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Good Afternoon Spectrum Band Family!
Well, wouldn't you know it! It is already that time of year where everyone will hopefully have an opportunity to visit with friends and family over the Holidays and re-charge! It has been quite the ride so far at Spectrum and I couldn't be more pleased with the musical growth, enthusiasm and appreciation displayed by our students. Music continues to be explored from all genres and styles and it is a delight to arrive to work every day... and be greeted by such keen, earnest, hard working individuals. Thank you to my students, families, colleagues and band parents who have made this transition for my family and myself such a positive one! It is inspiring to be a teacher here and I hope that reflects in my teaching with all of you. If I don't see you before the break, I wish each and everyone of you a fantastic holiday! Whether you are travelling elsewhere or staying in town... take advantage of the extra rest wherever you may find it. We hit the ground running to new and exciting opportunities when we return. Until then, Happy Holidays everyone!!! If you have any pictures of the bands, events, etc please send them our way to www.spectrummusicnews@gmail.com. It would be much appreciated! 1.) Band Classes in Period 1 and 2: Monday - Band 9 in Period 1 Tuesday – Band 11/12 in Period 2, Band 10 in Period 1 Wednesday – Band 9 in Period 1. Thursday – Band 11/12 in Period 2, Band 10 in Period 1 Friday – Last Day of School. (Shortened Classes, Winter Assembly, Schedule TBA) Band 9/10 Practice Cards - Turn in Week 15 for marking. 2.) Morning, Lunch, After School Rehearsals: Monday - No Early Morning Rehearsal, Jr. Jazz @ Lunch, No pit after school. Fine Arts Showcase #1 (Jr. Jazz, Jr. Musical, Pit Orchestra) Tuesday – No Early Morning Rehearsal, Sr. Jazz @ Lunch, Fine Arts Showcase #2 (Sr. Jazz, Jr. Musical, Pit Orchestra) Wednesday – No Early Morning Rehearsal, Sr. Jazz @ Lunch, No Pit afterschool, Fine Arts Showcase #3 (Sr. Concert Band, Jr. Musical, Pit Orchestra) Thursday - No Early Morning Rehearsal, Sr. Jazz @ Glanford 8am. Pit orchestra after school. Friday - No Early Morning Rehearsal, Sr. Jazz @ Spectrum 8am sharp. No uniform necessary 3. Last week of Performances Monday, December 18th- Fine Arts Showcase #1 7pm Jr. Jazz and Pit Orchestra call time in Band room 6pm. Full Jr. Jazz Uniform: Blue vest, Blue tie, white collar shirt, black pants, black pants, black socks etc. Pit Orchestra Full Black. Tuesday, December 19th- Fine Arts Showcase #2 7pm Sr. Jazz and Pit Orchestra call time in Band room 6pm. Full Sr. Jazz Uniform. Pit Orchestra Full Black. Wednesday, December 20th- Fine Arts Showcase #3 7pm Sr. Concert Band and Pit Orchestra. Call time in Band room 6pm. Full Sr. Concert Band Uniform FESTIVE HAT FOR SLEIGH RIDE. Pit Orchestra Full Black. Thursday, December 21st- Glanford Middle School 8am Sr. Jazz Band (In full uniform). Arrange to be at Glanford @ 8am. We will perform from 8:30am to 9:15-9:20am. Pancakes MAY be provided. Travel back to Spectrum is independent. Carpooling would be the best arrangement. Friday, December 22nd - School Performance Sr. Jazz. More Info TBA. 4. DVD ORDERS DVD's should be coming home with students in a manila envelope. We are still accepting order until Wednesday, December 20th. 5. Fine Arts Showcase Monday, December 18th- Wednesday December 20th Spectrum Band has performed (annually) at this school wide event. Students in Jr. Jazz Band, Sr. Jazz Band and Sr. Concert band will need to be available from 6pm onwards based on their performance date. See schedule below. Tickets are now on sale for Spectrum’s 2017 Fine Arts Showcase performances December 18, 19, and 20. The showcases will feature performances by Spectrum students across a range of performing arts disciplines (Band, Dance, Musical Theatre, Video Arts, Digital Media, and Drama) as well as a gallery of artwork from Visual Arts and Photography students. Tickets are $5 for students and $7 for adults. They can be purchased in the Spectrum office during regular office hours or reserved to be picked up at the door by calling the office at 250-479-8271. Don’t wait too long – tickets for the Showcases sell out every year! 6.) Country Grocer and Spectrum Band Thank you to those bringing in their receipts to Mr. Jolliffe... there is quite a stack and we'd love to see it continue to grow. Accepting receipts all throughout the month of December! On the horizon... December 18th: Fine Arts Showcase (Junior Jazz) December 19th Fine Arts Showcase (Sr. Jazz) December 20th: Fine Arts Showcase (Sr. Concert Band) December 21st: Sr. Jazz play @ Glanford Middle Pancake extravaganza. (More info TBA) December 22nd: Sr. Jazz play @ Spectrum School Assembly I will be out of the country for some of our break. I will be checking my email periodically. Apologies if my response is not as quick as usual. Have a great week everyone!  Good Evening Spectrum Band Family!
