Hello Viper Vanguard Family!
I hope this email finds you well. The kids did a wonderful job at our first contest of the year on Saturday at Tocoi Creek HS. They gave a very solid performance and overcame some challenges to achieve a 4th place finish in our class out of 8 bands. This was a very solid start to our “competition” season in a new circuit this year. We received some great feedback from the judges and look forward to completing more of the show in the coming weeks.
A HUGE THANK YOU to the parents who chaperoned and helped out on Saturday. Contest days go so much more smoothly when we have a great group of volunteers there to help the band. If you chaperoned, you know there is a LOT that goes on during these shows, and your help is greatly appreciated!
Massive thank you to Eric Bunner-Sorg who has helped get many items designed and built for our show, and we are only just starting! Team work makes the dream work!!
This week is our second somewhat unusual week schedule wise. We are giving the students Tuesday night OFF this week in exchange for some extra time last week. Our schedule this week is:
- Wednesday- Marching Band 2:30-5:30
- Wednesday- PARENT MEETING 5:45-6:30
- Friday- Marching Band 3:00-7:00
- Saturday- Oviedo Marching Contest
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5- Oviedo Marching Contest
- 9:00am- Rehearsal
- 10:30am- Rehearsal concludes- Load Trucks- Lunch Break
- Noon- Load Buses- Leave for Oviedo HS
- 1:00pm- Arrive at Oviedo HS
- 2:00pm- Physical Warm UP
- 2:40pm- Music Warm UP
- 3:30- Performance
- 4:45- Awards
- 5:30pm- Load Buses, leave for LBV
- 6:30pm- Arrive at LBV- unpack and dismissal
Oviedo is a close show! I would love to see a large LBV crew supporting us this week! Tickets for the contest must be purchased in advance and can be purchased here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ffcc-outdoor-oviedo-hs-tickets-917791026667?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
This week we will launch our first fundraiser of the year, InstaRaise. This can be a great and effective fundraiser if students design their profiles well and reach out to contacts for support. I will be sending home some information early this week and we will have a guest at our Parent meeting on Wednesday to help us launch the fundraiser. This is definitely a chance to raise a lot of money toward fair share for each student this year!
Next week we go “back to normal” schedule wise with Tuesday and Wednesday marching band rehearsals.
Have a great week! See you on Wednesday after rehearsal for the meeting!
Mr. C.
Bill Cunningham
Director of Bands
Lake Buena Vista High School
11305 Daryl Carter Parkway
Orlando, FL 32836