Cocoa Beach High School Band Camp

Well you know what time it is!! Band Camp! It is time to get ready for a new season of fun with marching band.

A lot of great things have been happening over the summer. The New Minutemen Band Room is completed and we are getting inspections as I write this email, and we should be in by the end of this week. Band camp home base will be in the band room this year not the auditorium. The band room looks so different and really great!

Please remember that band camp is focused on marching band and getting the show ready for the season. Everyone that is participating is an important contributor.We have new guard uniforms, a new dragon underway – music for camp. All of your student leaders have been taking a leadership training course over the summer to get ready to make your band the most fun and well respected group there is.

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Here are a couple of reminders:
S - Spirit- Let’s remember the spirit of band in all that we do. Spirit is the animation and energy in our actions or expressions. Lets have fun, respect our leaders and show our Minutemen pride in all that we do.
U - Unity – We are one big band family here at the beach. Let’s always uplift others in our actions and our words. This is no place to be divided. Unity is the quality of being united into one. Remember Unity is a way to always bring the group together.
D - Discipline - is a system of rules of conduct or method of practice. We have a system here at the beach that we follow for everything including, behavior, leadership, and instrument practice. Let’s all pull our weight in all of these categories to make our band is great.
A - Attitude – is a mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways ("he had the attitude that work was fun") Being with our friends and making music is fun. Yes we work along the way, but let’s have fun doing that. Don’t find ways to bring your self down, find ways to lift yourself and others up. Always look for the sunny side of life!

Please see pdf file for camp daily schedule. All Band/Guard fees are ready to be paid through charms. You can begin making payments now to spread the payments out until camp starts. Final payments are due on the first day of camp. Login to charms using your CBHS student ID numberYes we are having a band parents and student covered dish dinner on the last day of band camp- we will have sign ups for dishes on the first day of camp.

Yes we are having and band camp campout on Friday night after dinner. We will have movies and games and students will sleep separated by gender and be picked up at 7:30am. More details to follow.

Band Camp reminders: Bring a water bottle for yourself. Bring sun screen. Bring bug spray. Wear appropriate clothes- no pants or jeans. You must wear shoes, no sandals. No exceptions.No Food or Drink in the band room. No gum in the band room. No open water containers in the band room---No Kidding! Bring a cloth for emptying your water from you instrument with you. No spit on the floor! Keep the cloth in your case.

We will need parent help on Friday morning for the fittings, covered dish dinner and for the overnight camp out. Please volunteer.If you have questions please email Mr. Brooker at brooker.chuck@brevardschools.org