REMINDER: St. Patrick's Marching Band Rehearsal

This is reminder that this coming Saturday, March 3rd there will be another St. Patrick's Day Parade Rehearsal. It will begin at 9:00AM to 11:00AM. The price of of the day will be $55 per student please send in your final payment with your student's name on an envelope by Saturday.

Also, Mr. Raguseo has updated his website please take a looks at it for some important dates.

Come Support the Middletown South Cheerleaders and Marching Band!!!

Come to Queso Mexican Grill and Salad Bar on Monday, March 5th & Tuesday, March 6th and bring a copy of this Queso Flyer

Queso Mexican Grill & Salad Bar
650 Route 520, Lincroft
(Next to Luigi's Famous Pizza)
732-212-0010

Please present this flyer with your order and 20% of your purchase will go to the South Cheerleaders and Marching Band!

Important Dates: March - June 2012

Upcoming MSS Meetings:
- March 12
- April 16
- May 14

Spring Clothing Drive:
- April 28, Time TBA

Hershey Trip:
- May 18-20

Spring Concerts:
- Band Concert ---- May 23
- Chorus  --- May 24
- Middletown School Jazz Festivial --- June 6
- Music Sponsors 3rd Annual Awards Night --- June 7

Oct 29 Clothing Drive

It’s Time To Clean Closets!
We are having a clothing drive!
Your closet cleaning can help
Middletown High School South’s Music Department

         Check out your closets, attic, basement and storage bins – do you have unwanted clean, usable and wearable clothing, shoes, accessories (handbags, scarves, ties, hats) for men, women or children?  How about soft household items like bedding, curtains, tablecloths or towels?  Got toys (hard) or stuffed animals that have been outgrown?  (Hard toys should fit a box 24” by 24”, and please – no VCR tapes, CDs or books)

          All these items are in desperate need in Africa, Central and South America, India, Poland and Haiti!  Your items will be greatly appreciated!

          How will the students benefit?  A & E Clothing Corporation, who sends containers of collected clothing and items to these countries, will pay 15 cents per pound to student organizations that make the collections.  Our goal is to raise $1,000 – won’t  you help us?

 The students of the Middletown South Music Department have promoted school spirit by representing High School South in many statewide music competitions, including The Yamaha Cup Competition at Giants Stadium.  They have also competed in Spring competitions in Baltimore, Toronto and Virginia.  They have performed at field shows as well as parades in Middletown, and even The St Patrick’s Day parade in New York City.       

 How do the students do this?
With long practice sessions, fund raising,
more long practice sessions, and lots more fundraising.

 We will be collecting these items, tied in plastic bags
(you can use garbage bags or kitchen bags)
at
Middletown HS South’s Band Room
on
Saturday, October 29 between 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM

PLEASE DO NOT BRING CLOTHING BEFORE THE ABOVE DATE!!

Summer Marching Band Rehearsals

The building can not be used past 6pm so marching band rehearsals have been rescheduled to 9-10:30am Wednesdays beginning July 6th.

Congratulations Seniors

Congratulations to Our Music Seniors. Photos of graduation from the APP can be found HERE

Congratulations to New Band Leadership

New Band Leadership
 
And congratulations also to our Seniors

Festival of Music Competitions

Congratulations to the Bands and Chorus for their showing at the April Festival of Music Competitions in Virginia Beach. Concert Band and Chorus were rated good, Marching Band was rated Excellent. Here are videos of their performances:

• Concert Band
• Marching Band

250th NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade

Congratulations to the Screaming Eagles and the North Wave for their participation in the 250th NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade

USSBA NJ State Championships

Congratulations to the Screaming Eagles for their performance at the USSBA NJ State championships on October 24, 2010 where they improved their score by over 7 points!

Congratulations to the Screaming Eagles on their participation in the Yamaha Cup at Giants Stadium on October 2, 2010

South 70.950 Vernon 73.550 Howell 73.625

Westfield 74.338 Jackson Liberty 75.150 Rahway 75.488

Northern Highlands 76.850 Cherokee 77.425 Pequannock 78.288

Toms River East Competition

Congratulations to the Marching Eagles on their first competition of the season at Toms River East, coming in third in Division IV with a score of 70.425. We also congratulate North who had a score of 70.90.

