 Hard at work! Hi Everyone!
THANK YOU for an amazing day on Saturday! To all of our students, band parents, band alumni, parent alumni, family, and friends – a most heartfelt thank you for making our 8th Annual Great Apple Pie Event a massive success. I can't believe we made 1100+ pies in that amount of time! It was also great to see so many students (across all four grades) working together towards completing this goal. I enjoyed getting the chance to meet so many new parents and catch up with returning parents. :) I am really proud of what was accomplished this weekend. Thank you, again. Doug Butler has uploaded some of his photos to his website. Have a look: http://photography.doug-butler.com/p1038961355 If you have pictures of the event, I would love a copy on a CD or Flashdrive for our bulletin boards, display cases and archives. ***Please note that there is NO Bottle Drive on October 13th – as mentioned on the "Dates to Note" sheet. 1.) Band Classes – No change to schedule. *Friday Schedule: Grade 9s – PE Grade 10s – Band Grade 11s/12s – Band 2.) Band 9/10 Practice Cards – Week 4 can be submitted for marking. On to week 5 now. 3.) Morning/Lunch Rehearsals – No change to schedule. Jr. Jazz Band Members! You have rehearsals on Monday and Tuesday at Lunch and Thursday at 7:30am. Please don't forget. 4.) Pit Orchestra – Will start THIS Wednesday (October 9th) at 3:15pm – 4:45pm 5.) Uniform Sewing Nights – Uniform sewing/alteration nights will continue this Wednesday from 6:00pm – 8:00pm in the Band Room. Thanks to everyone that came out to help last week 6.) San Fransisco Band Tour/"The Nationals" - Unfortunately, due to insufficient numbers, we have decided to cancel the band tour to California. HOWEVER, we ARE planning a smaller scale trip to the MusicFest National Festival that is held in Richmond in May 2014. Both our junior and senior concert bands received invitations to perform at "the Nationals" after receiving GOLD (SUPERIOR-PLUS) ratings at the Vancouver Island Concert Band Festival in April. We are currently working on an itinerary and travel plan that will be affordable for all families (we also have some very profitable individual fundraisers coming up soon). We also hope to have information for the Germany 2015 Band Tour soon. More information to follow. 7.) Scrap Metal Fundraiser - Our next large-scale fundraiser is our Scrap Metal recycling fundraiser which is running NOW until Saturday, October 26th. This is a fundraiser for the band program general account that will help pay for festival entrance fees as well as raise funds for much needed instruments, music, supplies, and uniforms. To help us achieve our fundraising goals we are asking for your support through the donation of any amount of scrap metal. Scrap metal materials can be dropped off now till October 25th at ‘Schnitzer Steel’ (307 David St, Mon-Fri 8am-4:30pm). Advise the yard attendant your metal is being donated to ‘SPECTRUM SCHOOL BAND/SCRAP DRIVE’. The band will also be collecting metal donations at the school, 957 Burnside Rd, Saturday, October 26 from 9:00am-2:00pm. ***Check out our business donation letter (if you know of a business that would be interested in donating scrap metal) and our flyer advertising this event. Please feel free to distribute these as you see fit.*** More information is also available on the band website: http://spectrumbandvictoria.weebly.com/scrap-metal-recycling-2013.html Thanks, everyone! Have a great week! Jamie Hi Everyone!
