6th grade band (Period 2nd)
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Welcome to 6th grade band! We are going to have a great year learning to play instruments and reading music!
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Announcements for 10/30 Week
Thank you to all that helped with our Halloween Dance last Friday! We had a great turn out of kids and so many parent volunteers. The costumes were great and the kids had a great time. Thanks for donating food and drink items. We will use our leftovers in the concession stand.
If you have any leftover treat size candy, please donate them to the band as I will be giving prizes in the next few months for good behavior, scale pass offs, etc.......
We will be starting our holiday concert heavily in upcoming weeks for our holiday concert on Dec. 7. When music is given to you, please make sure to work hard on it because we don't have much class time.
7th and 8th graders are learning a scale a week until we we have learned all twelve of our scales. We are on scale #8 G concert this week so please work on learning and memorizing that scale and reviewing scales #1-7.
Snart Music assignments will be due this Sunday 11/5 for 6th graders (#38, 42,43,44,45) and Wednesday 11/8 for 7th and 8th graders (7th grade #29,24,25 and 8th grade #34, 42, and Smart Music rhythm 3-16). There are also assignments posted due 12/10 for 6th grade and 11/22 for 7th and 8th grade with more assignments coming on the All-West music for our 7th and 8th graders. Please keep up with these and work on them!
Our schedule for this week:
Monday - Honor Band
Tuesday - Jazz Band first rehearsal
Wednesday - Honor Band
Friday - Veteran's Day group rehearsal
We will be collecting sizes and taking orders this week for Veteran's day shirts to wear at our performances this week. Look for a note and/or email about that.
Looking forward to a great week!
Mrs. Sanders
Bandmasters Championship tickets
If anyone is interested in free comp student tickets for the Bandmasters Championship marching competition this Saturday 10/21, please see me and tell me how many by Friday. There is more information and a schedule at www.tigerbandalumni.com.
Announcements for 10/2 Week
Can't believe this is the last week of the first quarter! Time has flown by. We are getting ready for our 6th grade band Meet the Band Night concert Tuesday night and I can't wait for everyone to hear them! 6th grade will have their second required rehearsal Monday 10/2 until 4:00 (bring snack or concession $ and wire stand). On Tuesday 10/3, meet at Appling at 5:45 for help with equipment or 6:30 at New Hope Christian Church for warm up and the concert starts at 7. Remember to wear our concert uniform - black bottoms, white shirt (guys wear a tie), and black socks/shoes. Admission is $2.
The Veteran's Day group has their first practice this Wednesday 10/4 until 4:00. Please make sure you have looked over your music ahead of time.
All Smart Music assignments are due this Tuesday 10/3 so that I can listen to them and get them in PowerSchool before the end of the nine weeks on Friday. All groups had assignments due 9/20 and another set of assignments due 10/3. This is a big part of your grade and responsibility. Take time on these and submit your best. All-West TN band audition music has now been posted as a tool to help you practice for both All-West and Appling audition music.
We will have signups in class this week for Appling Honor Band auditions on either 10/16 or 17 and Appling jazz band on 10/18. Remember that for honor band auditions you must know the first six scales on your scale sheet (C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, and Db) plus the chromatic scale and the marked spots of your All-West music. For jazz band auditions, you are to know the two jazz pieces Cherry Point and It Is What It Is.
Anyone that is interested in ordering band apparel should turn in orders by this Friday 10/6 before fall break. Every band student will receive their band shirts after fall break and it is included in your band fee. This will be worn at our 10/23 black/gold pep rally and 10/24 Open House performance for our 7th and 8th graders.
I hope everyone has a great week!
Mrs. Sanders
Announcements for 9/25 Week
Here is the schedule for this week:
Monday - Brass and Percussion All=West Help session
Tuesday - NOTHING AFTER SCHOOL; 7th and 8th grade band meet between 7/7:10 at Bartlett High School to perform at Appling/Bon Lin football game. Details listed below
Wednesday - REQUIRED 6th grade band rehearsal - bring wire music stands if you have them.
Thursday - Deadline for Sheet Fundraiser
Friday - Deadline to register online for the Bellevue All-West Workshop
Saturday - All-West Prep Academy 8-12 am (optional but encouraged) - $20
6th graders will be reviewing for our concert on October 3. They will receive order sheets and more information about the concert and should be reviewing the Morning Tide sheet music, Essential Elements book #17, 18, 23, 24, 25, and 31, and Power Rock music.
7th grade and 8th grade band will be reviewing pep band music in class on Tuesday, They will be continuing to sight read music to prepare for the open house concert and should receive new sheet music this week. They will also continue in book two (7th grade) and book three (8th grade).
Veteran's Day group needs to make sure to practice music for next Wednesday's rehearsal.
If you plan to audition for Appling Jazz band, I have that music to give you. The music is on Smart Music and you need to use that as a tool to help you learn it.
All classes have new Smart Music assignments that will be due next Tuesday Oct. 3. Make sure to stay on top of these and spend time on them!
Let's have a great week!
Mrs. Sanders
All-West Midi files Uploaded
The midi file recordings of the All-West TN music are now on my homepage on the bottom far right for each instrument. Please know that these are performance tempos and are played by a midi keyboard but they are very helpful to you in listening to how each piece is supposed to go. There will be Smart Music links posted soon so that you can slow things down and isolate parts and be assessed on the music.