Our 16th annual Memorial Day BBQ will take place at the Cirone home immediately following the parade. This is our end-of-year celebration and ALL BAND STUDENTS ARE WELCOME!
If your student is interested in attending, please have them RSVP in the band room. Information will be provided soon as to how you can contribute food donations for this event.
Chaperones and some additional help are needed. Look for an e-mail from band parent organizer Mrs. Serafin with info on how you can sign up
Our Jazz Band will be performing at Relay for Life. Ms. Kluga is still working with the Relay organizers to find out our finalized evening time. We will meet at a time TBA at the Jack DeVito memorial track (in town by the Yorktown Stage). Dress is concert black with your white tie. You are responsible for bringing your instrument, music, and water.
ADDITIONAL HELP NEEDED. We will need assistance bringing chairs, stands, and equipment from YHS to Relay. If you have a large car and are able to help, please let me know. We will load equipment on Friday 6/14 after school, and will need all equipment returned either after the performance, or on Monday morning.
If your student has a YHS owned instrument, please bring it into school TUESDAY MORNING 5/28. The instruments will be picked up for cleaning and service at that time.
If your student has rented from ARDSLEY or MUSIC & ARTS, they are also due in the band room. Please clean out your case, make sure all mouthpieces, ligatures, and mouthpiece covers are present. If you would like to continue your rental program over the summer, please contact your rental company.
Keep those lips in prime playing shape over the summer! If you are interested in renting an instrument from YHS, please see Ms. Kluga (fee is $25, check made payable to Yorktown Central School District). Instruments will be ready for pick up by the end of exams. If you are interested in exploring private lessons, Ms. Kluga would be happy to provide you with more information.
If you are interested in becoming a member of our core group of band parent helpers, please e-mail Ms. Kluga. We will be meeting in August to start planning next year’s events. If you are interested in becoming at First Nighter, please e-mail Ms. Kluga as well, and she will forward your information to them.
All Concert Band and Wind Ensemble students – a reminder that our rehearsal is tomorrow! We will practice performing our spring concert “grand finale” on stage together.
To celebrate their final concert, it is a tradition for the Seniors to go out to dinner. This year’s event will take place at Little Sorrento’s on Wednesday, 5/15 (the day of our concert) at 4:30pm. Cash payment of $25 is due tomorrow (Tuesday) in class.
Our Spring Concert will take place on Wednesday, 5/15 at 7:00pm in the YHS Auditorium. Your students and I look forward to performing for you!
§ Black Pants
§ Black Shirt (long-sleeved and button down)
§ Black Socks
To celebrate our student’s performance, and our senior’s final concert, we will host a reception in the cafeteria. Parent donations and help are needed – please refer to the e-mail from earlier this week (from parent organizer Margaret Serafin) for information on how you can help.
4/29-5/3 (Mon-Fri) ’19-‘20 Wind Ensemble Auditions
5/1 (Wed) First Nighters Awards Dinner (Juniors/Seniors only) 7:00pm
5/10-5/11 (Fri-Sat) NYSSMA Solo Festival @ Henrick Hudson HS
5/11 (Sat) Concert Band Six Flags Festival Trip
5/14 (Tues) Grand Finale Dress Rehearsal p.9 (All CB and WE students)
5/15 (Wed) YHS Spring Band Concert @ 7:00 pm (Senior dinner at Little Sorrento @ 4:30)
5/27 (Mon) Memorial Day Parade and Annual YHS Band BBQ
6/1 (Thurs) Band Officer Elections ’19-‘20
6/8 (Fri) Jazz Band performs at Relay for Life @ time TBA
PERFORMANCE AT THE SENIOR CITIZEN’S PROM:
Arrive in the YHS Band Room promptly by 5:50.
Wear all black and your white tie.
We will perform all of our songs from the year. Bring your music!
Pizza!
DRESS REHEARSAL:
Dress Rehearsal for our Spring Concert 7:30-9pm in the auditorium with the tech crew.
Our Concert Band Six Flags Festival trip is this Saturday! Students are asked to report to YHS at 6:00am, wearing their YHS Band polo, long black pants (please no yoga pants, sweat pants, or leggings) and black shoes. Students are welcome to bring a change of bottoms/shoes for our time in the park. The band polo must be worn all day.
PLEASE PACK YOUR STUDENT A BAGGED LUNCH, WATER, AND SNACKS FOR THE BUS. We will use our meal voucher for dinner in the park. G, PG, or PG-13 DVD’s are also welcome for our bus rides.
Our itinerary, expectation sheet, and medical form were distributed last week in class. Please return these forms, and a Xerox of your medical insurance card by this Wednesday 5/8. They are attached if you need them.
Our chaperones are:
YHS Staff – Ms. Kluga and Mr. Laber
Parents – Mrs. Beaudreault, Mrs. Florio, Mrs. Merlini, Mrs. Townes
All Concert Band and Wind Ensemble students – please mark your calendars to attend this rehearsal. We will practice performing our spring concert “grand finale” on stage together.
Our Spring Concert will take place on Wednesday, 5/15 at 7:00pm in the YHS Auditorium. Ms. Kluga and your students look forward to performing for you!
§ Black Pants
§ Black Shirt (long-sleeved and button down)
§ Black Socks
To celebrate our student’s performance, and our senior’s final concert, we will host a reception in the cafeteria. Parent donations and help are needed – please look for an e-mail from parent organizer Margaret Serafin for information on how you can help.