Memorial Day Band Reminders & other Information

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Meeting Times for the Memorial Day Parade (Monday, May 31) Parade Steps off at 10:30am

High School Band & Guard

  • 9-9:30am- pick up uniform and instruments in the RHS band room (no buses or equipment truck)
  • 10am- meet at The Venice Presbyterian Church
  • Return to band room immediately after parade to return uniforms and instruments

Middle School Band & Guard

  • 9:15-9:30am- all percussion and anyone else who needs to pick up their instrument in the RMS band room.
  • 10:15am or earlier- meet Mr. Moonitz behind the Venice Presbyterian Church
  • Return to band room immediately after parade to return percussion instruments.

Band Booster Meeting Reminder: The boosters are having a meeting Tuesday, June 1st at 7pm in the RHS Band Room

Meeting Times for RHS Graduation Band Thursday, June 3rd:

  • 5pm- meet at the high school
  • 5:30pm- load and leave for graduation
  • 7pm- graduation ceremony (admission ticket required for spectators at graduation)
  • We take buses to and from the ceremony, but if your child wants to ride home with a parent, etc. Bring a note.

Eli's Dining Night: Sunday, June 6th from 4-11pm. Be sure to give your receipt to the cashier and say it is for ROSS BAND.

A note from the High School Band Banquet Committee

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RHS Band Banquet- Tuesday, May 25th @ 6pm. Awards presentations to immediately follow banquet. Ticket price: $5 each with a family side dish donation. If you have not purchased your banquet tickets yet, and you plan on coming, please fill out your reservation form and return it, with payment, to Mr. Roemer by this Friday (May 21). Tickets will not be available at the door because we have to order the meat.

I you do not have a reservation paper, please click on the following link to print a copy. If you have any questions, please contact Mary Ann Henninger at henrdrnnr@aol.com

Band Banquet Reservation Papers

Band Camp Dates

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July 19th, Parent Band Camp Meeting & Booster Open House in the RHS auditorium. Open house beginning at 6:30 pm. Pay fees, sign-up for volunteer opportunities, and find out more about the boosters. Meeting will begin at 7pm.

  • July 19-July 22     Pre-camp at RHS
  • July 25-July 28     Band Camp

Be sure to sign-up for band E-new, so that you will receive band information over the summer at rossbandsupporters@gmail.com

Parents & Members of the 2010/11 "Band of Class"

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Please be advised that Mr. Roemer sent home with the band members this week the packet for band camp. If your band member did not bring home a packet or if you are missing any forms, please click on the following links below to print out the needed forms. The forms and a $100 non-refundable camp deposit is due to Mr. Roemer by Friday, May 14th. (Checks payable to Ross High School Band)

To get directions to Camp Lebanon please click on the "Event Directions-Band Camp" tab on the bottom right hand corner of this website.

For more information on band camp please clink on the link "Band Camp".

Ross High School Band Banquet & Awards

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Tuesday, May 25 at 6pm in the high school cafeteria. Ticket price: $5.00 each

High School Band, Color Guard members, and their families are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Be sure to fill out your reservation paper & return with payment to Mr. Roemer by May 7th. Checks payable to Ross Band Boosters.

If you have any questions regarding the banquet, please feel free to contact Tammy Grenier (738-4273), April Fackey (738-7209), or Mary Ann Henninger (738-5433).

A Final Heartfelt Farewell to Mr. Moonitz

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After many wonderful years as a band director of both Ross High School and the Ross Middle School bands, Mr. Moonitz has decided to retire. To show our appreciation for him we are planning a retirement celebration. The date has been set for Thursday, May 20th from 7pm till 9pm in the high school cafeteria. We will be having punch and desserts. Please RSVP to Jodi Tillery by May 14th at ajltillery@fuse.net

Please spread the word, especially to alumni band members. We would love to have a big turnout.

A Few Reminders for May:

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  • May 2- Dining Night at Eli's in Ross from 4pm to 11pm. Please consider going out to dinner Sunday evening to Eli's to support the high school and middle school bands.
  • May 4- The RHS Band field trip to the Cincinnati Symphony
  • May 4- Band Boosters meeting at 7pm in the high school band room.
  • May 6- RMS Band Spring Concert beginning at 6pm
  • May 7- RHS Band Banquet reservations are due. If you need to print a copy of the reservation, please click on the link Band Banquet Flyer
  • May 13- RHS Con-Z-Art beginning at 6:30pm
  • May 14- RHS Band Camp papers and deposit are due to Mr. Roemer

If you were a committee chairperson last year (and we have not heard from you yet) or if you are interested in becoming a committee chairperson, please contact Alan Tillery at ajltillery@fuse.net to let him know if you plan to continue your duties or what committee you are interested in chairing.

Ross High School Band Banquet & Awards

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Tuesday, May 25th at 6pm in the High School cafeteria Ticket Price: $5.00 each

High School Band, Color Guard members, and their families are welcome and encouraged to attend. To keep banquet ticket prices low, we will continue the "Pot Luck" dinner idea for the banquet this year. The meat selections will be catered and drinks provided, but we will be asking each family to bring a side dish or dessert to share. Your donation can be homemade or store bought.

Be sure to fill out your reservation paper and return it with payment to Mr. Roemer by May 7th. Checks payable to Ross Band Boosters.

Band Banquet Flyer

If you have any questions regarding the banquet, please feel free to contact Tammy Grenier (738-4273), April Fackey (738-7209), or Mary Ann Henninger (738-5433). Mrs. Henninger will be putting the end of the year slide show together. if you have pictures of your band member and their band friends that you would like to see included in the slide show, please e-mail them to henrdrnnr@aol.com

 

 

A Final Heartfelt Farwell to Mr. Moonitz

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After many wonderful years as a band director of both the Ross High School and the Ross Middle School bands, Mr. Moonitz has decided to retire. To show our appreciation for him we will be planning a retirement celebration. A tentative date has been set for May 20th. More information will be posted in the coming weeks about this celebration.