2018 Summer Band Dates

Urbank Parade

Practices:

Monday, June 18, (everyone 7:00-8:00 pm) (percussion only 6:15-7:00)

Tuesday, June 19, 7:00-8:00 pm

Thursday, June 21, 7:00-8:00 pm

Parade:

Sunday, June 24, 1:30pm
Band room open at 12:15

Line up at 1:00 behind church

Van will leave from the high school at 12:30 if you need a ride

Parkers Prairie Parade
Practices:

Tuesday, July 31, 7:00-8:00 pm

Thursday, August 2, 7:00-8:00 pm

Parade:

Sunday, August 5, 12:00 pm

Band room open at 11:00

Line up at 11:30

5th-8th Grade Lessons

Starting: Monday, July 16

Ending: Thursday, August 16

Lessons will run Monday-Thursday each week

Specific schedules are on the front of this sheet
Lessons are held in the high school music room

Beginning Lessons

Starting: Monday, August 20

Ending: Thursday, August 23

Each student gets one lesson each day

Specific schedules will be available July 25

Lessons are held in the high school music room

2017 Fall Pep Band Schedule

Fall sports season has started and pep band is in full swing. Check HERE for the fall schedule including the first 2 rounds of playoff games.

2016-2017 Winter Sports Pep Band Schedule

Although there seems to be a long break between pep band events, we will start playing again on January 20 and keep playing regularly through the end of the sports seasons and hopefully into play-offs. See the entire winter pep band schedule here.

2016 Fall Pep Band Schedule

The fall pep band schedule is out for Panther volleyball and football. Please keep in mind that we will need to have a balanced pep band to go to play-off games should the teams be playing. Only 7th grade students who have exceeded their lesson goals will be invited to play before our winter break. All 7th graders will be welcome to join the pep band at games in the new year. Let's build some excitement and have a great fall pep band season!

Beginning Band Lessons

The new group of beginning band members have all had their first lessons and now are all able to carefully put their instruments together and (holding their instruments properly:) play a couple notes. The next step is to get them attending lessons and practicing a lot. The regular lesson schedule is available here. If you use this schedule along with this October calendar you can see what days your child will need his/her instrument at school. I've also included some practice tips for students and the parents/guardians helping them. I hope these help your child to have a successful start to band and as always if you have questions or concerns, please contact me in whichever method is convenient to you. dplasek@pp.k12.mn.us or call at 218-338-6011 ext. 134.

Fall Sports Pep Band

The fall sports season for the Parkers Prairie Panthers and the Prairie Valley Nighthawks is underway. The senior high and junior high bands will again take part in supporting these activities through pep band. The fall pep band schedule can be found here. Please make sure you give this schedule to your work and make it to as many events as possible. Go Panthers!

2012 Summer Band Lessons

Summer band lessons will begin on Monday, July 16 and go through Thursday, August 23. All lessons will be held in the Parkers Prairie High School Music Room. Students will need their instrument, lesson book and a pencil. During summer lessons we try to review the material each student was working on last school year, try to progress a little bit in their lesson book and play some songs just for fun. I'm looking forward to seeing many students during the next 6 weeks. See the schedule here.