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All band students are invited! Join us as we perform crowd-rallying music at the varsity football game, enjoy a pre-game dinner, and tons of Band spirit!

A student sign-up sheet is available in the Band room – RSVP by Thursday 9/26

What: Pep Band Dinner and Varsity Football Homecoming Game

When: Friday, September 27th

Report at 5:00pm for our pre-game dinner

Game at 7:00pm vs. John Jay Cross River

Where: Dinner will be pizza, salad, and dessert and will be served in the YHS Band Room

Wear: Your YHS Band Polo

PARENT HELP NEEDED, PLEASE

There are many opportunities to help by either donating supplies or your time.  Please visit our SignUp Genius to find out more. (Thank you to Ms. Rindone for her work to organize this event!).

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.

This morning many of our YHS Band students attended a fun apple picking trip to Wilken’s! Students enjoyed apple picking, a tractor ride, the corn maze, cider and donuts, and made priceless Band memories. Many thanks to Band Officers Gillian Grabowski and Joe Angelucci who helped organize our trip!

Last week, junior trumpet/horn player Ichiro Iizuka was honored to perform at the Shrub Oak 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony. Congratulations and thank you to Ichiro for his beautiful musical tribute.

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.

Auditions will take place from 1:40 – 3:00. Requirements and sign-ups are available in the Band room.  Weekly rehearsals will begin Thursday 9/26, 6:50-8:30pm.  Returning Jazz Band students do not need to audition.

Bring yourinstrument and charged cell phone. Wear your YHS Band polo. Music and Snacks will be provided. The football game will run from 7-9:30pm. We are playing Lakeland.

*Parents – we are looking for Pep Band snack/water donations, please. All snacks must be nut free and individually wrapped. Thank you!

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 and spirit-wear info are attached (sale is extended through 9/24!). Please consider joining, volunteering, and purchasing some awesome merch!

Flyers from Back to School Night and other musical opportunities.

As the Huskers are to YHS athletics, the First Nighters are to our Performing Arts programs.  Their sponsorship form and spirit-wear info are attached. Please consider joining, volunteering, and purchasing some awesome merch!

If you are receiving this, thank you for registering at www.yhsbands.com.  Please be sure to respond “OK” to the set-up verifications (phone and e-mail), as they may have ended up in your spam folder.  This is my primary method of communication for e-mail updates (for families), and lesson/event text reminders (for students).

Our band tech is provided by the very hard work of student webmasters Kelly Griffiths (’25), Devin Robinson (’26), Miles Fallon (’27), and head webmaster Joe Menduni (YHS class of 2014). Thanks guys!