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If your student is in Jazz Ensemble or Percussion Ensemble, there will be a separate group guidelines/expectations and rehearsals, competitions and performance schedules for those ensembles. Please check those respective pages for those schedules. Also note that this is a graded class and all rehearsals and performances are mandatory, and that each student is a very important, and integral part of the TEAM!

MARCHING SEASON HIGHLIGHTS VIDEO DONE BY:

Videos can be purchased by contacting Todd or Dee.

The 3rd Annual Ice Cream Social will be May 12 at the Spring Jazz Concert @ Buchanan in the MPR!! Will will start serving approx 6:30! You don't have to be in jazz to come enjoy ice cream!! Hope to see you and all your friends there.
Missing a shirt? Got an extra pair of pants? Chances are that someone else out there has an extra shirt and someone else is missing those pants that you can't figure out where the heck they came from! Please bring whatever extra items you may have mysteriously collected to the band room, and while you're there, check around for your shirt-you might just find it!

Want to purchase an extra band t-shirt and REALLY show your support of the band at games and competitions? Or, need an extra for your student? How about a cool gift for family and friends? Order forms are available in the band room near the Director's office and here on the website during the months of August to about October depending on quantities available. Help support the band and get cool t-shirt too. Any questions, contact Rhonda Fisher.

Is your email bouncing?? Get a GMAIL account! GMAIL is Google's awesome FREE email service. Don't ever miss another band E-News, or email from your Aunt Fran again - get your own gmail account today. Gmail provides you with 7GB of email storage-that's over 10,000 standard text only emails so you don't ever have to worry about missing, or deleting email ever again. I have one gmail account that I opened in 2003 and I have NEVER deleted an email from it, and it's still no WHERE'S NEAR FULL! Best part about it is that the email is stored online, and accessible from any computer, anywhere on the planet (almost) that has internet access.

We are READY for a change!! The pictures that we have in our online gallery are several years old. If you have any digital pictures or videos of ANY band or guard competitions or performances, email them to me at webadmin@bhsband.net so I can post them on the photo site at www.gallery.bhsband.net. THANK YOU!!!

Click on the icon for a map of the Buchanan Campus. The band room sits approx. where the compass star is on this particular map.

Click here to see what the Buchanan High Choir is doing this year.

For information regarding Orchestra, contact Mrs. Franklin. Also, check her website for the Buchanan Area Orchestras @ www.bhsorchestra.net

Jazz Ensemble has made another great CD!! Click here to get yours TODAY! Past CD's dating back to 2003 are also available. They make great teacher gifts, Secret Santa gifts and stocking stuffers - they are really a great gift for any music lover!

Parent to Parent Want Ads can be found here. Email your ad to the webmaster!

If you do not have the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader that is required to open PDF documents used throughout the website, you can get it by clicking on the icon or going to www.adobe.com and click on the Get Adobe Reader icon. Or if you prefer a standard document, email the webmaster and I can send you the info in document format. Most documents are also available in the band room near the director's office in the document holder on the wall.


Glossary of Terms & Abbreviations
CMEA- California Music Educators Association
FMCMEA - Fresno-Madera Counties Music Education Association
SJVJF -San Joaquin Valley Jazz Festival
SJVCGPR - San Joaquin Valley Color Guard & Percussion Review
GSTOB - Golden State Tournament of Bands
CBDA - California Band Director's Association
FSU - Fresno State University
FCC - Fresno City College
MNGJF - Monterey Next Generation Jazz Festival
MJF - Monterey Jazz Festival
WBA - Western Band Association
BAJB - Buchanan Area Jazz Bands
more coming soon....
NOTICE TO ALL PARENTS AND STUDENTS--CHECK THE BANDROOM OFTEN - THERE IS ALWAYS QUITE A PILE OF HOMELESS ITEMS IN THE BANDROOM-SO, COME CLAIM YOUR STUFF BEFORE IT GOES TO THE GOODWILL.

	The 3rd Annual Ice Cream Social will be May 12 at the Spring Jazz Concert @ Buchanan in the MPR!! Will will start serving approx 6:30! You don't have to be in jazz to come enjoy ice cream!! Hope to see you and all your friends there.
	Missing a shirt? Got an extra pair of pants? Chances are that someone else out there has an extra shirt and someone else is missing those pants that you can't figure out where the heck they came from! Please bring whatever extra items you may have mysteriously collected to the band room, and while you're there, check around for your shirt-you might just find it!
	Want to purchase an extra band t-shirt and REALLY show your support of the band at games and competitions? Or, need an extra for your student? How about a cool gift for family and friends? Order forms are available in the band room near the Director's office and here on the website during the months of August to about October depending on quantities available. Help support the band and get cool t-shirt too. Any questions, contact Rhonda Fisher.
	Is your email bouncing?? Get a GMAIL account! GMAIL is Google's awesome FREE email service. Don't ever miss another band E-News, or email from your Aunt Fran again - get your own gmail account today. Gmail provides you with 7GB of email storage-that's over 10,000 standard text only emails so you don't ever have to worry about missing, or deleting email ever again. I have one gmail account that I opened in 2003 and I have NEVER deleted an email from it, and it's still no WHERE'S NEAR FULL! Best part about it is that the email is stored online, and accessible from any computer, anywhere on the planet (almost) that has internet access.
	We are READY for a change!! The pictures that we have in our online gallery are several years old. If you have any digital pictures or videos of ANY band or guard competitions or performances, email them to me at webadmin@bhsband.net so I can post them on the photo site at www.gallery.bhsband.net. THANK YOU!!!
	Click on the icon for a map of the Buchanan Campus. The band room sits approx. where the compass star is on this particular map.
	Click here to see what the Buchanan High Choir is doing this year.
	For information regarding Orchestra, contact Mrs. Franklin. Also, check her website for the Buchanan Area Orchestras @ www.bhsorchestra.net
	Jazz Ensemble has made another great CD!! Click here to get yours TODAY! Past CD's dating back to 2003 are also available. They make great teacher gifts, Secret Santa gifts and stocking stuffers - they are really a great gift for any music lover!
	Parent to Parent Want Ads can be found here. Email your ad to the webmaster!
	If you do not have the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader that is required to open PDF documents used throughout the website, you can get it by clicking on the icon or going to www.adobe.com and click on the Get Adobe Reader icon. Or if you prefer a standard document, email the webmaster and I can send you the info in document format. Most documents are also available in the band room near the director's office in the document holder on the wall.