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Thank you to everyone that was involved in our New Orleans Jazz night on Friday night! It was great to see so many people out. :) Thank you to all of the parents that helped organize, sey-up, and run this event. We couldn’t do it without you! Bravo and thank you to all of the students involved in the jazz bands and with serving - very well done, folks! I think you’ll agree that the Culinary Arts Program outdid itself with the selections of desserts this year! Thank you to the culinary arts students, Chef Humeniuk, and Pastry Chef Nicole Froman for the wonderful desserts! Note: THERE ARE STILL several books of raffle tickets that are outstanding. Please return these to the band room on Tuesday. Here’s what we have on the go for this week… 1.) Band Classes: Monday – NONE… obviously. ;-) Tuesday – Band 9 in Period 1, Band 11/12 in Period 2. Wednesday – Band 10 in Period 1. Thursday – Band 9/10 students not going to festival will go to PE. Band 11/12 in Period 2 is cancelled. Friday – Band 10 in Period 1, Band 11/12 in Period 2. **Practice Cards for Band 9/10: Turn in Week 29. Now on Week 30! 2.) Morning/Lunch/After School Rehearsals: Monday – NONE. Tuesday – Sr. Jazz Band at 7:30am, Jr. Jazz at Lunch, None Wednesday – Sr. Concert Band at 7:30am, Sr. Jazz at Lunch, None Thursday – Jr. Jazz at 7:30am, Call time for all students going to Nanaimo is 8:30am. Band room closed during lunch/after school. Friday – MARCHING BAND at 7:30am, None, None. 3.) West Coast Jazz Festival Trip The Jazz Bands will be heading to the West Coast Jazz Festival in Nanaimo on Thursday. All students must be in the Band Room at 8:30am. The bus departs at 9:00am. A more detailed running order will be provided to students on Tuesday AM. Last call for WC Jazz Festival forms! If you have not turned in your forms for the festival trip – THEY MUST BE RETURNED BY TUESDAY AT 3:00PM. NO LATER. 4.) Mothers Day Basket - Strawberry Planter Pick-up If you ordered a strawberry planter they will be available for pick-up at the Senior Concert Band performance on May 7th from 7:00pm onwards. 5.) Jr. Concert Band Music Monday Performance – Monday, May 4th at 10:00am The Jr. Concert Band will be performing at Marigold Elementary School on Monday at 10:00am. Our two schools are finalizing details about this annual performance and we will let you know ASAP. 6.) Sr. Concert Band Spring Performance – Thursday, May 7th at 7:00pm The Sr. Concert Band will present their annual spring performance on Thursday, May 7th at 7:00pm in the Spectrum Theatre. The theme of the concert is “Music around the world” and will feature concert selections from: Canada, The United States, England, Germany, Russia, Japan, The Middle East and more! Admission is by donation. Students are FREE! Bonus marks will be provided to any Grade 9 or 10 students that attend and write a concert review (see me for details). Program to include: The Maple Leaf Forever (Canada) Concerto for Trombone and Wind Band (Russia) - feat. Nathan Freeman, trombone English Folk Song Suite (England) Sound Off! March (USA) Fantasy on a Japanese Folk Song (Japan) The Beatles: Love (England) Prelude and Fugue in B-Flat Major (Germany) Arabian Dances (Middle East) Cheers, Jamie Davis Hi everyone!
