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The bottle drive went really well yesterday. Together, you raised $1554 for student accounts and the band general account! Thank you! Thank you for another strong week last week. :) The marching band is starting to sound quite good! Thank you for your dedication to practicing and attending rehearsals. The jazz bands and concert bands are ready for a big week with concerts and the jazz festival. Parents, we hope you attend the concerts on Tuesday and Thursday. Your kids have been doing some outstanding work in rehearsals over the past few weeks. I am very proud of them! :) 1.) Performances This Week: Monday, May 1st - Music Monday! The Senior Concert Band will perform at Marigold Elementary School on Monday AM after our morning rehearsal. Uniforms are not required but if you can wear something red/Canadian that would be great! You are excused from Period 1. Running Order: 8:30am - Set-up at Marigold, re-tune. 9:00am - O’ Canada (played twice for for English and French lyrics) 9:25am - Senior Band Performance (Fate of The Gods followed by the Marching Band “routine”) 9:40am - Perform “This is My Home” with Marigold students. Once done, return to Spectrum for Period 2. Tuesday, May 2nd - Junior Bands’ Spring Concert with Glanford and Colquitz The Jr. Jazz Band and Jr. Concert Band perform at 7:00pm in the school’s Old Gymnasium on Tuesday night. Student call time is 6:00pm in full uniform. Please read this "running order" for more information. Admission = FREE! We are still in need of 9 more stage crew volunteers as this is a large concert with many performers. Wednesday, May 3rd - West Coast Jazz Festival Trip The Jr. and Sr. Jazz Bands travel to Nanaimo on Wednesday to perform in the West Coast Jazz Festival. Thank you to everyone that turned in forms/money last week. Student call time is 7:00am at the school. Please read this "running order" for more information. We will return to Spectrum for 7:30pm. Dinner is included but PLEASE pack a lunch/snacks for the bus. Thursday, May 4th - Sr. Concert Band Performance The Senior Concert Band will perform at 7:00pm in the Spectrum Theatre.The Senior Concert Band will perform a concert of their high-level festival works plus solo pieces with band accompaniment, Canadian literature, wind-band classics, and much more. Admission = by donation. 2.) Band Classes in Period 1 and 2: Monday - Band 10 in Period 1. Tuesday – Band 11/12 in Period 2, Band 9 and 10 COMBINED in Period 1. Wednesday - All non-jazz band students to PE 9/10 in Period 1, English 11/12 in Period 2. Thursday – Band 11/12 in Period 2, Band 9 in Period 1. Friday – Band 10 in Period 1. (English in Period 2 for 11s/12s.) Band 9/10 Practice Cards - Turn in Week 33 for marking. Continue recording for Week 32. 3.) Morning, Lunch, After School Rehearsals: Monday - Sr. Concert Band at 7:30am, Jr. Jazz Band, Sr. Jazz Band Trumpet Sectional at 3:10pm. Tuesday – Sr. Jazz Band at 7:30am, Jr. Jazz Band at Lunch, Concert Set-up after school (old gym). Wednesday – All rehearsals cancelled due to jazz trip. Thursday - Jr. Jazz Band CANCELLED, Drumline Sectional at Lunch (Parking Lot), Concert Set-up after school (theatre). Friday - No morning rehearsal, No rehearsals at lunch. No rehearsals after school. …and then a well-deserved WEEKEND! :) Stay positive. Continue to work hard. Keep being the wonderful people that you are. You’ve got this. :) All the best. Mr. Davis Hi Everyone,
