Dine To Donate
Dine To Donate
Eat at Avers Pizza East any time on January 11th through the 16th and Avers will donate 20% of the total sales to the Edgewood Marching Mustangs
Available for Dine in or Carry Out at the East Store Only Located at:
2905 E. Covenanter Dr.
Bloomington, IN 47401
Just mention that you are dining for the Edgewood Band
Come support the Edgewood High School Winter Guard and enjoy a pancake breakfast! The event is this Saturday, January 9th from 8-11 am at the Burton Woolery Post 18. Tickets are only $7 and can be bought from a winter guard member - or at the event!
Solo and Ensemble entries are due by 12-4-15. If your student is interested in participating in a solo and or ensemble they need to provide information to me by then. This year a solo is $13.00 to perform and a ensemble is $7.00 for each participating member. I have enclosed a pamphlet that will explain a little about this opportunity, it can be found under "Forms, Itineraries, Etc" on the sidebar, and as always if there are any questions please do not hesitate to ask!
Miss Taylor Mooy, Mr Nathan Macatangay, and Mr RJ Delphia will be representing our "E" family this weekend at Bloomington North High School in the Indiana Band Master's All-District Band! They will rehearse all day Saturday at Bloomington North and Perform on Sunday at 3pm. The concert is free and it would be amazing if we could get a lot of support for our young musicians! Congrats to these three!!
Please check the new Momma Wells' Time Keeper. Time changes and food have changed...
Phone tree starts 3:45am
School Opens 4:15am
Practice Starts 4:30am
Run 5:00am
Boosters will provide a sandwich and chips, but, I highly encourage bringing a sack lunch filled with good choices as well!
Well, the week and the moment that we have been working towards since June has now come upon us. SAVOR every moment! The itinerary for Saturday is up...YES it is early, but, that is just the breaks of going on early this year. With the Indianapolis Marathon being ran that day, we have to be very precise on time and be in the LOS lot a tad earlier than desired. This does mean a 3:30AM call to school...YES THAT IS IN THE MORNING...we will have just enough time to warm up, and run the show, then load and leave...We will have tickets on sale at the school bookstore and after all practices. They are $20.00 for adults and $18.00 for students, tickets are general admission and I would ask that we try to be as close to a group as possible, being the second band on I don't think we will have to big of a problem achieving this feat! Please take time and go through the State Finals Packet that is enclosed forms page and look at all the wonderful maps they have sent. With the Marathon being ran there will be roads shut down throughout the morning. Follow the Marathon route to see what roads you can travel on and when. With that being said, I will be around all week to answer questions about the week.
It is looking like 100% chance of rain from now until tomorrow afternoon. As you know, children can and do melt, so we are trying to keep this from happening! Tonight we have rehearsal scheduled from 5-9pm. With the outlook of melting children we are going to cut our practice short tonight at 7:30pm and pick up this time Friday. We are at the point of the year where we need time on the move! Times for Friday will be 3:30 to 7:00...I know this does add some problems and I am sorry, but, we are in the home stretch of our season and need absolutely the most time we can have to be outside marching and playing. If there are any questions or problems please let me know ASAP!
Well, this is the part of the year that really gets fun! Saturday we will be traveling to Decatur Central to perform in the ISSMA Semi-State contest. We will need to be in the top 10 of 20 to advance on to the ISSMA State Finals in Lucas Oil. Karen's Time Keeper and the full line up for the day have been posted and the boosters will be feeding the members breakfast before we leave! This will be a big day for the band and one that we have been working towards since June! There will be a celebration after we get home in the auxiliary gym to have pizza and cake and reflect on our hard work for the season, we will also use this time to recognize our senior members!
This Saturday we will have practice from 8-1 with a final run being at 1pm if you are interested in coming to watch the show! There will be a small food break in the middle so your student will need to bring a small meal along with his or her snacks. Also if there are any students or parents that would like to go to finals Saturday night, I have 20 tickets for sale at 10.00.
