April 13, 2025 Band Notes

Upcoming Events

Monday, April 14

• Pit Orchestra Rehearsal: 2:45-5:45pm; MHS Auditorium 
• Winter Percussion: 5:30-8:30pm; MHS Band Room

Tuesday, April 15

• Pit Orchestra Rehearsal: 2:45-5:45pm; MHS Auditorium 
• Marching Band Instrumentalist Uniform Sizings: 5:30-8:30; MHS Guitar Room

Wednesday, April 16

• Concert Green/Silver Rehearsal: 2:45-4:15pm; MHS Band Room
• Pit Orchestra Full-Cast Rehearsal: 2:45-5:45pm; MHS Auditorium 
• Marching Band Instrumentalist Uniform Sizings: 5:30-8:30; MHS Guitar Room
• Marion’s Dine & Donate: 3-9pm

Thursday, April 17

• Pit Orchestra Rehearsal: 2:45-5:45pm; MHS Auditorium 
• Marching Band Instrumentalist Uniform Sizings: 5:30-8:30; MHS Guitar Room

Friday, April 18

• No events scheduled

Future planned events can be found on the updated band calendar: Mason Band Calendar.

Parent To Do Checklist For This Week

1. Complete Marching Band registration forms.
2. Eat at Marion’s for our Dine & Donate this Wednesday, April 16, between 3-9pm.
3. Senior families: Submit your plans for post-graduation.
4. Senior families: Check out the senior banner form below for new products that you can order for celebrating this year - deadline is Sunday, April 20.
5. Junior families: Sign up for your senior banner portrait photo session below!
6. Sign up to volunteer for After Prom.
7. Sign up to volunteer for spring flower sale pickup.

NEW INFORMATION

Winter Guard Spring Recital

Congratulations to all of our Winter Guard groups for their outstanding performances at the Spring Recital! 

Our Winter Guard Performance Ensemble, 7th Grade Winter Guard, and 5th & 6th Grade Winter Guard combined for beautiful performance of their program “Fly On”.

Competitive Winter Guard presented a stunning encore performance of their program “Paper Chain Family”.

We are so proud of all you accomplished!

SmugMug Spring Recital Pictures

Spring Recital Program

Spring Flower Sale Pickup - Volunteers Needed

Pickup for spring flower sale orders will be on Saturday, May 10th, from 8:30am-12:30pm at the patio outside the Middle School Arena. Keep an eye on your email for any pickup updates.

Please plan to pick up your order at that time, as we are not able to store orders. If you need to have someone else pick up your order for you, please let Regina Devassy know at flowersale@masonbandboosters.com.

We are also in need of volunteers to help distribute flowers. Signups are now live in BoosterHub.

MARCHING BAND LEADERSHIP INFO/APPLICATION

Information and applications are now available for students interested in being part of the 2025 Marching Band Leadership Team.

LEADERSHIP TEAM APPLICATION - Due Monday, April 21 

LEADERSHIP TEAM INFO DOCUMENT

Important Dates:

• Friday, April 25 = Leadership Training Clinic with Bobby Lambert
• Saturday, April 26 = Leadership Training Clinic with Bobby Lambert
• Tuesday, May 6, 2:45pm-4:00pm = Leadership Meeting.
• Tuesday, May 13, 2:45pm-4:00pm = Leadership Meeting.
• Tuesday, May 20, 2:45pm-4:00pm = Leadership Meeting.
• Monday, May 26, 1:00-3:00pm = Leadership Meeting/Mini Camp Prep

DRUM MAJOR CLINICS/AUDITIONS

First Clinic This Week During Connect! 

Drum Major Clinics for this season's drum majors to learn from last season's drum majors start next week! Sign up for Mr. Hinson's Connect in the Guitar Room if interested. (There is no Open Practice Time Connect this week). Attending the Clinics does NOT mean you are required to audition, but these are a great way to learn from our veteran drum majors to prepare for auditions. 

