Fleming Island High School Golden Eagle Band

Director:Bert Creswell  

Associate Director: Mara Rys

Welcome to the Fleming Island High School Golden Eagle

Band!  Fleming Island High School is located in Orange

Park, Florida.  The Golden Eagle Band is under the

direction of Bert Creswell and Mara Rys.

Congratulations to the following students for being

selected to the All State Bands and Orchestras.

Hannah Harris, flute - 9th/10th grade Concert Orchestra

Elisa Gentry, Bb clarinet - 9th/10th grade Concert Band

Kensley Behel, Bb clarinet, Elyse Vest, Alto Sax-

11th/12th grade Symphonic Band

Arlien Marone, oboe - 11th/12th grade Symphonic Orchestra

Hannah Hoffman, cello - 9th/10th grade Concert Orchestra

These students auditioned back in September.  We are very proud of their

accomplishment and look forward to hearing them

perform at the FMEA convention in January.

ATTENTION ALL MARCHING BAND MEMBERS

Be sure you bring in $40 by

Monday, 11/ 17 for the charter

busses for state championships. 

This is the only way we can afford

charters.

Attention all Concert Band Members

The formal concert dress for you will be as follows:

Girls -Solid black Skirts that are ankle length or long black pants

that are NOT form fitting, black shirts that follow the school dress

code and have at least a cap style sleeve, black dress shoes(no

flip flops) and little or no jewelry. Hair should be neat and out of

the eyes.

Boys - Solid black dress pants with a solid black dress belt, a

solid black long sleve button down dress shirt with a solid black

tie, solid black dress shoes (no sneakers) with solid black socks.

Hair should be neat and out of the eyes with little or no jewelry.

If you are unsure about your outfit, bring it in for us to check.  We will be wearing these

outfits starting at the Holiday Concert on December 9, 2008. Many stores have all of this

out there as the holidays are approaching.

We want to make sure we make a good

impression.  You are often judged by the way

you look.

If you get the opportunity, we need to give

a big thank you to SUN TIRE on 17.  They

donated as well as repaired the tires on our

trailers.  They are expensive to replace and

they did us a big service.

Mr. Creswell and Mrs. Rys want to thank all

the parents who have spent so

much time and effort on making the

concession stand a success and

chaperoning our students.

Congratulations on a great job at the Colonial Competition!  We are so proud of your hard

work and effort.

November  19, 2008 (Wed.) Full Band

Practice!!!!!!

We will be having practice from 2:15-3:30 instead of jazz, guard and leadership

classes.  This is because we will not have practice Thursday November 20 due to All

county tryouts. This will be the last practice

before Championships..Please Don't

Miss!

Atlanta Trip

January 16-19, 2009

We have changed our trip to Atlanta because of the shorter time to travel.  There were some parents who were concerned that we were going to take the students out of school.  By doing this trip, they will only miss 5th and 6th periods on Friday January 16, 2009.  Monday, January 19 is a holiday for Martin Luther King's birthday

The following is a payment schedule.  Because of the short notice, we can only do this in three payments.  We must have these payments on time to be able to secure tickets and pay for the motor coaches.  It seems like alot, they all do, but we are doing alot of things.

Nothing is cheaper than last year and we are going to a lot of places, so the cost will be $699.00.

Payment Schedule:

     Oct. 20          $300

     Nov.17           $200

     Dec.15          $199

We realize this is a lot of money in a very short time frame.  With trying to get a trip that would allow the most students to benefit, this was the best we could do.  We think that everyone who goes will have a great time!

Pictures from our season!

band pictures

PIctures from our first golf tournament!!

Photos!

Weekly Rehearsal Schedule:

Mondays: Guard/Percussion         5:30-8:30

Tuesdays:  Full Band                       2:15-4:45

Wednesdays:  Leadership             2:45-3:30

Thursdays:                                         2:15-4:45

Fridays:                    GAME DAY!!!! (usually)

This Week's Schedule

Monday - regular guard/ percussion

Tuesday - regular band practice

Wednesday - Extra Band Practice from 2 - 3:30pm

Thursday - All County tryouts at Middleburg High School

Friday - Load trailer during 5th period (11:45 am)

Saturday - Championships -

Line up - 5:15am

Depart for St. Pete - 5:30am

Arrive at  9:30am

Dressed with inst: 10:45am

Warm up: 11:12am

Perform: 12:12pm

Awards: 2:04pm ( Seniors and officers are in retreat)

If we make finals our arrival time home will be around 3:30am

If we don't, then we will go to lunch at the mall and be home

around 8:00pm - Be sure to bring money for lunch and dinner.  Wear your green 08

band shirts.  Please be sure to wear BLACK TALL socks.

If you are planning to go down to the dome apart from the buses, here are some

directions and information: (Directly from the web site)

Take I-275 South towards St. Petersburg and cross the bay.  Continue about 5 miles,

then take exit 23B (5th Ave. N) and continue south, crossing 5th Ave. N, merging on to

20th St.  Cross 1st Ave N and continue 2 more blocks to 1st Ave S(one-way East) if are

entering on the East side of the Tropicana dome, turn south on 10th St., or if blocked go

one additional block and trun south on Martin Luther King Drive.  If you are entering on

the West side of the dome, cross 1st Ave S and go one additional block to 3rd Ave S. 

Turn left (East) on 3rd Ave S. to the Tropicana Dome.

Parking for drivers will be in Lots: 1,2 and 3 only on the west side of the stadium.  You

will not be able to park with the buses.

Tickets can be purchased at the ticket booth at Gate 4.  Prices are as follows:

Semi Finals          $12 (under 6 free)

Finals                 $ 20 (under 6 free)

Parking               $ 8

Many of this coming spring's events are now posted under the schedule page of this web site. 

They are tentative at this point and subject to change.  We just wanted to give you a heads up

so you can plan accordingly.

Pictures from FIHS vs.Colombia