Parents, the "Momma Wells Time Keeper" for Friday has been posted! The students will have the option of grabbing "A" lunch and eating in the band room or bringing their own. Yes we will go to Circle Center Mall after we are done and thhey will get dinner there. Junior High members will be picked up by me in a activity bus and brought over to the high school I will get them at 10:50 in the Junior High Band Room. Mr. Hite and Mr. Koehler know the drill. The major change is that we will need to be at the high school early on Friday morning. I know there are a lot of students that ride the bus that morning, so please seek alternate rides that morning and if there are still major problems please let me know ASAP! Thank you again for all that you do!
Times for ISSMA Regionals at Center Grove have been posted and sent. It is a early one! But, should be a very good gauge for us and State Finals morning...
With the mass quantities of bike riders coming in the next week, we will have our rehearsal at the Edgewood Early Childcare Center instead of EHS like originally planned. The EECC is located approximately 1 mile outside of Elletsville going towards Spencer. The Rehearsal schedule has not changed as far as time, and we will meet there and dismiss there on both Friday and Saturday. The semi will be there through the week and will return home on Sunday evening for unloading on Monday. If you have any questions about times and or places please do not hesitate to contact me.
October 6th 3-6pm HORNS ONLY (Music) No Guard or Percussion EHS
October 9th 1-9pm Percussion
October 9th 3-9pm FULL BAND REHEARSAL at EECC outside of Ellettsville
October 10th See Karen's Time Keeper! We will be at EECC outside of Ellettsville
Parents on the 9th and 10th we will be at the EECC just a mile out of town towards Spencer. Please allow more time to get to and from the school. On the 9th your student will need to pack food for dinner. We will have a break in the middle of rehearsal for dinner and will do a run at 8:45! There will also be a music only (Horns only) practice on Tuesday from 3-6 with Mr. Koehler. Thank you and have a wonderful fall break!
October 3rd 3-6pm EHS
Due to rain and the lack of gyms at 2:30 we are pushing the guard practice back to 6-9 so that there is a gymnasium to use. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Momma Wells in her stylish "E" zip up hoodie!
We all know the mom Wells by now, and she can not live without her Saturday itinerary! I am asked, texted, called, and left messages on my Jeep every morning till she gets one. So with that being said, I have officially changed our itinerary name to "Momma Wells' Time Keeper" it is enclosed in the tab "Show Itineraries"
This week we start the beginning of three weeks where the band is split for rehearsal. Monday is woodwinds only. Tuesday is Guard, Brass, and Percussion all with their own designated times. Woodwinds and brass will go form 5:30 to 8:30 on their respective days and Guard will go from 2:30 to 5:30 while the percussion will stay at the normal 6:00 to 9:00 time slot. The next two Wednesday's the hornline will stay after school for our "Choreography" session's with Derek from 2:45 to 4:45, and the full band this week will run the 2:45 to 4:45 on Thursday as well to accommodate for the performers at Fall Festival. Friday night we will have our annual "Lock-in" with rehearsal that evening being 8-11 and the "Lock-in" portion being from 11pm-8am Saturday morning. Information pertaining to the "Lock-in" will be included in a parent email. Saturday will be the annual "Fall Festival Parade" with members reporting at 11am and the parade starting at noon. All members will need to park on the side by the band trailer and enter through the loading double doors. After the parade all members will be shuttled back to the school from the end of the parade route to have lunch. At 2pm we will finish our week with a 2-5:30 practice and a public preview for all who would like to attend at 5:40. If the parade were to get rained out, we will make adjustments accordingly and will communicate via text and email. Enclosed in the show itinerary tab is a "Fall Festival" itinerary for this week, in that itinerary you will find all of this information broken down in an easy to follow time line!
What a great way to start our season! The rain held off, we got to see amazing rainbows all the way down to Salem, and the "Virus" was unveiled to the world! Thank you to all parents and volunteers that helped get the first step started and going as always we would not be near as successful as we are without your amazing help and support! The band had about as good as first week showing as possible. I would like to congratulate Mr Luke Alysworth and the Springs Valley Blackhawk Brigade on a great performance and a sweepstake's win! I would also like to thank the volunteers and Miss Bonnie Harmon director of bands at Salem on putting on a great contest!