Clay-Chalkville Cougar Band
Pride of the Valley Marching Festival
Pinson Valley High School
Saturday, October 23rd, 2010
3:00 p.m. In your spot on the field in “Let It Whip” ready to rehearse.
3:45 p.m. Load equipment & buses. Drum majors, captains, and section leaders
double check to make sure we have everything we need!!!
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4:15 p.m. Depart for Pinson Valley High School.
4:30 p.m. Arrive at PVHS and EAT!! Students will need money for supper.
6:00 p.m. Move to equipment truck and prepare “battle”.
6:30 p.m. Warm-up. Complete uniform and equipment.
7:00 p.m. The Cougar Band performs THE perfect show!!!!!
8:20 p.m. Awards. The Cougar Band makes straight ones!!
9:00 p.m. Load the buses and head for the beautiful, red clay hills
of fabulous Clay, Alabama – home of the Cougar Band!!!
9:30 p.m. Arrive at CCHS as happy as the chicken who crossed the road!!!
Parents, please be prompt in picking up your
child. Remember it has been a long day for the kids as well
as the directors and we will all be ready to go home.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
HUFFMAN ITINERARY OCTOBER 22, 2010
ITINERARY – CCHS at Huffman High School
Lawson Field
Friday, October 22nd, 2010
5:30 p.m. Load buses.
5:45 p.m. Depart for Lawson Field.
6:15 p.m. Arrive at Lawson Field.
7:00 p.m. Kick-off. GO COUGARS!!!
9:30 p.m. Load buses and equipment.
10:15 p.m. Arrive at CCHS grinnin’ like a mule eatin’
briars in the woods because he got to see the
fabulous Cougar Band at half-time!!!!
Dear Parents:
We are in the state football play-offs!!!! On November
5th, we will be traveling to Decatur or Huntsville, depending on
which school we play – Decatur High or Bob Jones High. The
band will attend this game. Please make plans NOW for your
child to be at this play-off football game. More details to follow
after this week’s game.
After the game, please be prompt in picking up your
child. Remember it has been a long day for the kids as well
as the directors and we will all be ready to go home.
Thanks for your cooperation and continued support.
Please make plans to attend our performances. We need
you there cheering on our bands.
Lawson Field
Friday, October 22nd, 2010
5:30 p.m. Load buses.
5:45 p.m. Depart for Lawson Field.
6:15 p.m. Arrive at Lawson Field.
7:00 p.m. Kick-off. GO COUGARS!!!
9:30 p.m. Load buses and equipment.
10:15 p.m. Arrive at CCHS grinnin’ like a mule eatin’
briars in the woods because he got to see the
fabulous Cougar Band at half-time!!!!
Dear Parents:
We are in the state football play-offs!!!! On November
5th, we will be traveling to Decatur or Huntsville, depending on
which school we play – Decatur High or Bob Jones High. The
band will attend this game. Please make plans NOW for your
child to be at this play-off football game. More details to follow
after this week’s game.
After the game, please be prompt in picking up your
child. Remember it has been a long day for the kids as well
as the directors and we will all be ready to go home.
Thanks for your cooperation and continued support.
Please make plans to attend our performances. We need
you there cheering on our bands.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Band Booster Meeting Rescheduled
The band booster meeting scheduled for Tuesday, October 12 has been rescheduled for Tuesday, October 19 at 7:00 pm.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Great Birmingham Marching Festival
Clay-Chalkville Cougar Band
Greater Birmingham Marching Festival
Saturday, October 9th, 2010
Minor High School
10:30 a.m. On the field in your spot in picture one ready to rehearse.
Everywhere we go…
12:30 p.m. Load equipment & buses. Drum majors, captains, and section leaders
double check to make sure we have everything we need!!!
People want to know.
1:00 p.m. Depart for Minor High School.
Who we are??
1:45 p.m. Arrive at MHS and EAT!! Students will need money for lunch.
So we tell them.
2:40 p.m. Move to equipment truck and prepare for “some Cougar jazz”.
We are the Cougar Band!!
3:10 p.m. Warm-up. Complete uniform and equipment.
Mighty, mighty Cougar Band
3:40 p.m. The Cougar Band performs a perfect show!!!!!
We’re comin’ to your town.
4:45 p.m. Awards. The Cougar Band makes straight ones!!
We’ll help you party down!!!
5:30 p.m. Load the buses and head for the beautiful, red clay hills
of fabulous Clay, Alabama – home of the Cougar Band!!!
We are the Cougar Band.
6:30 p.m. Arrive at CCHS as happy as Rocky Raccoon who checked into his
room only to find Gideon’s Bible which he read under the sea in an octopus’ garden in the shade which is just around the corner from Penny Lane where the girl with kaleidoscope eyes is having a hard, day’s night trying to find her recording of the fabulous Cougar Band!
We’re her favorite band by the way!!!!! Name those tunes!!!
!!! COUGAR BAND – COUGAR PRIDE !!!