Thank you for an awesome “A Touch if New Orleans” Jazz and Dessert Night on Friday evening! The jazz bands and combos played well and the evening really came together nicely with the desserts and all of the service shifts that kids worked. Thank you so much to Nancy Wong and Alison Hoogland for their hard work behind the scenes organizing prizes, raffle tickets, auction items, and presenting the evening! We couldn’t have done it without you and all of the parents that helped out behind the scenes on Friday (Bonnie, Jacquie, Chuck, Victoria, Liz, Russ, and many more!). Thank you to Mr. René Schwarz for recording the evening as well. Bravo and THANK YOU, all! Congratulations to Grade 12 student Andrew Montgomery! Andrew won an “Adjudicators' Discretionary Award for Outstanding (Oboe) Performance” at the Greater Victoria Performing Arts Festival last week! Good luck to the following Grade 10 and 11 students who auditioned for the British Columbia Honour Wind Ensemble and Honour Instrumental Jazz Ensemble last week! We hope to hear the results of their auditions soon. :) Mary Callander - Wind Ensemble Jennifer Forster - Wind Ensemble Scott Gordon - Wind Ensemble Tavish McDiarmid - Instrumental Jazz Daniel Mengesha - Wind Ensemble Ethan Slogotski - Wind Ensemble AND Instrumental Jazz Brendan Wong - Instrumental Jazz Here’s what we have on the go this week… 1.) Band Classes in Period 1 and 2: *Period 2 Grade 11s/12s - You have English with Mr. Parker on Wed, Thurs, Fri this week. Tuesday – Band 11/12 in Period 2, Band 9 in Period 1. Wednesday - Period 1: All Grade 9/10 BOYS to PE (for a self-defense class), all Grade 9/10 GIRLS to BAND. Thursday – Band 9 in Period 1. Friday – Band 9 in Period 1. Band 9/10 Practice Cards - Turn in Week 32 for marking. Continue recording for Week 33. 2.) Morning, Lunch, After School Rehearsals: Please note changes/additions in rrrrred. Tuesday – Sr. Jazz Band at 7:30am, Jr. Jazz Band at Lunch, Marching Band Trombone Sectional at 3:10pm. Wednesday – Sr. Concert Band at 7:30am, Sr. Jazz Band at Lunch, Marching Band Drum Line Sectional at 3:10pm Thursday - Jr. Jazz Band at 7:30am, Sr. Jazz Band at Lunch, Sr. Jazz Band Trumpet Sectional at 3:10pm. Friday - Marching Band Practice at 7:30am, Colour Party Uniform Sizing at Lunch, No rehearsals after school. 3.) Jazz Bands To West Coast Jazz Festival Next Week The Jr. and Sr. Jazz Bands will be traveling to Nanaimo on Wednesday, May 3rd to participate in the West Coast Jazz Festival (the bands will perform, participate in clinics, catch the VIU Big Band Concert and the Adjudicators’ Combo performance, in addition to hearing school jazz bands, and a group dinner). Students will miss all 4 classes. It is expected that all band members participate and travel will be by school bus/coach. The cost of the trip is $30 per student and will include all travel, music “stuff", and a group dinner. Cheques can be made out to the “Spectrum Band Parents Association." Please send me a quick note if you have a financial concern (confidentiality assured). Call/Departure time TBA. A running order will be available later this week. Please fill out THESE THREE permission forms and return them by this Friday with $30. Yes. They are completely redundant...and repeat a lot of the information BUT they are legally required by the school district (my bosses). :o) As everyone on THIS trip has traveled to Oregon or Port Alberni you do NOT need to fill out the lengthy medical forms again (YUSS!!). Please advise if any medical information has changed since those trips, though. 4.) Upcoming Performances Monday, May 1st - Music Monday Performance - The Sr. Concert Band will perform with Marigold Elementary School on Monday, May 1st as part of the national Music Monday celebration. This will be during period 1. 8:30am Set-up at Marigold after our morning rehearsal, 9am Start. Uniforms will not be required. Tuesday, May 2nd - Spring Junior Band Concert at 7:00pm in the Old Gym - The Junior Concert Band and Jr. Jazz Band will perform a joint concert with the bands from Glanford and Colquitz Middle Schools. Call time is 6:00pm in Full Uniform. The concert will run from 7pm - 9pm at the latest. Student volunteers for “stage crew” are needed - please sign up in the band room. Admission is FREE. Wednesday, May 3rd - Jazz Festival Trip (See Above) Thursday, May 4th - Senior Concert Band Performance at 7:00pm in the Spectrum Theatre - The Senior Concert Band will perform a concert of their high-level festival works plus solo pieces with band accompaniment, Canadian literature, wind-band classics, and much more. Admission is by donation to the program. 