Fredericktown Instrumental Music Department

In addition to our field trip, lots of great work was competed on Tuesday of Band Camp 2026! Team building activities such as low brass leap frog and apple batting took place throughout the day. We finished drill for the second chart of show 1 then put music and drill together that same day! Don’t forget to check out all of our superfruits from our daily costume contest as well!

Tuesday of band camp included a change of pace with a fun filled field trip to The Infield in Lexington! A few students took a swing at the batting cages, several played a leisurely game of mini golf, and many got behind the wheel on the go kart track! There was even a race that included all three staff members of the FHSMB, which director do you think won the race?

2026 Band Camp Monday Highlights! ✨
- Fruit Salad Fashion: Members dressed up as their team’s fruit, and we made a giant fruit salad! 🥝🫐
- Instrument Art: During a water break, we got creative with our instruments and made fruit-themed art. Can you tell what our winning designs were this year? 🎨🎺📯
- Kona Ice Treats: We enjoyed all the fruity flavors of Kona Ice! A huge thank you to konaiceofnewarksheridan for being a part of our camp each year! 🍧
- Show 1 Dance: Our dance leaders got back to work making the Show 1 dance and taught it all to the band yesterday, and their teaching from pre-camp was put to work as we paraded to dinner! 💃
- Dinner & Line Dancing: During dinner, Cornerstone Community Church gave everyone a chance to let loose with some music and line dances. Thank you to all the staff who pulled off this special treat! 🎶
- Evening Wind-Down: We ended the evening with a water balloon toss team-building activity and learned more drill for Show 1! 💧✨

Be sure to come out this Friday at 7 PM to the football practice field for our preview show! 🎷

Missing band? Of course you are! Congrats to all of our students who rocked the Knox County Fair this week! We hope everyone got to enjoy whatever their plans were this week whether it be on the fairgrounds, at a favorite vacation spots, or right at home (with lots of practice!)

Pre-camp wrapped up on a high note—Pregame is officially done, Show #1 is well underway, and we even squeezed in a quick parade around the school to check out the new stadium scoreboard!

FHSMB Band Camp starts MONDAY! We have a packed week ahead—check out the band camp planning graphics for info, including details on provided daily lunches thanks to our growing sponsorship program and an AMAZING fundraiser at TK's last weekend!

FRIDAY NIGHT: Bring your lawn chairs to the football practice field for our Community Preview Show! You won't want to miss it!

We’re officially halfway through Pre-Camp!

Our leadership team did a fantastic job teaching our new members how to march on Monday. Tuesday dealt a wild card with thunderstorms off and on all day, but we prevailed and made it a super productive indoor workday! Today, we were able to put all 20 sets of pregame on the field in just over an hour and a half—with multiple full run-throughs before heading to lunch!

On the docket for tomorrow: Show 1 drill!

We couldn’t be happier with how the 2026 FHSMB is starting the season!

The countdown is over—pre-camp starts tomorrow! We have a full day ahead and can’t wait to see our percussion, new members, leadership team, and seniors throughout the day.

To all of our band families: please join us for a booster meeting tomorrow (7/20) at 5:30 PM in the band room.

Much work has happened over the last few weeks to get us ready for day one! Mr. Smith is officially up to speed on assistant director duties, drill is written for pregame and our first show, our percussion section has been putting in serious work at their percussion conditioning sessions, and the leadership team enjoyed lunch with the directors at Burrata courtesy of the Music Boosters! Thanks to the help of Mr. Stan Miller, the practice field is ready for another band season, and despite a power outage at the school this weekend Mr. Hollenbaugh got the band room completely set up for the full band!

Finally, a huge thank you to everyone who participated in the July blood drive. Because of your donations, the American Red Cross made a contribution to our Music Boosters, which directly funded the recent upgrade to our band tower and ensured our first aid kit for the band is fully stocked and ready to go!

Get lots of rest, and drink plenty of water through the week! Don’t forget to eat a good, healthy breakfast in the mornings too! We can’t wait to see you!

Don’t miss our Feed the Band Fundraiser at TK’s next weekend! Stop by Friday afternoon to indulge yourself after pre-camp, or Saturday and Sunday after all your Knox County fair activities. Let us know which flavor of Freddie Blast you’ll be ordering!

Our first fundraiser with one of our favorite organizations!

We are proud to support The Fredericktown Marching Band!

The Freddie Blast was designed to be a fundraising item so here we go………!

We are honored to be the first fundraiser at TK’s! If you haven’t been yet this is a great reason to try them out! Be sure to say hello to our band members and alumni working at TK’s when you stop by!

Our first fundraiser with one of our favorite organizations!

We are proud to support The Fredericktown Marching Band!

The Freddie Blast was designed to be a fundraising item so here we go………!

Every summer the Fredericktown Bands partner with the National Honor Society and American Red Cross to host the July Blood Drive. We would love to see you come out and donate blood to help save lives on July 1st! All donors will receive a Red Cross/Looney Tunes T-shirt as a thank you gift. Easily schedule your appointment at RedCrossBlood.org

This is a great opportunity to see a world class drum corps right in our backyard! Hope to see lots of Freddies there!