Welcome to the official website for The Raymond B. Hobbs Middle School Band! Milton, FL, 32570.
If your child would like to learn an instrument and be in Beginner Band next school year (2021-22), please click tab below to make an instrument selection appointment. --
Dear Symphonic and Jazz Parents,
Due to the testing calendar taking up every morning 1st through 3rd periods until our May 20th concert, I am needing to call 3 after school rehearsals to prepare us for our Spring Concert. (I was originally hoping we would have an alternating school schedule for testing that would allow morning classes to meet every other day, but that is not the case.) Please do everything you can to have your child at the following after school rehearsals:
Thanks for helping us out with this! We look forward to seeing you at the concert on May 20th at 1st Baptist Church in Milton.
Due to the testing calendar taking up every morning 1st through 3rd periods until our May 20th concert, I am needing to call 3 after school rehearsals to prepare us for our Spring Concert. (I was originally hoping we would have an alternating school schedule for testing that would allow morning classes to meet every other day, but that is not the case.) Please do everything you can to have your child at the following after school rehearsals:
- Friday, May 14th after school till 3:30
- Monday, May 17th after school till 3:30
- Wednesday, May 19th after school till 3:30
Thanks for helping us out with this! We look forward to seeing you at the concert on May 20th at 1st Baptist Church in Milton.
SPRING INTO POPCORN! - Starts 4/30/2021, ends 5/21/21. - The Poppin' Popcorn company is ready to send you and your favorite people their delicious flavors from earlier this school year. And we still get to have the incentive of for every 3 bags you sell, you get one snack-bag size for free. Also, there are new items besides Popcorn. Check it out! Click tab below to get started --
Spring Concert and Awards night for all band classes will be Thursday, May 20th @ 1st Baptist Church, Milton. Students warm up at 6:00, concert starts at 6:30 p.m. Please drop your child off before 6:00 pm at the main entrance, leaving their case in your vehicle, then go find a parking space. Dress for Symphonic and Jazz is Band Polo with black slacks or black jeans. Dress for all other classes is currently owned "Sunday Best" outfit...please pick your best without purchasing clothing for the performance. There will not be a reservation page, but please limit your party members to 7 maximum representatives per Hobbs band student. We will be below the NEW promised 75% capacity if we abide by 7 audience members per student. If you have more than 7 wanting to view, please have them visit here by 6:00 p.m. on the 20th for the link to the live streaming of the concert so they can watch from home. Live streaming will be manned the entire time so it should not stop on us. Please practice distancing in the audience and read any instruction signs as you enter. Masks are optional but encouraged for our Spring Concert.
Attention 8th Grade Families: MHS Band info for 9th grade Band can be found here. Please take time to visit the link and save the dates for your soon-to-be 9th grader to join the MHS Band! -- http://www.miltonhighschoolband.com/new-members.html
For all Classes: Please spend time on the following Listening Page to listen to great performances of prolific performers of your instruments -
Attention Band Parents,
It is school-owned instrument inventory time! If your child has a school-owned instrument of any kind at home, please make sure to have it on campus the morning of Friday, April 23rd. Please use masking tape or a post-it note on the case to include your child’s name on the case. If they are absent for any reason, please drop off the instrument Friday morning in the main office. We will be finished with all serial numbers on Monday the 26th, therefore your child may take home their school-owned instrument after school on the 26th. Thanks for helping us reach 100% inventory for the county. We did it...we made 100% for inventory! Thank you parents and students of school-owned instruments! Now, please take them back home for practice.
It is school-owned instrument inventory time! If your child has a school-owned instrument of any kind at home, please make sure to have it on campus the morning of Friday, April 23rd. Please use masking tape or a post-it note on the case to include your child’s name on the case. If they are absent for any reason, please drop off the instrument Friday morning in the main office. We will be finished with all serial numbers on Monday the 26th, therefore your child may take home their school-owned instrument after school on the 26th. Thanks for helping us reach 100% inventory for the county. We did it...we made 100% for inventory! Thank you parents and students of school-owned instruments! Now, please take them back home for practice.
