Daily Archives: September 30, 2024

All 85 YHS Band students joined musical forces to put the “pep” in Friday’s school-wide Pep Rally. The students performed 10 tunes and sounded great! 

I’m so proud of our Pep Band students for lending their enthusiastic musical support at Friday’s Homecoming game! We are thrilled to be part of such an awesome showing of support from our YHS community – go Huskers!

Our next Pep Band performance is Friday 10/18 (vs. Rye! Big game, folks!).  Report to the Band Room at 5:45pm. Game is at 7:00pm. Please mark your calendars and join us!

To our Band Families, thank you so very much for your help making our Homecoming event a success for our students! Your work on our behind-the-scenes logistics is so appreciated; whether you donated money for the pizza, sent in snacks, or volunteered your time, our event was a smooth and enjoyable experience because of you.  Our students treasure these Band traditions, and it is wonderful to see them having fun and enjoying social time together!

Special thanks to Ms. Rindone for your work and time being the lead parent organizer for this event and to Mrs. Mezzancello for organizing and picking up our pizza order!

Please join me before school (from 7:10…or whenever you get off the bus… until the first bell) to practice improvising. Help yourself develop your skills and a plan for success!

Do you need help practicing your lesson HW assignment? Guided practice sessions are 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.

What a fun first rehearsal last week! Let’s keep building on your infectious enthusiasm and musicality! Music, recordings, and HW are all available on Dashboard, and cross-posted on Google Classroom. Please arrive by 6:50 so we can be warmed up and tuned to start promptly at 7:00. Thanks!

Our 21^st annual Citrus Sale begins tomorrow! We will review ordering information in class this week, which will also be available on Dashboard, Google Classroom, and in paper form in the Band Room. 

Each year, our Band, Choir, and Orchestra ensembles all participate in regional music festivals.  The monies raised from our Citrus Sale will help students defray the cost of their personal festival participation. In 2019, our best sale ever, our music students SOLD 1,498 boxes and earned a PROFIT of $21,820.

Our annual Music Boosters Tag Sale is a fun fundraiser and community building event!  Please save your stuff to donate.  Our sale is Saturday 10/19 from 9am-2pm at YHS.  We will be accepting donations on Friday 10/18 from 2:30-7pm.  Tell your friends and neighbors!  Parent and student volunteers are needed to make this event a success.  Look for an e-mail this week to find out how you can help.

As the Huskers are to YHS athletics, the First Nighters are to our Performing Arts programs.  Their sponsorship form is attached.  Please consider joining and volunteering.

Local musical opportunities