Montgomery Band Boosters

We’d like to recognize another one of our platinum sponsors, Lowe’s Home Improvement in Conroe! They were generous enough to donate the Firman portable generator for our raffle!

Thank you so much for supporting the Golden Bear Band!! 💜💛🎶

The Montgomery High School band earned excellent ratings from all three judges at the UIL Region 9 Marching band evaluation yesterday!

We are so proud of all the students & directors for their hard work and dedication! Also, a special thanks to our volunteers and our band
parents who support these amazing students!

WTG Golden Bear Band!
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Thank you to McCoy's Hardware for allowing our Montgomery Band Boosters and band students to participate in our fall fundraiser yesterday, Saturday, October 15th. Our Montgomery community is so supportive of all of our Montgomery students and we appreciate you all. Thank you for your continued support. Our fundraiser will continue until our prize drawing on Friday, October 28th at our last Montgomery Bear varsity football home game. Thank you to our dedicated parent volunteers and students who came out to participate.

We would like to thank our sponsors!

Today we recognize platinum sponsor Cameron Optical.

We appreciate you!! 💛💜

Come out tomorrow and support our MHS band!

Come out tomorrow and support our MHS band!

Wishing the 2022-2023 Golden Bear Band All the Best as you kick off this years Marching Season! Go Bears!

It was a Wonderful 2022 End of The Year Band Banquet!
Thank You to Everyone that came out to support our Band Students and Band Program! Congratulations to all our Scholarship Recipients and Award Winners! Always fun and exciting to see those kids recognized!
Thank You Again to All Our Sponsors for their generosity and contributions which Greatly Help and Impact our students directly as well as our band program! We are Very Grateful!
Thank You to all the parent volunteers that helped make last nights event a huge success! Your help is truly appreciated! As the saying goes, It Takes a Village! A shout out to Isabelle Giddens for putting our slideshow presentation and Senior video together! Thank You! Also, a Big Thank You to those Band Students that stayed and helped with set up and loading my car last night! You all were amazing! Thank You! And lastly, Thank You to Mr. Cameron and Mr. Henley for all they contribute to our kids and the band program daily.

Congratulations to All 3 of our current Drum Majors, Piersten Perdue, Sam Fralick, and Emma Nickerson! All 3 are Honor Grads and in the Top 10% of their 2022 Graduating Class! 👏🏻🎉💜💛🐻🎉

The outcome was not what we expected, however, the Wind Ensemble did a Fantastic job at their UIL Concert and Sight Reading evaluation, earning a 2 in the concert portion and a I in the sight reading evaluation. They sounded Terrific! Congratulations! All your hard work was noticed in this program! 👏🏻💜💛🐻🎶🎵

Congratulations to Mr. Henley and the MHS
Symphonic Band for earning Division 1 Superior ratings at Ull Concert and Sight-reading evaluation that was held on April 13th! Bravo! 👏🏻 🎉💜💛🐻🎼 🎶🎵

A Big CONGRATULATIONS to Next School Years Leadership Team!

MHS Band Car Wash and Bake Sale Tomorrow, April 9, 2022! Please Come Out and Support our Band! 9:00-12:00 Brookshire Bros in Montgomery.

This post comes a few weeks late, but wanted to share these pics anyway.

Our MHS Golden Bear Band had a Very Fun and Exciting time on their out of state band trip! Thank You to our Band Directors and Chaperones for a successful band trip!

Such an Exciting Moment to share with Piersten Perdue watching her perform with the TEMA Region IX High School Philharmonic Orchestra! Outstanding Performance!
“Thank You!” to Mr. Cameron and Mr. Henley for All You Do Daily and to her Fellow Band Peers that came out to watch and show support! Also, a Special “Thank You” to Mr. Robert Price for his love of music, encouragement, instruction, and the use of a very special clarinet for yesterday’s performance! 💜🎵🎶💛

The Jazz Band put in a Terrific Performance at yesterday evenings Jazz Concert and Pasta Dinner! Thank You to everyone that came out to support this group and the effort put forth towards this event! 🎵🎶

