Winter Concerts and Parades

Dear Parents,

Our second wave of performances begins in a little over a week!  Students from all groups are making good progress.  Here are the highlights:

• 36 students auditioned for Honor Band and results are just a couple days away.  
• Students also took a music concepts quiz and generally did very well.  
• Concert Band members are working on earning their orange "band karate" belts.
• Beginning Band students just learned how to play eighth notes. 

We have four events coming up that will involve all performing groups.  Please note that these events are mandatory for the performing groups involved.

December 4: Winter Concert, Part 1
This concert features Beginning Strings, Beginning Band, and Concert Band.  Call time is 5:30 PM for Beginning Strings and 6:00 PM for everybody else at the Carson City Community Center.  The concert begins at 6 PM and should end by 7 PM.  Additional details may be found HERE
December 5: Carson City Tree Lighting
This event features the Advanced Band as they perform Christmas music for part of the tree lighting ceremony.  Call time is 6:15 PM at Telegraph Square and their performance will take place between 6:30 and 7:00 PM.  I encourage students to wear an ugly Christmas sweater, decorate their instruments, and HAVE FUN!
December 6: Sparks Hometowne Christmas Parade
This event features Intermediate Band and Advanced Band.  Call time for students is 9:00 AM in the band room.  The parade begins at 1 PM in Sparks.  Following the parade, students will be given time to explore Meadowood Mall before returning to CMS by approximately 5 PM.  Additional details may be found HERE
December 11: Winter Concert, Part 2
This concert features Advanced Strings, Intermediate Band, Advanced Band and Jazz Band.  Call time is 5:30 PM for Advanced Strings  and 6:00 PM for everybody else at the Carson City Community Center.  The concert begins at 6:00 PM and should end by 7:30 PM.  Additional details may be found HERE

*Your Intermediate Band and Advanced Band students have been asked to try on their tuxedo shirts from last year.  Please make sure they do this BEFORE Thanksgiving break so we can manage trade-ins and ensure that everyone has a proper fitting uniform for their concerts.*

Practice Logs

All classes broke the 80% benchmark, which means that there will be no practice logs due this week!  Students may still turn in a practice log for extra credit.  Here's the breakdown of how each class did:

Concert Band: 91%
Intermediate Band: 86%
Advanced Band: 83%
Advanced Strings: 90%
Beginning Band: 97%
Beginning Strings: 94%

Remember, just because there isn't a practice log due does not mean you should stop encouraging them to practice this week!

After School Rehearsals

Now that honor band auditions are completed, we have two more marching rehearsals and one jazz band rehearsal:

November 25: Marching Band Rehearsal, 2:45-4:30 PM
December 2: Marching Band Rehearsal, 2:45-4:30 PM
December 9: Jazz Band Rehearsal, 2:45-4:30 PM

Parent Meeting

We will have a planning meeting to discuss all upcoming events on Monday, December 1 at 6:30 PM in the CMS Band Room.  Anyone is welcome to attend.

And that's the news! As always, let me know if you have any questions or comments.

Mr. Jacques