The 7th Inning Stretch

Dear Parents,

With baseball season officially in full "swing," I've recently started thinking of a school year as being similar to baseball.  What do they have in common?  Well, just like a game has 9 innings, the school year has 9 full months.  There are ones that are filled with quite a lot of activity, and others that are rather quiet.  Coming off spring break, I realized that we also get our own "7th inning stretch," which, might I add, seemed very necessary for both the students and their director!

This week, students have been hard at work selling magic tickets, learning new music, refining old music, and preparing for high school band auditions.  With less than 2 months to go, it's going to be a whirlwind finish to what has been a truly wonderful school year. Here's a list of the rest of the year's events as I know them:

April 12: Magic Show featuring Garry Carson at the Brewery Arts Center; 7:00 PM show, $10 per ticket, kids under 5 years old are free.
April 14-16: All-State Band in Las Vegas
April 20: String Fling at EVMS, 7:00 PM concert; mandatory for all strings
April 21: NZNMEA Music Festival, Silverland Middle School; mandatory for Concert Band, Beginning Band, Advanced Strings, and Beginning Strings
April 25: NZNMEA Jazz Festival, Yerington, 6:00 PM concert; mandatory for Jazz Band
April 26: STEAM Night Jazz Band Performance; mandatory for Jazz Band
April 29: Reno Jazz Festival Clinic; mandatory for Jazz Band
May 19-22: Spring Trip to Disneyland
May 24: Spring Concert, Part 1; mandatory for Advanced Strings, Intermediate Band, Advanced Band, and Jazz Band
May 25: Spring Concert, Part 2; mandatory for Beginning Band, Beginning Strings, and Concert Band.
June 2: 8th Grade Promotion; mandatory for all 6th and 7th grade band members.
June 6-10: Jazz Camp; 9 AM-12 PM each day

If anything else comes up, I will announce it the moment I find out.  This list should be pretty complete for now as we finish out the year.

Have a great weekend!

-Mr. Jacques-