Important Announcements & Information
2024 & 2025
Summer, Fall & Spring
Schedule 24 - 25
Summer Band Camp Dates & Times
Summer Band Info & Dates 2024
(updated April 16th, 2024)
Dates: Night Rehearsals, may be used if the weather during the day is overly extreme.
Other dates of interest:
Fundraising Event TBA (April or May) – 8:00 am -12:00 pm, will do a mass mailing to local and community businesses for their support this coming year.
LA Band Carwashes: June 8th, 2024 – 7:30 am – 12:30 pm, O’Reilly’s
June 29th, 2024 – 7:30 am – 12:30 pm, O’Reilly’s
July 6th, 2024 – 7:30 am – 12:30 pm, Advanced Auto
July 13th, 2024 – 7:30 am – 12:30 pm, TBA
Be at Car wash location by 7:30 am and we leave by 12:30 pm
Band Camp Week 1: July 8th – 12th, 2024 - Color Guard, Percussion and Leadership: 8:00am-4:30pm
Band Camp Week 2: July 15th –19th, 2024 – Marching Fundamentals, Drill, All Band Members: 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
Band Camp Week 3: July 22nd – 24 & 26th, 2024 – Drill placement/Show,and Pep Band, All Band Members:
8:00 am – 4:30pm, Full Band Rehearsal
Band Camp Location: LA Band Room & Practice Field (old tennis courts behind the building, near band
room)
Color Guard: included in all the dates, above.
LA Band website: www.la-sotw-band.net
Important Notes: Band Camp Week 1, Week 2 and week 3 are required - mandatory camps for ALL Band Members, as descibed above. These camp dates involve learning basic marching techniques, music, and practicing for our fall marching show, as well as our pre-game. These camp dates will include music rehearsals, warm-ups, sectional practice, marching fundamentals, and drill work, etc... If you do not attend Our Band Camp, Week 1(Percussion and Color Guard), Week 2 and Week 3,ALL BAND MEMEBERS, a spot IS NOT guaranteed for you in our fall show. (Communication with the Director is very important.)
Food: snacks and drinks you will need to provide; lunch will be provided again this year, from the school summer lunch program.
Clothing: Wear light colored clothing, light weight clothing, shorts, t-shirts, tennis shoes (required), and an extra pair of socks. Students can also wear a hat to cover their heads and faces from the sun. Water bottles, sunscreen, sunglasses, snacks, and extra clothes for inclement weather are also good ideas.
There are 5 home football Games and 5 away Games (may not travel to all the away games), there are also numerous festivals and competitions we attend on Saturday’s and you are required to participate in all of these. Parades are also a part of what we do.
There is a fee which we ask for and is not covered under the fee waiver program of Livingston Academy, this is to be paid by all band and color guard members. Our show for the fall is scheduled to be ““Breaking Darkness”, by Luke McMillan. If you have any questions, please call or email me, Thank you.
Spring 24
Spring Semester 24:
Jan. 3 - First Day back
Jan. 8 - Jazz Band Start Up
Jan. 9 - After School Rehearsals Resume 3:00 – 4:30 PM
Jan. 11 – 13 Mid-State Jazz Band, Murfreesboro
Jan. 18 – 20 Mid-State Band Performance
Jan. 15 – MLK Day/ No School
Feb. 9 – 10 – TTU Festival of Winds & Percussion
Feb. 19 – Presidents Day/ No School
Feb. 26 - Mar. 9 – Possible schools Concert trip
Mar. 1 - 3 – MTSBOA Concert Festival week (to be determined)
Mar. 1 – 9 - LA Band Concert Tours to Elementary Schools
Mar. 10 - Registration Deadline for S & E PA
March 13 – 17 – Spring break
March 29 – Good Friday/No School
April 1 – Easter Monday/ No School
Apr. 6 - S&E PA, Cookeville HS TBA
April 22 – 26 – Color Guard Students Audition Week
May 13/14 - LA Band Concert 6:30 PM LA Gym
May 18 - LA Graduation 4:00 PM (TBA)
May 22 – Last Full Day of School
May 27 - Memorial Day, LA Band to Perform on the Square 9:30 am – 9:55 am Then 10:00 am
Memorial Day Service
Please note that all dates are subject to revision as we approach them, no final information has been passed along as of now. These are tentative, thank you.
Fall & Spring Dates & Times
24 - 25
(April 16th, 2024(Newly updated))
Football dates: Fall 24
Aug. 16– Jamboree, Jackson Co. Away
Aug. 23 – Trousdale Co. HS, Hartsville, TN, Away, NC
Aug. 30 – Whites Creek or Jenkins, KY, Home, NC (First Responder Night)
Sept. 6 – Dekalb Co. HS, Home, C
Sept. 13 – Upperman HS, Baxter, TN, Away, C
Sept. 20 – Pickett Co. HS, Home, NC (HOMECOMING / ALUMNI NIGHT)
Sept. 27 – York, Jamestown, TN, Away, NC
Oct. 4 – Stone Memorial HS, Home, C
Oct. 11 - Macon Co. HS, Lafayette, TN, Away, C
Oct. 14th –18th …… FALL BREAK …….
