Band Notes – January 23, 2023

Band Notes – January, 23, 2023

Coming Up:

Jan. 31 – Music Department Cookie Dough Sale begins.

Feb. 3 – The High School Band will be participating in a performance clinic at Southwestern Michigan College at 8:45am in the Dale Lyons Building.  Scheduled for the morning is a performance of our festival selections in which will follow a clinic with Dr. Ken Thompson, Professor of Music from Bowling Green State University.  Band parents, friends and family are invited to attend our pre-festival clinic that morning.  After the clinic we will be given a tour of the SMC campus, a pizza lunch, and then a performance by the SMC Band.  A more detailed itinerary will be given to students this week.  

Feb. 11 – High School Solo and Ensemble at SMC.

Feb. 14 – All cookie dough sale orders and money needs to be turned in by 3pm today.

Feb. 16 – ½ Day for Parent Teacher Conferences.  12-3 and 4:30-7:30

Feb. 17 – No School for Students, Professional Development for teachers.  Band Booster Grilling Bundle kick-off.  More details soon.

6th Grade Band

6th Grade Band students will continue to use practice cards for the third marking period.  Practice cards are logs of what each student has practiced and how many minutes were practiced.  The goal is to get 70 minutes of playing time each week; of course students are encouraged to practice more.  Practice cards must be signed by a parent or guardian.  Cards are passed out each Monday and are due the following Monday.  This is 25% of each marking period grade.  

HS Solo and Ensemble 

High school students that have registered for the February Solo and Ensemble event should start signing up for after school rehearsal times.  Students must practice with Miss Essex a minimum of three times before going to your event.  The calendar for practice times is posted on the band room office window.