Note: This first clinic is also Commencement Band rehearsal Connect for next year's Wind Symphony... so talk to a drum major from  last year if you are interested but can't make the first clinic. 

• CLICK HERE: Drum Major Interest Form (25) - fill out for more info! 

Drum Major Clinic/Audition Dates

• Wednesday, April 16 Connect = student led clinic
• Thursday, April 17 = student led clinic
• Wednesday, April 23 Connect = student led clinic
• Tuesday, April 29 = student led clinic
• Wednesday, April 30 = Connect = student led clinic
• Thursday, May 1 = student led mock audition
• Friday, May 2 = 2025 Drum Major Auditions

REQUIRED INFO FOR NEXT YEAR’S WIND SYMPHONY 

Everyone in the 2025-2026 Wind Symphony should have received an important message from Mr. Jackson this week about: Commencement Band and Progress Check Audition (All State Music)

Please Read over this information and let Mr. Jackson know if you have questions. The first rehearsal for Commencement Band is Connect this upcoming week, so be sure to sign up for Mr. Jackson’s session. 

Recital Night

Congratulations to everyone that participated in concert band Recital Night! Be sure to see a band director if you haven’t received your Certificate or your Comment Sheet from the Adjudicator. Be sure to take your comment sheet to your next lesson with your lessons teacher, as they like to review these with you.

REMINDERS

Senior Banner Photos + New Senior Products!

For BOTH graduating and rising seniors! Because there are multiple new products this year to decorate your graduation celebrations, the form is open to THIS year’s graduates as well. 

For rising seniors, it’s time to schedule your senior banner portrait appointment! This year’s portraits will be after the first day of Mini Band Camp, Tuesday, May 27! 

(For some students, now is a good time to decide if you want your hair revert to its natural color or if you are going for a statement look. We have students decide either way, but let it be a deliberate choice with no regrets.)

Order deadline for graduating seniors is April 20 to have products back before graduation. 

Scheduling deadline for rising seniors is May 20. Order early if you want a specific appointment time!

https://form.jotform.com/Masonbands/2025-marching-band-senior-banners

MB Instrumentalist Uniform Sizings - Sign Up in BoosterHub

It’s time for Marching Band Competition Uniform Sizing for instrumentalists. This allows us to get everyone’s current size to order Competition Uniforms as it takes some time to get them in. This is important for all instrumental marching band members (not color guard) who intend to march in the fall. Please sign up on BoosterHub for a volunteer slot (you aren’t volunteering, just signing for your time slot). If parents sign up their marcher, please put the marcher’s name in the comments. There will be samples of summer uniforms, shoes, and jackets to try on that day as well.

Sign up on BoosterHub:

• Rising Freshmen: If you missed Saturday, please sign up for the sizings this week.
• Rising Upperclassmen: April 15-17 from 5:30-8:30

Note that there will be two additional fittings (trying on the actual uniforms for any adjustments) later in the season - one for Classic uniforms and one for Competition uniforms.

Color Guard uniform sizings and fittings will be done separately. Look for information coming soon.

Please contact the Uniform Crew at uniforms@masonbandboosters.com if you have any questions or concerns.

MHS Concert Bands - Spring Concert Information

As a reminder, spring concerts are coming up in just a few weeks! Attire for students can be found in the info from earlier this Year: Attire. Students will be provided with a bow tie upon arrival. The itinerary can be found below:

Tuesday, April 29th: Wind Symphony, Symphonic Band, Concert Winds
Wednesday, April 30th: Concert White and Concert Silver/Green

Senior Parent Medication Pick Up

Sally McDonald, Medical Secretary will be present at both concerts from 6:30-6:55 pm  to allow for pick up of your senior’s medications that we still have. Pick up of medications for grades 8-11 will be at the Activities Fair during Mini Band Camp at the end of May.  If this timing will not work for you or if you have any questions please contact Sally directly at MedicalSecretary@masonbandbooster.com

After Prom - Volunteer Slots Live

Each year, Mason Band Boosters sponsors the Temporary Tattoo Parlor at Mason’s After Prom. The event this year is on Saturday, May 3. 

