Thanks to those students and parents who worked at our Music In The Parks festival on Saturday. We ran a wonderful festival and provided a great performance opportunity to 16 student ensembles I would like to thank the Carrillo family for running our snack bar and netting us some extra funds- great work guys.
Friday evening is our CMEA Orchestra festival at Independence High School. We will be taking a school bus to and from the event. Students are to be at the orchestra room at 6:30 PM, in formal attire and ready to go. The event is free and open to the public, so any family or friends who wish to watch may meet us there and see our performance which is at about 8:30 PM. Those parents who attend the performance may take their students home from Independence. Otherwise, we should be back at Pioneer shortly after 10.
Students who still wish to audition for next year's ensembles must contact me and arrange the audition ASAP. I plan to post ensemble lists Friday night when we get back from CMEA (about 10 PM). Once those lists are posted, it becomes much more difficult for me to request changes to student schedules to get them into an ensemble. I also plan to post information about our 2012-2013 calendar at that time so that students and families can begin planning for the events which occur throughout the year.
Our Finale Concerts are coming up May 16 and 17. On Wednesday, the Beginning Band, Concert Band and Wind Ensemble will perform. On Thursday, the Orchestra and Jazz Band will perform. Both concerts are at 7:00 in the PAC and admission is free. These performances are the best way for you to show your support for the great work our students have been doing all year long and to hear the progress that they have made. I'm so pleased at the work they have done and am excited to showcase their achievements.
We will be hosting a dinner fundraiser on Wednesday, May 23 at Blue Rock BBQ on Meridian at Foxworthy. I'll be passing out a flier at our concerts and posting it online as the date gets closer. We've been able to raise about $450 with our two prior dinner fundraisers- let's see if we can raise another $300 this time! It's great BBQ and we all have to eat dinner anyway :)
