I hope that you and your family had a good time together this Thanksgiving holiday.
Time is flying by and we are quickly approaching the half way mark in the year, and that means it's time for our Winter Concerts! Every instrumental student will perform- Beginning Band, Concert Band, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band and String Orchestra all perform on Thursday, December 9 at 7:00 in the PAC. The call time for all students is 6:00 in room 107. In all ensembles except Beginning Band, students are to wear their ensemble dress and tuxedo. For Beginning Band, students wear concert black. That means males wear black dress shoes, dress slacks and a white button up dress shirt; a tie is optional. Females may choose to wear a dress/ skirt that falls below the knees when seated or elegant black slacks and top. If you have questions about appropriate performing attire, contact me ASAP. With our first formal performance comes a reminder about grades- students must be academically eligible to perform (2.0 minimum GPA with not more than 2 F's). If a student's grades are too low, the student is still required to attend the performance, but will be required an alternate assignment. There is NO excused absence for any student for any reason from our performance. Students who miss this performance may fail the ensemble for the semester.
The Music/ Drama Boosters meeting will be Thursday night at 7:30. I urge you to attend. We cannot be successful without a strong contingent of parent support at our booster meetings. So far, attendance has been scarce at best. The agenda will be along these lines- 7:30 booster business, 7:40 teacher announcements, 7:50 parent planning and feedback time. If you are a parent of a freshman or sophomore (not excluding juniors and seniors, but you will be graduating soon, too), we need you there! Immediately following the Booster meeting will be our Big Band Dance committee meeting. We are also looking for Wind Ensemble & Jazz Band parents who can help carry on the work now being done by parents whose students are juniors and seniors. It's a great group to work with and with everyone doing their part, no single role is too daunting.
Our tour plans for LA 2010 are coming along well. All students and chaperones should have paid at least $150 toward the tour costs by this point. We have had a few students join us in the recent weeks, and we are looking for several more chaperones. It is an important job and we cannot travel without enough adults- but I try to keep it fun too! If you'd like more info, let me know or ask at our upcoming booster meeting. For all the info, go to the Tour 2011 page.
Have you gone to see and review a live performance yet?
There are several performances this week. Be sure to check my Live Music
page for more information about outside performances as well as the form
to complete.