5.) Bottle Drive on Saturday, April 29th Don’t forget about the bottle drive on Saturday, April 29th from 9am-1pm. We have 16 students and 3 parents signed up and can certainly use more! Funds raised benefit student accounts as well as the band’s general account for buying music, instruments, and uniforms. Students - please sign yourselves and your parents up in the band room. Thanks, everyone! Have a great (short) week! JD Hi Everyone,
I hope you all had a restful and relaxing long weekend! Happy (belated) Easter! Congratulations to our Jr. and Sr. Concert Bands for their performances at the Vancouver Island Concert Band Festival! The Jr. Band earned a ranking of “Superior Minus” (the majority of marks in “Superior” and a few in “Excellent”) and the Sr. Concert Band earned a ranking of Superior! I am incredibly proud of everyone for their hard work and diligence preparing for the festival. The repertoire sounded great and we came home with some new approaches and ideas for rehearsals. Bravo, everyone! A big thank you to our chaperones: Jacquie, Alison, Russ, Liz, and Barb for making this festival trip possible and for providing a high standard of care for all students! Re: Last weekend’s Raffle Ticket Blitz: Thank you to everyone that helped sell raffle tickets and supervise at Tillicum Mall on Saturday. Thank you to Cheryl Bowes for organizing the blitz with mall administration and to Nancy Wong for organizing all the tickets the came in! You ended up selling 780 tickets and got $67.20 in donations, with a number of people inquiring about New Orleans Night. Megan Parker sold 11 books by herself! Bravo, team! ***From The Band Parents Association: "Thank You to all the students for coming out to sell tickets on Saturday! Your fun and enthusiasm was contagious and your politeness didn’t go unnoticed. It is obvious how proud you are of the Spectrum Band program. Working with you was a pleasure, it was great seeing you all in action.”*** Here’s what we have on the go this week… 1.) Band Classes in Period 1 and 2: Tuesday – Band 11/12 in Period 2, Band 9 in Period 1 Wednesday - Band 10 in Period 1 Thursday – Band 11/12 in Period 2, Band 9 in Period 1 Friday – Band 10 in Period 1, Band 11/12 in Period 2. Band 9/10 Practice Cards - Turn in Week 30 for marking. Continue recording for Week 31. 2.) Morning, Lunch, After School Rehearsals: Tuesday – Sr. Jazz Band at 7:30am, Jr. Jazz Band at Lunch, None. Wednesday – Marching Band at 7:30am, Sr. Jazz Band at Lunch, None. Thursday - Jr. Jazz at 7:30am, Sr. Jazz at Lunch, Pit Orchestra (ALL) from 3:15pm-5:00pm Friday - Jr. Concert Band at 7:30am, None, New Orleans Jazz Event Set-up at 2:00pm. 3.) 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! The jazz bands are getting ready to swing and rock the night away and our delectable desserts will be “on point” again this year. Admission is $10 per person (includes dessert, beverage and all of the entertainment) and tickets can be purchased at the door. It’s a great night of music. If you haven’t been to this event before, you will be impressed by your kids! Our raffle prizes are awesome ("Family Outings", "Just For Me", and “Life Essentials" Packages)! ALSO, there will be a SILENT AUCTION so don’t forget to bring your cheque books. ***Notes:***
4.) Band Bottle Drive #6 - Saturday, April 29th. Our next Bottle Drive is on April 29th from 9am - 1pm in the school parking lot. We are still in need of lots of students and several parents to make this fundraiser a success. Students can sign up on the band room door. Thank you for your ongoing support of our fundraising efforts! Have a great week, everyone! Mr. Davis  Hi Everyone!