We have a busy week ahead of us with our Back in Action Concert on Tuesday night and Remembrance Day Observances on Friday. Here are the details: 1.) Classes Monday – Band 9 & 10 Combined, Band 11/12 Tuesday – Band 9 & 10 Combined Wednesday – Band 10, Band 11/12 Thursday – Band 9 Friday – None (Remembrance Day Performances in Theatre – Band 9/10 students - if not in Sr. Concert Band go to PE) ***Practice Cards for Week 8 can now be submitted. On to Week 9! 2.) Morning Band Monday – Sr. Concert Band Tuesday – Jr. Jazz Band Wednesday – NONE! Sleep in! :) Thursday – Sr. Concert Band Friday – Sr. Concert Band 7:30am call time for Remembrance Day Observances. No Jr. Concert Band rehearsal. 3.) Band Concert – Tuesday, November 6th – 7:00pm Our Fall Band Concert is on Tuesday at 7:00pm in the Old Gymnasium. Students need to be at Spectrum, in the band room, no later than 5:45pm in uniform. PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE RUNNING ORDER - lots of important information. The Media Arts program will be recording a DVD of the concert that is available for purchase. Order forms will be in your concert programs. Admission is by donation with proceeds going towards the purchase of new instruments, equipment, uniforms, and music. UNIFORM REMINDERS:
4.) Remembrance Day – Sr. Concert Band The Senior Concert Band will be performing for four Remembrance Day Observances during class time on Friday, November 9th. Sr Band members must be at school, in uniform no later than 7:30am on Friday. Teachers have been made aware that you will be missing classes – please ensure that you speak to them to get your homework. These are full uniform performances – long black socks!. Thank you to Matt Montgomery for being our bugler for 'The Last Post' and 'Reveille' this year. PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE RUNNING ORDER FOR MORE DETAILS. 5.) Fundraising / Dates To Note Poinsettia Sales begin on Monday! DOWNLOAD THE ORDER FORM HERE. The quality of the plants is always excellent! 100% of the profits made on this year's sales go to student accounts. Upcoming Dates To Note Monday, 5 November – Poinsettia Order Forms Distributed Tuesday, 6 November – Back in Action Concert (All Bands – 5:45pm call - 7pm start – old gym) Friday, 9 November – Last Day for Band Wear Orders (3pm – Bandroom) Friday, 9 November – Remembrance Day Observances (Snr Concert Band 7:30am Call, Periods 1-4) Saturday, 17 November – Island Farms Santa Light Parade (Marching Band, 5 pm – Empress Hotel) Tuesday, 20 November – Hermann’s Jazz Night (Jazz Bands, 5-7 Hermann’s Jazz Club) Wednesday, 21 November – Band Parents Meeting (7pm – Library) Saturday, 24 November – Bottle Drive (9am -1pm) Monday, 26 November – Last Day for Poinsettia Orders (3pm – Bandroom) Friday, 30 November - Payment due Band Tour ($400) Thanks everyone! Cheers, Jamie Davis Hi Everyone,
Thanks for a good week. Kids are, understandably, tired right now after the pie weekend and a busy week. Get some rest this weekend and have a Happy Thanksgiving! Here's what we are looking at for next week: 1.) Morning Band / Classes Monday – None; None Tuesday – Jr. Jazz Band; Band 10, Band 11/12 Wednesday – Sr. Jazz Band; Band 9 Thursday – Sr. Concert Band; Band 10, Band 11/12 Friday – Jr. Concert Band; Band 9 Band 9/10 Practice cards for Week 4 can be turned in. On to Week 5! 2.) Practice Goals: Listed below are the tunes that students should be working on preparing for our first concert. As always, if you need help, PLEASE ask if you are having trouble with any of these pieces. Jr. Concert Band: Gadget, Nintendo Power, Storybrook Mountain, Crimestoppers, Motown Forever Sr. Concert Band: Prime Time Toon Revue, Totem Pole, African Dreams, Tir Na Nog, Procession of The Sorcerers, (Sleep – for Remembrance Day) Jr. Jazz: Mambo Jambo, Horns +Rhythm, Walk The Dinosaur, Plunger Power, Super-sized Sr. Jazz: Feels So Good, Blue Rondo, Barnburner, Trick Shot, I Want You Back 3.) Band Bottle Drive – Saturday October 13 (9am – 1pm) We have a bottle drive from 9am – 1pm on Saturday. All students and parents are welcome to come out and help fundraise for student band accounts and the general band account. We need LOTS of parent drivers and students to help make these fundraisers successful – please sign up in the band room or email back to let us know you can help out. Parents who are driving students need to fill out a 'Volunteer Driver Information and Authorization Form' and submit it to the school office before the bottle drive. Click here to download the form (you will also need a photocopy of both sides of your driver's license, and a photocopy of your Vehicle Registration/Insurance). The Band Parents Association will be providing a hot-dog lunch for participants at the end of the bottle drive, too! :) 4.) Band Concert Poster – November 6 While we are about a month away from our first band concert, please help us get the word out about it! Visit the Tours and Concerts page to download our concert poster. Please share with friends/family/coworkers, on Facebook/Twitter, and by email. Let's pack the gym for our first performance of the 2012-2013 school year! 5.) Marching Band The marching band will be participating in the Victoria Santa's Light Parade on Saturday November 17th (5pm call time at the BC Legislature buildings). All grade 9 –12 concert band students are expected to participate in this ensemble (unless a significant health problem is of concern). Students have been asked to memorize 2 pieces of music by the week of October 22nd in preparation for a full-band practice during that week. Parents, your assistance in encouraging your students to practice is always appreciated. Thanks! 6.) Upcoming Dates to Note Wednesday, 10 October – Uniform Sewing Night (6pm – 8pm) - Thanks to everyone that came out to help last week. We can always use more help, though! Saturday, 13 October – Bottle Drive (9am –1pm) Monday, 15 October – Band Wear Forms distributed in classes Wednesday, 24 October – Band Parent Meeting (7pm – Library) Friday, 26 October – Payment due Band Tour ($400) Wednesday, 17 October – Uniform Sewing Night (6pm – 8pm) Monday, 29 October – Uniform Pick up (6pm-8 pm) MANDATORY Happy Thanksgiving! Jamie Davis Hi All,
It was great to meet some new parents at our Meet The Teacher Night on Thursday! Also, a big thanks to the students and parents that helped with our "Morning With A Pro" on Saturday for our middle school music students! It was a great morning with lots of learning! We are moving in to a big week this week with lots of info to know. Here we go… 1.) Classes **Band 9/10 can turn in Practice card Week 2 for marking. Now on week 3. Monday – Band 9 Tuesday – Band 10, 11/12 Wednesday – Band 9 Thursday – Band 10, 11/12 Friday – Band 9 2.) Performing Bands All performing bands are running (with the exception of the Pit Orchestra which will start soon) Jr. Jazz Band: Monday Lunch, Tuesday AM, Wednesday Lunch Sr. Jazz Band: Tuesday Lunch, Wednesday AM, Thursday Lunch Jr. Concert Band: Friday AM Sr. Concert Band: Monday AM, Thursday AM 3.) Uniform Sewing Night Thank you to everyone that attended a uniform sizing night last weekend. The band parents will be holding a sewing night on Wednesday night this week in the Band Room from 6-8pm (lots of hemming, organizing, and maintenance things to do to keep our bands looking awesome). They are looking for volunteers to come out and help as it's a big job. New sewing experience is necessary as there are a lot of non-sewing jobs to do too. Please contact Lynda Charchuk and Jen Lindsay if you are able to help. 4.) The Great Apple Pie Event Pie orders have been extended to Monday September 24th!! :) Please turn in all forms and money by Monday at lunch. Incomplete or late orders cannot be filled. Apple Donations – apple donations can be brought to the band room anytime on Friday this week. If you have to bring them earlier please let me know. Apple Pickers – We have had a number of community houses and orchards