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Hi Everyone,
Congratulations to the cast, crew, and orchestra of Mary Poppins! The first two performances were sold out and everyone did an outstanding job! There are still some tickets left for the evening shows (7:30pm) on March 3rd and 5th as well as the sing-a-long (or… “hear-a-long” as someone called it last week!) on March 5th at 2:00pm. All other shows are sold out! Come check this show out if you can! You won’t be disappointed! :) Concert Bands are currently working on festival repertoire and jazz bands are preparing for gigs. The tour band rehearsals are going very well! We’ll have a great show for our tour to San Francisco in only a few short days. All students should now have Prestissimo March/Galop and Rock and Roll All Nite in their folders for marching band. Please start memorizing your parts as marching band practices will start up at the end of March! :) We have a gig coming up VERY quickly… April 6th – an opportunity to perform at a special assembly as the NFL will be honouring Spectrum with a Gold Football in recognition of Ed Murray's (Spectrum alumnus) contribution to football. How cool is that!? Here’s what we have on the go this week: 1.) Band Classes in Period 1 and 2: Monday – Band 10 in Period 1 Tuesday – Band 9 in Period 1, Band 11/12 in Period 2. Wednesday – Band 10 in Period 1 Thursday – Band 9 in Period 1, Band 11/12 in Period 2. Friday – Band 9 in Period 1 Grade 9/10 Practice Cards: Continue recording for week 24, turn in week 23 for marking, please. 2.) Morning/Lunch/After School Rehearsals: Monday – Sr. Concert Band CANCELLED, Jr. Jazz Band at Lunch. Tuesday – Tour Band Rehearsal at 7:30am, Jr. Jazz Band at Lunch. Wednesday – Sr. Concert Band at 7:30am, Tour Band Rehearsal at Lunch, Pit Orchestra Mid-Run Refresher 3:15pm-5:00pm in the Pit. Thursday – , Jr. Jazz Band at 7:30am, Sr. Jazz Band at Lunch, None. Friday – Jr. Concert Band at 7:30am. 3.) Band Parents Meeting on Monday Night (New Orleans Night Planning Session) The Spectrum Band Parents association is holding an extra meeting on Monday, February 29th at 7:00pm in the school library. They will be discussing and continuing to plan for our upcoming “A Touch of New Orleans” jazz and dessert night on Friday, April 22nd. All parents are welcome to attend! We are in need of lots of help to make this full program fundraiser happen. 4.) Upcoming Dates & Reminders March 7th – Tour Meeting at 7:30pm in the Band Room with Mr. House (All tour band members and at least one parent must attend). March 8th – Jr Jazz Band performs at Glanford Middle School Cabaret Night (7:30pm call time in full uniform, perform from 8:00pm – 8:30pm) March 9th – Tour Departs! 4:45am call time for loading crew, 5:00am call time for everybody else! March 9-11 - Period 1 and 2 classes will be all Phys. Ed, and Band English as I will be away. March 11 – Last day to hand in Mother’s Day Basket Orders (Visit http://spectrumbandvictoria.weebly.com/mothers-day-baskets.html for more information) 5.) "Band English 11 and 12” / Course Selection Forms For those students taking Band 11 or 12 next year, please select regular English 11 or 12 on your course selection form. The course form states that Band English is “by application only.” This is incorrect. Select regular English 11 and you will be automatically assigned the Band English class for next year. Sorry for the confusion. That’s it for now! See you around. :) Jamie Davis  Hi Everyone,
