Hi Everyone,

As part of the Fine Arts Department, our concert bands, jazz bands, and pit orchestra have been asked to perform in the Spectrum Fine Arts Showcase in mid-January. This is an awesome opportunity as our ENTIRE fine arts department (band, dance, musical theatre, visual art, media arts) will be showcased for the public. All students are required to attend the dress rehearsals and performances listed below. If you have a conflict, PARENTS please email me. 

The format for the shows has the concert bands performing at the beginning of the show. Students who are not in the jazz bands/pit orchestra will be able to leave once they have finished performing (by 8:00pm at the latest). 

Sat Jan 12 1:00-5:00 (dress rehearsal #1)

Mon Jan 14 5:00-9:00 (dress rehearsal #2)

Wed Jan 16 7:30 Performance #1
Thurs Jan 17 7:30 Performance #2
Fri Jan 18 7:30 Performance #3
Sat Jan 19 7:30 Performance #4


Also:

Thurs Jan 17 Blocks B & A (afternoon).  Shows for Spectrum students.

Fri Jan 18 9:30 & 12:30.  Shows for Middle Schools.

I will be sending out a running order with call times and notes within the next few days. Thanks, everyone! I hope you are all having a great holiday! 

Cheers,

Jamie Davis

Hi All!

Thanks for a great concert on Thursday night! We had a large audience and all of the bands and strings played well. Thank you to for all of the donations at the door as well: over 300 items donated to Spectrum family hampers! DVDs will hopefully be available by the end of the week for those that ordered them. ($12 each if you would still like to order one)

1.) Band Classes

NOTE: The Band 9 and Band 10 classes will be doing PE all week to make up classes missed due to extra, combined classes last week. Make sure you have PE strip each day! :) Please stop by to pick up new music on your own time. Practice cards are now on Week 15.

Monday – Band 11/12
Tuesday – None
Wednesday - Band 11/12
Thursday – None
Friday – Last Day of School (Short classes, followed by assemble in gym)

**Practice Card Week = Week 15 (Requirements, scales, studies, and new music can be looked at this week and over the break - :) 

2.) Morning / Lunch / After School

I have received several inquiries from parents asking if I will be cancelling band this week. These are credited classes with required attendance and cannot be cancelled (except for the odd one!). Thank you for your understanding. 

Monday – Sr. Concert Band / Jr. Jazz / Pit Orchestra
Tuesday -  Jr. Jazz  / Sr. Jazz / CAROL BAND 
Wednesday – Sr. Jazz  / Jr. Jazz / Pit Orchestra
Thursday – Sr. Band CANCELLED (due to Glanford gig), Sr. Jazz CANCELLED & Pit Orchestra CANCELLED Due to Winter Formal
Friday – Jr. Band CANCELLED (Santa's Breakfast!!)

3.) Last Performances of 2012

Thursday AM – Carol Band Performs at Glanford MS Pancake Breakfast (Details to follow on Tuesday )
Friday AM – Carol Band Performs at Spectrum Pancake Breakfast (7:00am call time for pancakes, 7:30am start playing); Sr. Jazz Band will perform at the Winter Assembly at 10:55am (set-up at 10:15am).

Thanks everyone! Wishing you all the best of the season and best wishes for a restful holiday! 

Cheers,

Jamie

Hi Everyone,

I hope this finds you doing well and I hope you all had a great weekend! Thank you to our Carol Band members who performed at Marigold's Christmas Fundraiser on Saturday afternoon. :) 

1.) Band Classes

Monday – Band 9
Tuesday – Band 9 & 10 Combined, Band 11/12
Wednesday - Band 9 & 10 Combined, Band 11/12
Thursday – Band 9 & 10 Combined, Band 11/12
Friday – Band 9

Practice Card Week = Week 14

2.) Morning / Lunch / After School

Monday – Sr. Concert Band / Jr. Jazz / Pit Orchestra
Tuesday -  Jr. Jazz  / Sr. Jazz / CAROL BAND 
Wednesday – Sr. Jazz  / Jr. Jazz / Pit Orchestra
Thursday – Sr. Concert Band / Sr. Jazz / Pit Orchestra CANCELLED
Friday – NONE: JR. BAND IS CANCELLED. Sleep in!!  

3.) Band Concert – Thursday December 13 – 7:00pm

Please download the running order for information about the Christmas Concert on Thursday night HERE. Please note that students must be at Spectrum, in uniform by 5:45pm. Admission is by donation of hamper items (non-perishable food items, winter clothing, toiletries that will be donated to SPECTRUM families) or by cash donation to a Carmin Blomberg's family fundraiser (Carmin is a grade 12 student and her family is going through some very rough times right now).

4.) Poinsettia Pick-up

Poinsettia Orders will be ready for pick on Thursday night in the gym, after the concert. :) Thanks to everyone that supported this fundraiser!

5.) Upcoming Dates to Note

Wednesday, Dec. 12 – Band Parents Association Meeting at 7:00pm. Location TBA soon.

Thursday, Dec. 13 – Band Concert (5:45pm Call Time, 7:00pm Start), Poinsettia Pick Up afterwards

Friday, Dec. 14 – Carol Band Performs at Marigold @ Lunch

Thursday, Dec. 20 – Carol Band Performs at Glanford Middle School Pancake Breakfast TIME TBA

Friday, Dec. 21 – LAST DAY OF SCHOOL. Carol Band Performs at 7:30am in Foyer, SR. JAZZ BAND performs at Assembly

Saturday, Jan. 5 – Bottle Drive (9am – 1pm at Spectrum)


Thanks everyone!

Jamie Davis

Hi Everyone,

We have a "Normal" week this week! All morning rehearsals, lunch band, pit orchestra, and in-timetable classes run as per usual! No concerts, assemblies, parades, marching band, uniform sewing parties, bar-mitzvahs, poinsettia blitzes, barn-raisings, barn-lowerings, impromptu-happy-birthday-shenanigans, class swaps, musical terrorism, pie sales, or tuba-takeovers ... Wow. That's… kind of boring! (Just kidding…)




Thanks to all of the students that participated in Tuba Christmas on Saturday. Spectrum had the largest student group in attendance this year! Thanks to all of the parents that helped with driving kids and transporting instruments back and forth to the performance. 

Uniform Repairs

If you have minor uniform repairs that you can take care of yourselves, please go ahead (things like buttons falling off etc.). If you have major uniform issues (major repairs needed, hemming, sizing issues etc.) then please contact me and I will let the uniform moms know.

Upcoming Dates to Note

Wednesday, 12 December – Band Parent Meeting (7pm – location TBD)
Thursday, 13 December – Christmas Concert (All Bands, 5:45pm call time in uniforms, 7pm Start– gym)/Poinsettia Pick-Up
Saturday, 5 January – Bottle Drive (9am-1pm)

***Carol Band performance schedule will be released mid-week.

Have a great week, everyone! Thanks for all that you do for music at Spectrum Community School.

Jamie Davis