THE PRIDE OF LOUISVILLE - Louisville Ohio High School Band Director's Update

Banquet Update

5/8/2018

Dear Parents and Students,

I regret to inform you that yesterday afternoon I received a call from Skyland Pines concerning our banquet meals. They are no longer able to fulfill all of the meal choices that were previously agreed upon. They will only be offering chicken or vegetarian meals. So, anyone who ordered scrod or roast beef will now be served chicken. The side dishes, drinks, and dessert will remain unchanged.

Definitely not the news I was expecting to hear a day and a half before the banquet. Please keep in mind that our band banquet is a time to recognize the incredible amount of hard work and dedication that your child has shown as a band member this year. We will celebrate many successes tomorrow evening.

Having said that, should you have any questions or concerns with the menu change, please direct them to Skyland Pines.

Doors open at 6pm and dinner is served at 6:30pm with awards following.

Thanks,
Mr. Bleininger

May events and reminders

4/24/2018

See below for upcoming events:

Wed. 5/2 Spring Concert 7pm in HS Gym
Both concert and symphonic bands will perform. We will combine into one band to honor our senior class. All seniors should email a picture to Mr. B for use in the slide show. Deadline is this WEDNESDAY. If I do not receive your picture, you will not be included in the slide show. Thanks to those who have already submitted their photo.
BANQUET RESERVATIONS ARE ALSO DUE THIS DAY

Fri. 5/4 The radio station Q92 will be broadcasting from LHS from 5:30am-10:00am. The Pep Band will be featured at 8:30am. Tune in to hear the fight songs and a few short interviews with the Q92 morning show hosts.

Sat. 5/5 Mattress Sale 10am-5pm at LES gym.

Mon. 5/7 LHS Band Booster Meeting 7pm in band room

Wed. 5/9 Band Banquet 6:30pm at Skyland Pines (doors open at 6pm)

Thurs. 5/17 Dr. Tim Lautenheiser Leadership Clinic 5-7:30pm at North Canton Hoover (select students only, more details TBA once they become available...cost is $30.00)

Sat. 5/19 Fundraiser pickup between 8-9:45am in the band room

Thurs. 5/24 Graduation 7pm at Canton Civic Center . See link below for itinerary.
FUNDRAISER MONEY IS ALSO DUE THIS DAY

Mon. 5/28 Memorial Day Service 10am near the fire department downtown (select students only)

Thurs. 5/31 Drum Major Tryouts 1:00pm in band room THIS DATE IS TENTATIVE

As you can see, May is a busy month but full of fun stuff. Please continue your support of our band students through the end of the school year by attending and volunteering at our events!

Thanks,
Mr. Bleininger

GraduationItinerary2018.pdf
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Marching Band Summer Schedule (revised)

2/27/2018

Color Guard camp will be July 9-13 from 8am-noon at LHS. (Color guard members only)

Week 1 of full band will begin on July 16-20 from 8am-noon at LHS. (All members, including color guard)

***Week 2 of band full band will now be from July 23-27 from 8am-noon at LHS.***

***Band Camp will now be July 29-August 3 at Bethany College.***

Please note this change from what was presented at the last Louisville Band Booster meeting. The change is necessary due to a conflict with our original band camp week at Bethany. This change does not add rehearsal time to our normal schedule, but it does shift when we go to camp by one week.

A full schedule will be made available as soon as our competition schedule is finalized.

Large Group Adjudicated Event

2/23/2018

Dear Parents,

Below you will find the information for our performances on Friday, March 9th at Boardman HS for the OMEA Large Group event.

Let me know if you have any questions and please consider making the one hour trip to Boardman to support our hard working student musicians.

Thanks, have a great weekend.
Mr. B

LargeGroupInfoPacket2018.pdf
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Reminder about upcoming dates...

2/5/2018

Just a few reminders about upcoming dates for the month of February...

