Mark your calendar to support our winterguard by attending their performances. This year’s show promises to be better than ever! Stay tuned for more information and performance times closer to the events.
Saturday, Jan. 28
Harrison High
perform at 4:24 PM
Saturday, Feb. 18
Milton High
Saturday, March 24
Hillgrove High
Friday, March 30
Family and Friend Send off performance 3/30
Saturday, March 31
SAPA competition Chattanooga
Earn band credits by working Papa John’s events. What do we do? We work hard, making and selling pizza at the Papa John’s store at the Dome. You earn individual credits for your band account and help the band’s bottom line with funds that help us bring down your annual cost from $2,000 to $1,200 per student.
Here are the final Papa John’s dates for this school year. Click the orange links to sign up.
January 28: Battle of the Bands
(10 am leave ECMS; home about 8 pm)
Feb 18 and 19: Cheersport
(6 am to midnight; 2 shifts per day)
Feb 25 Supercross
(10 am leave ECMS; home about 11 pm)
Watch for signups soon for:
March 22-25 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Regional (South)
Don’t forget: All parents and students who wish to work PPJ at the Georgia Dome must
1. Have a state-issued ID (no student IDs)
2. Update their Responsible Alcohol Service Training annually (even though we don’t sell alcohol). The online training takes about 10 minutes. Detailed instructions and training link here >
Spring band brings symphonic camp, festival, and a preview of the 2012 marching season. Highlights are below, including dates for summer marching camps.
More practices – for jazz, symphonic band and wind ensemble – are on the band calendar. Stay tuned for jazz concerts, leadership clinic and banquets.
Check the calendar often for more dates and updates.
Feb 3-5
District Honor Band, Kennesaw Mountain High School
A record number of WHS students auditioned, and 18 will be representing Wheeler this weekend.
Tuesday, Feb. 7, 6:30 pm, WHS band or orchestra room.
Wildcat Pride Booster Club meeting and election of officers.
Please note new date, changed from Feb. 14
Feb. 10-11 Symphonic Band Camp at WHS
Friday, Feb. 10, 6-9 pm wind ensemble and symphonic band classroom students
Saturday, Feb. 11, 9 am to 5 pm. all classroom band students
Bring lunch.
Monday, Feb. 16, WHS
Wheeler Magnet Open House
March 1-3
All-State Band in Savannah
Congratulations to Theresa Kim, who represents WHS on flute.
March 22-24
Large Group Performance Evaluation (LGPE) Festival
Dates and times for individual bands TBA.
Chaperones needed.
Tuesday, April 10, 6:30 pm, WHS Band Room
2012 Information Night and General Booster Meeting
All prospective, new and returning students and families should attend for details on the 2012 marching season, fees and dates. A must-attend.
Tuesday, April 24, 7 pm, ECMS Cafeteria
Sweets and Swing
WHS and ECMS jazz bands entertain while their audience enjoys sweets and savory snacks. Don’t miss this fun evening!
Tuesday, May 1, times TBA
Class placement auditions
Note new date, moved from April 24.
Tuesday, May 8, WHS
Spring Concert
July 16-20,9 am to 6 pm at Wheeler
“Rookie” Marching Camp
all marchers attend all days
July 17 and 18
Uniform Fittings
all marchers
July 23-28, Furman University
Marching Camp
all marchers
July 22: some chaperones and student leaders to Furman
August 7 and 9, 4-7 pm, WHS
Marching practice
Attention Papa John’s volunteers: All parents and students who wish to work PPJ at the Georgia Dome must update their Responsible Alcohol Service Training before signing up .
This is an annual requirement for PPJ volunteers, even though we don’t sell alcohol at the Dome. The online training takes about 10 minutes to complete.
Click the link to log on and follow the detailed instructions below.
Log on: http://levy.restaurant.org/
Enter Password: LEVY
Enter your personal information (use current date as date of hire)
Choose your job title from the drop down list: Non-Profit.
Type in your group name in box provided for group name:
Wheeler Band Boosters
Choose the location code: GA Georgia Dome
Answer the felony question, and then skip the employment history section and down at the bottom click on BEGIN
Read all materials and answer any questions and click next to go to next page. You will then be able to take the test.
Once you have completed the test you can review your answers and correct any mistakes and then you submit your answers.
It will take you to a policy page where you need to click on I AGREE
It will then ask you for your supervisor’s e-mail address, please enter the following:
domeppj@wheelerband.org
alcoholtraining@yahoo.com
Please make sure that you type in both your group leader’s email address and the yahoo email address above!
The results will be e-mailed back to Levy and your group leader and we both will print it as proof you completed the on-line training.
Please understand that by completing the on-line training, you are allowed to work.
Instructions for Washing Uniforms
Simple instructions for washing Wildcat Pride Uniforms
Garment
1. Wash the three pieces of garment separate from the others (pants separate from jacket, separate from gauntlets).
2. Turn the gauntlets inside out to protect the button; attach the velcro so it stays that way during the wash.
3. Wash the pants and jacket inside out.
Wash
1. It is okay to spot clean the white fabric with Spray and Wash, do not allow it to dry on the garment.
2.. Use mild soap. Do not use soap with bleach, or put bleach in the water.
3. Run with cold wash, on gentle cycle.
4. It is okay to put liquid fabric softener on the pants, not the jacket.
Drying
1. Instead of liquid fabric softener, you can turn the garments inside out and put both it in the dryer with a sheet of fabric softener.