Thank you to everyone who was able to make Spectrums Annual Winter Concert on the 7th... it was so nice to see the bleachers full. We aspired to present a wide variety of music and we hope you enjoyed it! I was very proud of our students, all of whom, navigated some very challenging music with heart and vigour! If you have any pictures of the bands, please send them our way to www.spectrummusicnews@gmail.com. It would be much appreciated! Jonathan Berry, Key lead for the Spectrum Food Hamper Drive was absolutely thrilled to see so many food donations along with $200 that will be donated to the cause. Thank you for contributing to this community initiative!!! Thank you to all who came out to Tuba Xmas this year (as spectator or performer)... we had a few Spectrum current, past students along with the Montgomerys dawning our orange and black scarves. If you missed it, be sure to join us next year (photo from last year for posterity)...we had a record setting 100+ low brass players caroling in Market Square... if not hilarious, it is a site to see :) 1.) Band Classes in Period 1 and 2: Monday - Band 9 in Period 1 Tuesday – Band 11/12 in Period 2, 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 11/12 in English (Yes I got it right this time :), Band 9 PE Band 9/10 Practice Cards - Turn in Week 14 for marking. Continue recording for Week 15. 2.) Morning, Lunch, After School Rehearsals: Monday - Sleep in to prepare for final two weeks of Performance Extra-vaganza!, Jr. Jazz at Lunch, Pit Orchestra after school Tuesday – Sr. Jazz at 7:30am, Jr. Jazz at lunch, None. Wednesday – SR. Concert Band at 7:30am , Sr. Jazz at lunch, Pit Orchestra at 3:15pm. Thursday - Jr. Jazz AT 7:30AM, Sr. Jazz @ Lunch, DRESS REHEARSAL AFTER SCHOOL. Jr. Jazz Band & Pit Orchestra Needed. Friday - Jr. Concert Band, Brass Ensemble rehearsal 3. Coffee Orders Ho Ho Ho! Stocking stuffers and christmas gift idea! Our next Level Ground Coffee order is due on Friday, December 15th at 2pm. Please make cheques payable to Spectrum Band Parents Association. Download the order form here: http://spectrumbandvictoria.weebly.com/level-ground-coffee-orders.html 4. DVD ORDERS Please submit your DVD orders no later than Friday, December 15th to Mr. Jolliffe. Both Fall and Winter Concerts are available. Get your box set for the holidays :) 5. Fine Arts Showcase Monday, December 18th- Wednesday December 20th Spectrum Band has performed (annually) at this school wide event. Students in Jr. Jazz Band, Sr. Jazz Band and Sr. Concert band will need to be available from 6pm onwards based on their performance date. See schedule below. Tickets are now on sale for Spectrum’s 2017 Fine Arts Showcase performances December 18, 19, and 20. The showcases will feature performances by Spectrum students across a range of performing arts disciplines (Band, Dance, Musical Theatre, Video Arts, Digital Media, and Drama) as well as a gallery of artwork from Visual Arts and Photography students. Tickets are $5 for students and $7 for adults. They can be purchased in the Spectrum office during regular office hours or reserved to be picked up at the door by calling the office at 250-479-8271. Don’t wait too long – tickets for the Showcases sell out every year! 6.) Country Grocer and Spectrum Band Thank you to those bringing in their receipts to Mr. Jolliffe... there is quite a stack and we'd love to see it continue to grow. Accepting receipts all throughout the month of December! On the Horizon... December 11th: Spectrum Band Parents Association Meeting December 15th: Coffee orders Due December 18th: Fine Arts Showcase (Junior Jazz) December 19th Fine Arts Showcase (Sr. Jazz) December 20th: Fine Arts Showcase (Sr. Concert Band) December 21st: Sr. Jazz play @ Glanford Middle Pancake extravaganza. (More info TBA) Have a great week everyone! -- Parker Jolliffe Director of Bands Spectrum Community School 957 Burnside Road West Victoria, BC V8Z 6E9 Tel: 250-479-8271 pjolliffe@sd61.bc.ca www.spectrumband.ca Follow us on Facebook!  Good Morning everyone!
