May 17th - Band Banquet: 6:30PM Lyric Theatre (Dress Fancy!) DJ following the banquet (Banquet ends at 8:00, DJ from 8:00-9:00.)  Students are free admission, family members are $10 each with a cap of $20 per family.

May 19th - Spring Concert, Siebert Elementary.  Be there at least 15 minutes before your portion of the concert.  Expect to stay and help clean up for 30 minutes after the concert.  There will be hotdogs provided, but bring your own chips and drinks.  There will be limited seating available so also bring lawn chairs.  Casual school clothes for this event.

5:30PM - Band hall open to grab instruments

6:00PM - Jazz Band
6:30PM - 6th Grade band
7:00PM - Symphonic Band
7:30PM - Honor Band
8:00PM - HS Band

May 27th - Graduation, Marshall Gym.  Be in seats at 6:25PM, warm up at 6:35PM.  Perform at 6:40PM.  Graduation starts at 7:00PM.  Students check in instruments at end of graduation.  We will wear black and white concert attire.

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Program:

Now that it's December, we're getting ready to close on this part of the semester!  Here is all of our remaining events:

December 4th - All-region Band
The students that are involved in this audition will meet at the school at 9:45AM and depart at 10:00AM.  the event will take place in Graham, TX at Graham High School.  We don't know for sure when the auditions will end, but we will likely be home by 6:00PM.

December 9th - Christmas Concert
Attire: Christmassy clothes or black and white

Location: Eastland HS Auditorium
6:45 - Jazz Band warms up on stage / HS band in the front two rows with instruments
7:00PM - Concert Begins

The concert will last about 45 minutes to an hour

December 13th - Christmas Caroling
We will meet at the school at 4:00, run through music, then go Christmas caroling.  We will wrap up around 8:00PM.

December 16th - Band Christmas Party
Majestic Theatre - 5:00PM - more. details to be added soon

Date of Game: 11/19/2021
Attire: Band Uniforms, same as last week, make sure that we dress warmly.
Playing in Boyd, TX against Bell High School
2:30PM - Dismiss from class
3:00PM - Depart for Boyd
5:15PM - Unload at stadium, chicken express meals (4 Tenders, mashed potatoes, rolls)
6:20PM - Warm up in the stands
7:00PM - Game Begins
12:00AM - Arrive at the band hall (approximate time)

Notes:
Members of the band will be helping decorate the square at 10:00AM on Saturday the 20th and we would like as much help as possible.  This will take a couple of hours, but goes very fast when there is a bunch of help.  Volunteers will meet at the Lyric building at 10:00AM that morning and be working outside.

Location: Seymour HS (playing against City View)
Attire: The new red uniforms (with bibbers, shoes etc, same as last week) - Roadies in spirit wear

2:30PM - Dismiss from class
3:00PM - Depart for Seymour
5:00PM - Arrive in Seymour, unload, stadium burgers, uniforms
6:20PM - Warm up in Stands
7:00PM - Game Begins
12:00AM - Arrive at the band hall

After a year without participating in marching contests due to Covid 19, the Eastland band was back in action this season.  The band's competition show was entitled "Wanted: Dead or Alive" and featured music from "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly," as well as Bon Jovi and composer Luke McMillan.  The band used a show themed uniform for most of the season: they dressed as old west cowboys and cowgirls.

The band purchased the uniforms from Greer's Western here in Eastland.  The owner, Leslie Pitts, went out of her way to help put together the order and allowed the band to purchase the uniforms at cost.  Background props, printed by Bryan's Signs, depicted an old western town (much like the early days of Eastland) as well as a panorama of the cowboy mural from the majestic theatre.  Local business names were printed across the fronts of the buildings.  This gave this particular show a very hometown feel.  Each business represented made a donation to cover the cost of printing all of the props.  Businesses represented were Doc's Drugstore, First Financial Bank, Mae's Meat Market, Clint Coffee State Farm Insurance, Blake Fulenwider, and Greer's Western Store.

The band has had a great season receiving 1st division ratings at the Paluxy Valley Marching Competition as well as based in class, 1st Division ratings from all judges at Region UIL, and finishing 8th place in Area Finals out of 26 bands.  The Drum Majors this year are Ariel Hernandez, Celeste Rodriguez, and Taylor Clark.  The band Directors are Stephen Cox, Jett Lowrance, and Juan Hernandez.  Shelley Reinhart is the Colorguard instructor.

Dublin Football Game 11/05/2021

Attire:
Band - New red/Black uniform tops with bibbers, marching shoes, black socks etc.
Roadies - Spirit Wear
Additional Notes: You can wear jackets, gloves, hats and other things over your uniform.  I would also recommend thermal underwear under your uniform.

Schedule:
4:15PM - Role check at the band hall
4:30PM - depart for Dublin
5:30PM - Arrive at stadium and unload.  Chicken Tender meals from Golden Chick.
6:25PM - warm up in the stands
7:00PM - Game Begins
11:00PM (approx.)  - arrive at the band hall and unload

AREA MARCHING CONTEST 10/22/2021 CH COLLINS STADIUM IN DENTON, TX
This is the big one folks. We only have advancing area contest once every two years. All 26 bands at this contest are 3A bands. The top ten bands will advance to finals, and the top five will advance to state marching contest.


8:00AM - Meet at band hall
8:30AM - Last rehearsal!
9:30AM - Load up equipment
10:00AM - Depart for Denton, TX
12:00PM Lunch at Buc-ee's (Students will be provided $8)
15901 N Fwy, Fort Worth, TX 76177
1:15PM - Arrive at stadium - bathrooms, change clothes, meet at trailer (with instruments) unload.
2:05PM - Warm Up
2:45PM - perform
3:00PM - Put away equipment and wait for results.
5:30PM - Prelim Results announced
6:00PM - Chick-fil-a Sandwiches at buses after announcements

Then:
If in Finals, perform again. Final Results at 10:30. ETA: 2:00AM
If Not In Finals: Load up and drive home. ETA: 10:00PM

Jacksboro Game Schedule 10/22/2021
3:00PM - Dismiss from Class
3:30PM - Depart for Jacksboro
5:30PM - Arrive at stadium, stadium burger meals and set up
6:35PM - Warm up
7:00PM - Game Begins
​At halftime we will be performing with no props.  After we play the team back on after halftime, we will depart as quickly as possible.
11:00PM - Arrive at band hall.  We will not unload.