Mavband.com makes history... again

Thanks to all of our mavbandfans, the boosters and the MHS Staff for their support this year. Our website traffic has grown to new levels that a few years ago we only could wish for. Our website traffic has allowed us to generate lots of new advertisers who are eager to put thier link on our site and directly attract consumers to thier website and businesses.

In addition, we have added new technology and a new friend to the media team. We have added a more streamlined media page with direct links to new photo formats. We partnered with Flickr to load our photos into their site which gives us more sizes, more space and more exposure for our band. You can visit our flickr website anytime through the link on http://www.mavband.com/ or via a direct link to our sets at http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhsmavband/sets . We will now have a webpage for each event in the mavband.com website and a link to the flickr site.

2009 promises to be another big year for the MHS Bands as we begin detailed coverage of the Winter Indoor Competitions. Both Winter Colorguard and Winter Percussion will be competing in 5 competitions from Jan 31 to the end of March. We encourage you to attend some or all of these events to route our band members on to victory. We believe that the developement of the Winter Percussion last year helped us tremendously in our winning SEVERAL "Best Drumline" in our competitions! That's beating the best bands out there!

Keep checking back with the website for more details for 2009!
Happy New Year,
Webguy

New Picture Format a Success!

Hello Mavbandfans,

Today, we have decided to use Flickr as our supplier for hosting our great Media Team Pictures. Now our Media Team Photographers, Dan Haas, Scott Blackwell and Gil Searcy will have immediate access to upload their pictures. You will be able to view them online via an import into our website and also via the flickr page.

The link to our flickr page is:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhsmavband/sets/

As of right now, we have 2 set up and available for your review. They are the Winter Concert and the Mauldin Parade.

You have the ability to download and save your favorite pictures and to share them with your friends.

That's all for today,
webmaster

New Pictures are online!

Today's newest accomplishment for the band is the new format that we are taking to share pictures of our kids via a Slideshow and Static Photo's. Right now, you can log onto our website at http://www.mavband.com and click on the links to see the new format.

We are working with Flickr to upload and share these photos with you.

The direct site addresses are:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mavband/sets/72157611056953999/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/33352042@N05

Thanks again!

webmaster

Winter Concert a "Great Show"

I hope you all had the opportunity to attend last nights' winter concert. Not only did we have our own fabulous bands but we got a chance to see "our future" as the Mauldin Middle School Wind Ensemble performed their concert for us.

It looks and sounds to me as if our Future is in Good Hands and very promising. Mr. Jim Kilgus and Julie Poston - MMS Band Directors, had those kids pumped and read to go. We were all very impressed. We will see many of these kids next year in our own Concert Band. Mr. Kilgus believes that maybe 50 to 60 kids will join the "Marching Mavs" next season! WOW.

Did you enjoy the Slide Show last night? Thanks to the Media Team's very own Dan Haas for putting that together for us. If you did not get the chance to purchase your Marching Season Compilation Set, you still have time to purchase and get delivery by Christmas. (They make great Christmas Presents) If you are interested, contact me at webmaster@mavband.com and I'll get you going. The price is only $25 and we have over 1000 pictures on the CD alone and nearly an hour long video for your enjoyment. The video includes the 2008 Show "CRASH", Season in Review, Football Games and Competitions. ADDED BONUS this year is the Marching Season Slide Show by Dan Haas.

You can order online also at http://www.mavband.com/cdorder.html

In case no one has told you yet, MERRY CHRISTMAS from the Media Team!

Winter Concert Upcoming

Our 2008 Winter Concert will be held on Monday, December 8th at 6:45pm in the Auditorium. This will be a special concert in that we have invited the Mauldin Middle School Wind Ensemble to join us and present thier concert.

The auditorium will be very full, so we suggest that you come early to get the best seats. In addition, you can purchase the 2008 Marching Season Compilation sets for only $25. We are pre-ordering the sets via our online form. To pre order and guarantee that you will have a set to purchase, log on to the site at http://www.mavband.com/cdorder.html

See you at the concert!

