Congratulations to the Pioneer Performing Arts for a wonderful Veterans
Day tribute! The PAC was packed to standing room only, with the
audience spilling out the back door into the quad. The audience was
treated to a thoughtful, moving tribute to our country and those who
have served her.
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Football season is now over. All students should return their flip folders with all pep band music to me. I will file all of the music so that next fall it is all ready for distribution.
This week is a little lighter, but there are still some key activities to be aware of. The second payment for our LA Tour is now past due. All participants, including parent chaperones, should have turned in $150 so far. Checks can be made out to "Pioneer Music & Drama Boosters." If you have questions about the details of our trip, please see the tour page here.
To offset some of the costs of our program, students are able to participate in fund raising opportunities. The first round of our first fund raiser is going on now. Students who have their grab bag of coffee and cookie mix should collect all money ($12 coffee/ $13 cookie mix) and turn it in to me by Friday. Checks should be made payable to "Pioneer Music & Drama Boosters." Did you miss out on the first round, but still hope to participate and make some money? Review this fundraising form and submit it by this Friday. For those who join us this time, we anticipate delivery of the product in early December, with plenty of time to distribute items before the Christmas holiday season.
A plug for our Boosters club- we need parents! In an effort to connect more parents, we may change our meeting format. If it would help attract more involvement, we will start at 7:30. The agenda would generally follow this format- 7:30-7:40 general booster management and budget information, 7:40-7:50 program specific information from the directors (instrumental, vocal, drama), 7:50-8:00 parent brainstorming & project work time. Then at 8:00, each discipline would have time to work with their director for more specific planning. This means the meetings would be 30 minutes each month, with integrated time for parent feedback and involvement. For band, we would follow the meeting with a Big Band Dance planning meeting. We have a great need for parent involvement. If you find this schedule more helpful for your involvement, let us know so that we can set our schedule accordingly. Our next meeting is Thursday, December 2.
If you are looking ahead, our next performance is Thursday, December 9 at 7:00. All instrumental groups will perform. I have encouraged several more advanced students to consider auditioning for the Santa Clara County Honor Band. Those auditions are December 10. We will then have our Big Band Dance on February 5.
Don't forget that your Live Review is due on December 10. Get more info about this assignment, as well as the worksheet on the Live Music section of my site.
Finally, all dresses should be delivered this week. Girls are reminded that they owe $65 if they haven't paid yet. Also, there are about 12 boys who have yet to pay for their tux. I have already paid for them and need families to either pay right away or make arrangements with me for a payment schedule. If a family needs extra financial aid, I can arrange that if you contact me.
