THIS MONTH AT A GLANCE

FORMS

NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

On Our Way to UIL Competition For the first time in recorded history, Paul Revere Bands will be competing in the UIL concert band and sightreading events. The Symphonic and Concert bands will be competing this April.

The Band Room Gets a New Floor. After years of water damage, the band room is getting a new floor installed. The projected is expected to be completed by December 2nd.

The Band is Raising Funds for New Instrument Lockers. The project will cost about $33,000.00. It is hoped that the funds can be raised by the end of the 2013 schools year. The lockers are need for a growing program. The band has increased its enrollment from 60 members in 2009 to 250 at the beginning of this school year.

DID YOU KNOW

the April 23, 1998 issue of Nature, Researchers at the University of Munster in Germany reported their discovery music lessons in childhood actually enlarge the brain. An area used to analyze the pitch of a musical note is enlarged 25% in musicians, compared to people who have never played an instrument.The findings suggest the area is enlarged through practice and experience. The earlier the musicians were when they started musical training, the bigger this area of the brain appears to be. - Nature, 1998

 

January 20 Practice Records due

 

Band Shirt Order form

Instrument Rental form

Student Information form

Media Release form

Medical Release form

Practice Room Authorization form

Private Lessons Request form

VIPS

Practice Record

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