Thursday, 9/20: Band Booster Meeting at 7:00 pm in the AIHS Library. All parents/guardians of band students are invited to participate. Meetings are usually the 3rd Thursday of every month and last approximately 1 hour.
Friday, 9/21: If you have ordered a sub and are participating in the Sub Dinner it begins at 4:30 pm in the AIHS Cafeteria. Please remember to bring a dessert to share.
Friday, 9/21: Home football game vs. Lake Forest. Band report time is 5:30 pm in uniform. The Lake Forest Band is scheduled to perform at 6:10 pm. Football Senior Night occurs at 6:30 pm. (This is NOT the band’s senior night.) We will perform the national anthem at 6:55 pm. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 pm. Our marching band will perform our field show during halftime.
Saturday, 9/22: Inaugural HBCU Battle of the Bands at Frawley Stadium. This event will feature 4 HBCU Marching Bands. AI duPont and Smyrna High School will be performing before the college bands compete. The show begins at 3:00 pm, with the gates opening at 2:00 pm. Students are to report to AIHS at 1:00 pm to take the bus over to Frawley. Please report in full uniform with your gold marching band shirt under your jacket. While we do not have every detail of this event, I am guessing that it will finish around 4:30-5:00 pm and we will return to AIHS approximately 15 minutes after that.
Monday, 9/24: There in no band practice/event this evening due to Back to School Open House (which is from 6:00-8:00 pm.)
Tuesday, 9/25: Marching Band Practice from 7:00-9:00 pm. Reminder that parents/guardians should be at school by 9:00 pm to pick up their student from practice.
Friday, 9/28: Home football game vs. Mt. Pleasant. Report time is 5:30 pm in full uniform. Mt. Pleasant’s band will perform before the game. AIHS will perform at halftime. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 pm.
Monday, 10/1: Marching Band Practice from 7:00-9:00 pm.