Lots of great news about band students to share with you this week! Thank you to everyone that was involved in our fundraising efforts this weekend. The bottle drive raised just under $1000 dollars and we sold a LOT of Raffle Tickets at Walmart! Thank you to the new parents and students that came to support some of these opportunities and to Russ Forster for organizing. The Saanich news wrote a wonderful article about the success of our band bottle drives! Read the full article here: http://www.saanichnews.com/news/300142861.html We were presented with a cheque for $3700 by the Bottle Depot on Saturday. Funds will go towards a new baritone saxophone and sheet music for all of the bands. A number of students sent in auditions for the BC Provincial Honour Bands and Choirs. Good luck to Hyein Ji, Rylee Godo, Sarah Osborne, Katherine Forster, Andrew Montgomery, Cam Henderson, Josh Mcintosh, and Jason Gordon! We hope to hear the results of the auditions soon. Congratulations to Andrew Montgomery! Andrew performed a phenomenal viola solo (the Hoffmeister viola concerto) with the Victoria Chamber Orchestra on Saturday night! The audience was very appreciative and included some Spectrum student supporters. In addition to winning the chance to perform with the orchestra, Andrew also won $600 towards tuition at the Victoria Conservatory of Music. Well done, Andrew! In other news, both of our concert bands received 2-year standing-invitations to "The Nationals” (MusicFest Canada) based on the performances at the Vancouver Island Concert Band Festival in Port Alberni. Bravo and congratulations to everyone involved!! Finally, congratulations to Grade 12 students Alyshia Joinson and Kathryn Brown! Alyshia was accepted to the UVic School of Music on clarinet and Kathryn was accepted to the Victoria Conservatory of Music on flute. Bravo, ladies! Here’s what we have on the go this week: 1.) Band Classes: 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. **Practice Cards for Band 9/10: Turn in Week 28. Now on Week 29! 2.) Morning/Lunch/After School Rehearsals: Monday – Sr. Concert Band at 7:30am, Jr. Jazz at Lunch, None. Tuesday – Sr. Jazz Band at 7:30am, Jr. Jazz at Lunch, None Wednesday – MARCHING BAND at 7:30am, Sr. Jazz at Lunch, None Thursday – Jr. Jazz at 7:30am, Sr. Jazz at Lunch, None Friday – Jr. Concert Band at 7:30am, None, Set-up for New Orleans Night. Extra help is available after school! 3.) Marching Band Start-Up Marching Band starts on Wednesday morning at 7:30am. We will be practicing outside on the all-weather and grass fields. Please wear appropriate clothing and footwear (trade your flip-flops, stilettos, Uggs, Crocks and skate-shoes in for gumboots or runners!). In case of torrential rain we will practice in the old gym. Plan to be outside, though. Music needs to be memorized for Wednesday. Parents please encourage your student to get to practice a few minutes early to get set-up and find their place in the band. 4.) A Touch of New Orleans Jazz Night – THIS Friday – 7:00pm in the Old Gym I hope you are excited for our annual Jazz and Dessert night! Culinary Arts is preparing a wonderful selection of desserts that will rival last years. The jazz bands are getting ready to swing and rock the night away. Admission is $10 per person (includes dessert and all of the entertainment) and tickets can be purchased at the door. It’s a great night of food and music. If you haven’t been to this event before, you will be impressed! Our raffle prizes are awesome (Family Fun, Date Night, and Travel Packages)!!! ALSO, there will be a SILENT AUCTION so don’t forget to bring your cheque books. ***Notes:***
Thanks, everyone! Have a great week. Hope to see lots of you our on Friday! Cheers, Jamie Hi Band Families,