Due to Saturday Morning weather, all times are pushed forward 2 hours. Example: if your child performed at 8:30, they are now at 10:30. This will be a safer time frame and allow for safe travels for our judges. Thank you! Spread the word! Thank you student participants and parents for adjusting your schedules and showing up for your new time! So thankful for all the student improvements that occurred because of preparing for this event!
To listen to our Symphonic class 3/11 MPC performance recording, please go to this link -- https://www.hobbsmsband.com/311sym.html
Attention Symphonic Parents and Students: Please save the following dates:
- Thurs, March 11th during our class time we will have this year's MPC, Music Performance Clinic. (Other years referred to as MPA, Music Performance Assessment). The clinicians are coming to us during our class period to listen and critique us. We will also be recording our 3 performance pieces in class and are hoping for everyone to be a part of making a beautiful performance recording for us to listen to afterwards. The clinicians will be distanced and masked. Students - Please remember to wear your new BandPolo to school that day with black pants or jeans, or the darkest solid pants you own.
- Our Solo and Ensemble Festival will also be at Hobbs. It will be Saturday, April 10th. Parents - Please ask your child for the gold solo form. It was originally due Friday the 18th, but since our week was shortened, it is now due Thursday Feb. 25th. Please read the yellow form carefully. Students - If you were in class for our demo of SmartMusic, please try what we showed you. Go to our Teams page for further instructions on how to use SmartMusic and how to pick a solo. As of 3/3 - All students in Symphonic have been assigned a solo and given their printed solo. (A few solos had to be changed from yellow sheet request due to that solo being out of print.) Please work with your SmartMusic parts at home to assist you. After March 11th Mr. C will be offering after school solo lessons and Mr. M will be offering during class solo lessons.
Symphonic Parents only: Below is the link to the polo shirt we are using for all above mentioned performances and for our Spring Concert in May. It includes a picture of the shirt and the blue order form due 2/24.
Florida All-State Band member, tuba player, Graceson Spears!
Congratulations to tuba player, Graceson Spears, for being selected by audition to the 2020-21 Florida All-State Band! This year the audition process was especially complicated and we are proud of Graceson for all of his hard work, preparation, and for his accomplishment!
Click this link to read the very informative and encouraging recent research performed at the University of Minnesota with wind instruments and Covid spread - https://twin-cities.umn.edu/news-events/musical-instruments-dont-spread-aerosols-far-you-might-think Because of this article, Mr. C and Mr. M have reconfigured some of the instrument seating again to fit the outcomes of this research. With vapors only reaching a maximum of 1.9 ft according to this research, with our band room seating already at 6 feet apart, and with our 2 new hospital grade HEPA air filters, we are encouraged that we are doing everything we can to keep our musicians healthy.
Coolest Mask Week was October 5-9 - Thanks to all who participated! 3rd place - Taylor Ellis, Beginner Flute; 2nd place - Andrew Willis, Beginner French horn; 1st place - Tag Gilbride, Symphonic saxophone. Congratulations!
Taylor: Holloween theme! -- Andrew: A dragon! -- Tag: "All eyes are watching" theme!
ORDER PAGE IS NOW READY! - Band logo masks (fly front and regular front) and band logo bell covers to order here online and have delivered to the band room. (Flute students will not need bell covers. Their stands will have plexiglass partitions.) This is both a band fund raiser and an effort to provide protective gear for band students. Our goal is to have these to the band room labeled with your child's name within a week of your order. The earlier you order, the earlier you'll receive yours. Thank you for protecting our students while supporting our band program! (As always, if you are in need of any of these items and need financial assistance, please contact Mr. C at 850-583-6989 to receive the items you need.)
Congratulations to our Symphonic Band, who earned All Superior ratings, the grade average of “A” from all four FBA judges, including sight-reading, at our March 11th yearly assessment!