Its concert week and we are looking forward to sharing with you, what we have been working on these past few weeks. We are entering a very busy time for the music program... our bands are in high demand... as such you will see many opportunities to perform and contribute around our great community and neighbouring schools! Thank you to everyone who participated in Bottle Drive #3... the rain held off and we were able to make roughly $850 with 5 drivers and over 20 students participating. Thank you to the Forsters for organizing our lunch... Ryan, Jodi, Russ, Steve for driving! ***A few have alerted me that they stopped receiving their weekly email. I apologize for the inconvenience and I am working with IT to figure out a solution. It would appear that shaw emails are placing this letter in an update folder or junk folder or spam folder. To those who have contacted me, your email is still in our contact list and it shows that is has sent out (which is even more confusing!) Rest assured, IT says they are tracking the issue. In the meantime, our website contains this very same email. Thank you for your patience*** 1.) Band Classes in Period 1 and 2: Monday - Band 9 in Period 1 Tuesday – Band 11/12 in Period 2, 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 11/12 in Band, Band 10 in PE Band 9/10 Practice Cards - Turn in Week 13 for marking. Continue recording for Week 14. 2.) Morning, Lunch, After School Rehearsals: Monday - Sr. Concert Band, Jr. Jazz at Lunch, Pit Orchestra after school Tuesday – Sr. Jazz at 7:30am, Jr. Jazz at lunch, None. Wednesday – JR. Concert Band at 7:30am , Sr. Jazz at lunch, Pit Orchestra at 3:15pm. Thursday - NO JR. JAZZ, Jr. Jazz @ lunch, NO PIT SET UP CONCERT AREA. Friday - SLEEP IN, TUBA Xmas Rehearsal, TUBA xmas rehearsal 4.) Winter Concert - Thursday, December 7th Our concert is this week :) Thursday, December 7th at 7:00pm. All bands will perform in a program of band and jazz music combined with seasonal/holiday favourites. We hope to see as many of you in the seats. Admission by Food Hamper Donation. 5. Coffee Orders Ho Ho Ho! Stocking stuffers and christmas gift idea! Our next Level Ground Coffee order is due on Friday, December 15th at 2pm. Please make cheques payable to Spectrum Band Parents Association. Download the order form here: http://spectrumbandvictoria.weebly.com/level-ground-coffee-orders.html 6. Poinsettia Pick up A gentle reminder that the Christmas poinsettias have two pick up times. 6 p.m. till 6:45 p.m or you can pick up again after the concert ends. Pre-pick up is for those who have made special arrangements but are not affiliated with Spectrum or music students specifically. 7. Tuba Xmas A holiday favourite is right around the corner: Tuba Xmas!!! If you are new to Victoria or have simply never been... join us on Saturday, December 9th at 1pm in Market Square downtown... here you will lay witness to over 65 tuba and euphonium players Caroling! It is a sight to see and has been a favourite of mine. Spectrum students who play trumpet, euphonium, trombone or tuba are invited to speak with me this week. The more, the merrier! 8.) Country Grocer and Spectrum Band For everyone who shops at Country Grocer, here is a fast and easy way to contribute to this growing music program. Submit any receipt from Country Grocer to Mr. Jolliffe and we receive 5% of the total amount of all receipts collected. Help us out by telling your family, friends and co-workers. We are looking towards upgrading our tenor saxophone 'fleet' as we have more players than we do horns. On the horizon... December 7th: Spectrum Band Winter Concert Decmber 9th: Tuba Christmas @ 1pm. Market Square December 11th: Spectrum Band Parents Association Meeting December 15th: Coffee orders Due December 18th: Fine Arts Showcase (Junior Jazz) December 19th Fine Arts Showcase (Sr. Jazz) December 20th: Fine Arts Showcase (Sr. Concert Band) December 21st: Jr. Jazz play @ Glanford Middle Pancake extravaganza -- Parker Jolliffe Director of Bands Spectrum Community School 957 Burnside Road West Victoria, BC V8Z 6E9 Tel: 250-479-8271 pjolliffe@sd61.bc.ca www.spectrumband.ca Follow us on facebook! |
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