Oct. 25 – Cumberland Co HS, Home, C (Senior Night)
Nov. 1 - White Co. HS, Sparta, TN, Away, C,
Call Time for Home Games is 5:00 PM in half-uniform, Pre-Game 6:40 PM, Games start at 7:00 PM
C= Conference Games, NC= Non-Conference Games
Basketball Dates: Fall 24/Spring 25
Dec. - Home Game TBA
Call Time for Home Games is 5:00 PM, Pre-Game 5:45 PM, Games start at 6:00 PM
** = Games TBD
Fall Semester 24:
Marching Band/ Concert Band Dates:
June 8 & 29 - LA Band Car Washes at O’Reilly’s
July 6 LA Band Car Wash at Advance Auto
July 13 LA Band Car Wash TBA
July 8 – 12 - LA Band Camp Week 1: Percussion, Guard, & Leadership (See Summer Band Info &
Dates 2024)
July 15 – 19 - LA Band Camp Week 2: Winds, Perc. & Guard (See Summer Band Info & Dates 2024)
July 22 – 24 & 26 - LA Band Camp Week 3: Winds, Perc. & Guard (See Summer Band Info & Dates 2024)
July 26 – DCI – The Masters of the Summer Music Games – Murfreesboro – 7:30 PM
July 31 - Teacher Work Day
Aug. 1 - Rehearsal 1:30 – 4:30 PM; Election Day (Local, State)
Aug. 2 - First Regular School Day
Aug. 5 - First After School Rehearsal (After School Rehearsals are Monday, Tuesday, & Thursdays
2:45 – 4:30 PM
Aug. 31 - TTU Percussion Tune-up, Individual travel, TTU BFA
Sept. 2 - Labor Day – No School
Sept 7– Upperman HS – Exhibition, Baxter, TN. AM **
Sept. 21 – Sequatchie Co. HS, Sequatchie Valley Marching Invitational, Dunlap, TN **
Sept. 28 – Warren County 2024 Tree City Marching Festival, McMinnville, TN **
Oct. 5 – Cumberland Co. HS, Upper Cumberland Marching Festival, Crossville, TN **
Oct. 12 - TTU GEMB Music for All Affiliate Marching Band Event
Oct. 14 – 18 – --- Fall --- Break ---
Oct. 19 – Northern Plateau Marching Invitational, Livingston Academy, Livingston, TN All Day
Oct. 26 – Vol Classic, Heritage HS, Maryville, TN **???
Oct. 26 - TTU Band Day**
Nov. - Deadline for Registration for Mid-State Bands
Nov. 2 - TTU Homecoming Parade, Game, Tenn. Tech., Cookeville, TN
Nov. 5- Elections – No School
Nov. 8 - TTU All-Star Instrumental Symposium **
Nov. 11 - Veterans Day, Observation on the Square 10:00 AM Call Time 8:30;
Nov. 16 - Auditions for Grades 11 – 12 Mid-state Band & Jazz Bands, Antioch HS
Nov. 27 – 29 – Thanksgiving Break
Dec. 7 -
Auditions for Grades 7 & 8 Mid State Band
Dec. 7 - Deadline for Registration CPA
Dec. 14 - Livingston/ Overton County Chamber Christmas Parade, Livingston, TN 1:00 PM
Dec. 14 - Auditions for Grades 9 & 10 Mid State Band
Dec. 16 or 17 - Band & Choir Christmas program 6:30 PM LA Gym; Depending on Basketball Schedule
Dec. 18/19 - Semester Finals
Dec. 20 – Last Day Abbr.
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday after school rehearsals are 2:45 – 4:30 PM for the duration of the semester
** - don’t know their schedule, TBD
Spring Semester 25:
Jan. 7- First Day back
Jan. 9 - After School Rehearsals Resume 3:00 – 4:30 PM
Jan. 9 – 11 Mid-State Jazz Band, Murfreesboro
Jan. 13 - Jazz Band Start Up
Jan. 16 – 18 Mid-State Band Performance
Jan. 20 – MLK Day/ No School
Feb. 14 – 15 – TTU Festival of Winds & Percussion
Feb. 17 – Presidents Day/ No School
Feb. 24 - Mar. 15 – Possible schools Concert trip
Mar. 3 - 7 – MTSBOA Concert Festival week (to be determined)
Mar. 7 - Registration Deadline for S & E PA
March 17 – 21 – Spring break
Apr. 5 - S&E PA, Cookeville HS TBA
April 18 – Good Friday/No School
April 21 – Easter Monday/ No School
April 22 – 25 – Color Guard Students Audition Week
May 12 or 13 - LA Band Concert 6:30 PM LA Gym; depending on Schedule
May 17 - LA Graduation 4:00 PM (TBA)
May 21 – Last Full Day of School
May 26 - Memorial Day, LA Band to Perform on the Square 9:30 am – 9:55 am Then 10:00 am
Memorial Day Service
Please note that all dates are subject to revision as we approach them, no final information has been passed along as of now. These are tentative, thank you.