donate apples but they require people to come and pick. We are currently looking for parent volunteers with vehicles to help drive students to these locations. Please email Sue Pyke if you are able to help with this. Some students have indicated that they are interested in picking apples – I will be checking with their teachers this week to make sure this is okay. Friday – Parent volunteers are needed from 4pm – 8pm to help with set-up in the kitchen / cafeteria. Saturday – The big day! We start at 9am in the school's cafeteria and go until the last pie is made. We need lots of help!! Students should be signing up themselves and any parents that are coming in the band room – this helps us to know how much lunch to make. Parents, you are welcome to bring your own peelers, knives, boards, etc but please make sure that they are clearly labeled. Pies will be ready for pick-up starting at noon. Please make arrangements to pick up your order as there is no storage available at the school. Sunday – Last order pick-up from 10:00am – 12:00pm at the school. 5.) Upcoming Dates to Note Friday, 28 September – Payment due Band Tour ($400 - $800 if no deposit provided in May/June) Friday, 28 September – Set Up Apple Pie Event (students 4pm-6pm, parents 4pm-8pm) Saturday, 29 September – Apple Pie Making Day (9am-5pm w/pick up starting at noon) Sunday, 30 September – Apple Pie Final Pick up (10am-12pm) October Saturday, 13 October – Bottle Drive (9am -1pm) Have a great week and see you on Saturday!! Jamie Davis Hi Everyone,
I hope this finds you all doing well. Thank you band students for a great week last week and thank you so much to all of the new parents that I met at the Band Parents meeting on Wednesday night! It was great to see so many new faces! :) Here is what we are looking at this week. 1.) Start-Up Forms The fall start-up forms are now very late. Please return your Student/Parents info sheets, uniform rental/cheques, and the cover page from the envelope ASAP. Congratulations to the BAND 10 class who has returned ALL of their forms! Pizza lunch coming soon! 2.) Band Classes This Week Practice Cards for week 1 can now be submitted (Grade 9s and 10s). Week 2 this week! Monday - Pro–D Day, No classes Tuesday – Band 9 Wednesday – Band 10, Band 11/12 Thursday – Band 9 Friday – Band 10, Band 11/12 (Shortened classes due to Welcome Back BBQ) 3.) Performing Band Rehearsals All outside the timetable rehearsals will be running this week. Please check the orange schedule that was sent home to see when those rehearsals take place. Please note, for returning students, that some of the rehearsal times have changed. 4.) Uniform Sizings The Spectrum Band Parents Association will be running two uniform sizing sessions this week. We ask that all families choose one of the following sessions to attend a fitting. If you have not submitted your cheques for uniform rental please bring them to the uniform sizing. It is very important that we get every student out THIS WEEK as our timelines for sizing, hemming, sewing and altering are very short. Thanks! Monday, 17 September 6-8pm in the Band Room Wedneday, 19 September 6-8pm in the Band Room 5.) The Great Apple Pie Event / Thrifty's Smile Cards Keep selling those apple pies! :) Order forms are due this Friday (September 21st) by 3:00pm in the band room. Sorry no late orders can be accepted. Students can now sign themselves and their parents up for the "big day" (Apple Pie Making Day on Saturday, September 29; 9am – 5pm in the school's cafeteria) in the band room. Please remember to make arrangements to pick up and deliver your pies on September 29th. There is no storage available at the school. Thrifty Foods Smile cards will be distributed at the uniform sizings this week… they are a great way to support the band program! Click HERE for more information. 6.) Upcoming Dates to Note Monday, 17 September – Uniform Sizing Band Room (6pm-8pm) Monday, 17 September – Thrifty Smile Cards Distributed (during Uniform Sizing) Wednesday, 19 September – Uniform Sizing Band Room (6pm-8pm) Friday, 21 September – Last Day for Apple Pie Orders (3pm – Bandroom) Friday, 28 September – Payment due Band Tour ($400 - $800 if no deposit provided in May/June) Friday, 28 September – Set Up Apple Pie Event (students 4pm-6pm, parents 4pm-8pm) Saturday, 29 September – Apple Pie Making Day (9am-5pm w/pick up starting at noon) Sunday, 30 September – Apple Pie Final Pick up (10am-12pm) Enjoy the rest of your "long weekend"! ;-) Cheers, Jamie Davis Hi Everyone,
