In this week's announcements-
CMEA Jazz- This Saturday
Jazz Band Joint Venture gig- Next Friday
Big Band Dance- Next Saturday!
Disney Meeting & tour- 3-4 weeks!
Music In the Parks Festival- April 28
Extra Credit opportunity (bands)
CMEA Jazz Festival is this Saturday afternoon at Santa Teresa HS from 1:10- 3:15 pm. Park in the student lot by the field and there will be signs to the theater, which is where we will meet. Transportation is on your own, but if you need to arrange a ride, I can help you do that.
Jazz Band was hired to perform for the Joint Venture Silicon Valley Conference on Friday, February 10. Our call time at Pioneer is 6:45 AM. I know this is early- if you need a ride to school, let me know! We need parent drivers to take us to the convention center downtown. The performance is on and off until 10:00. We will return to school by about 10:30, in time for 4th period. Currently, Mr Carrillo and Mrs Higa will be driving, but we 2 or 3 more parent drivers. Let me know if you can drive for us.
Big Band Dance is just 2 weeks away! Students should make sure and sell as many tickets as possible in advance and get their orders turned in this week! Don't have a ticket form? Click here and get one. Parents are reminded that we need each family A-K to bring a dessert and L-Z to bring an appetizer. Also, we are in need of more parents to volunteer for simple shifts before, during and after the event. These shifts are short, easy and require just a small bit of your time. If every family pitches in, we will have a great event. Please indicate how you would like to help on the ticket forms as you return them and we will contact you with further information. Note- Raffle tickets will be distributed this week! Students are not required to participate, but do make 80% of all raffle tickets they sell in advance. This is an easy way to earn money directly toward their account. Raffle winners need not be present to win.
Disneyland Trip- mandatory meeting for students and a parent on Monday, February 13 from 7:30-8:30 pm. We will discuss itinerary, inclusions, expectations and all of the final details. We are scheduled to depart PHS Wednesday the 22nd at 8am, but that may change depending on Jazz Band's performance and clinic times later that day in the park. We will return Saturday late afternoon at about 4:00 or so. More updated info is on the tour page.
Music In the Parks Festival- we are hosting a festival on Saturday, April 28 all day on the PHS campus. I need parents who can assist with this event in various (simple) capacities. We will earn at least $1,000 for our program by hosting this event! Let me know if this is something you are interested in. All tasks are simple, instructions are provided and students do the heavy work of moving equipment. I also would like a parent to run concessions for the day. ALL of the funds we raise from the concessions go directly to our program!
On a personal note- I will be at Castillero all day on Monday for recruitment and collaboration with Messrs Bowman and Krijnen. The most important thing we can do to promote great ensembles at Pioneer for the long run is to communicate with our younger musicians the importance of continuing their music education with us at Pioneer. If you can share how important high school music is with your friends, that can be a critical bond to help students choose to continue in music.
Extra Credit concert this week! The band from St. Olaff College will be performing Thursday and Friday at 7:30. Band students who complete an extra live review of this performance can earn 20 extra credit points (when used in addition to another review) or use this as a free (for students) review opportunity! They are one of the top college bands and their director is a wonderful musician and composer who has worked with the Santa Clara County Honor band before. I can't encourage you enough to attend. Thursday is at Saratoga HS and Friday night is at Gunn HS in Palo Alto.