Thank you to everyone who participate in The Rink Cycle today! Your playing was only outdone by your patience and helpfulness throughout the rehearsal and set-up/tear-down. Opportunities like this only come along once in a while so I’m glad we were able to participate in this celebration of our Canadian musical heritage. Thank you to our chaperones: Victoria, Russ, and Liz and a big thank you to Meghan, Ryan, Tracey, Caitlyn, and Ryan for their help in getting all of our gear to and from the arena. We now set our sights on the Vancouver Island Concert Band Festival on Tuesday! Both concert bands are performing very well and we are in good shape for our festival performances on Tuesday. Here’s what we have on the go this week (note changes in RED). 1.) Band Classes in Period 1 and 2: Monday - Band 9 and 10 COMBINED in Period 1, Band 11/12 in Period 2. Tuesday – None. All to VICB Festival. Wednesday – Band 10 in Period 1, English for Grade 11s/12 in Period 2. Thursday – Band 9 in Period 1, English for Grade 11s/12 in Period 2. Friday – None. Good Friday. Band 9/10 Practice Cards - Turn in Week 30 for marking. Continue recording for Week 31. 2.) Morning, Lunch, After School Rehearsals: Monday - Sr. Concert Band at 7:30am, Jr. Jazz Band at Lunch, Sr. Concert Band Flute Sectional at 3:15pm. Tuesday – None. All to VICB Festival. Wednesday – No morning rehearsal. Sleep in!, Sr. Jazz at Lunch, None. Thursday - Marching Band at 7:30am, Sr. Jazz at Lunch, None. Friday - None. Good Friday. 3.) Port Alberni Trip - Tuesday Almost every student has turned in forms and $30 for our trip up island to Port Alberni. If you have not turned your forms in - your absolute last opportunity to do so is first thing on Monday morning! No exceptions. Please meet at the school for 7:00am on Tuesday morning! Parents can pick students up at 7:00pm from the school. 4.) Band Parents Association Notes Level Ground Coffee Orders: Level Ground Coffee orders are due by 3:00pm on Thursday, April 13th. Jazz Night Raffle Tickets: All students were given two raffle ticket booklets to sell in support of the upcoming New Orleans Jazz Night. There are some impressive prizes to be won (see attached prize list)! Tickets are $2 each. Students who sell and return books are entered into a student prize draw. All raffle ticket money/ticket stubs are due by Wednesday, April 12th at 3pm. A TOUCH OF NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & DESSERT NIGHT/SILENT AUCTION: Friday, April 21st - all students will be participating in our full program jazz and dessert night. The Jazz Bands will performing throughout the evening! Admission is $10 per person and includes a delectable dessert offering as well as coffee or tea. We look forward to seeing you there! ALL NON-JAZZ BAND STUDENTS are expected to sign up for a shift to help support this fundraiser (shifts are 1.5-2hours long and involve things like set-up or tear-down, as well as serving dessert, taking orders, coffee/tea service). Please sign up in the band room on Monday. April Bottle Drive: We have a bottle drive coming up on Saturday, April 29th from 9am -1pm in the school parking lot. Lots of help is needed to make this happen. Please sign up in the band room if you are a student. With sincere thanks, Jamie Davis Band This Week: April 3-7 / Rink Cycle on Sunday, Port Alberni Trip Next Week, Revised DATES4/2/2017
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I hope you all enjoyed your Spring Break! We had a wonderful tour to the Oregon Coast! Thank you to my students for all of their hard work, flexibility, and musicianship on tour. I think we learned a lot and played really well. A big thank you to all of our chaperones for taking time out of their busy lives to chaperone this tour. The standard of care on the tour was very high thanks to Jacquie Hawey, Victoria Stewart, and Gary Wong. A big thank you from all of us to our band manager Jacquie Hawey for all of her work behind the scenes organizing and preparing for tour! We’re back at it right away! We have a busy week and some weekend events coming up. Please let me know if you have questions. :) Mr. Davis Band This Week: 1.) REVISED Dates To Note: Please see the Dates To Note sheet HERE. There are some revisions and changes to the calendar that was released in September (most notably: the festivals, year end concert, and junior spring concert). 