Thank you for a wonderful week. We saw LOTS of success this past week with the band festival, and recently with the Layritz Little League performance! It was a wet day at Layritz but the Senior Band performed very well. Thank you to all of the parents and students that helped with transporting equipment, set-up, and tear-down! There were many comments from spectators, volunteers and kids about how much the band added to the opening ceremonies. Hopefully everyone has dried out and instruments and music aren’t too waterlogged! Visit our Facebook page to see photos (the website will be updated soon with photos as well). Congratulations also go out to two Grade 12 students! Kathryn Brown (flute) and Alyshia Joinson (clarinet) who both auditioned for post-secondary music schools last week! 1.) Band Classes: 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 10 in Period 1, Band 11/12 in Period 2. **Practice Cards for Band 9/10: Turn in Week 27. Now on Week 28! 2.) Morning/Lunch/After School Rehearsals: Monday – Sr. Concert Band CANCELLED, Jr. Jazz at Lunch, BCMEA Recording Sessions after school. Tuesday – Sr. Jazz Band at 7:30am, Jr. Jazz at Lunch, None Wednesday - Sr. Concert Band at 7:30am, Sr. Jazz at Lunch, None Thursday – Jr. Jazz at 7:30am, Sr. Jazz at Lunch, None Friday – Jr. Concert Band at 7:30am, None, None. Extra help available every day after school! 3.) BCMEA Honour Ensembles Students looking for an extra musical challenge should consider auditioning for the BC Music Educators Association honour ensembles (Concert Band, Jazz Band, Concert Choir, Vocal Jazz, Strings). If you are selected to be in one of the groups, this is a wonderful opportunity to play/sing with top student musicians from all over BC (as well as top directors from all over the world). Visit the BCMEA for more information about auditioning and see me if you have any questions. Auditions are due THIS FRIDAY and the band room is available after school all week for students wishing to record their audition pieces. BCMEA Honour Ensemble Website: http://bctf.ca/bcmea/honour-ensembles.html 4.) Andrew Montgomery’s Solo Concert – Saturday Night On Saturday April 18, the Victoria Chamber Orchestra will perform a concert, which I would like to invite you to. Not only will you get to hear the VCO with Yariv Aloni conducting, but also Andrew Montgomery (Grade 10) will be performing the Hoffmeister viola concerto as soloist. Andrew is Kelly's son, an honor student at Spectrum, and a very talented musician! He recent;y won the Louis Sherman Concerto Competition and is performing this piece as part of his prize. I would love to see a large contingent of Spectrum kids and parents come out to support Andrew at this concert. He deserves it! STUDENTS ARE FREE! Time/Place: 8:00pm at First Metropolitan United Church (932 Balmoral Road). 5.) HELP NEEDED - Fundraisers This Weekend: Bottle Drive – Saturday, April 18th from 9:00am – 1:00pm. We need lots of parent drivers and kids out to support our bottle drive this weekend! Even an hour or two help us raise money for sheet music, instruments, festival travel, etc. Sign up in the band room if you’re a student and let spectrumbandparents@hotmail.ca know if you are a parent driver! Raffle Ticket Sales – Please sell the 10 raffle tickets that were issued to you! 100% of the profits go towards the band program and there are some really wonderful prizes to be won (as well as some KILLER students prizes). All sold and unsold tickets/money need to be returned by Friday at 2:00pm. Raffle Ticket BLITZ at WALMART – On Saturday the 18th and Sunday the 19th we will be selling raffle tickets at the Uptown Walmart. We are looking for students (especially juniors) and parents to sell in 1-hour shifts between 12:00pm and 4:00pm on Saturday and 11:00am and 4:00pm on Sunday. The time commitment is minimal and it’s a great way for students to help support the program. Please email Carol Davis (spectrumbandparents@hotmail.ca) or I if you can help. Thanks everyone! I am so proud of all my students for what they do on a daily basis. Thank you as well to all of the parents for getting kids to morning classes and for encouraging home practice. It means a lot and your kids are succeeding! Cheers, Jamie Davis  Hi!
