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

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!

ITINERARY – CCHS at Gadsden City High School

ITINERARY – CCHS at Gadsden City High School
Friday, October 1st, 2010

4:45 p.m. Load buses.

5:00 p.m. Depart for Gadsden.

5:45 p.m. Arrive at GHS.

7:00 p.m. Kick-off. GO COUGARS!!!

9:30 p.m. Load buses and equipment.

10:15 p.m. Arrive at CCHS as happy as a bug in a rug
watching TV on Friday night hoping to get
a glimpse of the fabulous Cougar Band on
the Blitz or Sideline.



Dear Parents:

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.

LOUD…PROUD… and PLEASIN’ THE
CROWD!!!!!!

COUGAR BAND – COUGAR PRIDE!!

Specail Called Band Booster Meeting

There will be a Special Called Band Booster Meeting on Thursday, September 23, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. in the High School Band Room. The purpose of the meeting will concern the approval of the Agreement with the Jefferson County Board of Education for the purchase of new uniforms. This will be the only business conducted at the meeting.

Please plan to attend this very important meeting.

Pam Dunn, Secretary

CCHS SPRING TRIP

September 9th, 2010

To: Band Students & Parents

From: J. Randell Wallace

RE: New York Trip

Students and Parents:

We are in the process of planning our spring band trip to New York City. The dates of the trip are April 26th-May 1st, 2011. We will depart on Tuesday at 3:00 p.m. and return Sunday morning. We will be attending two Broadway musicals and seeing the sights of Manhattan – the Statue of Liberty, the Twin Towers Memorial and Ground Zero, the Empire State Building, Central Park, a day of shopping downtown, and possibly the Blue Man Group or a Mets baseball game. The band will be performing at the Statue of Liberty. This is a wonderful trip and believe it or not, it is very educational.

There will be an informational meeting on Tuesday, September 14th, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. Our regular band booster meeting is a 7:00 p.m. We will discuss the trip after our regular meeting. By meeting on the same night, we won’t take up too much of your time.

Thanks for your patience, cooperation, and continued support of the Cougar Band program. God bless all and God bless America.

CCHS at Oxford High School

ITINERARY – CCHS at Oxford High School
Friday, September 10th, 2010

4:15 p.m. Load buses.

4:30 p.m. Depart for Oxford.

5:45 p.m. Arrive at OHS.

7:00 p.m. Kick-off. GO COUGARS!!!

9:30 p.m. Load buses and equipment.

11:15 p.m. Arrive at CCHS as happy as Tweety Bird
after escaping from a close call with that
“bad, ole putty tat”, Silvester and returning
to his cage to sing the praises of the mighty
Cougar Band!!!!



Dear Parents:

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.

LOUD…PROUD… and PLEASIN’ THE
CROWD!!!!!!

COUGAR BAND – COUGAR PRIDE!!



DIRECTIONS to OXFORD HIGH

Take I-59 South toward I-459. Take I-459 south
to I-20. Take I-20 east toward Atlanta. Go about
an hour and take the first Oxford exit. You can
see the stadium from the interstate. For more
exact directions, google or map quest Oxford
High School. Good luck and go Cougars!!!!

Thank you!!!!!!!!

Thank you to everyone that helped Friday night. We had middle school parents, high school parents, grandparents and former band members parents! Even the Supervisor of Bands for Jefferson County helping. It took over 80 volunteers to pull off Friday night. We could not have done it with out each and everyone of you. Thank you so much!