Thanks for a good first week. Here's what's on the go for this week: 1.) Band Classes Monday – Band 9 (First day with instruments!) Tuesday – Band 10, 11/12 Wenesday – Band 9 Thursday– Band 10, 11/12 Friday – Band 9 2.) Morning Concert Band Rehearsals / Jazz Bands / Pit Orchestra Senior Concert Band will start on Thursday morning and Jr. Concert Band will start on Friday morning. Both rehearsals start promptly as 7:30am. :) We will rehearse for about 30 minutes and then we will have our annual Band Breakfasts – thanks to the Spectrum Culinary Arts Program for providing a PANCAKE BREAKFAST for our two concert bands! Junior Jazz Band will begin rehearsing on Wednesday at Lunch and Sr. Jazz Band will begin rehearsing on Thursday at Lunch. All regular concert band and jazz band rehearsals will be running in the following week once our start up is complete. There will be a meeting for any students interested in Pit Orchestra for this year's senior musical "In The Heights" on Monday at Lunch in the Band Room. We will begin rehearsing at the end of September as music has not arrived from NYC yet. The music is very exciting! A combination of rock, jazz, latin, pop, and rap! 3.) Fall Forms Fall Start Up forms are due back on Monday by 3pm. Your assistance in returning these ASAP is greatly appreciated – lots of kids and lots of information to process! :) . Please make sure that you post-date the DAMAGE DEPOSIT Uniform Cheque (cheque #1) only. I will be returning cheques tomorrow to some students as some of the dates are wrong. 4.) Upcoming Dates to Note Wednesday, 12 September – First Band Parents Meeting (7:00pm - Library) Monday, 17 September – Uniform Sizing in Band Room (6pm-8pm) - All students must attend one uniform sizing date. Monday, 17 September – Thrifty Smile Cards Distributed (during Uniform Sizing) Wednesday, 19 September – Uniform Sizing in Band Room (6pm-8pm) - All students must attend one uniform sizing date. Friday, 21 September – Last Day for Apple Pie Orders (3pm – Bandroom) As always, please email me with any questions. Cheers, Jamie Davis _______________________________ Jamie Davis Director of Bands Spectrum Community School 957 Burnside Road West Victoria, BC Canada V8Z 6E9 Tel: +1.250.479.8271 (Ext 512) Fax: +1.250.479.8204 Email: jdavis@sd61.bc.ca www.spectrumband.ca  Hi Everyone,
I hope you all had a great weekend! 1.) THANK YOU to our Marching Band members who did an AWESOME job at the (SUNNY!!) Oak Bay Tea Party on Saturday morning! COLOUR PARTY and DRUMLINE members need to return flags, banners, harnesses, drums, and sticks to the school for our practice this week. Thanks to our parent volunteers whobraided hair, helped with rides and walked the route with the band. 2.) Morning Band This Week Monday - LAST Jr. Jazz Tuesday - LAST Sr. Concert Wednesday - None Thursday - None Friday - LAST Marching Band 3.) Period 1 and 2 Classes Monday - 9s Tuesday - 9s & 10s Combined, 11s/12s Wednesday - 9s Thursday - 10s, 11s/12s Friday - 9s 4.) Year End Band Concert - THIS TUESDAY NIGHT - 7:00pm Please DOWNLOAD THE RUNNING ORDER FOR THE YEAR END CONCERT HERE. Note that the location is at THE VICTORIA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC. A map is provided with information about parking for this concert. Students MUST be inside the Conservatory, ready to go at 6:00pm. Please leave lots of time to find parking. ****HELP NEEDED****: We are in need of 3 -4 trucks and/or vans to transport equipment to downtown. We will meet at Spectrum at 3:05pm, load and head to the conservatory for set-up. PLEASE LET ME KNOW ASAP IF YOU AREABLE TO ASSIST. THANKS! CD Orders - The concert will, again, be recorded by Hi Cee recordings. A double CD is being produced featuring all of our tunes. ($15 each, please make cheques payable to Spectrum Band Parents Association). I hope you are looking forward to this show. Your kids have been working very hard and it should be a great night! 