Thank you and congratulations to the Junior and Senior Concert Bands who performed in Port Alberni yesterday! What a great day for a trip up island! 1.) Band Festival Results!: Both bands did really well and we received some wonderful feedback from the adjudicators. Band are ranked and rated Poor>Fair>Good>Excellent>Superior in a variety of categories. The Junior Concert Band (playing music at the B300 level or ‘Medium’ challenge level) received a rating of Superior-Minus (most scores in between Excellent and Superior). The Senior Concert Band (playing music at the B400 and B500 or ‘Advanced’ level) received at rating of Superior (all scores, except for a few, in Superior)! Bravo! Thank you to our parent chaperones who helped the trip run so smoothly (especially with a broken down bus in Nanaimo): Carol, Jen, Lynda, Jacquie, Russ, and Tamara! Thanks for giving up your time to help our students be successful. 2.) Senior Concert Band at Layritz on Saturday (April 11th) Please read the RUNNING ORDER for the Senior Band performance at Layritz little league on the weekend. Crew call time and call time for parent volunteer with trucks is 10:00am at the school. All band members need to be at Layritz park by 11:00am in full uniform. PLEASE GIVE YOURSELF LOTS OF TIME TO FIND PARKING AS THE PARK WILL BE VERY BUSY ON SATURDAY. We will be done performing around 12:45pm. We perform “rain or shine” so please dress appropriately for the weather (Sun block, sun glasses, if sunny!) 3.) Raffle Ticket Sales for New Orleans Jazz Night All students on the trip were issued a booklet of raffle tickets to sell to support our “A Touch of New Orleans” jazz night. PLEASE ASK YOUR STUDENT TO SHOW YOU THIS BOOK OF TICKETS and encourage them to get out and sell these. Raffle tickets are $2 each (books of 10 = $20) and we expect students to sell at least one booklet. For every booklet that is sold, students are entered into a draw to win some amazing prizes! Please return ALL books and money by Friday, April 17th (In sealed/marked envelopes please). Thank you for supporting this fundraiser! I will have more information for you on Sunday about this fundraiser. Thanks!! Jamie Davis Hi Everyone,
We are ready to go for our trip to Port Alberni for the Vancouver Island Concert Band Festival! Thanks to everyone that has put in so much time to practice and rehearse for this festival. I hope you are all excited! PLEASE READ THE TRIP RUNNING ORDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-) Thursday, April 9th Arrival Information: Loading Crew Call Time = 7:15am Call Time For All Students = 7:45am (No lates please!) Busses Depart = 8:30am Lunch/Snacks: PLEASE PACK A LUNCH, SNACKS, AND A WATER BOTTLE. Dinner will be at Boston Pizza in Port Alberni and there will be a rest stop each way but please make sure you have a lunch and snacks. Please ensure that you bring the appropriate uniforms: Jr. Concert Band = Black pants, pressed white shirt, long black socks, band shoes, green sweater, yellow tie. Sr. Concert Band = Black pants, pressed white shirt, long black socks, Spectrum blazer, orange tie. **Wear your shirt, pants, and band shoes/socks but keep the other parts accessible. Bring a change of clothes for after the festival. **Students who are missing uniform parts will not be permitted to perform. As always, I am pleased to welcome parent chaperones on the trip. Accompanying myself and our student teacher on the trip will be Carol Davis, Jen Lindsay, Tamara Zicari, Russ Forster, Lynda Charchuk, and Jacquie Hawey. Thank you for giving up your time to travel with our students! There will be 85 students traveling so flexibility and patience is required. Successful past excursions have incorporated the motto, “Group first. Self second” with all participants working together together for the best possible team travel experience. See you tomorrow! J. Davis Hi Band Families!
I hope you all had a good long weekend! To our Junior Bands, set-up crew, Ms. Cable, Glanford bands, and Colquitz bands – great work on Thursday night! We had a great audience and all groups played very well. Be proud of yourselves for what you accomplished. :) This week our focus shifts to the Vancouver Island Concert Band Festival for both of our performing concert bands: 1.) Band Classes: **Note changes! Tuesday – Band 9 and 10 in Period 1, Band 11/12 in Period 2. Wednesday – Band 9 and 10 in Period 1. Thursday – None. We’re on the road! Friday – Band 9 **Practice Cards for Band 9/10: Turn in Week 26. Now on Week 27! 2.) Morning/Lunch/After School Rehearsals: **Note changes! Tuesday – Sr. Concert Band at 7:30am, Jr. Concert Band at Lunch (11s/12s must attend), None Wednesday - Sr. Concert Band at 7:30am, Jr. Concert Band at Lunch (11s/12s must attend), None Thursday – None. We’re on the road! Friday – None. Extra help available every day after school! 3.) Port Alberni Trip Information: Plans are coming together for our festival trip on Thursday. We are finalizing bus details and will let you know final call and departure times on Tuesday afternoon. 4.) Sr. Concert Band performs at Layritz Little League – Saturday, April 11th. A running order will be handed out in rehearsal tomorrow morning! Thanks, everyone!! Cheers, Jamie Davis |
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