2.) Band Classes in Period 1 and 2: Monday - Band 10 in Period 1. Tuesday – Band 11/12 in Period 2, Band 9 in Period 1 Wednesday – Band 10 in Period 1. Thursday – Band 11/12 in Period 2, Band 9 and 10 COMBINED in Period 1. Friday – Band 9 and 10 COMBINED in Period 1, Band 11/12 in Period 2. Band 9/10 Practice Cards - Continue recording for Week 30 this week. 3.) Morning, Lunch, After School Rehearsals: Monday - Sr. Concert Band at 7:30am, Jr. Jazz at Lunch. Tuesday – Sr. Jazz Band at 7:30am, Jr. Jazz at Lunch. Wednesday – Sr. Concert Band at 7:30am, Sr. Jazz at Lunch, Sr. Concert Band Flute Sectional at 3:15pm. Thursday - Jr. Jazz Band at 7:30am, Sr. Jazz at Lunch, R&B Band Vocal Placements 3:15pm - 5pm (Sign up for a time slot in my office) Friday - Jr. Concert Band at 7:30am, None, None. 4.) Band Parents Association Notes Band Parents Meeting TOMORROW NIGHT: The Spectrum Band Parents Association has it’s monthly meeting at 7:00pm in the school library on Monday, April 3rd. All parents are welcome to attend! Level Ground Coffee Orders: Level Ground Coffee orders are due by 3:00pm on Thursday, April 13th. Jazz Night Raffle Tickets: All students were given two raffle ticket booklets to sell in support of the upcoming New Orleans Jazz Night. There are some impressive prizes to be won! Tickets are $2 each. Students who sell and return books are entered into a student prize draw. Please encourage your students to sell their tickets and return all money/ticket stubs by Wednesday, April 12th at 3pm. A TOUCH OF NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & DESSERT NIGHT/SILENT AUCTION: Friday, April 21st - all students will be participating in our full program jazz and dessert night. The Jazz Bands will performing and non-jazz band students will sign up for serving or set-up/tear-down shifts. Admission is $10 per person and includes a delectable dessert offering as well as coffee or tea. We look forward to seeing you there! April Bottle Drive: We have a bottle drive coming up on Saturday, April 29th from 9am -1pm in the school parking lot. Lots of help is needed to make this happen. Please sign up in the band room if you are a student. 5.) The Rink Cycle - Sunday, April 9th Sorry for the short notice on details for this event! It’s my intention to have Grades 9 to 12 perform in the Victoria Symphony’s “Rink Cycle” Concert on Sunday. We’ll discuss details and rehearse the music in class this week. It’s going to be a lot of fun! Please see the timeline listed below and, if you are unable to participate please let me know ASAP. The Victoria Symphony is very excited to present Rink Cycle II: Victoria Symphony Celebrates Canada 150 with Victoria Youth at 2:30 PM on April 9th , 2017 at Save on Foods Memorial Centre. Designed to be the largest participatory gathering of children in Victoria’s history, Rink Cycle II will bring up to 2,000 Greater Victoria school children together with the Victoria Symphony to create music, song and dance. We will explore Canadian heritage including First Nations culture, songs from across Canada, and celebrations from national events such as the 2010 Olympics and 1987 Expo. Parents, tickets can be purchased here: https://selectyourtickets.com/event-pro/rink-cycle-ii/ RINK CYCLE TIMELINE 10:00 Students CALL TIME at GATE 3 with instruments, music stand, lunches, and water. UNIFORM = Sr. CONCERT BAND/MARCHING BAND UNIFORM. Volunteers direct students to school tables for check in, leave instrument cases in marked area, Proceed to check in at assigned instrument area locations. Maps will be provided on site. 11:00 – 11:30 Students set up on rink based on seating chart 11:30-12:30 Student/VS rehearsal 12:30-1:00 Student rehearsal concert order 1:00-2:00 Student break. 1 hr. Students leave instruments, music, and stands. Get lunches. Break in bleachers. 2:00-2:30 Regroup - Students and VS setup for performance 2:30 Rink Cycle begins 3:30 Rink Cycle ends. 4:00 Please meet your child and exit the arena at Gate 3 after the concert. 6.) Port Alberni Festival Trip / Jr. Band Spring Concert - April 11th On Tuesday, April 11th, all concert band students will be traveling by bus to Port Alberni to participate in the Vancouver Island Concert Band Festival. This is a day trip and travel will be by bus. The cost of the trip is $30 dollars and includes pizza dinner on the way back home. Please make any cheques payable to “Spectrum Band Parents Association." Please let me know if you have a confidential financial concern. Travel forms will be handed out in class this week. This was originally listed on April 12th but the Festival assigned us the April 11th slots. Apologies for the date change! Due to the festival date change we will postpone next week’s Junior Band/Junior Jazz Band Concert that was originally scheduled for the same date. I have tentatively set a date of May 2nd for the Jr. Bands' spring concert (7pm in the Old Gym). More details to follow. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. |
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