This Saturday, 12/5 at 6:00PM and 12/6 at 1:30PM, the West Point Concert Band will present free holiday concerts at Ike Hall on the West Point campus. The West Point Band is a professional ensemble, and their concerts are always top quality and great fun! Students who attend will receive extra credit. Please bring in a program from the concert. Visit their website for more details http://www.usma.edu/band/SitePages/Home.aspx
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Please review the dress requirements below for our concert (as found in the Band Handbook, which you all received back in September). Our professional and unified visual appearance is an important part of each performance. Hopefully some items are already part of your student’s wardrobe, and all are available at your local department store. Please contact Ms. Kluga with any questions.
Our concert is Wednesday 12/16, at 7:30 in the YHS Auditorium. Students will need to arrive by 7:00 to warm up.
Concert Dress – (as found in the YHS Band Handbook)
Ladies:
- Black dress pants or LONG black skirt. LADIES, LONG MEANS YOUR SKIRT FALLS BELOW THE KNEE! (no black jeans/jeggings/tights/yoga pants)
- Black Blouse– longish sleeves (no sleeveless shirts or spaghetti straps)
- Black stockings
- Black Shoes (no flip flops)
Gentlemen:
- Black Dress Pants (no black jeans/track pants/sweat pants)
- Black, Button-Down, Long Sleeved Shirt
- Black Socks.
- Black Shoes
To celebrate our student’s performance, we will host a reception in the cafeteria. Please look for an e-mail in the coming days from Band Aid Core Helper (BACH) Mrs. Serafin with info as to how to donate a food item, or to help us set up/clean up.
The citrus delivery date is Friday 12/18. All students are required to pick up their ENTIRE order on this day. Please mark your calendars! WE ARE IN NEED OF PARENT & STUDENT VOLUNTEERS FROM 2:30 – 7:00pm to help students assemble and pick up their orders. Please e-mail me if you are available. Please note the pick-up time is from 2:30 – 7:00pm. The start time of 2:30 will not disrupt the middle school buses.
Again this year, the YHS Band program is sponsoring a needy child for the holidays. His name is Fabian and he is in Kindergarten. Using the money we have raised from our various fundraisers, the band officers have purchased items from his list to Santa. If you are interested in donating additional items, please contact Ms. Kluga. Items are needed by Wednesday 12/9.
Similar to NYSSMA, YHS Band students are eligible to audition for our Westchester All County Jazz Band. Being selected is an elite musical honor and a fantastic opportunity to perform with some of Westchester’s most talented student jazz musicians! Interested students should prepare a jazz solo, fill out an application and attend the audition. Please see me for solo literature and an application. The application is DUE to me by Wednesday, 12/9. Auditions are Saturday, January 9, 2016 (9:00am – 1:00pm) at Greenville Elementary School in Scarsdale, NY.
The citrus delivery date is Friday 12/18. All students are required to pick up their ENTIRE order on this day. Please mark your calendars! WE ARE IN NEED OF PARENT VOLUNTEERS. Parent and student volunteers will be needed from 7:00 – 11:00am to help unload the trucks, and again from 2:00 – 7:00pm to help students assemble and pick up their orders. Please e-mail me if you are available.
85% of the funds generated from the Citrus Sale go directly into student personal accounts, toward their spring festival trip. 15% go into the band “general fund” and are used to pay for items that benefit all band students. Some examples include: chaperones for our festival trips (we can’t go on trips without chaperones, and are not allowed to roll chaperone fees into student costs), and band events and awards. This year funds enabled us to host the Ice Cream Social, will be used to host the Brentwood HS Wind Ensemble on 11/23, and for senior awards and scholarships at the end of the year. Funds generated from the Tag Sale and Swing Dance also benefit the band general fund. We are fortunate to be able to provide these opportunities to our students! Thanks to all for helping us do so.
Congratulations to the YHS Bands and Orchestras on another successful Citrus Sale! After a month of selling and a week of sorting through and tabulating orders (A HUGE THANK YOU to all the parent volunteers!) the results are in. Thanks to all for your help!
CB Total Boxes Sold: 542 (525 boxes last year)
CB Total Pounds Sold: 11,940
CB Total Citrus Sold: $16,178
CB Total Profit: $5,607
WE Total Boxes Sold: 479 (662 boxes last year)
WE Total Pounds Sold: 11,320
WE Total Citrus Sold: $14,554
WE Total Profit: $5,139
All lesson assignments and extra credit are up-to-date on the parent portal. Late work will be accepted for partial credit until Friday 11/6.
All band students have an end-of-quarter performance assessment at this week’s lesson (11/2). Students have been asked to prepare the scales and music that we have studied this quarter. We have reviewed the specific requirements together in class, and they are posted on the Dashboard. In addition, students are required to organize their band binder and bring it to their lesson. Directions for the binder check are attached.
You should hear your student practicing (and improving!) at home. Students are always welcome to practice during their free periods or after school. If your student would like extra help, I am available by appointment.
Often, Ms. Kluga receives requests for student musicians for various community events and activities. Some events offer community service hours, others offer payment. If you student would be interested in participating in any of the below events, please have them contact me.
1. North Westchester Nursing Home – looking for instrumental ensembles to perform holiday music, anytime this season. $25/hour
2. Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser for Brielle Furci – looking for instrumental ensembles to perform. Saturday November 7, 2015 at the Yorktown Firehouse. 4PM-8PM. Community Service Hours.
3. Yorktown Holiday Lights Parade – looking for band students to perform in the parade. Saturday12/6 6:00pm. Community Service Hours.
Each year we order sweatshirts for interested students. The sweatshirts are sold at cost. Sweatshirts are $32.95, or $39.95 if your student would like to have their name or instrument written on their sleeve. Interested students should fill out the attached form and bring in with payment. PLEASE MAKE CHECKS OUT TO THE YHS MUSIC BOOSTERS.
**ALL ORDERS need to be entered on-line BY FRIDAY 10/30 at 11:59pm.
**ALL PAPERWORK/PAYMENTS are DUE FRIDAY 10/30 in class**
Please follow the attached directions to log on to your personal citrus account page. If you have forgotten your personal password, you can find it by logging in to your dashboard.
We are looking for parent volunteers to help us tally our orders during the school day on Wednesday 10/28, Thursday 10/29 and Friday 10/30 from 7:15-9:00am and from 12:30 – 2:15pm. If you are able to be a part of these monumental counting sessions, please e-mail Ms. Kluga.