Concert and Football week!
Join us for our Fall Concert
on Wednesday night at 7:00 in the PAC- admission is free. The PAC will
not open to parents until about 6:40 pm. This will be a great concert
and I encourage you to invite friends and family. The concert should be
about 90 minutes long. Students are to wear their formal performance
attire- tuxes for the boys and dresses for the girls. Call time for
Jazz Band is 6:00, Wind Ensemble is 6:10 and Orchestra is 6:20. Again,
parents please note that the PAC will not be open for seating until
about 6:40.
Speaking of tuxes and dresses- payment for
these is now past due! All payments should be made out to "Pioneer
Performing Arts." Boys who bought a complete tux owe $140. Girls owe
$65 for their dress. All payments should be made to Pioneer Performing
Arts as soon as possible. If you have a question about finances, or
need to pay over time or plan to participate in more fundraising, let me
know.
We also have our fourth football game of the
year Friday night. Call time is 6:00. Thanks to Ms. Cooper who will
pick up the pizzas for the band students! We will have just one game
left- on Thursday, November 10, again with a 6:00 call time. I know,
this is a staff development day, but it is a required performance
nonetheless.
Important Tour 2012 update- just over half of the families who have committed to the trip actually paid their deposit or turned in the tour contract.
The next payment for the trips is $150 and is due in just 2 weeks.
This means that those who have not yet paid will need to turn in $250.
If we do not get sufficient numbers to get their payments and contracts
in, we may have to cancel the trip. If this happens, all funds would be
returned to the families.
The West Valley Jazz
Festival featuring Gordon Goodwin is next Friday, November 4. We will
depart Pioneer just after the start of first period at about 7:45 am as
we have a 9:00 scheduled performance. We are awaiting word about a
possible performance at Castillero. If this happens, we will return to
PHS at about 2:15, if not, we will return by lunch time. The tickets
for the Gordon Goodwin concert
Have you seen a concert for your Live Review
yet? If not, there is a San Jose Wind Symphony concert Sunday at 3:00
at Saratoga HS which would be great for band students to review. Those
students not in the Glue Factory, Fall Concert or Veteran's Day
performances can complete a review at those performances for extra credit. This will not count as a full credit review- just extra credit.
Finally, Wind Ensemble will present our annual Veteran's
Day tribute performance in conjunction with the choirs and readings by
select drama students. The concert is titled "Uncommon Valor... beyond
the call of duty" and is dedicated to those heroes who have been
recognized with the Medal of Honor. We are even scheduled to have a
Medal of Honor recipient with us at the performance. You won't want to
miss this evening of great music and a stirring tribute to the heroism
of those who dedicated themselves in service to our country. Thursday,
November 10 at 7:00 in the PAC. Admission free.