5.) Esquimalt Buccaneers Day Parade - SATURDAY, June 9th I will have more information as soon as I get our marshaling information from the organizers. We still have an 8:00am call time. As always, don't hesitate to ask questions. I can't believe we are almost at the end of the year! Thanks everyone!! Jamie Davis Hi Everyone,
Congratulations to all of our Grade 12 band graduates! With only a few short weeks remaining lets all finish strong! Here's what we have on the go this week: 1.) Morning Rehearsals Mon - Jr. Jazz Band Tues - Sr. Concert Wed - Marching Band Thurs - Sr. Concert Band Fri - Jr. Concert Band 2.) Lunch Rehearsals Mon - Sr. Jazz Tues - Jr. Jazz Wed - Jr. Jazz Thurs - Sr. Jazz Fri - Time Available for Sectionals 3.) Band 9-12 Classes Mon - Band 9 Tues - Band 10, Band 11/12 Wed - Band 9 Thurs - Band 10, Band 11/12 Fri - Band 9 4.) Upcoming Performances Saturday, June 2nd - Marching Band in the Oak Bay Tea Party Parade - 9am Call time at Windsor Park. The organizers of this parade will not have information for us until May 30th. I will send out a running order as soon as we receive our marshalling information! Tuesday, June 5th - Year End Band Concert at Victoria Conservatory of Music / Alix Goolden Performance Hall. All bands will be performing! 6:15pm call time. Running orders coming this week. Saturday, June 9th - Marching Band in the Esquimalt Buccaneers Day Parade - 8am Call Time. Thanks everyone! Jamie Davis Good Evening Everyone!
We had a busy week and weekend - thank you to everyone that came out to or contributed to our Bottle Drive (over $1100 made!). The Sr. Musical 'Hairspray' opened last week and it is excellent! Congratulations to everyone involved in the production. The orchestra and cast performed at a Black History Month event today in Central Saanich this afternoon and did a great job! Good work everyone! 1.) Morning Band: Monday - Tour Band Tuesday - Sr. Band Wednesday - Sr. Jazz Thursday - Sr. Concert Band None - Festival Performance for Jr. Band Lunch rehearsals: No changes. Pit Orchestra: Rehearsal on Monday after school at 3:00pm. Evening shows on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday (1:00pm call time for the Sunday matinee) 2.) Period 1 and 2 Classes MONDAY: GRADE 9S AND 10S will have combined PE CLASSES; Band 11/12 class in Period 2. 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 9/10 at UVic BandFest. Grade 11/12s have English or spares in Period 2. 3.) UVic BandFest Both concert bands will be traveling to UVic at the end of the week to perform at BandFest -a non-competitive but highly educational and rewarding festival. Sr. Concert Band will be performing on THURSDAY March 1st and Jr. Concert Band will be performing on FRIDAY March 2nd. Both bands perform in the morning and we will be traveling by school bus to these events. ** I WILL HAVE RUNNING ORDERS AND TIMINGS READY ON TUESDAY FOR STUDENTS IN BOTH BANDS AND WILL ALSO EMAIL THESE HOME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE! Parents and family are welcome to join us at the UVic Center to watch the concert bands perform. 4.) Spring Band Concert The Jr. Concert Band and Jr. Jazz Band will be performing on Monday March 5th at 7:00pm in the Old Gym with Glanford and Colquitz schools. Call time for Spectrum students is 6:00pm in full uniform. Admission for this concert is free - I hope to see you there! **A DETAILED RUNNING ORDER WILL BE READY FOR TUESDAY and will be emailed home. Have a great week everyone! Jamie Davis |
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