CHRIS NEYER - PRESIDENT DONNA HORSLEY - SECRETARY

TRACEY SANDEL - TREASURER Vickey Newman - Uniforms

Amy Smith - Historian Jennifer Daniels - Trustee

John Daniels - Trustee Terry Lambourn - Trustee

Toni Moody - Trustee Ron Schafer - Trustee

Denise Yuncker - Trustee

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CHANGING OUR TUNE! Exciting Challenges for the Marching AggiesOne-Hit Wonders replaces music of Genesis

Fol lowing some frustrat ion surrounding the music of Genesis, Mr. Lowe and the student leadership team adopted a new theme: One Hit Wonders. Trolling both online and the existing Marching Aggie music library, here are the selections the Marching Aggies plan to bring to the field:

•Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglass

•99 Red Balloons by Nena

•Funkytown by Lipps, Inc.

•Maniac by Michael Sembello

•Saturday Night by the Bay City Rollers

•Take On Me by a-ha

Exciting wrinkles in this year’s show include presenting different tunes to the same drill and once again, the Marching Aggies will dance! The Marching Aggies are even looking at bringing new music to their pregame performance.

Our students have already c o m p l e t e d a f u l l w e e k o f preparation in August and had three Wednesday morning rehearsals - and even volunteered to have one more during the week before Labor Day on their own while Mr. Lowe

and Ms Housley had professional development.

The Marching Aggies are looking forward to their first home game performance on Friday, September 11. The Marching Aggies will present their traditional

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MARCHING AGGIE BAND WEEK: Great weather allowed a complete introduction of marching fundamentals and learning 75% of the drill for this year’s show - One Hit Wonders.

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MS. HOUSLEY Our student teacher this semester from CMU!

Ms Housley joins us f rom Ken tuc ky v ia South Lyon, Michigan. Her primary instrument is bassoon, but started her instrumental music journey on flute and picked up skills on m e l l o p h o n e i n marching band along the way. Ms. Housley is already heavily involved in teaching at all levels of our program, and is really enjoying her experience thus far in Beal City!

pregame and the first three selections of halftime, followed by a brief remembrance of the events of September 11, 2001.

The Marching Aggies next performance will be at the Marching Aggie Invitational on Wednesday, September 23, featuring the talents of the marching bands from Pine R iver, Whi te C loud, Mor ley -Starwood and Farwell.

The next home game features a fundraising event for our marching drumline, the Lincoln Driven to Give event. From 1:00-7:00pm, register, and test drive, Lincoln donates $20 to BCEF and TEMPO Club.

Our final home performance is Homecoming on Friday, October 9, with all the excitement and tradition t ha t a c com pan i e s an Agg ie Homecoming!

MSBOA Marching Band Festival occurs on Monday, October 12 in Owosso. Join us on the road as we bring the sound of Beal City to another community!

And f inal ly, the Marching Aggies perform in concert at the Band-Tas t i c concer t , Sunday, October 25 at 4pm.

Certainly a season to remember - and it’s barely even started! make sure you catch all these exciting events!

DESTINATION: The City of Brotherly Love

Our High School Concert and Jazz Band will travel to Philadelphia April 20-24, 2016. Our Aggie band family is certainly excited as we have record numbers of interested participants.

PLEASE NOTE: Funds deposited ensure your student’s place on the trip. If your student is planning on participating, your deposit MUST be in during September.

We h a v e m o r e s t u d e n t s interested in participating on this trip than in years past, and many more parents interested in chaperoning. This should be a great experience!

Mr. Lowe forgot to send a reminder for the August payment. So if participating students would send in at least a $120 payment by October 1, that would be greatly appreciated.

LIBERTY LIES WAITING: Philadelphia, along the banks of the Delaware River, is the centerpoint of the Great American Experiment and the destination of the Beal City Bands for Spring 2016

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HELP NEEDED Assis tance is needed w h e n t h e M a r c h i n g Aggies take the field!

Sideline Set-Up Our collection of podia need to find their way from the Band Room to the Stadium Field. If you or your student are interested and capable, please contact Mr. Lowe. Student or parent help is welcome; students will receive extra credit!

Color Guard Crew Our hopes to have multiple flags used during our show is coming to fruition! We will need help setting flags in positions for our Color Guard to use throughout the show. I f you or your s tudent are interested in providing this material support, please contact Mr. Lowe.

jlowe@bealcityschools.net

BEAL CITY BANDS 3180 WEST BEAL CITY ROAD MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN 48858

TEL: 989.644.3944 ex 328 FAX: 989.644.5847 EMAIL: jlowe@bealcityschools.net WEB:BEALCITYBANDS.WEEBLY.COM

2015-16 INITIATIVESEquipment Trailer

Many programs our size have purchased an equipment trailer to haul the accompanying equipment the band has to its various events, performances and festivals. To date, we h a v e b e e n fortunate to u s e R o d Cole’s trailer. However, Mr. Cole no longer has a student in the program and it would make sense to purchase one for our exclusive use. Costs on these trailers run between $2000-2700. If you have connec t ions on such a purchase or have funding options, please contact Mr. Lowe.

Marching Percussion Our current marching percussion

equipment is, at least, 20 years old. P u r c ha s i ng a com p le t e new marching drumline would cost

approximate ly $8000-10000. Please be looking for crowdfunding opportunities connected with this initiative or contact Mr. Lowe for ways you can help.

Lincoln Test Drive Event Thanks to all those who assisted,

participated and worked the Lincoln Driven to Give event! Especially to Ron & Chris Neyer were available the entire day and spent a great deal of time preparing the TEMPO Club side of things. Also, kudos to Terry Tambourin who assisted with logistics as well. Student or parent, the Driven to Give event would not have been successful without you!

Marching Aggie Invitational The Marching Aggie Invitational

had great weather, great students and great performances. We were pleased to welcome Farwell to the fold joining stalwart participants White Cloud, Morley-Starwood and Pine River. In addition, we welcomed the new band director in Clare, Mr. Adam Cable, and we hope t o we l come t he C la re Marching Band next year! Exciting times, exciting growth, exciting performances!

PHILADELPHIA 2016 AUGUST PAYMENT $120 SEPTEMBER PAYMENT $120

PLEASE GET YOUR PAYMENT IN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

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