Important
Payment Deadlines:
Band Donations $40 – Due by Friday, September 27, 2019
*Postmark Deadline – Fall Solo & Ensemble Registration & Payments – 9/10/2019
*Postmark Deadline – All-State Band Applications & Payments – 10/1/2019
($10 for solos and $5 for each member of an
ensemble)
*Postmark Deadline – All State Band Acceptance Forms - 2/4/2020 ($25)
*Postmark Deadline – Spring Solo & Ensemble Registration & Payments – 2/4/2020
*All monies for GMEA sponsored events must be received two weeks before Postmark Deadline
UPCOMING BAND EVENTS 2018 – 2019 (PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS):
Trip Meetings Tuesday, August 13, 2019 – 7th Grade 6:00 pm & 8th
Grade 7:00 pm
Jazz Band – 7th & 8th Grade (6th by audition) – begins 9/5/2019 (Every Thursday Morning 7:30 – 8:30)
Fall Solo & Ensemble – Peachtree Middle School – 10/19/2019
SEVENTH & EIGHTH GRADE & JAZZ BAND FALL CONCERT -
TBD- 11/12/2019
SIXTH GRADE FALL CONCERT PERFORMANCE – CMS Cafeteria – 12/12/2019
All-State & District Honor Band Audition – Renfroe Middle School – 12/7/2019
(Inclement Weather Date for All-State & DHB Audition – Renfroe Middle School – 12/14/2019)
All State Middle School Band Final Auditions - TBD – 1/11/2020
(Inclement Weather Date for All-State Final Audition – TBD – 1/18/2020)
District Honor Band – Stephenson Middle School – 1/31/2020 & 2/1/2020
EIGHTH GRADE DISNEY TRIP – Orlando, Florida – 2/14/2020 – 2/18/2020
All State Band Event - The Classic Center Athens, GA – 3/5/2020 – 3/7/2020
Large Group Performance Evaluations – South West DeKalb High School - 3/19/2020 – 3/20/2020 (Exact date & time TBD)
Spring Solo/Ensemble Performance Evaluations – Cedar Grove Middle School – 4/18/2020
Jazz Performance Evaluation - Rockdale High School -
4/25/2020
SEVENTH GRADE CAROWINDS TRIP – Charlotte, North Carolina – 5/1/2020 – 5/3/2020
EIGHT GRADE SPRING CONCERT PERFORMANCE – CMS Gym – 5/12/2020
SEVENTH GRADE SPRING CONCERT PERFORMANCE – CMS Gym – 5/13/2020
SIXTH GRADE SPRING CONCERT PERFORMANCE – CMS Cafeteria – 5/14/2020