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The Hoover Band is dedicated to developing lifelong musicianship, whatever path our students may take.

Our mission is to give students the knowledge, skills, and abilities to appreciate and perform music in
the next phase of their lives while building a strong community of service to school, community, and each other.

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Marching Band 2023-2024
August 23 - October 31
Early Morning Rehearsals - 7:45am - 9:13am

Time BEAVERDALE FALL FESTIVAL      

Greetings!
This Saturday is the Beavedale Fall Festival parade. The route this year starts at 10am on Euclid Ave and Beaver Ave. and goes south on Beaver Ave to Allison Ave, stopping a couple blocks before the Price Chopper. In order to prepare for this parade, we will have early morning rehearsals with the 7th and 8th grade bands the remainder of this week starting @ 7:45, meaning you need to arrive to the band room @ 7:40am or earlier to get prepared. Drumline, I have a short cadence for you to learn that is roughly 6 measures in length and is fairly easy to learn. We will work on street marching down at the main stadium on the track before school.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE get here before start time so we can have productive rehearsals going into the parade!

PARADE DAY INFORMATION
The parade STARTS @ 10am, that means we need to be at the staging area NO LATER THAN 9:30AM!!!! NOT SHOWING UP @ 10AM!!! We do not have busses to get you to and from the parade, so you will need to organize your transportation to and from the parade. Drumline, I will get the snare, quads, basses, and cymbal equipment to the staging area and back to the school. If you are available, please meet me at the school around 8:30am to load up the equipment for transport to the parade route. Uniforms for the event will be either a Hoover Band shirt, a Husky/school shirt, or a shirt that is either Green, Gold, or Black to show your school and band spirit!
After school on Friday September 15th, you will need to take your instruments home with you OR you can meet up @ the school in the east parking lot @ 8:30 to get what you need for the parade.

PARENTS
If it is possible, would 2-3 parents be willing to purchase a few cases of water (for the parade, I recommend the small mini bottles) that we can put on ice in rolling coolers that could be walked alongside the band to keep kids hydrated? I would also need 2-3 rolling coolers as well. As of 9/12, current weather for Saturday has temps in the mid 70’s and partly cloudy skies. So, it looks like it will be a beautiful day for a parade! Additionally, if 4-6 parents would like to walk with the band to disperse water, I have a couple extra band t-shirts that I can pass out.

Link to the parade route map - Click here

Below is maps of the parade start and end. This is where you will be able to drop your child off at for the start of the parade and where to pick them up at when we are done marching. Please do not pick up your child without letting Dr. Armentrout or Ms. Walter know that they are with you! We will be around the location of the black box, per the map, on the south side, close to the road.

Thank you for your help and support of the Hoover and Meredith bands! Looking forward to seeing you all at the parade and cheering on the hard work of these amazing students!

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Who We Are?

Hoover Husky Marching & Concert Band Staff

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Desmond Armentrout
Head Director

Head Director

“Music is the universal language of mankind.” ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Jennifer Walter
Meredith MS Director & Assistant HS Director

Assistant Director

“The true beauty of music is that it connects people. It carries a message, and we, the musicians, are the messengers.” — Roy Ayers

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Jim Novak
5th/6th Band Director

5/6 Director

“Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing.” ― John Erskine

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"Wow!!!  Awesome performances, everyone!  
Thank you so much to you and all your students for hosting us today for a wonderful performance.  It was awesome!  
(sorry to be late- there was a mix up with our bus)
Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

Mrs. Kelly F. Janson, M.A.
Kodaly Certified Levels I, II and III
Vocal and General Music Specialist
Hillis Elementary

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