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I hope everyone enjoyed the weather yesterday! It certainly feels like spring is coming! This is a pretty long update, but it has a lot of information so please make sure you read it carefully! Winter Showcase Our winter showcase recordings are happening THIS WEEK! See below for the schedule. The concert attire for this recording is concert black - all black. Please let me know if you have any questions. Monday, March 1 - 1pm-2pm - Jazz Band Monday, March 1 - 4pm-6pm - Concert Band Monday, March 1 - 6pm-8pm - Wind Ensemble Thursday, March 4 - 4pm-5:30pm - Percussion Ensemble (Tentacles) Thursday, March 4 - 5:30pm-7pm - Percussion Ensemble (Bayport) As a reminder, this concert will not be released until the end of March, alongside CM choir's Cabaret concert. Senior Parents and Students - it has been approved that each senior may invite up to TWO (2) parents/guardians to attend the recording session. Please fill out THIS FORM if you are wanting to attend. You may NOT attend if you do not fill out the form. 3rd Quarter Playing Test This is due THIS FRIDAY by 11:59pm. The 3rd quarter playing test can be found on GoogleClassroom. Please let me know if you need any assistance with this test. Solo & Ensemble Students For those students who have chosen to participate in Solo & Ensemble, we will record your solos during study hall this week. I have to upload the videos and your music by 3pm this Friday. If you originally said you were planning on participating, but have decided against it, please let me know. You will owe the school $10 if that is the case. Dress for the recording should be nice clothes, but it does not have to be all black. March 9 Optional Pep Band Performance We have been invited to perform at the boy's home basketball game on Tuesday, March 9. This is an optional performance! Students, please sign up HERE if you are interested in attending. You may not attend if you do not sign up! I would also like to note if that if there is not enough interest in this event, I will have to cancel our attending it. The evening will lay out as follows if we have enough students sign up: 6pm - warm up in the auditorium 7pm-ish - move to the gym After JV game, perform School Song and other pep band tunes Stay for 1st and 2nd quarter (play during time outs if we can) Halftime - senior recognition and perform After halftime - leave Seniors - you will be recognized at this event, regardless if we play or not! You may invite up to TWO (2) parents/guardians to attend. Parents will only be allowed in the gym during halftime, which is when seniors will be recognized. After halftime, all band students and senior parents will leave the gym. Parents, until halftime, you may wait in the CMHS commons. To attend this event, please sign up HERE. Student Leader Application This is due on Friday, March 12 by 3pm. It can be found on GoogleClassroom. Interviews will be held on Friday, March 26 starting at 3pm. 2021-2022 Percussion Clinics This schedule has been slightly altered due to the winter showcase recording being pushed back. You can find the revised 2021-2022 percussion schedule HERE. Color Guard Auditions Color Guard auditions and clinics are currently scheduled for the following dates and times at Bethalto East: - March 23 - 4pm-6pm - Clinic - March 24 - 4pm-6pm - Clinic - March 25 - 4pm-6pm - Auditions Start talking to your friends about auditioning for this team! Football Games Here is the revised football schedule: - Friday, March 26 vs. Jerseyville (we will NOT be attending this due to student leader interviews) - Friday, April 9 - Friday, April 16 - Friday, April 23 At the moment, it is looking like we will be performing pep band tunes in the stands. More information will be shared closer to these dates, but please put these dates on your calendars! Student Teacher Last, but not least, we have a student teacher joining us in a few weeks! Her name is Ellen Filkins, and she is from SIUE. I'm so excited for Ms. Filkins to be joining us and cannot wait to see what the rest of the semester looks like with her teaching and leading our students! --- Woo! I think that's it for this long update! As always, let me know if you have any questions, comments, or concerns. The schedule can be found HERE, but it is also listed below. Week of March 1 Monday, March 1 - Jazz Band Recording (1pm-2pm) - Concert Band Recording (4pm-6pm) - Wind Ensemble Recording (6pm-8pm) Tuesday, March 2 - Tri-M Board Meeting (12:45pm) Wednesday, March 3 - Tri-M Meeting (12:45pm) Thursday, March 4 - Percussion Ensemble Recording (4pm-5:30pm) - Percussion Ensemble Recording (5:30pm-7pm) Friday, March 5 - Solo & Ensemble Recording Uploaded and Submitted (3pm) - 3rd Quarter Playing Test due (11:59pm) Week of March 8 Tuesday, March 9 - Optional Pep Band (6pm-9pm) Thursday, March 11 - Percussion Clinic - Battery (4pm-5:30pm) - Percussion Clinic - Front Ensemble (5:30pm-7pm) Friday, March 12 - Student Leader Applications Due Week of March 15 Monday, March 15 - Tri-M Board Meeting (12:45pm) Wednesday, March 17 - Tri-M Meeting (12:45pm) Thursday, March 18 - Percussion Clinic - Battery (4pm-5:30pm) - Percussion Clinic - Front Ensemble (5:30pm-7pm) Week of March 22 Monday, March 22 - CM Choir Cabaret Recording Tuesday, March 23 - Drum Major Audition Clinic (3pm-4pm) - Color Guard Audition Clinic (4pm-6pm) Wednesday, March 24 - Color Guard Audition Clinic (4pm-6pm) Thursday, March 25 - Drum Major Audition Clinic (3pm-4pm) - Color Guard Audition Clinic (4pm-6pm) - Percussion Auditions (4pm-7pm) Friday, March 26 - Student Leader Interviews (3pm-??? Musically yours -- Michaela Davis
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This isn't a full update; I wanted to inform you of some changes as well as some things that are in the works as of right now: Feb. 25 Percussion Ensemble Recording Due to an activity conflict with some of our percussion students, we have moved the percussion ensemble recording date to Thursday, March 4 at the regularly scheduled times of 4-5:30 and 5:30-7. That means that the percussion clinic that was originally scheduled for this day has been canceled. Winter Showcase Mr. Newell and I are in discussion about inviting senior parents to the winter showcase recording session as a way for your to view your senior band musicians playing live. This has NOT been fully approved as of yet, but I wanted to let you know of this possibility in case you need to re-arrange your schedules. I will let you know as soon as I do if this will be a possibility. Pep Band - Senior Night Mr. Hannaford and I are in discussion about having an optional pep band night on Tuesday, March 9. Seniors would also be recognized on this evening. Logistics will be communicated in a later email update, but again, I wanted to give you the date to save! I'm really excited about some opportunities that are beginning to present themselves in the second half of this school year. Please let me know if you have any questions, comments, or concerns! Musically yours - Michaela Davis Hi, hey, hello!