Here’s what we have on the go this week: 1.) Band Classes in Period 1 and 2: Monday – Band 10 in Period 1 Tuesday – Band 9 in Period 1, Band 11/12 in Period 2. Wednesday – Band 10 in Period 1 Thursday – Band 9 in Period 1, Band 11/12 in Period 2. Friday – Band 9 in Period 1 Grade 9/10 Practice Cards: Continue recording for week 23, turn in week 22 for marking, please. 2.) Morning/Lunch/After School Rehearsals: Monday – Sr. Concert Band at 7:30am, Jr. Jazz Band at Lunch, Pit Orchestra at 3:15pm. Tuesday – Sr. Jazz at 7:30am, Jr. Jazz Band at Lunch, None. Wednesday – Sr. Concert Band at 7:30am, Tour Band Rehearsal at Lunch, Pit Band Dress Rehearsal #2 at 5:00pm. Thursday – Tour Band Rehearsal at 7:30am, None. Friday – Jr. Concert Band at 7:30am. 3.) Pit Orchestra Schedule Sun. Feb 21st 6:30pm – 8:30pm (Last Sunday Rehearsal!!) Mon. Feb 22nd 3:15pm-4:45pm Wed. Feb 24th Dress Rehearsal #2 5pm-10pm Friday, Feb 26th – Opening Night/Show #1 (Call time = 6:30pm) Saturday, Feb 27th – Show #2 (Call time = 6:30pm) **Reminder… Wed. Mar. 2nd Refresher Rehearsal (Run tricky numbers/sections from first 2 shows). Week 2 Shows: Thu. Mar 3rd, Fri. Mar 4th, and Sat. Mar 5th at 7:30pm (6:30pm call time for pit orchestra). There are 2 matinee performances. These are on Saturday March 5th (This one is a sing-along!) and on Sunday March 6th at 2:00pm (1:00pm call time for pit orchestra). Tickets are available through the main office ($12 Adults, $10 Students). Bravo to the cast, crew, and orchestra members involved in Mary Poppins! Sincere appreciation goes out to the pit orchestra members who rehearsed all day on Friday and Saturday. Way to go, folks! We hope you will come and see this show. It’s pretty supercalifragilisticexpialidocious if you ask us. :) 4.) Mothers Day Hanging Basket Sales We have kicked off our annual Mother’s Day Hanging Basket sales campaign early! All students received an order/information form in their band class. This is a wonderful way to raise funds for your individual student account. Student accounts can be used to buy music, instruments, private lessons, or school supplies. Please check out our Hanging Basket page on the band website for more information and for downloadable order forms: http://spectrumbandvictoria.weebly.com/mothers-day-baskets.html Orders are due no late than Friday, March 11th. Please turn in orders to the school’s main office after Wednesday, March 9th as Mr. Davis will be away on tour. Please direct questions to Mrs. Nancy Wong nanwong@shaw.ca or (250-812-2303) 5.) Upcoming Dates & Reminders March 7th – Tour Meeting at 7:30pm in the Band Room with Mr. House (All tour band members and at least one parent must attend). March 8th – Jr Jazz Band performs at Glanford Middle School Cabaret Night (7:30pm call time in full uniform, perform from 8:00pm – 8:30pm) March 9th – Tour Departs! 4:45am call time for loading crew, 5:00am call time for everybody else! March 9-11 - Period 1 and 2 classes will be all Phys. Ed, and Band English as I will be away. Have a great week! Cheers, Jamie Davis Hi Everyone!
I hope you all had a good weekend! Our first Tour Band rehearsal on Wednesday was a big success! This is the first time that we have formed a separate concert band with separate repertoire to perform on tour. Looking forward to the San Francisco tour in a few weeks! Thank you to the Senior Jazz Band for performing at our Elder’s Tea on Wednesday morning! Thank you for being so organized, for playing well, and for cleaning everything up while I was unavailable. Our Pit Orchestra had a successful “sitzprobe” (a first run-through of the show’s music with the orchestra and cast together) with the Mary Poppins cast on Thursday afternoon. Congratulations! Only a few short weeks until opening night. Keep up the hard work! Finally, thank you to 56 students and parents who came out to the Bottle Drive on Saturday morning! The weather held off until the end and together you raised $1083 for individual student accounts and for the band general account. Thank you! 1.) Band Classes in Period 1 and 2: Monday – Band 10 in Period 1 Tuesday – Band 9 in Period 1, Band 11/12 in Period 2. Wednesday – Band 10 in Period 1 Thursday – Band 9 in Period 1, Band 11/12 in Period 2. Friday – None (Pro-D Day!). Grade 9/10 Practice Cards: Continue recording for week 22, turn in week 21 for marking, please. 