Mavband Marching Season Compilation Sets

We will have our 2008 Marching Band Compilation Sets available for purchase at the Winter Concert to be held on December 8th at 6:45pm in the Auditorium. Price is only $25 and includes a handsome Case with colorful cover art designed by media team members Sid Stewart and Allison Stahl. Also included is a CD with over 1000 pictures highlighting our marching season. In addition, a DVD is included that has many hours of video highlights of our season, including the 2008 Marching Show "CRASH", Stands Music, Slide Show by Dan Haas, Year in review video by David Fillion and video from our different competitions in a behind the scenes view of what it takes to make this big band come together.

Want to order? Simply click on the link and fill the form out. It will be automatically sent to the webmaster. http://www.mavband.com/cdorder.html

Important: Send no money, we will collect at the Winter Concert

Webmaster!

Mav's Take First Place in Division

Congratulations to the marching mav's as they took first place in their division at the Boiling Springs Competition last Saturday. They also took home trophy's for Best Drum Line and Best Horn Line!

Next up is 8th Grade night on Friday, October 3 at Mauldin High School. These rising Freshmen are the future of our band. We will make them all feel welcome.

Next Marching Competition is at Olympic High School in Charlotte, NC. Keep checking back with http://www.mavband.com/ for more details.

Traveler Rest Competition a HUGE Success!

Congratulations to the Marching Mav's as they competed at the 17th Travelers Rest Marching competition last Saturday. The Mav's walked away with "BEST DRUM LINE", "BEST DRUM MAJOR", and took second place in their division. Only missing by .25 of a point from winning 1st place.

You can view a part of their performance by clicking on the following link: http://wyff.highschoolplaybook.com/media/ShowMedia.do?mid=f017947a64e7e9ddc5fa2a99e3db4d8f

Expect great things from our band this year. Next up is the Boiling Springs High School competition slated for this Saturday. Our band will perform at 6:00pm and will compete against 31 other bands. Hope to see you there!

Website Updated - New Sponsors

I've copied the last mavblast onto this post. If you have not gotten your mavblast, make sure you sign up for it! After you read it though, don't forget to check out the new videos on the website.



Hello Mavbandfans,Several Items today for you.
1) Volunteer Help Needed at Flour Field
2) 23rd TOB Sponsor Named
3) Upcoming Fundraiser Events
4) Football team is 2-0 (sort of)
5) 1st Competition is on the 20th.



*** Volunteers Needed - $25 up for grabs..
From Kaye Emsley...The Greenville Drive has asked for volunteers to man a concession stand on Sunday September 21st as part of the Arts in the Park Festival. The concession will run from 11:00 am - 5:00 pm. Please let me know if you are interested. We have limited slots, so positions will be filled on a first come, first serve basis. The pay for this will be $25 for each volunteer. This money will go into your band student's account.You can e-mail me at kaye.emsley@mavband.com Thanks,Kaye Emsley



*** 23rd TOB Sponsor
Thanks to Mutt's BBQ for sponsoring the 23rd TOB's this year. We will have more info for you as it becomes available. We will need to staff their Tent for them, so if you want to volunteer, please contact Lori Linville at lori.linville@mavband.com



*** Upcoming Fundraisers
We will be visiting Gatti Town soon for our fundraiser and to support a very good and long time sponsor of the Marching Mavs. Keep an eye out for more information.



*** MHS Football Team
The football team is now 2-0 when the band plays for them. We only mention that to say thanks for all parents and friends wearing the mavband shirts at the games as they support the band.



*** Competition is 9/20
Our first competition will be Saturday, September 20th at Travelers Rest. We have directions and information on the website.

Mavband Videos and Pictures

Hello From the Webguy!

Thanks go out to Videographer David Fillion and Mavband Photographers Dan Haas and Scott Blackwell for putting out this week the single most Media Projects in one week. We have 95 pictures and 5 new videos from the Hillcrest football game. Expect more next week against TL Hannah and then from our 1st competition at Travelers Rest!

