4/23 (Sat) Swing Dance @ 7pm (Set-up & clean-up help needed 8am-4pm & 10:30pm-12am)
4/25-4/29 (Mon-Fri) ’22-‘23 Wind Ensemble Auditions
5/18 (Wed) YHS Spring Band Concert @ 7:00 pm (Senior dinner at Little Sorrento @ 4:30)
5/21 (Sat) Music Festival Trip 7am-11pm (Details below!)
5/30 (Mon) Memorial Day Parade and Annual YHS Band BBQ
6/10 (Fri) NEW! Jazz Band Performance at Relay for Life (8:30pm)
6/25 (Sat) Wind Ensemble ’22-’23 performs at YHS Graduation
Offered weekly and hosted by our junior and senior band members. Thank you! Students who lead or attend a session receive 1 point of extra credit. Sessions are held period 9, unless noted otherwise. I am also always available for help by appointment.
| Monday 4/18 | Percussion Ensemble, JB Trumpet |
| Tuesday 4/19 | JB Trombone, JB Rhythm |
| Wednesday 4/20 | Clarinet Choir, Low Brass with Ryan, JB Sax |
| Thursday 4/21 | Clarinet with Joe |
Our next rehearsal is Thursday 4/21 from 6:50-8:30. Your homework, professional recordings, and sheet music are posted on Dashboard.
What: 13th Annual Swing Dance Concert
When: Saturday 4/23
Time: Dance Lesson 7-8pm / Music and Dancing 8-10:30pm
Where: YHS Gym
Cost: $15 for adults / $10 for students and seniors. Tickets sold at the door. YHS Band students are free.
WHEN STUDENTS SHOULD ARRIVE:
1. Jazz Band – our sound check begins at 5:45. Arrive at 5:30 so you can be ready to play at 5:45.
2. Students interested in participating in the dance lesson – arrive by 6:45pm.
Students who participate in the dance lesson will receive 2 points of extra credit.
3. Students NOT interested in participating in the dance lesson– arrive by 7:30pm.
Upon arrival ALL STUDENTS should place their instruments/cases/coats/etc. in their designated warm up rooms. A reminder to respect these spaces – do not touch items that are not yours, and clean up after yourself.
WIND ENSEMBLE WU ROOM: Husker Discovery
CONCERT BAND WU ROOM: Room 138
*After students put their personal items in the warm up room, they should report to the ticket table to have their hand stamped for free entrance into the dance. *
In lieu of the usual concert black, Swing Era attire is encouraged! Ideas are below and were reviewed in class.
Boys
Usual Concert Attire: Black pants, long sleeved button-down black shirt, black shoes, black socks
AND/OR Swing Additions: fedora hats, suspenders, solid color or pin striped shirts, colorful ties, spats, jackets.
Girls
Usual Concert Attire: Black top (appropriate neck-line, no spaghetti straps or sleeveless tops), black skirt or dress (appropriately below the knee), or black pants.
AND/OR Swing Additions: polka-dots, saddle shoes, any color 1940’s style dress as long as it has an appropriate neckline, sleeves, and falls below the knee. When seated to perform, your skirt must cover your knees.
Get into the “swing” of things and have fun dressing up in 1940’s style.
STUDENT HELP NEEDED:
To help organize supplies and decorations Monday 4/18 through Friday 4/22 1:35-2:30.
To help decorate the gym on Saturday 4/23 from 8:00am – 3:00pm.
To CLEAN UP from 10:30pm-12:00am.
PARENT HELP NEEDED:
The link for the sign-up form can be found here:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e094dada829a6f85-yhsband1
We are still in need of EVERYTHING – food, drinks, supplies, and volunteers.
**Special items needed ASAP: paper basket filling and about 20 jumbo shrink wrap basket bags. Please e-mail Ms. Kluga and send into school with your student**
Questions? Please contact parent organizer Sarah Gambetta ([email protected]) or Ms. Kluga.
In case they haven’t shared, we have all been learning how to swing dance every Thursday in class. All YHS Band students are now equipped with stunning swing dance moves which Ms. Kluga hopes they will use at our event! (Now, they just have to get up the courage to ask someone to dance :). This Thursday, we are looking forward to working with the professional dance instructors!
Everyone knows it takes a lot of guts to ask someone to dance! (And, it doesn’t matter who does the asking…lady or gentleman). The correct answer when asked to dance is “Yes.” As we’ve been learning in class, you should introduce yourself to your partner at the beginning of your dance, and thank them at the end of your dance.