Instrument Placement for Ellis Band

All 6th grade students at EACH elementary school will receive the opportunity to try all of the instruments in an effort to help them make a decision about 7th grade band. We are very excited about this opportunity and hope that the 6th grade students are as well. We began at Graham with a great group of 6th graders. So far this has proven to be a wonderful experience for all involved. We will make our rounds to each elementary school by the first of the week.

If you student is absent on your instrument day and would like to schedule a time to come by the bandroom please feel free to call me at 315-5706. We want every student to have this great privilege.

Thanks to Mr. Bailey for allowing me the time to visit each elementary school and provide this service in an effort to make our band program stronger!

Post written by Danielle Todd

Bands Advance to State Assessment

Congratulations to the Zora Ellis Junior High Band and the Talladega High School Band for their recommendations to compete in the Alabama State Concert Band Assessment. To advance to State Assessment, a band must receive recommendations from two of three judges at District Assessment. Both the Zora Ellis Band and THS Band received recommendations from all three judges.


Zora Ellis will perform on March 2 at 1:00 P.M. The location is Briarwood Presbyterian Church. Talladega High School will perform on March 4 at 5:00 P.M. The location is Gadsden High School.
The complete schedule for the Alabama State Concert Band Assessment can be viewed by clicking here. The event is free and open to the public.

Ellis Emeralds Shine at Hoover

Congratulations to the Ellis Emeralds for a great performance this past Saturday. They traveled to Hoover High School to compete in their 3rd Winter Guard Competition of the season and represented Zora Ellis well. With a performance full of smiles, energy and dedication, the Ellis Emeralds happily took 1st place in the cadet class.

The Emeralds will travel to Nashville, Tennessee on Friday, April 4, 2008, to compete in their final competition of the season, Southeastern Color Guard Circuit Championships. They will compete against 11 other junior high groups in the cadet class, where the top three groups will receive individual medals.

Zora Ellis Band Blog

There have been so many positive comments following Wednesday's technology workshops and evidence of what was learned being put into practice.

The newest blog is one featuring the Zora Ellis Jr. High Band. Students can click links to hear professional recording of music they are preparing for District Band Assessment. You will also see an embedded video. For those who attended "Your Own Blog in 10 Minutes or Less" embedding video works exactly the same as embedding ImageChef artwork. You copy some code and paste the code into your post.

If you are creating a blog and need the instruction for removing the "next blog" link, you can find those instructions here.

If anyone else has put together a new blog, let us know about it so we can feature it here!