Friday Nite Hits

Congratulations to the Marching Mavs as they had a good show on Friday night against cross town rival Hillcrest. The Marching Mavs performed the first two movements of the show. Despite being booed by the Hillcrest Student Body before, during and after the performance.. the band excelled, smiled and graciously cheered on the Hillcrest Band as they performed their show.

In other Mavband news, our Videographer David Fillion has uploaded two new videos from the first game this year. (Which by the way - WE WON!) Log onto the website and go to Media>Videos and then select the video links on the page.

Thanks again for your support, we'll see you Friday at the JL Mann game!

New Field Open to MHS Marchers!

Latest news this week is that on Thursday, we will begin using the NEW lower practice fields! Kiddos need to make sure that they bring a water bottle with them to keep hydrated.

In webnews this week, I will be uploading some more pictures and possibly some videos for your review. I hope you get the opportunity to enjoy them. Currently, we have nearly 200 pictures online just from bandcamp and the pool party.

Hey parents, looking for a quiet get-a-way? Try the Braeside Inn in Sevierville, Tn. It's a Scottish Bed and Breakfast that is close enough to attractions yet secluded enough for that quiet "time for two". View their website at http://www.braesideinnbb.com !Expect a Mavblast soon as we still have many slots for Nacho's, TOB and Fall Events available for signup. You can signup by logging onto http://www.mavband.com/signup

mavband.com changes

Thanks again for visiting today. The last changes to take place are with the Signup Pages. Today we added nearly 40 names to the Winter and Spring Nacho's Fundraiser event. There are still some spots left for you to sign up, so log onto the sight at http://www.mavband.com/signup before your slot is filled.

Mr. Scheuch has announced the Fall Competition Schedule. We will compete at Travelers Rest on Sept 20, Boiling Springs on September 27 and Olympic HS near Charlotte NC on Oct 25. State 5A is held on Nov 1 @SC State College in Orangeburg, SC.

We have added new sponsors to our website. Thank them by visiting their shops / stores and mentioning that you are with "The Band". The newest member to join us is "The Original Olive Tree" Pizza and Italian Restaurant. They are located at 411 Butler Ave in Mauldin. Go check them out and thank them. Their site is http://www.olivetreepizzagrill.com/

Expect more pictures from Band Camp and "The Finale" soon. Video's are also going to be uploaded from David Fillion.

Media Center is Updated!

We have added another 3 pages of photo's from this years' Bandcamp, Pool Party and Womanless Pagent. Logonto http://www.mavband.com then click on the Media Tab, scroll to the bottom and select the pictures that you want to see. There are nearly 150 pictures for you to view.



A special thanks to Dan Haas for providing them for us.

Meet the Webguy!

Hello, I am Mike Wills - the Mauldin High Marching Band Webmaster. In addition to being the webmaster and un-official "Voice of the Marching Mavs", I own a website design company and am an airline pilot for Atlantic Southeast Airlines - a regional partner to Delta Airlines.

This website content is inspired by the MHS Band Boosters and Band Director, Mr. Adam Scheuch. We use this site as an opportunity for the Band Boosters and Director to communicate with the parents, students and community of Mauldin, SC.

We hope you enjoy our site. We always welcome your comments. Send comments to me to "The Webguy!"

Media Pages

New this year on mavband.com is the expanded Media Section. This year we will include nearly 100 pictures from our three photographers, Dan Haas, Gil Searcy and Scott Blackwell.

In addition, you will be impressed with the videos that we put online. We thank videographer DavidFillion for providing these great videos.

Sign Up Sheets Available

For those of you who are interested, the signup sheet is now "live". Simply click on the link above and go right to the page you desire.

The sign up sheets enable you to sign up to volunteer for certain functions with the band. You get credit for certain functions such as Nacho Cheese Sales and the Greenville Drive Concession Stand operation.

In addition, you get can also sign up to chaperone or be part of the "Pit Crew" during football games and competitions. One other area to sign up with is the 23rd Annual "Tournament of Bands". This year the competition will be held October 11 at MHS's Freeman Field.

Click here for the sign up sheets!