- The concert is Thursday, December 6 at 7:30 in the middle school theater. We will be taking our yearbook picture before the concert, so the call times are a little earlier than normal. Students should be wearing black and white. Black dress pants are highly recommended, and if dresses or skirts are worn they need to be long. Symphonic band warmup and picture will be at 6:30, jazz band 6:45 and concert band at 7. The theater doors will open at 7:15 after we are done with the picture.
- We have 2 pep performances in December, the first one is December 13th and I would like the whole band to be present at that game. For pep band we have 6 performances and students are required to attend 4, but for this first one while we are still getting comfortable with the pep music, we will sound best if we have the full group in attendance. Basketball players, cheerleaders, and dancers can talk to me about the plan for how to get in the required number of performances if they have away games etc.
- The other performance we have is December 19th, it’s for a big wrestling match that the wrestling coach and parents have asked us to play for. It is during finals week, but it’s short and from 4-5:30, so there should be plenty of time for studying. This is a volunteer performance but I have asked students to sign up so I can get a good idea of instrumentation and if we’ll have enough people there.
- There are a number of concession opportunities listed in the band room for students to sign up for. The winter concessions are usually for students to work, and they receive $25 towards their band trip. Right now students are only allowed to sign up for 1 spot, but if they don’t get filled we will open it up for more than one spot. Just a reminder though, if the student signs up and then doesn’t show up, they do not get to sign up for any other concession events this year, per music booster policy.
- The next trip payment is due this month, I know the timing isn’t great because of Christmas. The payment amount is $425, if you can have it in before Christmas break that would be great, and if that’s not possible just let me know when you can get that paid. The final payment will be due on March 1 and that payment we will apply all concession credits and also fundraiser profits. If you think you have raised more than the final payment or are curious about your fundraiser profit, let me know, I can try to get a preliminary list of concession credits from the boosters, and I can also tell you what you have raised in band fundraiser profits. We will also have 2 more fundraisers this year before the last payment (pastry puffins and cheesecakes).
- I wanted to take one more opportunity to thank the PTA, Athletic Department and Music Boosters for providing the busses and meals for the band for the state football game. It was an honor for us to be able to perform there and I was really proud of how the band played during the freezing pouring rain!
Announcements for the upcoming band events.
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