2.) Morning/Lunch/After School Rehearsals: Monday – Sr. Concert Band at 7:30am, Jr. Jazz Band at Lunch, Pit Orchestra at 3:15pm Tuesday – Sr. Jazz at 7:30am, Jr. Jazz Band at Lunch, Extra help is available after school until 5:00pm. Wednesday – Sr. Concert Band at 7:30am, Tour Band Rehearsal at Lunch, Pit Band at 3:15pm. Thursday – Tour Band Rehearsal at 7:30am, Sr. Jazz at Lunch, Pit Orchestra at 3:15pm Friday – None (Pro-D Day!). 3.) Pit Orchestra Rehearsals / Mary Poppins ***The Pit Orchestra rehearses on Friday this week (Yes. It is a Pro-D Day) from 9am-3pm. Pizza lunch will be provided! ***Our first dress rehearsal is on Saturday from 9am-4pm. Pizza lunch also provided! Mary Poppins runs Fri. Feb 26th, Sat. Feb 27th, Thu. Mar 3rd, Fri. Mar 4th, and Sat. Mar 5th at 7:30pm. There are 2 matinee performances. These are on Saturday March 5th (This one is a sing-along!) and on Sunday March 6th at 2:00pm. Tickets are available through the main office ($12 Adults, $10 Students). Shows are already starting to sell out!! Make sure you phone the school office to book your tickets ASAP. The remaining rehearsals, dress rehearsals and performances are mandatory. Please do not schedule appointments during any of the following dates or the before-mentioned performances. Thanks! Sun. Feb 14th 6:30pm – 8:30pm Mon. Feb 15th 3:15pm-4:45pm Wed. Feb 17th 3:15pm-4:45pm Thu. Feb 18th 3:15pm-4:45pm Fri. Feb. 19th – Pro-D Day Rehearsal 9am-3pm (Lunch provided!) Sat Feb. 20th – Dress Rehearsal #1 9am-4pm (Lunch provided!) Sun. Feb 21st 6:30pm – 8:30pm Mon. Feb 22nd 3:15pm-4:45pm [Tue. Feb 23rd 3:15pm-4:45pm Extra Rehearsal IF needed.] Wed. Feb 24th Dress Rehearsal #2 5pm-10pm Wed. Mar. 2nd Refresher Rehearsal (Run tricky numbers/sections from first 2 shows). 4.) Jr. Jazz Band Performs at Glanford Cabaret on March 8th Jr. Jazz Band will be performing at Glanford Middle School’s “Cabaret and Patisserie” night on Tuesday, March 8th. Call time will 7:30pm in full Jr. Jazz uniform at GMS (4140 Glanford Ave.). Performance from 8:00pm – 8:30pm. More details to follow! The Glanford Music Parents are in need of parent or student volunteers from Spectrum to help with clean-up once the evening has concluded. The time commitment is from 8:30pm until 9:30pm. Pizza will be provided for all volunteers. Please email me if you are interested in helping. That’s it for now! Thank you for your hard work and dedication to music and band at Spectrum. As always, don’t hesitate to ask questions or ask for help. :) Cheers, Jamie Davis Hi All,
I hope you had a wonderful weekend! (Wow - What a beautiful day today!) We have now settled in to Semester 2. Thanks to everyone for keeping a positive attitude through this long stretch to Spring Break! The various bands have begun sight-reading/working on new material for Spring Concerts. The Pit Orchestra is doing a stand up job preparing for the opening of Mary Poppins in a few short weeks. This is by far one of the hardest scores that we have ever played. Bravo to you all! I’m very proud of you for all that you have accomplished. :) Here’s what’s up this week. Please note that there are schedule changes for classes and rehearsals. 1.) Band Classes in Period 1 and 2: Tuesday – Band 9 in Period 1, Band 11/12 in Period 2. Wednesday – Band 10 in Period 1, BAND 11/12 IN PERIOD 2 (Sr. Jazz performing in Library, study block for non-jazz band students) Thursday – Band 9 in Period 1, "BAND ENGLISH" IN PERIOD 2 Friday – Band 9 in Period 1. Grade 9/10 Practice Cards: Continue recording for week 21, turn in week 20 for marking, please. 