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Hi Everyone,
Thanks to everyone that came out to the bottle drive on Saturday - $1161 – Well done, all! 1.) Period 1 & 2 Classes This Week All period 1 & 2 classes run as usual (except for Wednesday - No school). Friday Schedule: Grade 9s – Band Grade 10s – PE Grade 11/12 – English/Spare Band 9/10 Practice Cards – Submit week 37, start week 38. 2.) Morning/Lunch/ Rehearsals All morning and lunch rehearsals are running as usual (except for Wednesday - No school). 3.) Band Parents Meeting on Wednesday Night. The Band Parents Association has a meeting on Wednesday night. An alternate location will be used due to the teacher lockout. Please watch your email for details. 4.) Upcoming Dates To Note (All performances will continue as scheduled :) ) Wednesday, 28 May – Band Parent Meeting (7pm, Library) Saturday, 7 June – Oak Bay Tea Party Parade (Marching Band, 9am call time in Oak Bay) Tuesday, 10 June – Year End Concert (All Bands, Alix Goolden Performance Hall, 6pm call, 7pm start) Thursday, 12 June – Awards Night (Sr Jazz Band, 6pm call, 6:30pm start) Saturday, 14 June – Esquimalt Buccaneer Day Parade (Marching Band, 8am call time) Saturday, 21 June – Final Bottle Drive and Appreciation BBQ (9am-3pm, Parking Lot) Saturday, 21 June – Uniform Return (9am-2pm, Band Room) Monday, 23 June – Uniform Return (6pm-8pm, Band Room) Wednesday, 25 June –Band Parent Association AGM (7pm, Library) Thanks everyone! Have a good week! Jamie Davis  Congratulations to our Marching Band! The Marching Band came in #2 out of 6 (!) bands in the Canadian Bands class at the Victoria Day Parade today (We were one point behind the #1 band, Reynolds this year). Great work everyone – very musical and very tight marching! Again, we had everyone arrive on time, and no complaints about the long wait (almost 4 hours before we got moving!). Thank you to all of the parents that helped in the marshalling, took pictures, and cheered us on all along the route. Pictures can be found on the Band’s Facebook page (Search for Spectrum Community School Band) now and will be uploaded to the band website asap.
Band This Week 1.) Period 1 & 2 Classes This Week As we had a lot of band last week due to festival prep, the PE and English teachers have asked to have catch up classes. Grade 9s and 10s will have PE all week in Period 1. Grade 11s and 12s will have English/Spares all week in Period 2. Regular band classes will resume next week! Do come in and say hi though. :) 2.) Morning/Lunch/ Rehearsals Morning Band: Tuesday – None Wednesday – Senior Concert Band Thursday – Jr. Jazz Band Friday – Jr. Concert Band Lunch Band: Tuesday – None Wednesday – Sr. Jazz Band Thursday – Sr. Jazz Band Friday – Extra Help Available 3.) Bottle Drive – Saturday, May 24th The Band Parents Association is hosting a bottle drive on Saturday May 24th from 9am to 1pm in the Parking Lot. Students can sign up in the band room. Parents, if you are able to help please let Carol Davis know (spectrumbandparents@hotmail.ca) - we need at least 12 parent drivers to make our bottle drives successful. We will again offer double credits for parent drivers! Thanks, everyone! Cheers, Jamie 
Hi Everyone, Marching Band There is a Marching Band practice TONIGHT starting at 6:00pm at Spectrum. We will be finished at 7:00pm. Please make sure that you take EVERYTHING that you need for the parade tomorrow home once we are done. We have a number of uniform bits and pieces left over from the trip. Please check to make sure that you have all of your uniform parts and let us know today at practice if something is amiss. We meet at 7:45am at MAYFAIR MALL in Section E-10 on Monday morning (in the Mayfair parking lot closest to Denny’s on Douglas Street). There are 141 groups in the parade and we are in position number 131 if you want to come later to the parade (I don’t know why we have been placed at the very end of the parade this year – Sorry! :)) . I am not sure what time we will be done so students might want to carry their cell–phones to call for rides at the end of the route. MusicFest Results In case you have not heard already both the junior and senior concert bands recieved GOLD standings from the adjudicators at MusicFest (that means they received gold standings from all FOUR of our adjudicators). On top of this, both bands received GOLDS in their sight-reading workshops (playing and learning music that they have never seen or heard before) Congratulations to all of you for your hard work! Be proud of what you have accomplished here. Spectrum students received praise for their musicianship, performance, attitude, uniforms (from other bands) and a variety of other things. One of our clinicians even told our junior students that they had the strongest performance out of any Level 300 band that they had heard all week. Our senior band was praised for tackling really challenging and diverse repertoire or “risk taking” instead of “playing it safe” because of the nature of the festival. Bravo, folks! Your kids were spot on in our clinics/workshops as well – answering questions and offering musically mature thoughts and suggestions! Your kids were amazing in non-musical areas as well. We had some pretty tight timelines on the first day with hotel check in and back to back festival performances, photos and clinics. Not once did a student ever complain about this. Thank you for being flexible as changes arose and for thinking of the group first! Furthermore, I had Granville Island shop owners, and other people mention that Spectrum’s students were the “best behaved and most polite group they had seen all week.” Thank you to our student loading crew (led by crew captain, Nathan F.) for handling all of our equipment, luggage and uniforms! The crew had to load and unload busses and set-up equipment nearly a dozen times over the course of the two days. Wow! Thank you to our parent chaperones for all of their hard work during the trip: Carol, Jen, Lynda, Lucie, Gary, and Wendy & Ken - we couldn’t have done this without you! Thank you for looking after everyone! Finally, a big thank you to Carol Davis for the countless hours that she put in to organizing the trip and all of the details to move 81 people. This was our largest overnight/away trip and it went off without a hitch. Sincere thanks from all of us! Outstanding work, all - your work ethic and playing are truly inspiring. I am so proud of you and am so proud to be your teacher! Sincerely, Jamie Davis Hi Everyone,
I received our marshalling information for the Victoria Day Parade this morning (Better late than never!). Our registration number is No. 113 and we are in marshalling section E-10 which means we are in the second half of the parade, towards the end. While we are in the second half of the parade we still need to be at Mayfair Mall at 7:45am. Please bring water, and wear sunscreen if it’s a warm day. Thank you! Jamie Davis  Hi Everyone!
