Calendar

Band Calendar 2008-09 click here for printable version

Blue=Performance or Contest

Green=Standardized testing date which conflicts with a scheduled event

Orange=Party or Social Event

Purple=Fundraiser

June (2008)

3-5 – Percussion Camp 1

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM (lunch from 12:00 to 1:30)

July

17 – Drum Corps International Competition – (Berry Center)

Not Required

21-24 – Percussion Camp 2

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM (lunch from 12:00 to 1:30)

21-24- Color Guard Camp
         8:00 AM – Noon

25 – Leadership Camp (Leadership Team Only)
         8:00 AM – 5:00 PM (lunch from 12:00 to 1:30)

27-30 - TBA Convention (Band Directors Only)

31 - Rookie Boot Camp (Rookies and Leadership Team Only)
          8:00AM-Noon - Rookies & Leaders: Inro to Marching
          1:30 - 5:00 PM - Leadership Team Only

31 - Summer Band Parent Meeting and "Money Night"
         7:00 PM in the Taylor Band Hall

August

1 - Rookie Boot Camp (Contd.)

8:00AM-Noon - Rookies & Leaders: Inro to Marching

1:30 - 5:00 PM - Leadership Team Only

4-8 - Summer Band (Week 1)
8 AM – Noon – Marching Basics

Noon-1:30 PM - Lunch on Your Own
1:30 PM – 5:00 PM Indoor Music Rehearsal

8 - Movie Night

6:00 PM - Pizza

7:00 PM - Movie in the LGI

11-15 - Summer Band (Week 2)
         8 AM – Noon – Learn Competition Show
         Noon-1:30 PM - Lunch on Your Own
         1:30 PM – 5:00 PM Indoor Music Rehearsal

15 - Alief Taylor Summer Band Family Picnic
6:00 PM - Parents Meet in Cafeteria/Students Outside

6:30 PM - Band Performance for Parents Outside

7:00 PM - Hot Dog Picnic for Everyone in Cafeteria

8:00-9:30 PM - DJ Dance in the Cafeteria

16 - Band Region Meeting (Directors Only)

19-22 – Staff Development/Work Day

19-21 - Evening Band Rehearsals
5:00 PM to 8:00 PM.

25 - First Day of Classes

28 - Football vs. Bellaire - Butler Stadium (Thursday) 7:00 PM

September

1 – Labor Day – Student/Staff Holiday

4 – Football vs. HISD Jones – Barnett Stadium (Thursday) 7:00 PM

13 – ACT testing

13 – Football vs. Mayde Creek – Crump Stadium (Saturday) 6:00 PM

19 – No Football Game

27 – Football vs. Stratford – Tully Stadium (Saturday) 6:00 PM

30 – Region Jazz Auditions (HSPVA)

October

3 – Football vs. Hastings – **HOMECOMING** (Friday) 7:00 PM

11 - Katy Invitational Marching Festival (Rhodes Stadium)

11 - Alief Marching Festival (tentative)

11 – Football vs. Spring Woods – Tully Stadium (Saturday) 6:00 PM

13 - Student Holiday/Staff Development

17 – Football vs. Strake Jesuit – Crump Stadium (Friday) 7:00 PM

18 - PSAT (morning)

18 - Lone Star Preview Marching Festival (Conroe H.S.)

21 – UIL Region Marching Contest (Rhodes Stadium)

25 - ACT Testing (morning)

25 - UIL Area Marching Contest

25 – Football vs. Memorial – Tully Stadium (Saturday) 6:00 PM

31 – Football vs. North Brook – Crump Stadium (Friday) 7:00 PM

November

3-4 – State Marching Contest (5A) – Alamo Dome

7 – Football vs. Morton Elsik – Crump (Friday) <Visitor> 7:00 PM

24-28 – Thanksgiving Holidays

December

5-6 - Region Jazz Clinic and Concert (West Side H.S.)

10 - Dress Rehearsal for Holiday Concert

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

11 - Holiday Concert

7:00 PM

13 - H.S. Region/Freshman Region Band Auditions

Cinco Ranch H.S. (Saturday) Map

13 - ACT Testing (morning)

22-31 – Winter Break

January

1-2 – Winter Break (continued)

10 – Area Auditions

16 – Student Holiday/Staff Development

16-17 – H.S. Region & Freshman Region Band Clinic and Concert

(Seven Lakes H.S.)

19 – MLK Day - Student/Staff Holiday

31 – Solo and Ensemble Contest (Morton Ranch H.S.)

February

7 – ACT testing

11-14 TMEA Convention (Band Directors Only)

March

16-20 – Spring Break

27-28 – TCGC (Drumline/Color Guard) State Championships

April

1 - State Solo & Ensemble Entry Deadline

4 – ACT testing

8-9 – U.I.L. Varsity Concert & S.R. Contest (Mayde Creek H.S.)

10 - Student/Staff Holiday

16-17 U.I.L. Non Varsity Concert & S.R. Contest (Mayde Creek H.S.)

28-30 - TAKS Testing

TBA - ***Proposed Band Spring Trip***

May

1 – TAKS Testing (contd.)

4-7 – Evening Rehearsals for Taylor Band Blast

8-9 – Taylor Band Blast (Percussion, Jazz, Color Guard Concert)

16 - Band Region Meeting (Directors Only)

18 – Dress Rehearsal for Spring Concert

3:00-5:00 PM

19 – Spring Concert

7:00 PM

25 – Student/Staff Holiday

June (2009)

1 - State Solo & Ensemble Contest (Austin)

4 – LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!!!

Standardized Testing Dates

Please check the calendar, and do not schedule standardized testing on conflicting dates, with the exception of the PSAT. Because there is only one date for the PSAT, we will make every attempt to schedule any competition so as not to conflict.

*Conflicting Dates

SAT
There were no SAT dates posted as of May 21, 2008

ACT
Sept. 13, 2008
*Oct 25, 2008
*Dec. 13, 2008
Feb. 7, 2009
Apr. 4, 2009

PSAT

October 18, 2008

TAKS

March 28 - May 1, 2009

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