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GUIDED PRACTICE / JAZZ BAND SECTIONALS

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.

Tuesday 11/12 
Wednesday 11/13JB Trombone, JB Trumpet, JB Rhythm
Thursday 11/14JB Sax
Friday 11/15JB Combo

CITRUS SALE – PLEASE SUPPORT!

Thank you for supporting this sale – I am trying my best to create multiple fundraising opportunities for the benefit of all (Tag Sale, Citrus Sale, Swing Dance). The Citrus sale is our largest fundraiser and can have the most impact on bringing down the costs of our festival trips. Please support our cause!

I will print out updated sales reports this week for each student.

REMINDERS:

1.     Monday, November 18th is the on-line order deadline for truck delivery to YHS.

2.     Sunday, December 15th is the on-line order deadline for USPS delivery to your home/customers’ homes.

Use these links to send to family/friends/colleagues to help support our fundraiser:

YHS Concert Band online store: https://shop.floridaindianrivergroves.com/ecommerce/837673

YHS Wind Ensemble online store: https://shop.floridaindianrivergroves.com/ecommerce/498649

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Friday, December 13th is FRUIT DELIVERY DAY

Ship to organization pre-orders will be delivered to YHS via truck on Friday, December 13th.  Students are responsible for picking up their entire order and delivering to their customers. Pick-up hours are 2:30 – 6:30pm at YHS.  Parent and student volunteers will be needed all day (7am-7pm) to help unload and sort our orders. Please save the date!  

WINTER CONCERT REMINDERS

§  Our YHS Band Winter Concert will take place Tuesday, December 10th at 7pm in the YHS auditorium. Students will be asked to arrive by 6:30pm (Jazz Band at 5:45pm) for sound check.

§  Students are asked to wear “Concert Black,” which is all black professional, dressy attire.

o   Ladies: Black dressy shirt. No sleeveless shirts or spaghetti straps. Appropriate necklines, please. Black dressy pants or skirt (below the knee when you sit down) and black dress shoes.

o   Gentlemen: Black dressy button-down long-sleeved shirt with a collar. Black dress pants. Black dress shoes. Black socks.

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AREA ALL-STATE CONGRATS!

Congratulations to our YHS Music students who represented Yorktown as members of Area All-State this weekend; honor ensembles made up of the best student musicians in the county.

Bravo to juniors Gillian Grabowski (horn) and Selma Lyons (trumpet) on a beautiful concert performance with the AAS Concert Band!

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PROUD OF YOU, CONCERT BAND!

On Tuesday morning, I had an unexpected issue at home and needed to take part of the day. I’d like to give a shout out to our Concert Band students for running their own rehearsal in my absence.  Students helped each other get organized and successfully play through our daily exercise routine, and one of our songs. Thank you all for demonstrating excellent citizenship and musicianship! Special thanks to juniors Michael Mezzancello and Austin Georgescu for conducting.

PEP BAND THANKS!

Thank you to the 30 YHS Band students who turned out to support our Varsity Football team for their first playoff game. Friday evening was a great win and great fun!

Thank you so much to the parents who so generously sent in snacks, water, and hot chocolate – the students always very much appreciate and enjoy your generosity!

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FESTIVAL DATE CORRECTIONS ~ SAVE THE DATES!

I made two epic typos in last week’s update –  BOTH festival dates were not correct. (Although – both dates are listed correctly in our Band Handbook, which I shared in September…)

Please add these corrected festival dates to your family calendar:

WIND ENSEMBLE FESTIVAL TRIP

Students in the Wind Ensemble will participate in an overnight festival trip Friday 4/25 through Sunday 4/27. More info TBA.

CONCERT BAND FESTIVAL TRIP – SAVE THE DATE!

Students in the Concert Band will participate in a day festival trip on Saturday 5/17. More info TBA.