This is the Band Calendar for the 2008-2009 School Year
- Dodgen Middle School Band -

NOTE: During the course of the year, this calendar is subject to change due to conditions which may be beyond our control.  In an effort to respect your personal calendars, any event changed or added with less than one month's notice will not require mandatory attendance. HOWEVER, in return, in order to respect the participants in each performing ensemble, we ask that you keep all band dates posted on this calendar free of conflicts if none exist as of August 11th, 2008.   Thank you!

All students are required to attend the mandatory events (highlighted in RED) for the group (s) in which they hold membership. ALL OTHER EVENTS which are not mandatory will involve students on a volunteer basis. As you can see, the mandatory events have been kept to a minimum to allow as many students as possible to participate in the band program. The other events are provided to enrich the students' musical experience and to take advantage of opportunities to share the talents of our students with the community. Therefore, students can "Custom Design" their desired level of participation in the Dodgen Band Program. In summary:

ALL 6th grade band students only have two MANDATORY attendance events (winter concert and spring concert)
ALL 7th grade band students only have three MANDATORY attendance events (winter concert, GMEA Performance Evaluation, spring concert)
ALL 8th grade band students only have three MANDATORY attendance events (winter concert, GMEA Performance Evaluation, spring concert)

Place these dates on your master calendar at home now.  If something comes up on a mandatory band date during the year, please immediately inform the other activity sponsor that your child has a previous band commitment. The sponsors of community groups are more than happy to work with you IF THEY KNOW you have a previous commitment. THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT IF YOUR CHILD IS A MEMBER OF A COMMUNITY SPORTS TEAM.  Please hand a copy of this schedule to the coach of your team at the first practice of the season.

* Your child's performing ensemble will be scheduled to perform on only one of the dates indicated.  Once the schedule is established by the Georgia Music Educators Association, you will be notified so that you may free up the other dates.   We normally have two to three weeks notice prior to the final scheduled being posted which is not enough time to give you a month's notice.  By blocking off these dates now, you will be able to avoid conflicts for this mandatory State Standards Performance Evaluation.  Thank you!