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10/5: Fall Concert | 7PM | KMS Gym

10/7: Early Release

10/7: All-Region Mock Auditions | NEW TIME: 4:00 - 6:00 PM | Details TBD

10/10: Holiday

10/14: Early Release

10/19: Mr. Benzer HB Rehearsal | 7:15 - 8:45 AM

10/22: LISD All-District Honor Band Auditions

Thank you so much to our picnic parent volunteers! We could not have done it without you! All the kids had such a great time!!

Picnic Crew: Emily Shin, Mike Galloway, Colleen Marchetti, Mike Kosbab, Amit Jain, Kristen Solon, Brian & Sheryl Carroll, and Sarah & Jeff Durrant

Water Donations: Sweta Sheth, Karly Fritsch, Mike Kosbab, Colleen Marchetti, Stacey Rand, and Carly Hodges

All volunteers need to be VOLY approved and applications must be completed every year at https://lewisvilleisd.voly.org/. Please reach out to Sarah Durrant at volunteer@thekillianband.com if you need help completing your application or just want to know if you are VOLY approved.

Our next parent volunteer opportunity is this Friday, October 7th. We need room monitors for Mock Auditions. Sign up if you can!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4baaac2fa5fdc61-room

Our first concert of the year is this Wednesday, October 5th. We are so excited to share with you a "Day in the Life" of a band student and perform selections for your enjoyment.

Students received a copy of the logistics sheet in class last week. It is also attached below. Here are the details:

• When: Wednesday, October 5th, 2022
• Where: Killian MS Gym
• Call Time: Concert Band @ 6:30, Symphonic Band and Honors Band @ 6:45
• Concert: 7:00 PM
• Attire: NEW Blue Killian Band T-Shirt (passed out last week,) jeans, comfortable shoes
• Audience: The concert is FREE and open to the public; enter through the glass doors at the rear of the building next to athletics starting at 6:45 PM

As with all concerts, this is a mandatory event for all band students. If you have any questions, please reach out to your child's band director.

This event is for Honors Band and selected Symphonic Band/Concert Band students only.

This Friday, October 7th is the first opportunity for students to prepare for All-District and All-Region Honor Band auditions later this month.

Students have been given the opportunity to sign up for an audition time slot for Friday. The link to sign up is in their Canvas course. Students from Symphonic Band and Concert Band who have been selected to participate have been manually assigned audition times.

We need your help! We need several parent volunteers to serve as room monitors for the event. Volunteers must be Voly approved. To start the voly process or check your status, visit www.thekillianband.com/voly

To sign up to hep volunteer, visit https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4baaac2fa5fdc61-room

This year, the Band, Choir, and Orchestra programs of Killian are selling a spirit shirt in the style of the classic Mountain Dew logo. If you are interested in purchasing this shirt, follow the instructions below! Orders are due by this Friday, October 7th.

Step 1: Order Details

• Fill out the Google Form for delivery information.
• If you are interested in buying more than one shirt, you will need to fill out this form more than once.
• https://forms.gle/ptwakLvyfwRHSt2w6

Step 2: Payment

• You have three payment options: Cash, Check, or Paypal.
• Cash
  • Bring exact change to your director. They will give you an envelope. Write your full name, grade, organization, and size on the envelope.
• Check
  • Bring a check made payable to the “Killian Booster Club” with your full name, grade, organization, and size in the memo line.
• Paypal
• Send payment to KillianChoir@gmail.com.
• Select “Sending to a friend” option.
• Type your full name, grade, organization, and size in the “What’s this Payment for” box.

Email Mrs. Moreno if you have any questions. MorenoEE@lisd.net.

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