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Announcements

There will be a Parent Meeting Tuesday, 3/18 at 7pm in the band room to discuss the NYC trip.
The New York City Trip Itinerary is now available. Click here to view the itinerary.
The 35th Fall Season of Crimson Express did not disappoint, view more info here.
CE BANDS will be participating in the Big Apple Classic Music Festival in New York City in Spring 2025. Click here for trip information.
The Updated 4th Quarter/Spring 2025 Master Schedule is found in the documents section, and can be accessed via our Calendar on this website. Please tie the calendar to your smartphone!
Handbook, Code of Conduct, Info/Medical Form are all found on Google Classroom, and here in the documents section.
The Activity Fee for this year is $125 across the board for everyone. Please send the Activity Fee Form in with payment(s). 8th Grade students marching with us this Fall do not pay the Activity Fee.

Important Documents

CE BANDS IN NYC

CE BANDS will be participating in the Big Apple Classic Music Festival in New York City in Spring 2025. Click here for the itinerary.

Here are the end-of-year itineraries that were sent out in today's announcements. I am looking forward to these next few weeks! Mr. W

CE Band students enjoyed breakfast this morning, which was provided for them to celebrate their Best of Day accomplishment at last weekend's Organizational Contest. It was a great way to head into the Easter extended weekend!

We are so proud of you!! Keep up the good work!!!

On Friday, May 16, 2025, Crimson Express & Co. is partnering with Panera in Carbondale, IL for a Dine-to-Donate night! During the hours of 4pm and 8pm, Panera will donate 25% of all sales to Crimson Express. Simply present a digital flyer at the time of your order and let them know you would like to support Crimson!

If you place your order online or through the in-store kiosk, we will receive 25% from those orders all day long and not just in the evening. So order lunch online and support Crimson by entering the code FUND4U.

The CE Jazz Band performed alongside the MMS Jazz Band on their annual Murphypalooza community tour. Thank you, Big Muddy Assisted Living, Saint Andrew School, and Tri-County Special Education, for having us out. We enjoyed it!

Great job MMS and CE Jazz Bands tonight at Jazz & BBQ! Thank you to our Band Boosters for organizing a great meal as well. 🎺🎷🎵

Congratulations to the CE Concert Band and Jazz Band on a fantastic night at the IHSA Organizational Contest! Both bands received a Division I Rating (Superior). Also, a shout out to the Concert Band for receiving Best of Day from the judges for Friday night performances. I am proud of how everyone acted, performed, and looked. Great job!

The OWL Band at Carruthers Elementary School had their first full band rehearsal today for their Spring Band Concert. They did great! This is a big group with a lot of potential. Come see them perform alongside the MMS and MHS Bands on Tuesday, April 29th in the High School Auditorium. Thank you once again to Martels for sponsoring OWL Band T-shirts this year; students will wear them on the 29th for the concert.

Booster/Parent Meeting tomorrow night at 7pm in the CE Band Room.

We would also like to welcome any 8th grade Blue Devil Band parents to our meeting. We have already started to plan for our fall marching season and would love to have the future freshman parents join us.

Stick around afterwards for the Winter Indoor Percussion performance at 8pm in the gym! These kids have worked hard all winter. Stop in and give them your support!

The Texas Roadhouse Rolls and Butter are in! They MUST be picked up at 3:15 tomorrow, Tuesday, April 1st!

They are frozen and will thaw quickly so they must be picked up in a timely manner. I am picking them up at 2:00 so I have time to get back and sort them. That is already an hour out of the freezer, don’t let your customers’ order thaw out when they are depending on them for Easter dinner. These can not be kept at the school and I don’t have room in my freezer at home.

If your student can not pick them up after school, please make arrangements for someone to pick them up from the band room. DO NOT send your customers to the band room. I can’t keep track of a bunch of separate orders.

I greatly appreciate your cooperation with this matter!!!

****the fundraising email is changing from tmueller@crimsonexpress.org to fundraising@crimsonexpress.org . Please update your address books so you don’t miss important emails! I will still be receiving emails to the old address through the end of the year, but we are trying to get everything updated to start the new school.

CE Spring Training 2025 begins Monday, April 7th!

We were excited to debut our new Concert Black in New York! On the way home, this has been a great experience for our kids. More picture to be posted in the coming days. #CEBANDS

Just a reminder that the Quatro’s Fundraiser is due on Tuesday, Math 18th. If you are finished selling, you can turn them in tomorrow.

Please make sure order forms and money are in the provided envelope and place it in the lock box in the band room. DO NOT turn into the office or your order will not be processed. Tuesday night at the parent trip meeting will be the absolute last chance to turn orders in. Wednesday will be too late.

Get those orders in on time so I can submit them before we leave for New York.

The Casey’s pizza cards are in. They will be going home with students tomorrow. Be looking for them and ask your students for them so they don’t get left in a backpack.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Congratulations to our Winter Guard on a fantastic season. They received their highest score yesterday, and first place in their class. Great work students and staff!

We leave for NYC one week from today. Thank you to all of our sponsors for this trip; you have helped make this experience a reality for our students.

Congratulations to all of our CE Band students who participated in the IHSA Solo and Ensemble Contest this past weekend at Herrin High School. Great job on your individual performances. All students who participated received a Division I (Superior) or II (Excellent) rating and will receive those medals at the CE Band Awards Night in May. Murphysboro High School is hosting the IHSA Organizational Contest on April 11th and 12th. Both the Concert and Jazz Bands will compete at this contest.

Our trip to NYC is a week from Thursday! Here is the itinerary that was sent out last Friday. #MHSMUSIC

Some pictures from today at Zumwalt East. Great job CE Winter Percussion at CSPA!

We would like to wish all of our students good luck today at Solo and Ensemble contest!🍀🍀🍀

CE Winter Guard continued their competition season today with a performance at Wentzville Liberty HS. They took first place in their class! Great job, students and Guard staff! I enjoyed your performance today. Mr. W

Our Senior, Phin, performing in their last River to River Honors Band. You did great!! We will certainly miss you!!

River to River All Conference Honors Jazz Band and Honors Symphonic Band. February 24, 2025

On behalf of the Crimson Express Boosters, I would like to thank everyone who came out for dinner last night. Your support means the world to our students.

We would also like to give a huge THANK YOU to Lindsey McCay and Texas Roadhouse, Marion, IL, for hosting us and generously donating to our program!!

If you didn’t make it out last night and would like to purchase raffle tickets to be entered to win our Apple themed gift basket, comment below, message me, or email me at tmueller@crimsonexpress.org to purchase your tickets! We will be drawing Friday, March 7th.

We had a great day on the SIU Carbondale campus for the 2025 River-to-River Honor Band Festival. Great job to all the students who performed in both the Honor Jazz Band and Honor Symphonic Band!

Casey’s Pizza Card orders and money are due TOMORROW! NO LATE ORDERS ACCEPTED!!

All orders and money should be placed in an envelope inside the lock box in the band room. Envelopes are in the basket below the lock box. Make sure your name is on the envelope and order form.

Do not turn in orders to the office or they will not be processed. If you have extenuating circumstances, contact me ASAP tmueller@crimsonexpress.org

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