Good luck, band!!! I hope you will strive to put forth your best efforts on the field. We need everyone to be focused and positive about what we have to do at 3:40 p.m. on Saturday. I know what you are capable of doing and I want to see you put that on the field. I don’t really worry about scores and awards as long as I know we left nothing on the field and no doubts in our minds that we gave 110% !!! I am very proud of our accomplishments up to this point. Let’s take the step to the next level!! “One show – good-bye!!! The Cougar Band has left the stadium!!!”
A special thanks to the Seniors of 2011. I am very proud to be one of your directors and to be a small part of your lives!! I want you to know that ya’ll are a BIG part of my life!! Let’s have the “greatest show on Earth” this Saturday. Thank you for your passion for music and your dedication to the Cougar Band.
!!!LOUD, PROUD, PLEASIN’ the CROWD!!!
DIRECTIONS to MINOR HIGH SCHOOL
Take I-59 south and go through “Malfunction Junction” to exit 123 (Arkadelphia Road / Highway 78). Take exit 123 and turn right. Follow highway 78 through Forestdale to Minor Parkway. You will see a sign on the right that says “Minor High School”. Take this exit and turn left at the bottom of the ramp. Minor High School will be a few miles on the left.
CLAY – CHALKVILLE
COUGAR BAND
Greater Birmingham Marching Festival
Saturday, October 9th, 2010
Minor High School
10:30 a.m. On the field in your spot in picture one ready to rehearse.
Everywhere we go…
12:30 p.m. Load equipment & buses. Drum majors, captains, and section leaders
double check to make sure we have everything we need!!!
People want to know.
1:00 p.m. Depart for Minor High School.
Who we are??
1:45 p.m. Arrive at MHS and EAT!! Students will need money for lunch.
So we tell them.
2:40 p.m. Move to equipment truck and prepare for “some Cougar jazz”.
We are the Cougar Band!!
3:10 p.m. Warm-up. Complete uniform and equipment.
Mighty, mighty Cougar Band
3:40 p.m. The Cougar Band performs a perfect show!!!!!
We’re comin’ to your town.
4:45 p.m. Awards. The Cougar Band makes straight ones!!
We’ll help you party down!!!
5:30 p.m. Load the buses and head for the beautiful, red clay hills
of fabulous Clay, Alabama – home of the Cougar Band!!!
We are the Cougar Band.
6:30 p.m. Arrive at CCHS as happy as Rocky Raccoon who checked into his
room only to find Gideon’s Bible which he read under the sea in an octopus’ garden in the shade which is just around the corner from Penny Lane where the girl with kaleidoscope eyes is having a hard, day’s night trying to find her recording of the fabulous Cougar Band!
We’re her favorite band by the way!!!!! Name those tunes!!!
!!! COUGAR BAND – COUGAR PRIDE !!!
Good luck, band!!! I hope you will strive to put forth your best efforts on the field. We need everyone to be focused and positive about what we have to do at 3:40 p.m. on Saturday. I know what you are capable of doing and I want to see you put that on the field. I don’t really worry about scores and awards as long as I know we left nothing on the field and no doubts in our minds that we gave 110% !!! I am very proud of our accomplishments up to this point. Let’s take the step to the next level!! “One show – good-bye!!! The Cougar Band has left the stadium!!!”
A special thanks to the Seniors of 2011. I am very proud to be one of your directors and to be a small part of your lives!! I want you to know that ya’ll are a BIG part of my life!! Let’s have the “greatest show on Earth” this Saturday. Thank you for your passion for music and your dedication to the Cougar Band.
!!!LOUD, PROUD, PLEASIN’ the CROWD!!!
DIRECTIONS to MINOR HIGH SCHOOL
Take I-59 south and go through “Malfunction Junction” to exit 123 (Arkadelphia Road / Highway 78). Take exit 123 and turn right. Follow highway 78 through Forestdale to Minor Parkway. You will see a sign on the right that says “Minor High School”. Take this exit and turn left at the bottom of the ramp. Minor High School will be a few miles on the left.
CLAY – CHALKVILLE
COUGAR BAND
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Congrat's To Kathryn Hancock and Jonathan Holladay
10/4/2010 Clay-Chalkville students Kathryn Hancock and Jonathan Holladay represent eight JefCoEd schools at AP Celebration
Clay-Chalkville students Kathryn Hancock and Jonathan Holladay represented all AP JefCoEd students for the dramatic increases on AP tests since 2008 which was celebrated at Ramsay High School on September 29. The JefCoEd eight schools more than doubled their numbers of passing scores on AP exams since joining the program, A+ College Read initiative. The initiative is funded by a $13.2 million grant from the National Math and Science Initiative, a public-private partnership. Funding came from the Governor, the State Department of Education, the Alabama Power Foundation, The Alabama Math, Science and Technology Education Coalition, Regions Financial Corporation, and the ExxonMobile Corporation.
The students represented all AP students from eight county schools whose scores increased 135% since 2008. Scores on AP tests taken in math, science, and English increased from 203 in 2008 to 478 in 2010. Congratulations all teachers and students!
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