Symphonic cupcake celebration on Thursday, 3/12, with judges sheets and MPA Superior Award on whiteboard!
Congratulations to the following 2019-20 band students who were selected via September auditions to the Florida All-State Band! These students were chosen from hundreds throughout the state who auditioned for a spot within this prestigious ensemble.
They are:
Ciana Antonio, Clarinet
Logan Campbell, Clarinet
and
Averi Odom, Clarinet
Congratulations to these outstanding musicians who traveled to Tampa last January to perform in the FL All-State Band and represent Hobbs!
They are:
Ciana Antonio, Clarinet
Logan Campbell, Clarinet
and
Averi Odom, Clarinet
Congratulations to these outstanding musicians who traveled to Tampa last January to perform in the FL All-State Band and represent Hobbs!
Our All-State students after their performance at the Tampa Convention Center, January 11th, 2020!
Results from this year's All-County auditions are out and we had another stellar year, with 34 musicians selected, and 6 sections with the number one players in the county and 9 sections with students placed within the top 4 musicians in the county!
Congratulations to: (county ranking next to name)
Clarinets
Ciana Antonio, #1
Logan Campbell, 2
Averi Odom, 4
Gabi Wright, 6
Ashlyn Holifield, 9
Ileana Cabrera, 10
Kellan Tyree, 12
Corinne Carmichael, 15
Skylar Thaxton, 18
Carolyn Hinnant, 20
Flutes
Mackenzie Reyes, 6
Sydney Bonoyer, 7
Corinne Carmicheal, 9
Alora Raben, 12
Oboe
Caleb Hahr, 2nd
Bassoon
Jack Sommers, 2nd
Bass Clarinet
Salome Ideas-Benton, 5
Alto Saxes
Tag Gilbride, #1
Erin Lincoln, 2
John Skultety, 6
Trumpets
Harrison Rose, #1
Chase Francis, 4
Kelsie Griffith, 8
David Malec, 11
French horns
Carly Goodman, #1
Bryan Kemp, 2nd
Trombone
Zachary Barker, 2nd
Ryan Salgado, 6
Euphonium
Matthew Simmons, 5
Tuba
Andrew Justice, #1
Graceson Spears, 2nd
Zack Skipper, 6
Angus Cameron, 8
Percussion
Ronnie Norton, #1
Jackson Rose, 3
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A big THANK YOU to Mike (dad) and Mason (6th grd, tuba) Shouppe for installing our new Logo Sign in front of our band room!
To order our new Hobbs Band Decal, shown above, please place $7.50 per decal in an envelope with your child’s name and the word “decal” on the envelope. The decals are weather resistant for your vehicles or make great laptop or instrument case decals! They are near 4 inches in diameter.
Click here for student expectations for all band classes -
- If your child plays a school-owned instrument - tuba, French horn, tenor sax, bari sax, baritone/euphonium, oboe or bassoon, and bass clarinet, please submit your one time $100 school rental payment to the locked money box in the band room as soon as possible. Please make sure checks are made out to Hobbs Band and that you include your child's name on the check. Percussion students please submit a one time $50 school rental payment for the use of the school percussion equipment for the year. Thank you!
- Remember- If any rental is a financial hardship, please send a written note in a sealed envelope to Mr. Colón stating so along with what amount you think you can pay.
Thank you to everyone who helped make Composer Owens' visit a success and for being a part of the first performance of his Hobbs Celebration written for our 2019 Symphonic Band!
Area Private band instrument Lessons
- Mr. David Riggs @ 261-2186, please ask for Mr. Riggs and for available lesson times, He is local - Hwy 90 and Mr. C highly recommends Mr. Riggs. Teaches all woodwind and brass.
- Ms. Kandyce Boehmer is local, in Milton. 816-8156, also teaches all woodwind and brass.
- Blues Angels - 457-7557, Pcola, ask for your child's instrument lesson availability
- Schmidts - 434-0317, Pcola, ask for your child's instrument lesson availability
