STUDENT HELP NEEDED!

We have many homemade decorations planned for our event and will need lots of help to create them!  All students are invited:

1.     To help decorate the gym on Saturday 2/9 from 9:00am – 4:00pm

2.     To CLEAN UP from 10:30-11:30pm. 

Sign-up sheets for all above dates and times are available in the band room.  As always, students will receive extra credit for their extra efforts!  Thank you in advance for donating your time to make our event a success for our learning community, and our greater Yorktown Heights community!

SAVE THE DATE: BANDAPALOOZA VI IS FRIDAY 3/1

On Friday, March 1st, the YCSD Band Program will hold its 6th Annual Town-Wide Band Concert (a.k.a. BANDAPALOOZA!) in the YHS Gym.  All band students grades 5-12 will participate.  This is a wonderful experience for all of our students – fostering positive relationships between all levels, and allowing our youngest band students and parents to see the full progression of our band program. 

Parent volunteers needed!

If you are interested in helping us achieve this intensely logistical feat, we would love your help!  Please e-mail me.

YOU SHOULD HEAR YOUR STUDENT PRACTICING (AND IMPROVING!) AT HOME

Our unit on the music of the Swing Era is a quick 6 weeks. Professional recordings of the weekly lesson homework assignments are posted on the YHS Band Dashboard to guide at home practice.  Extra help sessions are available weekly after school.  Students should see me for an appointment. My goal is for all students to experience success – please let me know how I can help.

WINTER CONCERT RECORDINGS AVAILABLE

The recordings of our Winter Concert are now available for download or live stream at www.yhsbands.com. Click the “Recordings” link at the top of the page, and then click “Winter Concert 2018.”

Many thanks to student webmaster Ryan Serafin (class of 2019) for his work posting these audio files. We hope you and your family enjoy listening! To the band students – you should be so proud of your concert performance!

CITRUS THANKS!

Many, many thanks to our army of parent and student volunteers who helped make our citrus delivery day run so smoothly! Whether you donated snacks, or your valuable time, it takes our collective herculean effort to organize and distribute all 1,500+ boxes. Thank you all so much!

Extra special thanks to the band dads who donated their time and labor unloading the truck, and especially Mrs. Theresa Ryan-Onatzevitch and Mrs. Adriana Beaudreault for masterfully organizing the parent volunteers and food donations.  We had both an abundance of help and food! And more thanks to Mrs. Ryan-O, Mrs. Beaudreault, and to Mrs. Laura Lee Milhaven, for donating their entire day to ensure that our logistics ran smoothly!

Extra Boxes Still Available

There are still boxes available in every size and variety. Please contact me if you would like to purchase. Boxes that are not sold by Friday afternoon will be given to charity.

YHS BAND HOLIDAY CAROLING A SUCCESS!

Last Sunday 20 band students had fun caroling around Yorktown center businesses. Many thanks to these students for sharing their music with our community, and spreading holiday cheer for all to hear!  

SAVE THE DATE

Our next concert performance is Saturday 2/9/19 at 7:00, in the YHS GYM.  This is our 10th annual Swing Dance and Concert.  All YHS Band students are required to attend.  It is both a concert, and a dance, and everyone is invited!  (Yes, parents, you are invited!  Don’t let your student tell you otherwise J).  This is an eagerly anticipated, well-attended and fun evening for our entire Yorktown community (last year we had many senior citizens attend and enjoy the evening with us!).  More details to follow.

WINTER CONCERT RECORDINGS AVAILABLE

The recordings of our Winter Concert are now available for download or live stream at www.yhsbands.com. Click the “Recordings” link at the top of the page, and then click “Winter Concert 2018.”

Many thanks to student webmaster Ryan Serafin (class of 2019) for his work posting these audio files. We hope you and your family enjoy listening! To the band students – you should be so proud of your concert performance!

CITRUS THANKS!

Many, many thanks to our army of parent and student volunteers who helped make our citrus delivery day run so smoothly! Whether you donated snacks, or your valuable time, it takes our collective herculean effort to organize and distribute all 1,500+ boxes. Thank you all so much!

Extra special thanks to the band dads who donated their time and labor unloading the truck, and especially Mrs. Theresa Ryan-Onatzevitch and Mrs. Adriana Beaudreault for masterfully organizing the parent volunteers and food donations.  We had both an abundance of help and food! And more thanks to Mrs. Ryan-O, Mrs. Beaudreault, and to Mrs. Laura Lee Milhaven, for donating their entire day to ensure that our logistics ran smoothly!

EXTRA BOXES STILL AVAILABLE

There are still boxes available in every size and variety. Please contact Ms. Kluga if you would like to purchase. Boxes that are not sold by Friday afternoon will be given to charity.

YHS BAND HOLIDAY CAROLING A SUCCESS!

Last Sunday 20 band students had fun caroling around Yorktown center businesses. Many thanks to these students for sharing their music with our community, and spreading holiday cheer for all to hear! 

SAVE THE DATE

Our next concert performance is Saturday 2/9/19 at 7:00, in the YHS GYM.  This is our 10th annual Swing Dance and Concert.  All YHS Band students are required to attend.  It is both a concert, and a dance, and everyone is invited!  (Yes, parents, you are invited!  Don’t let your student tell you otherwise J).  This is an eagerly anticipated, well-attended and fun evening for our entire Yorktown community (last year we had many senior citizens attend and enjoy the evening with us!).  More details to follow.

WINTER CONCERT THANKS

Congratulations and Bravo to all YHS Band students on a beautiful performance at Wednesday’s Winter Concert!  I am so very proud of you all, both for your musicality and for working together to ensure our concert logistics went smoothly!

And, many thanks to the band parents who donated food items, or their time, to create our post-concert celebration.  Special thanks to Mrs. Serafin and Mrs. Mohindra for coordinating the on-line donations.  What a special evening for our learning community!