I hope everyone has had a wonderful fall break!  I for one did not do a whole lot and enjoyed spending time with my family.  I hope everyone is ready for a busy next few weeks and I hope you have practiced :)

 

Our 6th grade band did a fabulous job at their 6th grade Meet the Band Night Concert!  I am so proud of you!  Thank you to everyone that helped with equipment, set up and tear down, and ticket sales.  We will be busy preparing for our holiday concert now which is December 14.

 

Monday and Tuesday this week are honor band auditions after school.  Students signed up for specific times before fall break and these should be done by around 4 pm both days.  Students are to have prepared the first six major scales on their scale sheet (I pick two) plus the chromatic scale and the marked sections of their All-West TN band audition music.  I'm looking forward to hearing how you are doing on this to see how you are preparing for the January All-West auditions.  Do your best!  I will have a second round of auditions for any open positions after Christmas break for our 6th graders and 7th/8th grade beginners (not for our veterans), but encourage you to audition now.  Remember this is the elite group that will prepare for local concert festival, elementary tour, and the spring trip that we are planning for Atlanta.

 

The 7th and 8th graders will be busy preparing for the open house performance on Tuesday Oct. 27.  Time and details are still TBA.  They will have required rehearsals on Wed. Oct. 21 for 7th grade and Mon. Oct. 26 for 8th grade - both over at 4 pm and pick up in the back parking lot.

 

The 7th and 8th graders who volunteered for the Veteran's Day performances on Nov. 11 and 12 should be working hard on that music. Our next rehearsals are not supposed to be scheduled until the first week of November.  We may schedule a rehearsal for this Friday 10/23 and I will let you know by Wednesday. 

 

The Bartlett High School Band will perform for our 8th grade band students this Thursday 10/22 at 11:45.  Right afterwards, 7th and 8th grade band students will perform at our first pep rally of the year to get ready for basketball season.  Please be practicing this music and we will practice it in class and at our required rehearsal (7th grade).   All band students should wear their band tshirt for this event.

 

We will have an important band booster meeting this Thursday night at 6:30 pm in the band room.  We will be discussing open house, the Halloween dance, Veteran's Day performance, poinsettia sale, and holiday concert.  Please make every effort to attend. 

 

Everyone should have received an email with poinsettia order forms and information.  We will have hard copies to distribute this week.  This is a great ISA fundraiser and many students have been very successful with this.  Orders will be due Friday 10/30. 

 

We need help with some posters for the Halloween dance on October 30.  Information to include: 6:30-8:30, costume contests for scariest, funniest, and best all around.  I would love to have these by this Friday and definitely by next Monday so that we can advertise around the school.

 

If you have any questions or concerns about anything, please email me at [email protected].  Looking forward to a busy but fun few weeks!

 

Mrs. S.