Taft High School Marching Band
BRASS - DRUMLINE - WINDS - COLOR GUARD

Calendar 2004/2005

Fall Semester 2004 - Marching Band

Call time for Friday football games is usually 6pm for home games (6-10pm) and 4pm for away games (4-11pm). Game starting times are listed below.

September 2004

Thursday   9	First day of classes
		Band fees due $350.00
Friday    10	Football @ Crenshaw 7pm (20-21)
Saturday  11	AYSO performance 8-10am

Tuesday   14	First day of Jazz Band 7am (zero-period)
Thursday  16	Unassigned day, no school
Friday    17	Taft Spirit Day and bbq
		Football vs. Carson @ Taft 7pm (35-20) We won!
Saturday  18	RECYCLE DAY, 10-10:30am, THS

Monday    20	Happy Birthday Mr. Burch!
		Pierce College Wind Ensemble performs "Lewis & Clark" 7pm
Tuesday   21	PSAT sign-up begins
		Staff development, 1:43pm dismissal
		Parent Meeting, Band room 7pm
Thursday  23	Football @ Monroe 7pm (27-8) We won!
Saturday  25	Yom Kippur
		Special practice, 9am-1pm
		ACT exam

Monday    27	After-school sectionals
Tuesday   28	Staff development, 1:43pm dismissal
Wednesday 29	After-school practice
Thursday  30	After-school practice

October 2004

Friday     1	Football vs. University @ Taft 7pm (40-6) We won!
Saturday   2	Field show competition Kennedy HS (Anaheim) 7am-7pm

Monday     4	After-school sectionals
Thursday   7	2:05pm dismissal
		Back-To-School Night:
		   5:30 Pizza and Bake Sale
		   5:30 Adv. Studies
		   6:00 Taft Hall -Principal Sharon Thomas
		   6:30 Classroom visitation
Friday     8	5-week progress report card
		Football @ Narbonne (Harbor City) 7pm (35-13) We won!
		   Bus leaves THS at 4:30pm
Saturday   9	SAT exam

Monday    11	After-school practice
Tuesday   12	Staff development, 1:43pm dismissal
Wednesday 13	PSAT 7:30am $12.00
		After-school sectionals
Friday    15	Football vs. El Camino @ Taft 7pm (47-7) We won!
		  Drumline call time 4pm
Saturday  16	Ramadan begins
		Field show competition Simi Valley HS 7am-7pm
		  Band and Color Guard 9:00am rehearsal
		  Lunch break at 11:00am
		  Load the Bus at 11:45am
		  Depart Taft at Noon
		  We perform at 3:00pm
		  Awards Ceremony at 5:15pm

Monday    18	After-school sectionals
Tuesday   19	Parent meeting 7pm
Wednesday 20	After-school sectionals
Friday    22	Pep rally 11:42am
		Homecoming Parade 6pm
		Homecoming Football vs. Granada Hills @ Taft 7pm (41-17) We won!
Saturday  23	ACT exam
		RECYCLE DAY, 10-10:30am, THS

Monday    25	After-school sectionals
Tuesday   26	Staff development, 1:43pm dismissal
Wednesday 27	After-school sectionals
Thursday  28	After-school practice, Halloween music
Friday    29	Football @ Birmingham 7pm (28-21) We won!
Saturday  30	Field show competition Wilson HS (Hacienda Heights) 7am-7pm
		  6am call time
		  6:15am bus leaves THS
		  7:30am arrive at Hacienda Heights
		  9:30am perform
		  2:45pm return to THS
Sunday    31	Daylight Savings Time ends

November 2004

Monday     1	After-school sectionals
Wednesday  3	After-school sectionals
Friday     5	Lyrics Contest entries due
		Football @ Chatsworth 7pm (55-21) We won!
		  5pm call time in uniform
Saturday   6	SAT exam

Monday     8	After-school sectionals
Wednesday 10	After-school sectionals
Thursday  11	Veterans' Day holiday, no school
		Band and Color Guard practice, 9am-noon
Friday    12	10-week report card
		Football vs. Cleveland @ Taft 7pm (56-10) We won!
		Middle School Band Night - about 75 students perform with us
		  5:00pm  Band and Color Guard report to Band room
		  5-6pm   Rehearse all groups combined in Taft Hall
		  6:30pm  March out to field for Pre-Game show
Saturday  13	Ramadan ends
Saturday  13	Field show competitions Oxnard HS, Granada Hills HS
		  BRING A SACK LUNCH
		  7:15am  All Band and Color Guard report to Band room.
		  7:30am  Be on the bus and ready to go
		  7:45am  Bus leaves THS
		  9:00am  Arrive at Oxnard High School
		  11:00am Perform Field Show
		  noon    Bus leaves Oxnard and goes to Granada Hills HS
		  3:30pm  Perform Field Show
		  4:00pm  Awards Ceremony
		  6:00pm  Arrive back at Taft, put away equipment

Monday    15	After-school sectionals
Tuesday   16	California High School Exit Exam testing, Per 1-6 Taft Hall
Wednesday 17	After-school sectionals
Thursday  18	Football vs. Jefferson @ Taft playoff game 7pm (40-7) We won!
Friday    19	After-school sectionals
Saturday  20	Field show competition Moorpark HS 7am-7pm
		  7:00am call time
		  7:30am bus leaves
		  8:30am arrive at Moorpark HS
		 10:30am perform
		 11:30am bus leaves to return to THS
		 12:30pm arrive at THS
		         put all equipment away, go home.
		  4:00pm Awards Ceremony at Moorpark
		         Band officers (and others who want to go) will attend.
		         Private transportation will need to be arranged by these
		         students to go back to Moorpark HS.