Thank you to the Jr. Band for performing at Marigold Elementary on “Music Monday” last week. The band did a great job (while standing in the rain) and was really supportive of the elementary school performers. Thanks for your leadership in our school community! We have a BIG week ahead with MusicFest and the Victoria Day Parade coming up. Please make sure that you attend all rehearsals and classes and get lots of REST this week. 1.) Period 1 & 2 Classes This Week (Note changes Monday-Wednesday)
2.) Morning/Lunch/ Rehearsals (Lots of changes) Morning Band:
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3.) MusicFest – Thursday, May 15th & Friday May, 16th It’s finally here! Our trip to “The Nationals” is this Thursday and Friday. Students have been working really hard and I hope everyone is excited! Thank you to Carol Davis for all of her hard work in getting this trip going. We will be travelling with 76 students. ***THERE IS A MANDATORY MEETING for all students travelling to MusicFest on Wednesday at Lunch with Mr. House.*** Please read the INFORMATION PACKAGE as well as the ITINERARY for the trip. Please review these attachments thoroughly. With regards to packing, please remember that we are only going for two days and one night. :) Thursday
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4.) Victoria Day Parade - Monday, May 19th The Victoria Day parade is next Monday, May 19th. Student call time is 7:45am at Mayfair Mall. ***Please read the RUNNING ORDER*** At this point I am still waiting for the parade organizers to provide us with our marshalling (meeting location) information. I will let you know as soon as I hear from them. We are in need of hair braiders for all three of our Spring Parades. If you can help with braiding hair, please email Carol Davis (davisfamily2@telus.net). Students have been working very hard in the marching band. Come on out and cheer them on as they defend their title of Top Canadian Marching Band! 5.) Weekend Marching Band Practice We will have a weekend practice on Sunday, May 18th starting at 6:00pm at Spectrum. Please arrive before 6:00pm to get set-up. We will finish at 7:00pm. Uniforms are not required. Thanks, everyone! Keep up the good work. Stay positive, keep being awesome leaders, and (above all) keep smiling and laughing! Jamie Davis Hi Everyone,
Congratulations to our Senior Concert Band for a great show on Thursday night in the theatre! Thank you to everyone that came out to support our performers and our composers/arrangers (Sharon, Cam, Alex, Seb). Great work, everyone! Band this Week: 1.) Music Monday (Tomorrow, May 5th) – Grade 9 and 10 students will be performing at Marigold Elementary school tomorrow from 9:50am – 10:10am. We will walk over (Marigold is next door), stand and perform our 2 marching band pieces. Grade 9 students – you must have their instruments at school tomorrow and you will be leaving PE at 9:40am. All grades 9s and 10s have been excused from the first 15 minutes of Period 2. 2.) Marching Band Practices/Victoria Day Parade The Marching Band will practice on the following days as we lead up to the Victoria Day Parade. Participation in these rehearsals is mandatory. Tuesday, May 6 – 7:30am Thursday, May 8 – 7:30am Friday, May 9 – 7:30am Monday, May 12 – 7:30am Tuesday, May 13 – 7:30am Wednesday, May 14 – 7:30am Weekend Practice: Sunday, May 18 – 6:00pm to 7:00pm at Spectrum. ***Parade Day = Monday, May 19. Call time is 7:45am at Mayfair Mall Parking Lot or on an adjacent side street. I will be sending out a detailed running order as soon as I receive our marshalling information from the parade organizer. 3.) Period 1 & 2 Classes This Week No change to schedule. Friday = Band 10 in Period 1, Band 11/12 in Period 2 (9s to PE) Band 9/10 Practice Cards – Turn in week 34. Start Week 35. 4.) Morning/Lunch/After-School Rehearsals All lunch rehearsals are running as scheduled. Morning Band (Note changes to Tuesday, Thursday and Friday): Monday - Sr. Concert Band Tuesday – Marching Band Wednesday – Sr. Concert Band Thursday - Marching Band Friday - Marching Band ***Please make sure your student is attending marching band practices. Participation is a graded component in (morning) jr/sr concert band marks. Our first parade is coming up soon. Thank you! 5.) Upcoming Dates to Note Monday, 5 May – Music Monday with Marigold Elementary (Jr. Band, 9:50am – 10:10am, Marigold School) 15-16 May – Band Tour to MusicFest “The Nationals” (Jr. and Sr. Concert Bands, Details TBA) Sunday, 18 May – Weekend Marching Band Practice (6pm – 7pm, Spectrum Field) Monday, 19 May – Victoria Day Parade (Marching Band, Mayfair Mall, 7:45am call time) Saturday, 24 May – Bottle Drive (9am-1pm, Parking Lot) Wednesday, 28 May – Band Parent Meeting (7pm, Library) Thank you! Jamie Davis |
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