time show
Booster cook-out on the beach
7:00 half-time show competition
Fri. Dec. 31 8-11 rehearse with all bands for Gator Bowl Half-time show
lunch
3:00 Gator Bowl Parade on St. John's River, Jacksonville, Florida
7-11 Awards Ceremony, dinner and dancing
11:00 get on buses and watch fireworks along St. John's River
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Sat. Jan. 1 7:00 check out of motel
8-11 rehearsal with other bands
change clothes and POLICE ESCORT TO GATOR BOWL STADIUM
1:00 Winner performs their own half-time show for Gator Bowl PreGame
1:00 Gator Bowl
Perform Half-time
return home on buses after the Gator Bowl is over.

Calling all Marching Band, Drumline and Flag Girls. Download the physical form off of the NGMS website and get your doctor to fill it out for you. It will last all year and will work for any sport teams all year.

See Mrs. Davis for information.

See you there!

If your family is attending the 2011 Gator Bowl with the NGMS Marching Band check out the opportunity for 6th grade brothers and sisters to carry a banner in the official Gator Bowl Parade! If you are going to the Gator Bowl with us all you have to do is purchase a band warm-up suit and rehearse a little with us and you too, can be in the official Gator Bowl Parade with the NGMS Nighthawk Band.

Measure at Open House for your own NGMS marching band uniform!

Parents can get one too!

Our mighty support system is our "secret weapon"! Go, Nighthawks!

NGMS Marching Band and Drumline members:

Please check the calendar of this website for upcoming events.

Mark your calendars now!!!

Wow. What a great year we had last year:

Superior Rating at Carowinds! (Not easy to do)

Nathan Rackers in the All-District Band!

Nathan Rackers, John Weeks, Cindy Kim, Leah Gilmore, and Gretchen Preheim in the All-County Band!

Congratulations!

This year you will need your instruments on the second day of school.

You will need Standard of Excellence bk. 3. Yeah!

For those of you who wish to join us on the Great Adventure to Jacksonville, Florida for the Gator Bowl, check the calendar and news of this website for the schedule.

The first rehearsal for the band is Monday, August 30, from 3:50 to 5:30. You will need a snack and a water bottle.

Download a Health Form off of the NGMS website. Get it as soon as possible. You do not have to have it the first rehearsal.

There will be a meeting for the parents after that first rehearsal, Monday, August 30, at 5:30.

The cost of marching band will be $125.00 for the uniform and expenses. All families must help with fundraising.

I CANNOT WAIT!!!

Welcome back! Also welcome to the new transfer seventh graders!

You will need your instrument the second day of class. You will also need Standard of Excellence bk. 2. We completely and finally finished bk. 1 with an outstanding job!!!


Those of you who plan to go the great adventure this year to Jacksonville, Florida for the Gator Bowl will want to study the calendar and news for marching band information.

Download a health form off of the NGMS website and get it as soon as you can. You do not need it for the first rehearsal.

Bring a snack and water bottle to every rehearsal. We will measure for uniforms at Open House and the first two days of school. The cost of marching band is $125.00 for uniform and supplies. Everyone should donate 24 bottles of water.

All marching band families must help with the fundraising for the trip.

The first rehearsal is Monday, August 30 from 3:50 to 5:30. There will be a parent meeting following rehearsal at 5:30.

YEAH!!!

All sixth graders will need instruments the second day of school. Your job the first day is to FIND THE BANDROOM! Good Luck!

Prior to any instrument purchase ALL parents must speak with me privately to receive important information regarding band and to receive approval of your instrument choice.

Contact me at at janevanmid@aol.com or vanmidj@gcsnc.com. Leave me a phone number where you can be reached and I will call you ASAP.

The book we use is Standard of Excellence, bk. 1.

I look forward to hearing from you!

Mark your calendar for the annual Winter Band Concert, December 14, at 7:00, in the gym at NGMS.

All band students MUST attend. Happy Holidays!

Thursday, August 26 will be the first new drumline rehearsal from 3:50 to 5:30. Make sure you make arrangement to be picked up on time.

Drumline will rehearse Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

I Cannot Wait!!!

Let the Pastor work his magic!

NGMS Marching Band winds will begin rehearsals on Monday, August 30, from 3:50-5:30. Rehearsals will be Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays.

Bring a snack and a water bottle. Let the "Games" begin!

Congratulations to both the seventh and the eighth grade bands for winning Superior ratings at Carowind competition this year. That is a first for me. Come see our plaques! You guys ROCK!

Congratulations to the 19 students who earned spots in the All-County Band and to Ryan MacKay and Ryan Huber for earning spots in the All-District Band. Special kudos to Brandon Atwell for earning first chair All-District snare! Let's do it again this year!

16 Students at Northern Middle School won seats at the All-County Band auditions on Feb. 5. They are as follows:
Daniel Rose, flute
Brett Welch, clarinet
Caroline Camp, clarinet
Colin Shelton, French Horn
Colin is a 6th Grader!
Peyton Lee, French Horn
Ryan Huber, 3rd chair alto saxophone
Antonio Williamson, 1st chair tenor and 1st chair bari saxophone
Ben Dawkins, 2nd chair trumpet
Kyle Riker, 4th chair trumpet
John Lasley, 5th chair trumpet
Matthew jackson, trumpet
Sam Leslie, trumpet
5 out of 12 trumpets are from Northern Middle.
Rorie Bergen, trombone
Blake Burchette, trombone
Hunter Ripberger, 2nd chair snare
Congratulations.

Brandon Davis and Dr. V started the very first middle school drumline in Guilford County in 2003. Brandon, who had all the ideas and taught the drumline for three years, was 14. Dr. V and her parents funded the more than $10,000 that it cost to purchase the equipment and maintain it.
When Dr. V moved to Northern Dr. Misher loved the idea of starting a drumline here. So did the students. We had a sixth grade drumline last year and this year we have an advanced drumline. Brandon comes to Northern to teach the drumline on Saturdays and will be instructing the marching band beginning Feb. 8.

Now you know!