2. Dry them on low cycle for 5 minutes.
3. Allow the three pieces to air-dry.
The Wheeler Wildcat Pride Marching Band won first in class as well as first-place trophies in percussion, guard, visual and music – all trophies in its division — at the East Lake Classic competition in Tarpon Springs, Florida on Saturday, Oct. 22. The Wildcat Pride won second place overall among all bands in the competition.
Wildcat Pride seniors with the evening's trophies.
Congratulations to the Wheeler Wildcat Pride, which brought home seven trophies Saturday night from the Valhalla Classic Marching Band Competition in Newnan.
Division AAA
1st in Class
1st Percussion
2nd Color Guard
2nd Drum Major
Overall
3rd Overall
1st Visual
2nd (tie) Visual General Effect
This year’s show, “Passion, Grace and Fire,” features the music of Astor Piazzola, Pat Metheny and Bobby McFerrin.
More than 2,000 high school band students in 20 bands participated in the Valhalla Classic on Saturday, Oct. 8 at Northgate High School in Newnan, Ga.
Band President Debbie Paul
Drum Major Daney Glover
Field Commander Xander Miller
Woodwind Captain Lauren Bramblett
Brass Captain and Euphonium Section Leader James Bullard
Color Guard Captain Natalie Oswell
Guard Assistant Captains Sophie Glass, Gabi Robins
Drum Line Captain Matt Alber
Pit Co-Captains Daniel Hawes, Wayne Lu
Quarter Masters Caleb Douglass (lead), Andrew Yacinthe, Daniel White
Flute Section Leader Quinn Astrachan
Clarinet Section Leader Daniel Grey
Alto Saxophone Section Leader Brian Fitzgerald
Low Reeds Section Leader Brandon Williams
Trumpet Section Leader Devon Brosius
Mellophone Section Leader Bryan Starbuck
Trombone Section Leader Andrew Johnson
Tuba Section Leader Warren Lawson
Secretary/Librarians Caitlyn Buckalew, Kurt Klinkmueller, Sarah Tran
Magnet Liason Bo Young Yum
The Wildcat Pride Booster Club’s new scrip program allows you to buy gift cards through the band and credit a percentage of your purchase to your band account. You can buy cards for everything from gas and groceries to home repair to your favorite restaurants.
Essentially, you can pay your band fees with money you’re already spending every day.
Sound too good to be true? Here’s how it works. The company we’ve contracted with, Great Lakes Scrip Center, buys the cards at a discount and credits a percentage back to your band account.
Ready to get started? Download PDF flier (2MB) >
1. Create your scrip account here >
2. Use this program code: C258L6242857L
3. Be sure to list your student’s name in the space provided. This is how your account will be credited, so this is a must, not an option.
4. Sign up for PrestoPay to pay online or reload cards, or buy Scripnow (See below for more on this.)
5. If you don’t use PrestoPay, get your payment to school. (More below)
6. Pick up your cards on Tuesday nights in the band room.
Need more info? Read on…
There are three kinds of scrip money, two ways to order them, and three ways to pay.
3 Kinds of Scrip
1. Gift cards: Plastic cards loaded with funds that you spend at the retailer. When you order these, they are shipped to the Booster Club and you pick them up on Tuesday evenings. You may pay for these with PrestoPay, check or cash.
2. Reloadable gift cards: Plastic cards you can add more money to via scrip. Order the first plastic card online, then re-up when you need to using PrestoPay. Available for a specific list of brands.
3. ScripNow! Buy online, pay with PrestoPay, and print at home for immediate use. Available only for certain brands.
2 Ways to Order
1. Online. Create your account and shop away! Pay online, send a check to the blue box, or bring payment to the band room Tuesday evening.
2. On paper. Come to the band room on Tuesday evening between 5:30 and 7 pm. Fill out your order and pay with check or cash. (Feel free to browse the possibilities online before you come.)
3 Ways to Pay
1. PrestoPay is like PayPal for scrip – it uses secure ACH technology to transfer your funds. This is the preferred method, and it allows you to pay online for more shopping options, too. Learn more, or register, here >
2. Bring a check to the blue box in the band room for the amount of your online order by 7 pm on Tuesday evening. Put it in a sealed envelope and write “SCRIP,” your name and your student’s name on the outside of the envelope.
3. Bring check or cash and turn it in during scrip hours Tuesday evenings from 5:30-7 pm in the band room.
All orders received and paid for by 7 pm on Tuesday will be ordered the following day and available for pickup the following Tuesday evening.
Start spending money – and adding credits to your band account!
Contact Stephen Douglass with any questions.
Click here to download a flier with more info from scrip (2 MB PDF) >
Running bingo is currently the Wildcat Pride’s biggest fund raiser. It earns more than $30,000 — each and every penny of which goes toward reducing the cost of every member’s fees, whether you volunteer or not.
Our Booster Club, under the leadership of Bingo VP Dawn Martin, manages two nights a week of bingo for the VFW post on Powers Ferry Road near Harry’s. On each of those nights, about four booster volunteers sell tickets, run the cash register, work the floor, and call the numbers.
Several stalwart volunteers are moving on this year as their students graduate. Most say they enjoy the job and the bingo crowd so much they might come back to visit occasionally — like Dawn, who considers bingo her adopted family and continues to head this for us even though her son has graduated.
Earning Band Credits
“By the time Ian got to 9th grade, we’d already paid for his first year of band by getting involved in bingo and Papa John’s,” Dawn said.Please consider becoming a bingo volunteer.
For 3 to 4 hours of fun work, you get a $15 “thank-you” credit to your account, and the satisfaction of knowing that you’ve helped make our marching program a success.
Some paperwork and processing is involved before you can volunteer, so don’t delay.
Wildcat Pride Events
