9/7/2025 M100 Weekend Update

Dear M100 Family,

It took us two games to get there, but we finally had our first football game halftime performance! There is still a lot of work to be done in parts 1 and 2, but our main goal for this week is to learn ALL of part 3 so that we can perform it at our first home game this Friday! Let’s have an awesome week!

Here is your weekend update!

INFORMATION AND UPDATES

WEEK OF 9/8 REHEARSAL SCHEDULE

Please view the upcoming M100 rehearsal schedule for the week of Monday, September 8.

For morning rehearsals, the band hall will open at 6:30am.

GOALS FOR THE WEEK

  • Learn Part 3
  • Perform New Belle Tune (Hot to Go)

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8

  • Evening Block, 5:00pm-7:45pm
    • Rehearsal will begin OUTSIDE AT THE PRACTICE FIELD
    • Learn Part 3 Drill
    • Brief review of Part 1 and 2

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9

  • Evening Block, 5:00pm-8:00pm
    • Rehearsal start location TBD
    • Learn/Review Part 3 Drill
    • Full Run of Part 1, 2 and 3

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10

  • NO REHEARSAL

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11

  • Morning Block, 7:00am-8:15am
    • Rehearsal will begin OUTSIDE AT THE PRACTICE FIELD
    • Drumline, Front Ensemble and wind soloists will stay INSIDE for the Drumline contest rehearsal
    • Review end of part 2
    • Belle Block (Hot to Go)

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12

  • Morning Block, 7:00am-8:15am
    • Rehearsal will begin OUTSIDE AT THE PRACTICE FIELD
    • Perform Parts 1, 2 and 3

WEEK OF 9/8 BAND CLASS SCHEDULE

We will start including plans for the week in the weekend update.

GOALS FOR THE WEEK

  • Refine Music Details in Part 1 and 2
  • Continue to prepare and memorize Part 3
  • Learn New Belle Tune – Hot to Go

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8

  • WW/Brass Split
    • Part 3 Music

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9

  • Hot To Go (New Belle Tune)
  • Stagger Breathing Review

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10

  • Hot To Go (New Belle Tune)
  • Region Practice Day (WE and WS)

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11

  • WW/Brass Split
    • Part 1, 2 and 3 review
    • Part 4 Music

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12

  • Stand tunes review

9/8 BELTON BAND BOOSTER MEETING

The next Belton Band Booster meeting will be in the Band Hall at 6:30pm. Please join us to hear about all of the events planned for the next month including contest information, learn how you can help out, and bring any questions you may have.

9/12 GAMEDAY MEAL

Details of our gameday meal will be released later this week.

9/12 HOME FOOTBALL GAME VS. EAST VIEW HS

Our next football game of the season will be our first home game against East View HS at our very own Tiger Field. Please click HERE to view the itinerary for the game.

9/13 DRUMS IN THE HEARTLAND PERCUSSION CONTEST

All percussion students and wind soloists (for part 1,2,3) will be attending the percussion contest at Joseph Searles III Stadium on Saturday, September 13.

The address is 27PQ+2M, Killeen, TX 76542. (Next to Chaparral High School)

Click HERE to view the itinerary for the contest.

9/17 MIDDLE SCHOOL NIGHT REHEARSAL

The football game on Friday, September 19 will be our M100 Middle School Night, where we will invite the 7th and 8th graders from both Belton MS and South Belton MS to perform with us in the stands during the first half of the game. We will also do a combined halftime performance with the middle schoolers, where we will perform “Land of 1000 Dances”.

On Wednesday, September 17, we will hold a middle school night rehearsal from 5:00pm-6:00pm, where we will practice with the 7th and 8th graders. This will also be a great opportunity to get to know the future members of the M100! High school students are expected to be on their best behavior and hype up marching band for the next generation of students!

Also, if you are wondering why we have scheduled an additional hour of rehearsal, which would bring our total hours of rehearsal to 9 hours for the week, please refer to the Q and A below, which can be found on the UIL Eight Hour Marching Band Rule website.

Q: Does meeting, warming-up or doing a “run through” prior to a performance count towards the eight hours?

