Concert and End of Nine Weeks Reminders
Good afternoon! Our holiday band concert is tomorrow evening Dec. 14th at 6:30 pm at New Hope Christian Church. Students need to be there seated at 6:00 pm and dressed in concert black (black bottoms, white shirt - with guys wearing a tie, black shoes and socks, and Santa or holiday hats are optional. Jazz band members will wear black shirts and bring white shirts with them. Please leave cases in the car. Tickets will be $2 at the door. All three grade level groups plus jazz and honor band will be performing and I hope to be finished around 8:00.
We will need a lot of help for this concert so please reply to this email or send me an email at [email protected] if you can help in the following areas:
*Equipment help - Please be at school by 5:20 to help with stands, timpani, bass drum, various other percussion equipment, keyboard, drumset, podium, etc..... We will need at least 4 trucks, vans, SUV type vehicles.
*Set up at the church and in between groups and tear down afterwards
* Ticket sales - Will need at least 2 parents at front for ticket sales
* Student monitoring - will need at least 2 parents to stay with each grade level group in the audience to monitor behavior and to help them get on and off the stage. Students have been told the rules - no phones or they will be taken up, no talking or being disrespectful to students in performances, no disrespect to an adult if they have to get on to you, no food or drink in audience (they are allowed water bottles). Students have been told that if they misbehave there will be consequences so please do not be afraid to be hard on them because they know what is expected.
Also, all Smart Music assignments are due by Monday 12/14 for full recording credit and at the latest by Wednesday 12/16 for points taken off for being late. I am busy listening to all of them and putting them in PowerSchool and there are a LOT of empty boxes in my Smart Music as I am listening to them. This is a big part of the student's grade and allows me to listen to them and give comments on their playing.
Also, there is a MuseScore composition assignment that is due by Wednesday 12/16 (preferably sooner) where students are to create their own 16-32 measure song. I gave the specifics on my Edmodo page and demonstrated in class, so they should know what to do. This is a 50 point assignment and there really is no right or wrong and I want the students to be creative. I have heard some really good things so far and from what I have heard, the students are enjoying composing. Students need to email me their compositions as an attachment to [email protected] or print off for me.
I'm looking forward to a great concert tomorrow night! Please email me if you have any questions or concerns or if you can help out in any way tomorrow night. Thanks so much!
Angela Sanders
We will need a lot of help for this concert so please reply to this email or send me an email at [email protected] if you can help in the following areas:
*Equipment help - Please be at school by 5:20 to help with stands, timpani, bass drum, various other percussion equipment, keyboard, drumset, podium, etc..... We will need at least 4 trucks, vans, SUV type vehicles.
*Set up at the church and in between groups and tear down afterwards
* Ticket sales - Will need at least 2 parents at front for ticket sales
* Student monitoring - will need at least 2 parents to stay with each grade level group in the audience to monitor behavior and to help them get on and off the stage. Students have been told the rules - no phones or they will be taken up, no talking or being disrespectful to students in performances, no disrespect to an adult if they have to get on to you, no food or drink in audience (they are allowed water bottles). Students have been told that if they misbehave there will be consequences so please do not be afraid to be hard on them because they know what is expected.
Also, all Smart Music assignments are due by Monday 12/14 for full recording credit and at the latest by Wednesday 12/16 for points taken off for being late. I am busy listening to all of them and putting them in PowerSchool and there are a LOT of empty boxes in my Smart Music as I am listening to them. This is a big part of the student's grade and allows me to listen to them and give comments on their playing.
Also, there is a MuseScore composition assignment that is due by Wednesday 12/16 (preferably sooner) where students are to create their own 16-32 measure song. I gave the specifics on my Edmodo page and demonstrated in class, so they should know what to do. This is a 50 point assignment and there really is no right or wrong and I want the students to be creative. I have heard some really good things so far and from what I have heard, the students are enjoying composing. Students need to email me their compositions as an attachment to [email protected] or print off for me.
I'm looking forward to a great concert tomorrow night! Please email me if you have any questions or concerns or if you can help out in any way tomorrow night. Thanks so much!
Angela Sanders