Congratulations All Around On A Great Week! 

We want to say a huge congrats to our Symphonic Band and Wind Symphony for fantastic weeks of performance at the annual FBA Concert MPA Event! Our Symphonic Band earned and overall Excellent rating and our Wind Symphony earned an overall Superior rating for their efforts! Huge congrats to Victor Taylor, our STUDENT CONDUCTOR with the Wind Symphony on earning a Superior rating for his efforts as well! Proud of you and your artistry with the band!

We would also like to offer a huge congratulations to our Color Guard as they hosted a wonderful Winterguard event here on campus that featured over 60 units in total! This was a tremendous week for our band family!

The Wind Symphony video is being shared below and the Symphonic Band video will be uploaded soon. We will also get footage of our Color Guard shows posted as well for your viewing pleasure!

Congrats Blue Darter Band & Guard! We are PROUD of you! #iegyb

Concert Band After School Rehearsal Update

We are making a shift in the Concert Band (1st Pd Brass, 4th Pd Woodwind, 5th Pd Percussion) after school schedule to accommodate our hosting the Middle School Choir MPA event this week on campus. The updated schedule through their MPA event will be as follows:

• Tuesday, March 24th: 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM
• Tuesday, March 31st 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM
• Thursday, April 2nd: 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM
• Monday, April 6th: MPA (Evening Performance @ Winter Park HS)

CutTime & 2025-2026 Band Fair Share Payment Link! 

Please visit the link below to begin paying for this part of our membership experience which includes our 2025-2026 Fair Share, Uniform Costs, and, School-Owned Uniform costs. Any past due monies may also be paid at this link. The Blue Darter Band has fronted a great deal of the funds necessary to start the year and now that we have our payment system up and running we need to recuperate the funding needed to continue our operations as a band family. Please click the link below to take care of this as soon as possible.

2025-2026 Blue Darter Band Fair Share

CutTime will be shared with everyone this week so you can look at your Student Account for the 25-26 School Year. The above SchoolCashOnline link will be for all payments that need to be made to the Blue Darter Band.

2026 Orange Blossom Jazz Festival Schedule Is Released! 

Click the logo above to visit the OBJF page and see the 2026 lineup! It is going to be incredible!

Looking Ahead! Calendar Updates!

Our 2026 Spring Calendar has been updated! You can see all dates below as well as on the right hand side of the page to access our Google Calendar. Please review and add to your family calendars for planning purposes.

Please visit the Blue Darter Band Calendar Page to see our complete Spring 2026 Schedule!

• March 2026
  • MPA Rehearsals
    • Concert Band & Percussion 3.24, 3.31 (Tuesday: 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM)
  • Band Booster Meeting 3.10 7 PM Band Room 
  • Spring Break 3.13-3.22
• April 2026
  • MPA Rehearsals
    • Concert Band & Percussion 4.2 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM (Thursday’s: 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM)
  • Concert MPA 4.6 (Concert Band)
  • Band Booster Meeting 4.7 7 PM Band Room
  • Orange Blossom Jazz Festival 4.10-4.11 
  • Leadership Training Sessions 4.20-4.24
  • Student Holiday 4.24
  • Spring Prism Week 4.27 – 5.1
    • Rehearsals M-W (After School) 
    • Performance = Friday Only (Evening) 
      • Thursday cancelled due to GradBash.
• May 2026
  • Leadership Interviews 5.4-5.5
  • Leadership Announcement 5.8
  • Jazz Under The Stars 5.12
  • Bandy Awards 5.16
  • Fall 2026 Kick Off Party 5.18
  • Band Booster Meeting 5.19 7 PM Band Room 
  • Class Of ’26 Graduation 5.22 @ Kia Center (26-27 Wind Symphony Performance) 
  • Memorial Day Holiday 5.25 

Attention Parents! Our OCPS “ADDITIONS” Sign Up Is Now Live! 

Click here to sign up for the 25-26 School Year! Thank you in advance for all of your support of the Blue Darter Band this coming year! #iegyb