A: On performance days (football games, competitions and other public performances) bands may hold up to one additional hour warm-up, run-through or dress rehearsal beyond the eight hour limitation.

We normally do not take advantage of this rule for game days, but in order to maximize our rehearsal time, since the color guard and front ensemble students do not participate in our combined halftime performance with the middle schoolers, we will use an hour of our Friday rehearsal as our “additional dress rehearsal” that we are allotted. The week of 9/15 will be the only week where we will rehearse under these circumstances.

Please understand that I take the 8 hour rule very seriously and do not want to run the risk of the M100 being disqualified for any reason, which is why I am referring directly to the guidelines on the UIL website.

9/20 MARCHING CONTEST – BOA AUSTIN REGIONAL

Our first marching contest of the season will be the Bands of America Austin Regional in Round Rock, TX on Saturday, September 20. We are currently working on the full itinerary, but we do have our call time, depart time and performance time included below.

This is a Prelims/Finals format contest, meaning that if we advance to finals, we will have the opportunity to perform again later in the day. This will be a LONG day. Contest days are all-day events, so please plan accordingly.

6:00am – Band Hall Opens

6:25am – Leadership Inspection

6:30am – Full Band Inspection

6:40am – Depart from Belton HS

7:40am – Arrive at Kelley Reeves Stadium

8:40am – Warm Up

9:26am – Arrive at Gate

9:36am – PERFORMANCE

7:30pm-10:30pm – Finals Performance Window (if we advance)

We will finalize the rest of the itinerary later this week.

ELIGIBILITY MATTERS – PASS YOUR CLASSES!

In order to participate in extracurricular performances and events outside of the school day, students will need to be academically eligible when we do our eligibility checks. Although Belton ISD operates on a 9-week grading period, we will have a grade check at the 6-week mark in order to operate on a fair playing field to other districts with 6-week grading periods. Our first eligibility check will be on Friday, September 19 at 4:25pm. Any student with a grade below a 70 in an on level class at this time will be considered academically ineligible, beginning on Friday, September 26 at 4:25pm. These students will still be required to attend all rehearsals, but will not be allowed to attend the following events.

  • Friday, September 26 – AWAY Football Game @ Cuero HS
  • Saturday, October 4 – Vista Ridge Marching Festival
  • Saturday, October 11 – USBands Burleson Marching Contest

The 2nd eligibility check will be on Wednesday, October 8 at 4:25pm. Since this is the official end of our grading period, students that were eligible at the first grade check can still lose their eligibility. M100 students are encouraged to keep all grades above a 70 at all times in order to prevent the risk of failing.

2025 MARCHING SHOW MUSIC RECORDINGS – MUSIC UPDATED!

Below is a link to all 4 movements of this year’s marching production, “Between the Storms”.

This has been updated with all of the official music, including percussion!

Link: 2025 M100 MIDI FILES – BETWEEN THE STORMS

UPCOMING REHEARSALS AND EVENTS

https://www.beltonmarching100.com/calendar

You can also click HERE to view a printable document of all of our major events for the entire 1st semester!

  • Monday, September 8 – M100 Rehearsal, 5:00pm-7:45pm
  • Tuesday, September 9 – M100 Rehearsal, 5:00pm-8:00pm
  • Thursday, September 11 – M100 Rehearsal, 7:00am-8:15am
  • Friday, September 12 – M100 Rehearsal, 7:00am-8:15am
  • Friday, September 12 – HOME Football Game vs. East View HS
  • Saturday, September 13 – Drums in the Heartland Percussion Contest (Harker Heights)
  • Monday, September 15 – M100 Rehearsal, 5:00pm-8:00pm
  • Tuesday, September 16 – M100 Rehearsal, 5:00pm-8:00pm
  • Wednesday, September 17 – Middle School Night Rehearsal
    • Required for all M100 wind and drumline students
    • Front ensemble and guard students will not attend this rehearsal
  • Thursday, September 18 – M100 Rehearsal, 7:00am-8:15am
  • Friday, September 19 – M100 Rehearsal, 7:00am-8:15am
  • Friday, September 19 – HOME Football Game vs. San Angelo Central HS (Middle School Night)
  • Saturday, September 20 – MARCHING CONTEST (Bands of America Austin Regional)