Monday 2/5
Jazz Band 2:50-4:00pm

Tuesday 2/6
Band Booster Meeting 7pm in HS band room
Pep Band vs. Marlington report time 6:45pm

Thursday 2/8
LHS Conferences 3:00-6:30pm (Mr. Bleininger is unavailable due to OMEA Professional Conference in Columbus)

Monday 2/12
Jazz Band 2:50-4:00pm

Tuesday 2/13
Pep Band vs. Boardman report time 6:45pm

Thursday 2/15
LHS Conferences 3:00-6:30pm (Mr. Bleininger is available)

Friday 2/16
Pep Band vs. West Branch report time 6:15pm (early report for pizza?)

Monday 2/19
No School-President's Day

Tuesday 2/20
Pep Band vs. Lake report time 6:45pm (final Pep Band for the season)

Thursday 2/22
LHS Winter Band Concert in auditeria 7:00pm
Concert Band report at 6:15pm
Symphonic Band report at 6:30pm
We will be taking pictures for the yearbook at the concert. The Concert Band will be photographed by Rick Black prior to the concert on stage at 6:45pm. The Symphonic Band will be photographed as soon as the concert ends at approximately 7:45pm.

Friday 2/23
Yearbook pictures during 10th mod for members of Pep Band and Jazz Band. Wear this year's "Illusion" marching band shirt.

Informational Meeting

1/19/2018

From George Flinner, Louisville Band Booster President:

informational_meeting_invite.pdf
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Solo and Ensemble

1/18/2018

Below are three documents concerning solo and ensemble this coming Saturday at GlenOak HS. If your student is riding the bus to GlenOak, report time is 6:45am at the LHS band room. We should return to school at approximately 5:00pm for those returning on the bus.

NO photos are videos are permitted at this event.

solo_and_ensemble_information.pdf
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map_to_glenoak.pdf
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glenoak_building_map.pdf
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Upcoming Winter Dates

11/20/2017

Dear Parents,

Below are some reminders about upcoming dates:

Sunday Dec. 3
Light Up Louisville Parade

The band and color guard will be marching a short parade from Paradise Church to the Louisville Eagles in support of our community's "Light Up Louisville" Christmas celebration.

Students should report to Paradise Church at 4:30pm. We will gather in the parking lot behind the church. We have been asked to lead a parade to the Louisville Eagles beginning at 4:45pm. The lighting of the community tree will be at the Eagles at 5:00pm. Once finished, we will march back to the church for dismissal at approx. 5:20pm. We will not be wearing uniforms...students are encouraged to wear Christmas colors and decorate their instruments.

The band room will be open for a short time at 4:15pm for anyone who needs to get equipment.

Tuesday Dec. 5
Band Booster Meeting 7:00pm @ LHS band room

Saturday Dec. 9
Band Prom 7-10:30pm @ Paradise Church

Tuesday Dec. 12
MIDDLE SCHOOL Winter Concert (grades 7-8 only) 7:00pm @ LMS gym

Friday Dec. 15
Fruit Sale Money Due

Tuesday Dec. 19
MIDDLE SCHOOL Winter Concert (grade 6 only) 7:00pm @ LMS gym

Tuesday Jan. 9
Band Booster Meeting 7:00pm @ LHS band room

Saturday Jan. 20
Solo and Ensemble Contest @ Glenoak HS. Performance times TBA

Thursday Feb. 22
Winter Concert 7:00pm @ LHS auditeria

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Canton South Football and State Marching Band Finals

10/20/2017

Below you will find the itineraries for the final football game of the season and State Marching Band Finals. Please email with any questions that you may have!

CantonSouthAway17.pdf
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StateFinals2017.pdf
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Salem Football Game and New Phila Competition

10/15/2017

Click below to see this weekend's itinerary. I have also included the information for senior night once again. Thanks to everyone for supporting our efforts this weekend at OSU! Let's finish the final two weeks of the season with even more parents cheering us on at New Philadelphia and at State Finals!

SalemNewPhila17.pdf
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SeniorNightInformation.pdf
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