This year’s theme is “Decades,” and our booth is the ‘70s, so our station will be extra groovy this year!

As always, we can’t provide this incredible experience for our students without your help.  You can donate temporary tattoos for the booth here.

We are also looking for volunteers to work the event. It’s a late night, but a ton of fun for  both students and volunteers! The After Prom Committee is expecting record attendance this year, and we always have long lines of students waiting to receive their tattoos.  We need your help!  Signups for volunteer shifts are now live in BoosterHub.

April Dine & Donate at Marion’s

Our next Dine & Donate will be at Marion’s on Wednesday, April 16, from 3-9pm.

Please print this flyer and bring it with you when you order.

Booster Executive Committee Elections

We will be voting to elect the next Booster Executive Committee at our Booster Meeting on April 23rd. We are pleased to announce that the following individuals are running for the listed positions.

Andy Weiss- President
Tabytha Lopez - Treasurer
Laura Minniear - Recording Secretary/VP of Communication
Carrie Upchurch - VP of Marketing
Kristen Robiglio - VP of Membership
Tiffany Williams - VP of Travel
Tyler Buckner - VP of Student Experience
Jennifer Rodway - VP of Fundraising

To learn more about each candidate, please read the bios found HERE.

2025 Senior Plans

Attention Seniors!! It’s time to celebrate YOU!! We would love for you to create a senior shoutout slide so our band family can celebrate you and your accomplishments! Please click here for instructions. Please submit as soon as possible. 

Next Booster Meeting

Our next General Band Booster Meeting will be on Wednesday, April 23 at 7pm in the Band Room.

Booster Executive Committee Elections will be held at this meeting

We hope to see you there!

2025 Marching Band Next Steps

Marching Band Registration Next Steps:

• Registration Guide is now live.
• Competition Uniform Sizings (Instrumentalists only):
• Upperclassmen: April 15-17
• Due by May 1: 
  • Instrumentalists
  • Color Guard
  • Fill out all forms
  • Upload a current physical
  • HWBP: Health And Wellbeing Profile
  • SCP: Student Care Plan and Upload SCP Electronically
  • DMS: Dispensing Medication at School and Upload DMS Electronically
• Consumables Form and Payment
• FINAL FORMS
• Complete Student Care Forms
• Accept BoosterHub Invite
• PAST DUE: 
• 2025 MARCHING BAND COMMITMENT & FINANCIAL AGREEMENT
• Band School Fee #1, $400 via PaySchools Central or check to Mason City Schools
• Band School Fee #2, $400 via PaySchools Central or check to Mason City Schools

Other Marching Band Documents: 

• New Member Meeting Slides 2025 & 2-10-2024 Booster Meeting Slides - includes full season calendar draft
• New Member Meeting Handout 2025
• Marching Band Summer Dates 2025 - One Pager
• Marching Band Summer Dates 2025 - Packet
• 3-19-2025 Booster Meeting Slides

IMPORTANT: For all payments by check - please include the student’s name and student ID and the fee you are paying on the memo line of the check. Example: “Jane Doe 987654 Band Fee 1”

School fees are available in PaySchools Central. You will find the fees under Performing Arts. Scroll to the bottom of that section and look for the ones that start with "NEXT SEASON". All three school fees are live and payable, with the due date for each listed in the name. 

MHS Winter Percussion Information

See the attached schedule from Mr. Scharf for more information: 2025 WINTER PERCUSSION SCHEDULE.  These dates are also now on the Band Website calendar. Email Mr. Scharf with any questions: scharfj@masonohioschools.com 

Members of Our Band Family Need Us

Thank you to those that donated so far. Fuz and the Burton family have greatly appreciated your support. You can still donate to the GoFundMe.