Car Wash

Congratulations on a great time at the car wash. We collected $1137 in donations!

Uniforms will be handed out on Monday August 30, so rehearsal time is being moved forward to 6:00pm.

1st Annual Dinner/Dance Photos from the June 18, 2010 dinner/dance can be found here

Competition/Great Adventure

Congratulations to the choir and the band for their ratings of superior in their competitions on May 28th. The concert band played At Morning's First Light and Tangents Angular for an average score of about 96!

After that it was off to Great Adventure for a great day! Great weather, empty park. No lines at the roller coasters for the kids. Some won some prizes!

The shows were great! And the chaperons had a good time too!

St. Patricks Day Parade

Congratulations to the North and South Marching Bands on their participation in the NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade

NJ State Championships

Congratulations the band and color guard on their first season as a Division III competitor. The NJ State Championships in Sayreville were held on the 25th and the team once again improved their score - to 78 (point something).
The color guard looks great in their new uniforms!

Giants Stadium

Congratulations on a score of 76.58 at the Yamaha Cup Competition at Giants Stadium!

Jackson Competition

Congratulations to the band for their third place finish at the Jackson Memorial Competition. Unfortunately because of the rain all the bands performed music only and the scores did not include color guard or percussion.

Tomes River East Competition

Congratulations to the Band and Color Guard who came in 2nd in Division III competition at Toms River East on September 26.

The next competitions are

• Saturday October 3 (7:15) at Jackson Memorial
• Saturday October 17 at Giants Stadium
• Sunday October 25, The NJ State Championship at Sayreville

Congratulations to the Marching Band and Color Gaurd who received a score of 63 and division 3 forth place in the Friday Sept 12 Competition at Manchester High School.

The next competition will be at Toms River East on Sept 26. South's show will be at 8:30pm.

Festival of Music, Toronto Canada

Congratulations to the choir, which received a rating of good, to the concert band and marching band who received ratings of excellent.

Here are videos of the concert band playing: Persis In Flight

Pictures from the tip are posted in albums on my facebook account and reachable to friends of friends. If you don't have access, send me an email. John Palframan

NJ State Competitions

The Marching Eagles came in 8th with a score of 82.1 at the NJ State Competitions held on October 26. Here is a short video announcing the score! Pictures from the competion by the official photographer can be found here

October 18 Marching Band Videos

Check out the Marching Band Page for new videos of the band from the October 18th game at Wall.

All Shore Band Festival

The All Shore Band Festival will be hosted by Toms River North High School on Tuesday October 14 and and by Middletown High School South on Wednesday October 15. The festival at South will consist of 8 bands and run from 6:00 to about 9:00. The band continues to improve its show, come see their latest accomplishments and enjoy the great shows of all the bands! The bands include:

• Red Bank Catholic
• Rumson-Fair Haven
• Lakewood
• Raritan
• Neptune
• Point Pleasant Buro
• MHS North
• MHS South

3rd USSB Competition for The Marching Eagles

	The Marching Eagles received 4th place out of 6 in Group II USSBA competition at Jackson Memorial with a score of 73.75, They also received an award for best drum majors of all 22 bands in the competition!! The previous week the band placed 3rd out of four in Group II at Toms River East. A list of all bands can be found on this USSBA page

Marching Band Places Second in Brick Memorial Competition!

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The Marching Eagles received 2nd Place in Group II USSBA competition at Brick Memorial with a score of 66.2. They also received the caption award for Best Percussion in Group II and the best overall percussion score in the entire competition. Congratulations to the Marching Eagles on their inaugural USSBA competition performance! Videos are available on the marching band page

Bands & Choir Azelea Festival Awards

Congratulations to the Choir, Concert Band, and Marching Band for their outstanding performances at the Virginia Azalea Festival. All the performances were judged based on a festival rating and criteria that is used nationally. It is a three tiered rating system (bronze, silver, and gold) based on total score and NOT placement at the festival. The highest medals only being awarded to a small percentage of groups across the country. The awards that were received are as follows:

Concert Choir – 2nd Place, Silver Rating Concert Band – 2nd Place, Silver Rating Marching Band – 1st Place, Gold Rating, Best Overall Music, Best Overall Marching, Grand Champions