Percussion Camp Begins:

Ball High School Band/Flag Camps

August 2-6 8:00-11:30 am and 1:00-3:00 pm

August 9-10 8:00-11:30 am and 1:00-3:00 pm

August 11-13 and August 16-20

Staff Development for the Fall Semester begins for all teachers on August 17,18,19 with Aug 20 scheduled for Teacher Prep. I know Fine Arts Faculty will be back early to prepare for the Fall Semester. New Faculty Orientation Aug 11-13 for all New to GISD employees.

School Starts August 23 for All Students! Looking forward to seeing you there!

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Summer is here! So what should you be doing as a Fine Arts Student over the Summer?

First of all - keeping up with your art. Regardless of which discipline you approach (Art, Dance, Music or Theatre) you should keep in practice.

Practicing a musical instrument for 30 minutes each day will help ensure that you continue to improve and that you do not lose any ground from where you were at the end of the school year.

Every Fine Arts person is like an athlete - the muscles we do not use atrophy and then have to be rebuilt. It is much easier to keep them going than to rebuild them in the Fall.

There are lots of Music Camps in Texas (almost every college provides Band and Choir camps). Run a Google search for Band Camps Texas and you will see what I mean. The closest are in Houston. (The same search works for Choir Camps Texas.)

A number of the Theatre students from Ball are on their way to Stavanger Norway for "Texas Days in Stavanger." We wish them well and "break a leg."

Have a great summer - get involved in the arts for the summer either by practicing yourself or attending camps - or both.

We look forward to a great year in the Fall 2010-11 Here we come!

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