Monday    22	After-school sectionals
Wednesday 24	After-school sectionals, tentative
		Football vs. Birmingham @ Taft quarter-final playoff game 7pm (19-41)
Thursday  25	Thanksgiving holiday, no school
Friday    26	no school

Monday    29	After-school sectionals
Tuesday   30	Staff development, 1:43pm dismissal

December 2004

Wednesday  1	After-school sectionals 3:30pm
Thursday   2	Serrania Elementary School performance 1st-2nd periods, red band shirt
Friday     3	After-school rehearsal 3:30-5:30pm
Saturday   4	2004 SCSBOA Field Show Championships
		  Mira Mesa High School
		  10510 Reagan Rd, San Diego 92126
		  858-566-2262
		  distance: 138.5 miles
		  driving time: 2 hours, 7 minutes
		  Bring lunch money.
		   5:30am arrive at Taft. Bring your pillow.
		   6:00am bus leaves for San Diego
		  10:30am performance (approximate time)
		  12:00pm Awards Ceremony
		   1:15pm bus leaves San Diego
		   4:00pm bus arrives at Taft (approximate time)
		SAT exam

Monday      6	After-school sectionals
		Parent Meeting for the Band and Color Guard parents, 7pm
Tuesday     7	After-school rehearsal, 3:30-4:30pm
Wednesday   8	After-school sectionals
		Hanukkah
Thursday    9	After-school rehearsal, 3:30-4:30pm
Friday     10	After-school rehearsal, 3:30-4:30pm
Saturday   11	RECYCLE DAY, 8am, THS
		LAUSD competition - 1A white
		  East LA Community College
		  1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez, Monterey Park 91754
		  323-265-8650
		  distance: 31.8 miles
		  Bring a lunch.
		  8:00am call time
		  9:45am load equipment into cars and bus
		  10:00 bus leaves THS
		  1:30pm perform
		  3:00pm (approx.) Awards Ceremony
		  5:00pm arrive back at THS
		ACT exam

Monday     13	Band meets at 8am
		Spongberg flyer posting after school
		Moorpark "B" Jazz Band tryouts, 6:30pm
Tuesday    14	RECYCLE DAY, 7am band room
		Staff development, 1:43pm dismissal
Wednesday  15	Winter Concert 7pm Taft Hall
		  Tickets are $3.00 for students and $5.00 for adults.
Friday     17	$50 deposit due for Spring trip to San Diego
		15-week progress report card mailed home
Sunday     19	Holiday Party, potluck, Band will play in Candy Cane Lane
		  call time 5pm at Spongberg's house
Monday     20	Winter recess begins, through Friday, January 7, 2005
Saturday   25	Christmas

January 2005

Saturday   1	New Year's Day
Monday     3	Moorpark Jazz Band second round of auditions, 6:30pm
		directions on www.moorparkcollege.edu
Thursday   6	workday at band room, 9-noon, 1-3pm

Monday    10	School resumes
		jazz ensemble, 7am
		AP Music massive homework packet due
Tuesday   11	Staff development, 1:43pm dismissal

Monday    17	Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, no school
Tuesday   18	Auditions for Hair (actors/singers)
Wednesday 19	Juniors' College Night, 6pm
Thursday  20	jazz band cancelled today 7am
Friday    21	individual saxophones and clarinets play
Saturday  22	SAT exam

Monday    24	individual saxophones and clarinets, cont.
		brass and flutes need not come until 8am
Tuesday   25	Staff development, 1:43pm dismissal
Friday    28	Last day to turn in cleaned uniforms
		  or suffer an Incomplete 

Monday    31	no jazz band 7am

February 2005

Tuesday    1	no jazz band 7am
		Staff development, 1:43pm dismissal
Wednesday  2	no jazz band 7am
		FINAL EXAMS for periods 3,5
		minimum day, 12:35pm dismissal
Thursday   3	no jazz band 7am
		FINAL EXAMS for periods 1,6
		minimum day, 12:35pm dismissal
Friday     4	no jazz band 7am
		FINAL EXAMS for periods 2,4
		2nd installment San Diego trip due $150
		minimum day, 12:35pm dismissal
                End of fall Semester

See also: Taft High School Calendar


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Mathepower

05Feb2005
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