It's the third week of school and things are going well! There is much activity this week, so please be aware of all that is going on.
Football Friday- Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band will play at this Friday's pre-season football game at home against Mitty. Students with old band polos and hoodies should wear those. Students without should wear something Pioneer apparel that is blue. Students may wear jeans. The call time is 5:30, kickoff is at 7 and the game usually goes to about 9:45 or so.
First Fundraiser- All students in all ensembles will participate in the first fundraiser of the year selling Entertainment Books starting on Wednesday running through about September 12. The books are loaded with coupons and sell for $30 and the students make $10-$13 per book, depending on our volume of sales. If all of my students sell just 3 books, we would earn over $7,800!! All checks should be made out to "Pioneer Performing Arts." Funds raised by students can go toward polos, jackets and other performing attire, instrument donations, or even money for travel.
Speaking of travel- We have had to reevaluate our travel plans for the spring of 2012. Our revised travel plans are only now being worked out, but are as follows- four days, three nights to Anaheim/ Disneyland where each ensemble will give a performance in the park and participate in a backstage music workshop where the students will work with a Disney musician and record tracks to Disney films. The primary reason for this shift is to allow more time for larger scale fundraising for a big trip- so the cost of this trip will be capped at about $500 per student. Details are still forthcoming, but I will update the Tour 2012 page as the information is available. Also, please not the change in travel dates! For the best opportunities to perform and workshop with Disney, we will travel during the February break from Wednesday morning, February 22 through Saturday, February 25. We will not miss any classes as this is during the break. This is also after the Big Band Dance, so funds raised through then will be able to go toward this trip.
Mark your calendars for Thursday, September 8 and join us for Pioneer's Back-To-School night!
