Director’s News

Dear marching band member and parent, The purpose of this letter is to provide you with information concerning the Cary Christmas Parade this Saturday as well as several other “end of season” events. CARY CHRISTMAS PARADE Saturday December 10, 2022 Report & Dress...

Dear Athens Drive Band family, Something NEW--for us anyway! It’s TUBACHRISTMAS!!! Yes, you read that correctly… TUBACHRISTMAS has been around for 49 years and is a concert of holiday favorites presented by tubas and euphoniums. Concerts are currently held in over 300...

Dear marching band member and parent, The purpose of this letter is to provide you with information concerning the Apex Christmas Parade this Saturday as well as several “end of calendar year” events. APEX CHRISTMAS PARADE Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022 Report to ADHS 3:00pm...

Dear Athens Drive Band family, “Tis the season to…” I am writing to make you aware of a few ideas that you may wish to pursue over the following months as we are transitioning out of marching band. Private Music Lessons: Music is unique in that most “serious”...

Dear marching band member and parent, The purpose of this letter is to provide you with information concerning the Raleigh Christmas Parade this Saturday. Upcoming events are also listed at the end of this letter. PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE LETTER! RALEIGH CHRISTMAS...

Dear Athens Drive Band students and parents, The administration at Waverly Place has requested that our marching band perform for about 15 minutes at 6:00pm this Friday, Nov. 18th for the beginning of their tree-lighting ceremony. As Waverly Place has generously...

Dear Athens Drive students and families, Our North Carolina Symphony is a treasure to our State and performs regularly just a few miles from many of our homes, at Meymandi Hall in downtown Raleigh. These are musicians who have spent their LIFE immersed in the study...

Senior Night Football vs. Broughton Report to ADHS band room 5:30pm Change into full uniform Warm-up in front (junior) parking area 5:55pm Walk to staging area 6:20pm March to stadium 6:35pm Pregame 6:45pm Game begins 7:00pm Halftime performance and Senior recognition...

Dear GRAND CHAMPION marching band student and parent, First of all, CONGRATULATIONS to everyone connected with our organization for winning GRAND CHAMPION BAND at the Western Alamance Competition last weekend!!! This was a total team effort by our student leaders,...

Dear Marching Band student and parent, The purpose of this letter is to provide information concerning our HOME FOOTBALL GAME this THURSDAY, and our SECOND COMPETITION this Saturday. HOME FOOTBALL GAME (ATHENS VS. SANDERSON H.S.) Thursday, September 29, 2022 Report to...