We’re getting ready for Fall! Please feel free download & to share in any other groups -
Clinics are open to any current 8th-11th grade students!
No experience required, all skills will be taught
Check out the @psouthguard instagram for more information
Here's your Parkway South Spirit of 76 Marching band highlighted in Mizzou's virtual band day.
https://youtu.be/DloSSMKc2Ng?t=7290
We will no longer be doing an 8th grade/Senior Night on Thursday, Oct. 15. The football team has gotten the OK to play football in the county so we will have a football GAME on Friday, Oct. 16. We are the pep band for football games so every student is invited to come out and particpate in the pep band. We will play the Star Spangled Banner, the Fight Song (hopefully), and the music we have been working on in class (this is why we've been working on it).
Those who have been coming on Wed. nights will get to perform Don't Stop Believin at some point during the night.
We are asking every student to bring a lawn chair so we can space ourselves out around the track. I believe Matt Roach, the AD, said that only family is allowed to come to the game. Please be masked for the safety of those around you.
I don't have times yet, but will get that figured out ASAP.
We will meet on Thursday night, as of right now, for a rehearsal for the next night. This rehearsal may be shortened, keep your eyes out for more emails.
A second thing I want to bring to your attenting is the Mizzou Band Day. Last week, Mr. Wall recorded the efforts to the Wednesday night group and sent it to the University of Missouri to be considered for their 75th Annual Mizzou Band Day. We were accepted and there will be a live stream of the event on Saturday, Oct. 10 beginning at 12:00.
The event is a celebration of what students can do even during times of struggle and insecurity. Out exact performance time is still to come and I will send that when I get it.
I know this is a long email, I'm sorry. I also know that there are so many questions to be answered and I will get more information to you as I get the information from others or have the time to talk to staff and make some decisions.
As always, I thank you for your support of your students and can't wait for the day when we can all safely meet as a group in one room.
Kinworthy
Please fill out your marcher’s intent form asap if you haven’t already. Color Guard, please use this form to register your intent. Pat Burns has also released activity and athletics information. Please make sure you follow all of the instructions found here.
Thank you to all who came "out" to the Band Awards Zoom tonight! Here is a link if you would like to remember the evening!
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wbKKBUrfO2G4l-K7HGXybFdWsT-WpCasx2f74KQz4SM/edit?usp=sharing&fbclid=IwAR0MK7QxYaNhIU2tsrRDgoNlyjYZftbZgtwqoNsqWR7FvmGmA3p5-n6WvMs
Next step is graduation. . . .maybe. .. .lets get out there and encourage our incoming freshmen to join the Spirit of '76 and find friends who play piano, guitar and bass to join us. Let's build some numbers of our family!
Activities are cancelled through June 30, this means the Spirit of '76 Pre-Camp is cancelled.
South High Graduation is Tuesday, July 28 at 7:30 pm. Contact Lisa Kinworthy if you can be there. We will combine the 3 band classes with the junior percussionists to perform Pomp and Circumstance. This will require a rehearsal or 2 before the actual ceremony. 8th graders, parents of South students who play and instrument and all alumni are invited to play. I am NOT asking you to cancel any plans you already have. All of this is, of course, if the health officials, say it is OK to do these types of events and happenings. I will NOT put your students at risk.
Parents and students,
We are entering the final months of the 19-20 school year and that means that it is time to start the 2020-2021 Spirit of ’76 Marching season! The staff have been working since January to gather information from the students and put together a fun, entertaining, as well as quality competitive marching program for next year. Our goals are for the students to have fun when rehearsing and performing, to feel accomplishment and pride at the finished product; to give the home football crowd something they can relate to; and to produce the show with the quality it takes to get recognition for the students’ work at competitions.
For those who don’t know, we work to put together a precision performance that includes marching, choreography, performing music, color guard, flags, rifles (fake, they don’t shoot) and sabers (dulled blades, can’t cut). On Saturdays in the fall, we travel to local and non-local high schools to perform this show for a group of experienced judges who comment on the precision of the group, then give it a qualitative number. The performance with the highest total number at the end of the day wins! This gives us a day of complete entertainment when not performing and an incredible feeling of pride and accomplishment when we get our turn.
I hope you are considering joining our Spirit of ‘76 family. We are trying some new stuff and I’m just completely excited to get going and I don’t want anyone to miss out on the fun we’re going to have. And this isn’t just for the students! Parents are invited to join us as we put together the logistics of the show. Come to our booster meetings and see what all you can do to help your students have fun and succeed in this new and exhilarating adventure!
We have a working schedule that is posted on our website: https://www.spirit76.net/. As the summer progresses and details become more firm, our website will be a fount of information for all things Marching Band, but for now you can see what we’ve done in the past
Please fill this out the intent form for the Spirit of ’76 Marching Band Google Form as soon as possible. We need to get an accurate count of students to our creative staff. As with any organization, there are some requirements for participation. Please give it a read and return the form by May 1, 2020. I hope to hear from you soon!. If you’re thinking, “Hey wait! I’m not in band, I took orchestra or choir!” This next message is for you. We want to open up to you the opportunity to become part of this unique group. The face of competitive marching band is changing and we are looking for musicians to become a part of or color guard and percussion sections that have the following skills: can count to the beat, can dance (or learn to dance), perform on a non-traditional marching instrument (strings? voice?), play guitar, electric bass and piano. Everything else we can teach—trust me, band kids haven’t been in marching band either! Lisa M. Kinworthy Director of Bands Parkway South High School 801 Hanna Road Manchester MO, 63021 Email: lkinworthy@parkwayschools.net
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