The Cass Technical High School

Marching Band Productions Inc. Presents…

Band Camp 2008 Letter

Greeting and Salutations. We would like to extend an invitation to you from the Cass Technical High School Marching Band Productions Incorporated to attend our Summer Band Camp, a solid foundation for those students with a serious interest in becoming an active member of one of the best bands in the nation.

This year the band is planning to participate in several events. We have been extended an invitation to the Texas Southern University Homecoming in Houston, Texas. In preparation for this endeavor and others throughout the season, we will begin our first year new band members and percussionist workshop at the New Cass Technical High School located at 2501 Second Avenue. This will take place on Wednesday July 30, Thursday July 31, and Friday August 1, 2008 from 10:00am to 2:00pm. You are to report to room 328 in the music department. On Monday August 4, 2008, band camp for ALL members begins. Band Camp is held at Cass Tech Monday thru Friday, 8am until 4pm daily through August 29, 2008.

Our band parent association is busy planning fund-raisers for the upcoming school year of trips and performances. All parents should contact the parent president Mrs. Carla Butler {(313) 586-8891}. Meetings will be held on the second Wednesday of every month to keep the parents abreast of the events taking place and other important information. However due to possible calendar adjustments, the meeting are subject to change. They will be announced at least 2-3 days in advance. Our first band parents meeting will be held on Wednesday September 10, 2008 at 6:30pm in room 328 in the music department.

Band Camp Attire

• White T-Shirt worn daily (Note: All rookies are to purchase a “C” shirt from Mrs. Butler. The cost is $15.)

• Dark bottoms (black /blue jogging pants or shorts *no jeans*)

• Gym shoes (for outside marching)

Performance Attire

• 2^nd To None T-Shirt: S, M, L, XL ($15). XL ($20)

• Uniform Deposit ($100)

• Jogging Suits($80)- optional

• Black Jogging Pants ($10 at local stores)

• Black Boots ($20 at Harry’s Surplus 313-565-6605)

• C.T.M.B. Fleece *REQUIRED* ($45)

• Spats and Gloves ($10)

• Black Dickie Pants (loose fitting)

• White Dickie Shorts

Contact Info- Band Director Ms. Sharon Allen (313) 574-7975 or

Carla Butler (313) 586-8891

2008 RESUME

• The Cass Technical High School Marching Band Productions Inc. began in 1990 under the direction of Ms. Sharon Allen, graduate of Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio and Wayne State University in Detroit, MI.

• The band is called the Cass Technical High School Marching Band Productions Inc. because of the foundation and structure being patterned after the corporate world. The band directress is considered the chief executive operator and the executive members of the organization are considered the articulation committee.

• It is the collective responsibility of the members of the articulation committee to assist the band directress with the operations of the band. The articulation committee consists of the following people: the president who receives direct instructions from the directress; the vice president who is responsible for the hands on tasks of seeing that the directions are followed, executed, and correctly administered; the secretaries who maintain the band’s calendar of events, band rosters, birthdays of band members, and updates the annual application; treasurer who’s job is to maintain funding, costs and other monies; two historians whose responsibilities are to maintain the history of the band sections, recording names, locations of performances and rosters of participants at each performance; and last but not least the sergeant- at –arms and the parliamentarians who maintain order and peacefulness. The band also consists of managers, two service representatives and each section has a librarian.

• The C.T.M.B. has traveled all over the United States to colleges and universities, exciting and delighting audiences. We have traveled to Jackson State University in Mississippi, Tennessee State University in Nashville, Hampton University in Virginia, Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, the Michigan Thanksgiving Parade, and our latest achievement the FedEx Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida this past January of 2008. The band has performed for the past three mayors of the city of Detroit and for the former two governors of the state of Michigan. The Cass Tech Marching Band is currently ranked as one of the top fifteen black college style high stepping bands in the nation according to the Asymetrix Entertainment Pole.

Musically,

Ms. Sharon Allen- Director of Bands Cass Tech