2.) Morning/Lunch/After School Rehearsals: Tuesday – Sr. Jazz at 7:30am, Jr. Jazz Band at Lunch, Extra help is available after school until 5:00pm. Wednesday – TOUR BAND at 7:30am (ALL GRADE 9-12 STUDENTS GOING ON THE BAND TOUR), Sr. Jazz Band at Lunch, Pit Band at 3:15pm. Thursday – Jr. Jazz Band at 7:30am, Sr. Jazz at Lunch, Pit Band: Sitzprobe with Mary Poppins Cast 3:15pm – 6:00pm Friday – Jr. Concert Band at 7:30am, Band Council Meeting at Lunch, Extra help is available after school until 4:00pm. 3.) Tour Band Rehearsal – Wednesday, Feb 10th at 7:30am Spring Break and the San Francisco tour are coming up quickly! This year’s tour concert band is a good mix of senior and junior students. There will be a rehearsal for all students (9s-12s) traveling on tour on Wednesday, February 10th. Additional rehearsals will be announced as we go. 4.) Sr. Jazz Band Performs for Elders Tea – Wednesday, Feb 10th at 10:30am Sr. Jazz Band will be performing for our First Nations Elders’ Tea on Wednesday morning. Please read the RUNNING ORDER for more information! This is a FULL UNIFORM performance! Don’t forget your uniform at home! :) 5.) Bottle Drive – Saturday, Feb 13th Our next bottle drive is this Saturday from 9:00am – 1:00pm in the school parking lot. We hope to see lots of students and parents out to this one. The Bottle Drives benefit individual student accounts (to pay for tour, music lessons, music supplies, etc.) but they also benefit the entire band program at Spectrum. Bottle Drive funds are used to buy sheet music, equipment, and instruments that are not covered by the school budget and benefit students in all of our classes and performing bands. Please consider coming out to help! The Bottle Drive will go ahead rain or shine, so please dress appropriately. We're still looking for 12-15 drivers, 8-10 parent sorters & lots of students for bottle canvassing, double credits are issued to student accounts for parent drivers. Students please sign up in the band room so we know how many of you are coming. Parents, please email Russ Forster (rforster@shaw.ca) if you are able to help. 6.) Report Cards – Band Classes/Concert Bands Clarification Report cards will be handed out on Friday in a mini-TAG. Band students will get a mark for their Period 1 or 2 band class (Band 9, 10, 11, or 12). They also receive a mark for their participation in “Morning Band” - the performing Junior and Senior Concert Bands (with Marching Band participation factored in as well). The names for the “Morning Band” rehearsals are… well… WEIRD. Why? I really have no idea... :) So, to clarify… If you see a course listed as “Brass Ensemble 9 – 12” - this is your mark for Jr. Concert Band and Marching Band. If you see a course listed as “Woodwind Ensemble 9 – 12” this is your mark for Sr. Concert Band and Marching Band. 7.) Pit Orchestra / Mary Poppins Our Senior Musical Theatre production of “Mary Poppins” runs Fri. Feb 26th, Sat. Feb 27th, Thu. Mar 3rd, Fri. Mar 4th, Sat. Mar 5th, and Sun. Mar 6th at 7:30pm. There are 2 matinee performances on Saturday March 5th (This one is a sing-along!) and, closing on Sunday March 6th at 2:00pm. Tickets are available through the main office ($12 Adults, $10 Students). The remaining rehearsals, dress rehearsals and performances are mandatory. Please do not schedule appointments during any of the following dates or the before-mentioned performances. Thanks! Wed. Feb 10th 3:15pm-4:45pm Thu. Feb 11 – Sitzprobe from 3:15pm-6pm Sun. Feb 14th 6:30pm – 8:30pm Mon. Feb 15th 3:15pm-4:45pm Wed. Feb 17th 3:15pm-4:45pm Thu. Feb 18th 3:15pm-4:45pm Fri. Feb. 19th – Pro-D Day Rehearsal 9am-3pm (Lunch provided!) Sat Feb. 20th – Dress Rehearsal #1 9am-4pm (Lunch provided!) Sun. Feb 21st 6:30pm – 8:30pm Mon. Feb 22nd 3:15pm-4:45pm [Tue. Feb 23rd 3:15pm-4:45pm Extra Rehearsal IF needed.] Wed. Feb 24th Dress Rehearsal #2 5pm-10pm Wed. Mar. 2nd Final Rehearsal (Run tricky numbers/sections from first 2 shows) Well, THAT was long! Obviously, there’s a LOT going on these days. Keep working hard, everyone! Thank you parents for getting your kids up for morning band and encouraging them to practice! It goes a long way. All the best, Jamie Davis |
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