The West High Music Concerts begin at 6:00pm and 7:30pm.  We encourage everyone to attend both concerts and support all of the students in the music programs. 

Concert Band students should be ready to go in the auditorium at 5:30pm.  Symphonic Band students will meet in the band room at 5:15pm.  Wind Symphony students will meet in the band room at 6:50pm.  If you are not sure which ensemble your student is in the rosters are listed under the 'Ensembles' tab of the website.

Students should wear their concert black for the performance.  We will be video recording this concert as an audition tape for our Florida trip and it is important that everyone is dressed properly.

6:00pm Session
Concert Band
Symphonic Band
Concert Strings
Bass Clef Choir
Treble Clef Choir

7:30pm Session
Concert Choir
Symphony Strings
Symphony Orchestra
Wind Symphony

The IHSMA All-State Music auditions are this Saturday, October 26th at Hampton-Dumont High School.  The schedule for auditions is below.  If you wish to take your students and/or from Hampton-Dumont please fill out the Alternative Travel Form.  Good luck to all of our auditioning students! 

We have all of the information for the Bands Across the Prairie and Five Seasons contests.  The itineraries are below.  If you have any questions please ask the directors.  Students are encouraged to bring money for lunch and dinner concessions or pack a lunch and dinner.  

​Students should wear their show t-shirt, athletic shorts, and black socks to rehearsal that morning and can bring a change of clothes for after the performance.  If you are planning to travel to Linn-Mar and would like to take your student home with you please fill out the Alternate Travel Plans Form.  Students will not be allowed to travel back with parents unless we have this written documentation on file.  Parents will need to check their students out at the buses with the directors immediately following the performance.

​We are making a couple of changes tonight due to weather related issues.  As of right now the sophomore game is still going to start at 5:00pm so the varsity game should still be starting around 7:30pm with pregame starting around 7:15pm.  

It is forecasted that it will be raining during our normal warm up time and right up until pregame.  Due to this the only part of the uniform that we are planning to wear is the marching shoes.  Students should plan to wear their shoe t-shirts, black pants/shorts (we suggest pants as it might get a little chilly), and long black socks.  We will still need 2-3 parents to see kids through the trailer tonight.

Please make sure that your students are dressed appropriately for chilly, slightly wet weather.

Since we do not need time to change into uniform we will now be meeting at 6:15pm in the auditorium at Central for music warm up. 


If the weather causes more changes to the football game and our performance we will send out another e-mail, post on the website updates, and send a message out via Remind 101.  If you hear nothing from us the above plan is still set in motion.

Thank you for being flexible as we work at the mercy of the weather.

Rehearsal will be held at Central Middle School on Thursday, August 22nd.  We will rehearse from 6:00pm until 9:00pm and play at the Fall Sports Kickoff during that time.  Leadership students will be around to help guide students to the correct location on the Central MS campus.

Please join us on Friday, August 23rd in celebration of our students and their successful band camp! From 6-8 PM we will convene in true potluck style at Byrnes Park (SW of the intersection at Campbell Ave and Fletcher Ave) for food, relaxation, and fun! Your family is encouraged to join us as well!

To ensure that this picnic is as successful as possible, we have assigned the following dishes/items to the following students so that we have enough of everything! The list is sorted by student last name:

Seniors, Juniors A-L (last name): Main Dish
Juniors M-Z, Sophomores A-H: Side Dish
Sophomores I-Z, Freshmen A-D: Desserts 
Freshmen E-Z, Color Guard: Individually packaged drinks

The My Waterloo Days Parade is an optional parade that students signed up to perform in.  We combine with students from the East High band to support our community!  The parade is Friday, June 7th and starts at 6:30pm in downtown Waterloo.  Here is the logistical information:

Meeting Place: YWCA in Downtown Waterloo
Meeting Time: Percussion- 5:15pm          Winds- 5:30pm
Attire: White MWD t-shirt (provided to first time participants at the parade), black shorts, tennis shoes
Additional Equipment: Take your instrument after school.  If it is a school loaned instrument we will take it back after the parade.  Bigger instruments will be loaded onto the truck after school.