Dear Band Families, Concert season is approaching, and concert attire has started being sent home! Fittings will continue this coming week. If your student’s attire doesn’t need alterations, it will come home the same day. Attire needing alterations will be taken to…
read moreDear Band Families, I’d like to start with a big THANK YOU to all of the volunteers who have pitched in during the past week! In the longer marathon of this month, we were in a sprint with props building and improvements,…
read moreHello YMB Parents and Caretakers, I am taking this opportunity to send a separate email to you from my weekly update in order to address some marching band-specific issues. Last, (but in case you do not make it to the end) as…
read moreI hope everyone had a great weekend and found the time away to be beneficial. The Yorktown Marching Band is headed into our final two competitive weeks, the Wind Ensemble students will be ramping up preparations for next month’s chamber concert, and…
read moreThere is so much going on this week, especially tomorrow, that a mid-week update/reminder email seemed necessary! Tomorrow – Marching Band Props Assistance for Stadium PracticeProps will be used during rehearsal tomorrow evening. Rehearsals are already long, and the students have other…
read moreHi, Marching Band Families – I hope you’re enjoying your weekend so far! The thing with long weekends is sometimes they drag on, and you think – huh, what can I do with all this time? Well, have I got an idea…
read moreWhat a week we had! Congratulations to the Marching Band for taking third place in the USBands Marine Corps Invitational! It was also exciting to see how many middle school students are interested in joining the Marching Band/Color Guard during Rising Patriots/Spin-with-the-Patriots…
read moreCongratulations to the Yorktown Marching Band on a solid run of most of the show at our second competition on Saturday at the USBands Marine Corps Invitational in Annapolis. The YMB finished in third place in their group of 5 bands. We…
read moreWe have a very busy 24 hours ahead of us and a very full month! Please take note of all the dates below, as well as the numerous volunteer opportunities throughout the month. Every bit helps! We look forward to seeing everyone…
read moreCongratulations to the Yorktown Marching Band on a great run of parts one and two of Let it Be at our first competiton on Saturday at the Virginia Marching Band Cooperative Herndon Showcase. The YMB finished in second place in their group of 9…
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