Band Booster Family,
For those tracking the Music Dept Spring Break Trip, please note the following changes/clarifications:
- ADDED: Feb 21 (Tues), 6:30pm chaperone mtg in Choral Room
- Apr 18-22 Music Dept Spring Trip
- TBD/probably Apr 17 Spring Trip Meeting 7pm…Mandatory for parents & chaperones
Please be on the lookout for future changes/clarifications. Thanks for your patience & understanding as details continue to be workedJ
Humbly serving our kids,
Che
From: Che, Atsuko, Jonathan, & Justin Russell [mailto:crussell82@cox.net]
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 5:28 PM
Subject: Hayfield High School Band Msg #40...On the Downhill Side
Band Booster Family,
- Thank You: I heard the UVA Band trip was a success. Thank you to Linda Lichtman, Melvin Cloud, Ron Schmidt, Mary Power, & Sherri Tupik for chaperoning!
- Prelude: The large composite picture of the Marching Band is now available for purchase through www.jeaneimages.com using password, “2011band” when prompted. Click on the link, and order pictures from this site. Thank you to Band Booster parent/alumni Jean Martelli for sharing her photographic talents!
- Student Accounts for Music Department Spring Break Trip: By next week, we hope to send out detailed students accounts (including Tag Day, Fruit Sale, and other items) showing how much each student has toward their Spring Break trip and can be garnished from the fifth & final payment due March 1st!
Next big volunteer need: 2 & 3 Mar 2012, Band Festival… when Mr. Burke gets more details, we’ll need volunteers & chaperones.
First of all, here is the current schedule to finish out the school year http://www.hayfieldbands.com/id1.html :
NOTE: Major events highlighted in RED with some words of explanation…
February 2012
Rehearsal schedule for this week:
15 night rehearsal (w.e.) 6-8pm
22 night rehearsal (w.e.) 6-8pm
25 All-State Band Auditions (at JMU)…only those invited from All-District
28 CONCERT 7pm, no night rehearsal this week
March 2012
2, 3 Band Festival (symph. and w.e.)
When Mr. Burke gets more details, we’ll need volunteers & chaperones.
14 spring trip reh.6-8pm
21 spring trip reh.6-8pm
28 spring trip reh.6-8pm
April 2012
2-6 spring break
11 spring trip reh.6-8pm
14 Solo & Ensemble
12-14 all state band weekend (not at hayfield)
TBD/probably 17 Spring Trip Meeting 7pm…Mandatory for parents & chaperones
18-22 SPRING TRIP
May 2012
2,7,9,14,16,21,23, 30 Drum Major Clinics, Color Guard Clinics 2:15pm-3:20pm
10-12, 18, 19 High School Musical
7-22 Auditions for 2011-2012 bands, during class periods
17 Band Booster Meeting 7pm Band Room…discussions/decisions to finish out the year & prepare for the next school year
June 2012
6 Band Concert, 7:00pm…The Final Concert…another boutonnières making opportunity for seniors’ last concert and slideshow of senior pics x 3 (1 as a baby, 1 in the middle, and 1 near graduation)
7,8 Drum Major Auditions, during band classes
? Underclass Awards, 7:30am, Jazz Band
11 Tri-M Music Dept. Awards -pot luck dessert
14 Graduation, 4:30pm, Wind Ensemble…volunteers needed to serve lunch
18 Marching Band Clinic, 11:30am-1:30pm
Second, miscellaneous items:
- Fourth payment of $136 for February 1st for the Band Spring Trip, 18-22 Apr to Atlanta, GA…final payment due March 1st… http://www.hayfieldbands.com/id76.html
- Parents of seniors, it’s not too early to be thinking about the 3 pictures (baby pic, kid pic, & senior pic) you want to use for the Final Concert, Wed, 6 Jun 2012
Finally, our students REALLY NEED YOU! As most teenagers, they will NEVER admit this. Your VOLUNTEERISM is ESSENTIAL to THEIR SUCCESS!!! Additionally, they really do APPRECIATE seeing you @ their various events cheering for them. I hope to see ALL the parents volunteering @ various events throughout the year: ) If there is ANYTHING I can do or answer, please let me know. Please keep the following links for future reference:
- Hayfield Secondary School http://www.fcps.edu/HayfieldSS/
- Hayfield Band webpage http://www.hayfieldbands.com/
- Band Booster Blog http://www.hayfieldbandboosters.blogspot.com/
- Band Booster Sign-Up Genius http://signupgenius.com/go/hssband1
Humbly serving our kids,
Che Russell
Home (703) 405-9065
Cell (703) 963-4655
Work (202) 231-6273
Crussell82@cox.net