I hope everyone is staying safe and warm during this cold front. I've been cuddling with my space heater every night before bed! A few things on this update: Class on Tuesday (Concert Band) and Wednesday (Wind Ensemble) We are going to start looking at our pep band charts just in case we have the opportunity to perform at any basketball games or football games coming up. To do this, all students are invited to come IN PERSON to 6th hour and 7th hour this week on Tuesday and Wednesday. If you decide to come in person, check-in through the main office. If you are a concert band student, but you're available during 7th hour on Wednesday, feel free to come to 7th hour! If you are a wind ensemble student, but you're available during 6th hour on Tuesday, feel free to come to 6th hour! MVC For those that were invited to MVC, the itinerary and Zoom links are attached in a PDF. Please let me know if you have any questions! This is THIS THURSDAY, Feb. 18 from 6pm-7:30pm. 2020-2021 Solo & Ensemble The following students have reached out to me about solo and ensemble: Josh McCune (Alto), Jenna Bloodworth (Trumpet), Alex Cole (Guitar/Trumpet), Carter Bloodworth (Timpani), Nathan Mikoff (Snare), and Dakota Nolte (Mallets). Solo & Ensemble is on Saturday, March 6, but is completely virtual. We will take a video of you playing your solo and submit it to the judges sometime before March 6. Scales are NOT required this year for solo players and the use of an accompanist is optional this year as well. More information will be given during class. Third Quarter Playing Test Information for the third quarter playing test will be posted to GoogleClassroom this week. This test is due Friday, March 5 at 11:59pm. Winter Showcase Our winter showcase will be recorded this year with performances by our two percussion ensembles, jazz band, concert band, and wind ensemble. The schedule for recording is as follows: Thursday, February 25 - Percussion Ensembles recording during normal rehearsal times Monday, March 1 - Jazz Band Recording (1pm-2pm - plan ahead for this as far as concert dress is concerned) Concert Band Rehearsal and Recording (4pm-6pm) Wind Ensemble Rehearsal and Recording (6pm-8pm) UPDATE: We will be releasing our winter showcase performances alongside the choir's Cabaret performances at the end of March. So, this performance will NOT be available until the week before spring break. 2021-2022 Student Leader Applications For those interested in applying to be a student leader for 2021-2022, the application has been postd to GoogleClassroom. Drum Major Clinics are on Tuesday and Thursday, March 23 and 25 from 3pm-4pm; interviews for all student leader positions are on Friday, March 26 beginning at 3pm. Basketball Games & Football Games Mr. Hannaford and I are in discussions about what the band's involvement may be. Here's what we know: 1. Basketball games are limited to 50 spectators. This makes it hard for our band to be involved at this point in time. 2. Football games are still up in the air. If we are able to perform, it will be a pep band situation. February-March Schedule Feb. 16 - Tri-M Board Meeting (12:30pm - Virtual) Feb. 17 - Tri-M Meeting (12:30pm - Virtual) Feb. 18 - Percussion Ensembles (4pm-5:30pm; 5:30pm-7pm) - MVC (Select Students; 6pm-8pm) Feb. 22 - Jazz Band (1pm-2pm) Feb. 25 - Percussion Ensembles Recording (4pm-5:30pm; 5:30pm-7pm) March 1 - Tri-M Board Meeting (12:30pm - Virtual) - Jazz Band Recording (1pm-2pm) - Concert Band Recording (4pm-6pm) - Wind Ensemble Recording (6pm-8pm) March 3 - Tri-M Meeting (12:30pm - Virtual) March 4 - Percussion Clinic - Battery (4pm-5:30pm) - Percussion Clinic - Front Ensemble (5:30pm-7pm) March 6 - IHSA Solo & Ensemble (Virtual) As always, please let me know if you have any questions, comments, or concerns! Michaela Davis |
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