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Sorry for taking so long to get this out to you. I am currently at Camp Pringle with Glanford's Grade 8 Band and 13 hard working Spectrum Bandies. It's been a wonderful first day of music making, team building, and good food! Thanks to Cam, Sarah, Josh, Brandt, Katherine, Hyein, Jordie, Mary, Sam, Kyle, Tavish, Rylee G., and Kaitlyn M. for your leadership! To our Senior Concert Band - BRAVO! Your performance, your musicianship, and your work leading up to Friday's concert stand out clearly as highlights in my career! I am so proud of all of you and am inspired by your tenacity to achieve so much in a very short time frame. You impressed a LOT of people: community members, fellow students, UVic students, and UVic faculty! Thanks to the hard work of 30 people at Saturday's Bottle Drive we raised $820 for student accounts and the band general account. :) Great work! Thanks for volunteering! Please note that there are some schedule changes: 1.) Band Classes in Period 1 and 2: Monday - GRADE 9s - NO BAND TODAY. GO TO PE WITH MS. WILTON! Tuesday – Band 11/12 in Period 2, COMBINED Band 9 AND 10 in Period 1 (Requirement Completion Block) Wednesday – Band 9 in Period 1. Thursday – Band 11/12 in Period 2, Band 10 in Period 1. Friday – None! Pro D Day! :) Band 9/10 Practice Cards: Turn in week 4 for marking. Start recording home practicing for Week 5, please. 2.) Morning/Lunch/After School Rehearsals: Monday - SR CONCERT BAND CANCELLED, JR. JAZZ BAND CANCELLED. Tuesday – Sr. Jazz 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 – None! Pro-D Day! :) 3.) Term 1 End - TUESDAY! Tuesday at 5:00pm is the last day to submit/perform playing requirements for Term 1. Please email files from your smartphone to jdavis@sd61.bc.ca. To upload files from your computer visit http://www.spectrumband.ca select "Requirements/Online Submission" from the "Students" and follow the instructions on the page. 4.) BCMEA Honour Bands Good luck to Katherine F., Josh M., Hyein J., Scott G., and Jason G. who will be performing in the BC Honour Wind Ensemble and to Cam H. who will be performing in the BC Honour Jazz Band on the mainland! These students were selected from a province-wide audition process and will perform with top student musicians from all over BC while working with outstanding conductors and directors from across North America! Congratulations! 5.) Band Parents Association Meeting - Monday Night! The Spectrum Band Parents Association monthly meeting is on Monday, October 19th at 7:00pm in the school library. All parents are welcome and encouraged to attend! Thank you for all the hard work and dedication that you put into music at Spectrum! Cheers, Mr. Davis Hi Everyone!
I hope you all had a relaxing and happy Thanksgiving! Looking forward to the concert on Friday. It's going to be great! Please read carefully. Lots of important information. :) 1.) Sr. Concert Band Clinic with Dr. Gerry King SENIOR CONCERT BAND - note that we have a rehearsal and clinic with Dr. King on TUESDAY morning (tomorrow). It is VERY important that you are in attendance. Do not be late. The clinic will extend into Period 2. Grade 9 and 10 students have already been excused from classes. 2.) UVic Concert on Friday, October 16th DETAILS: DRESS REHEARSAL: We will have a dress rehearsal on Friday afternoon at UVic's Farquhar Auditorium. ATTENDANCE IN MANDATORY. Please make arrangements to meet at UVic at 3:30pm (you will need to pay for parking in one of the adjacent lots). After setting up, we will rehearse on stage from 4:00pm-5:00pm. You will then have time for a break and dinner afterwards. Please let me know if you are able to help with rides to/from UVic. CALL TIME: All students MUST be back to UVic no later than 7:00pm for group warm-up and tuning. Arrive in full Sr. Band uniform. UNIFORMS: Make sure you have ALL uniform pieces before Friday. These include: ironed white dress shirt, blazer, pants, band shoes, orange tie, and long black socks. TICKETS: Sr. Band members will watch the rest of the concert once our portion is complete. :) Families that have purchased tickets through me can pick them up from the box office between 7:00pm and 7:45pm. CONCERT START TIME: The concert starts at 8:00pm. Spectrum will perform first, followed by the UVic Wind Symphony. PARKING: All parking at UVic is paid parking. Parking can be found in the adjacent lots (the McKinnon gym lot is closest to UVic Centre). 3.) Band Classes in Period 1 and 2: Tuesday – Band 11/12 in Period 2 (Continuation of the clinic with Dr. King), Band 10 in Period 1 Wednesday – Band 9 in Period 1. Thursday – Band 11/12 in Period 2, Band 10 in Period 1. Friday – Band 9 in Period 1. Band 9/10 Practice Cards: Turn in week 3 for marking. Start recording home practicing for Week 4, please. 4.) Morning/Lunch/After School Rehearsals: Tuesday – Sr. Concert Band at 7:30am (Clinic with Dr. King from UVic), 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, Band Council Meeting at lunch, None. 5.) Uniform Sewing Night This Week Thank you to everyone that came out to help with sewing last week! There will be an additional sewing night on TUESDAY from 6pm-8:30pm in the band room. ***We are hoping that Senior Concert Band parents can come and help as Sr. Band uniforms are the priority for completion due to the upcoming concert.*** 6.) Bottle Drive - This Saturday Our October Bottle Drive is on Saturday, October 17th from 9am-1pm. Parent and student volunteers are needed to help make this another success. Parents who drive students will receive DOUBLE credits for helping out. :) BBQ lunch will be served once the bottle drive is done. Thanks, Spectrum Band Parents Association! 7.) Term End - October 20th Playing Requirements (scales, studies, etc.) are due on October 20th by 5:00pm. Have a wonderful week! Cheers, Jamie Davis Hi Everyone!
Thank you to everyone that helped make our annual Great Apple Pie Event a success again! A HUGE thanks to the Ainsley Lowe and her family for all of their work behind the scenes organizing and preparing! We couldn't have done it without you! Thank you to everyone that donated apples, their time, and their help throughout the day. Wow! What a team!! A big shout out to the band alumni and alumni parents that came back to help us in the evening when we got in the weeds! All said and done, this was another really successful year! Here's what's on the go this week.... 1.) Band Classes in Period 1 and 2: Monday – Band 9 in Period 1. Tuesday – Band 10 in Period 1, Band 11/12 in Period 2. Wednesday – Band 9 in Period 1. Thursday – Band 10 in Period 1, Band 11/12 in Period 2. Friday – Band 10 in Period 1, Band 11/12 in Period 2. Band 9/10 Practice Cards: Turn in week 2 for marking. Start recording home practicing for Week 3, please. 2.) Morning/Lunch/After School Rehearsals: Monday – Sr. Concert Band at 7:30am, Jr. Jazz at Lunch Tuesday – Sr. Jazz 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, Band Council Meeting at lunch, None. 3.) Uniform Sewing Nights Our uniform coordinators (Nicola and Nadine) will be having uniform sewing nights THIS Monday and Tuesday from 6pm - 8pm in the band room. No sewing experience is necessary. ***We are hoping that Senior Concert Band parents can come and help as Sr. Band uniforms are the priority for completion due to the upcoming concert.*** 4.) UVic Concert Tickets If you are planning on attending the UVIc/Spectrum concert on October 16th I need to know by Friday this week so I can put in a ticket order. Tickets are $5 each (regular $15). That's it for now. Have a great week! Cheers, Jamie Davis |
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