Congratulations to senior Piersten Perdue for earning 4th chair clarinet in the region 9 philharmonic ! Bravo! The performance is this Saturday at 4 PM at Klein Forest HS. 👏👏👏

Our 21-22 #mhs #band and #belles seniors finished their last performance at our home football stadium at Friday night's playoff game. Proud of these guys! 🐻👍 #music #musiceducation #dance #danceeducation #publicschool @montgomerybandboosters @mhsbellesdanceteam @natalie70brown @_hayden_henley_

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Our 21-22 #mhs #band and #belles seniors finished their last performance at our home football stadium at Friday night's playoff game. Proud of these guys! 🐻👍 #music #musiceducation #dance #danceeducation #publicschool @montgomerybandboosters @mhsbellesdanceteam @natalie70brown @_hayden_henley_

The MHS Jazz Ensemble Winter Concert and Dinner will take place next Thursday, November 18th from 6-8 PM in the West Cafeteria at Montgomery High School. The concert is totally free and pasta dinner tickets are $20/person catered by Pizza Shack. Please use this link to reserve your dinner plate(s): https://rb.gy/4icfyl Hope to see you there!

What a great time we had with our #band yesterday! Started with a #blacklight #peprally, followed by our last district home #football game where both high school spirit groups joined forces to honor our #veterans at halftime. Then we combined bands again and jammed out some stand tunes on the track. To top it all off, our football team won with a now 10-0 record going into playoffs! It sure is a great day to be a Montgomery Bear! #music #musiceducation #marchingband #publicschool #texas @montgomerybandboosters @_hayden_henley_

Wanted to share Mr. Cameron’s Instagram Post! Fun Times for our MHS Band!
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What a great time we had with our #band yesterday! Started with a #blacklight #peprally, followed by our last district home #football game where both high school spirit groups joined forces to honor our #veterans at halftime. Then we combined bands again and jammed out some stand tunes on the track. To top it all off, our football team won with a now 10-0 record going into playoffs! It sure is a great day to be a Montgomery Bear! #music #musiceducation #marchingband #publicschool #texas @montgomerybandboosters @_hayden_henley_

If you love Chick-fil-A, and you’d like to help support the band, Please stop by for dinner tomorrow, Monday, Oct. 25th from 6-8 for our MHS Band Spirit Night. Please order through your Chick-fil-A App, and the band receives 20% of the sale, Go Bears!!!!!🐾🎶🌻

Some of the Beautiful Mums and Garters Hanging up in the Band Hall! Such a Fun time of the year! Hope everyone is coming out to support Our Bears and Enjoy the Homecoming Festivities! We have 4 of our Band Members that are on the Homecoming Court! Good Luck to:
Mia Hernandez, Emma Nickerson, Ethan Thrasher, and Alan Valdez! Super Exciting!

MHS Marching Band - 2021 Region 9 UIL - Tuesday, October 19th

https://youtu.be/8UcNdhKT6yI

MHS Marching Band - 2021 Region 9 UIL - Tuesday, October 19th See title.

We are Super Proud of Our Golden Bear Band!!!!
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Good morning Montgomery Highschool Band fans and supporters! We will be in Downtown Montgomery at McCoy’s on Saturday morning, Oct. 16th, from 9:00 am -12:00 and at Fajita Jacks from 6:00-8:30 selling raffle tickets.
We have five great prizes and we will be drawing for our winners at our last scheduled football game. Thank you for your continued support!!🐾🎶🌻

Found this interesting and a great perspective!

Borrowed from Robert Stocklas:

Why band ... here's why ... grab your coffee and read this ...
Let’s assume, for simple math, we have a moderate to above average-sized marching band of 100 wind players, 20 percussion, 20 color guard, and two drum majors. Now, while it seems fairly straightforward…just play your music and march to various spots on the field… here’s what REALLY is facing them.
In an average production of 2 minutes duration, there will be somewhere in the neighborhood of 300 notes played per student (some parts will be less, some more). For each note played, the student must be responsible for:
Correct fi*****ng of notes
proper tone quality
proper pitch
correct beginning articulation
correct release/ending
correct duration/timing
balance to other players
blend with other players
appropriate volume

This means at least 9 responsibilities per note times 300 notes…understand that sometimes the student will not play during segments, so this is an average…2,700 responsibilities per student…times 100 players = 270,000 musical responsibilities for the wind section.

Percussion will have more notes in snare/mallet parts, perhaps fewer in bass drum and accessory parts, but on average, about the same number of musical concerns …substitute stick heights for pitch correctness, since it is not typical to tune drums as you go. This adds 2700 responsibilities…times 20 percussionists = 54,000 musical responsibilities for percussion.

Color Guard must be concerned with:
timing
hand positions
equipment angles
speed of spins
height of tosses
direction of spins…not to mention holding on to or catching equipment
Number of counts roughly parallels musical notes, so assume 300 beats times 6 responsibilities or 1800 items per guard member…times 20 members = 36,000 more things to do.
So far, we are up to 360,000 responsibilities, and we haven’t touched marching. With marching, there are at least the following considerations:
posture
direction of facing
instrument position
staying in step
staying in form
size of step
tempo
style of movement (Toes up? Knees straight? Shoulders square?)
control of space between members

On average, there will be one step per beat of music, or approximately 240 steps. This means 240 times 9 responsibilities per member,…times 140 members …302,400 more things to think about.
The drum majors must be on top of:
tempo, beat pattern
dynamics
communication of style/energy to band
poise/showmanship
or approximately 1200 items… times two majors…2400 more responsibilities.

Keeping up so far? We’re up to 664,800 things that have to be done correctly… AND WE’RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE FIRST PRODUCTION OF THE SHOW!! Assume there are three segments in the average show, our grand total jumps to a staggering 1,994,400 responsibilities on the members for a single performance.

The next time you watch a marching band show, examine the level of expectation and delivery that occurs with each student. It is truly remarkable, and it will help you appreciate even more the feeling that comes from a well-performed show. When they are done, stand up and cheer their efforts…they are truly at the top of the ‘responsibility pyramid’ when performing in marching band.

Why Band? That's why ...

Presenting the 2021 Band Homecoming Court Nominees: Ethan Thrasher and Mia Hernandez! Congratulations! 🤩🎉👏👏👏

Earth, Wind and Fire couldn’t keep us from booster clubbing.. see you there!

The Montgomery Golden Bear Band and Montgomery Band Boosters would like to thank Dr Cameron for her continued support. Our Community is an integral part of our success and we appreciate you helping us grow.

Great Day To Meet The Bears! It’s going to be an Amazing 2021-2022 School Year!

A HUGE thank you to Brookshire Brothers Store 73 Brookshire Brothers in Montgomery for your generous donation to the MHS Marching Band. It’s a great day to be a Bear! 🐻 💜💛

Please join us in Welcoming our New Assistant Band Director!

Happy 4th of July! 🇺🇸🎉 Thank You to all the students who volunteered and participated in this years Walden Parade! Always fun to see our MHS Band out in the community! It’s a Great Day to Be a Bear! 💜💛🐻🎵

It was an Amazing Week for our Drum Majors! Each one learned a lot, put in a lot of hard work, enriched their existing skills, had fun, and made some new friends! There is a lot to be Proud of coming home too! Please help me 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 our 3 Drum Majors for their Achievement and the Awards they received!
Sam Fralick -
*𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
* 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧
*𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝

Piersten Perdue -
*𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
*𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝

Emma Nickerson -
*𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

Excited for Our 2021-2022 Drum Majors!
They are attending Drum Major Camp at Stephen F. Austin University! Wishing Sam, Piersten, and Emma the Very Best this week! It’s A Great Day to Be A Bear! 💜💛🐻🎵

🖤💜 CONGRATULATIONS SENIORS💜🖤

SENIOR SUNSET has been CANCELLED

Photos from Montgomery Band Boosters's post

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