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The first practice for all Disney trip students is Tuesday, March 3rd 3:30 pm–5:30 pm. Make sure your student have extra snacks, and bring a water bottle. The next practices are scheduled Thursday, March 12th and Monday, March 16th.
Reminder that all Disney trip students will need to meet after school on Tuesday, March 17th at 3:30pm to load the U-Haul.
It’s hard to believe this year’s Spring Festival band concert is practically upon us (Wednesday, March 11)! Time to start planning dessert! In addition to replenishing precious glucose in both musicians and audience members, the bake sale supports our students by funding everyday necessities such as sheet music, instrument repairs, visiting clinicians, and so much more!
You can sign up to bring goodies and to help set up, work the tables during intermission, and help clean up afterwards here. (Please note that Sign Up Genius does not require an account. Just enter your email address, choose your contribution, and SignUp.com will send you an automated confirmation and reminders.) Questions or concerns? Please contact Heidi Guite at nguite@aol.com.
And remember: when it comes to baked treats, too much is never enough.
A huge round of applause for our courageous solo and ensemble musicians who performed at Saturday’s PIL competition. Participation in this event is an accomplishment and an honor and every student who performed deserves recognition. You can find the day’s results here » Mr. Riler will have adjudicator’s sheets available on Monday (today).
If anyone has photos and videos of the day to share, please upload them to the band’s google photos folder »
Come hear our small chamber ensembles this Thursday, February 27 at 7:00 pm before they perform at this year’s upcoming PIL Solo and Ensemble Contest (Saturday, February 29 at Wilson HS). This evening marks the only opportunity for our chamber groups to run through their music in front of a live audience; experience shows that learning to play through nerves is an important part of their preparation! There will be a reception with refreshments to follow.
View the finalized schedule for this Saturday’s event. Participants should arrive 45 minutes before scheduled performance time to find room, warm up, and be in performance room 10 minutes before performance.
Students need their own transportation. They are encouraged to come and support each other as long as they can, but they can come and go as they need to. You can find the link to the participant information here.
This Tuesday is CHS Basketball Senior Night & Alumni Hall of Fame—and also the last chance for students who need to make up hours of unexcused missed football games. GOLD and GRAY Pep Bands are scheduled. Call time is 6:15 pm. The Cleveland boys basketball is playing Franklin. Go Warriors!
The Disney trip is fast approaching. Mark your calendars for practices that will start Tuesday, March 3rd 3:30 pm–5:30 pm. The last rehearsal will be Monday, March 16th. Please check the band’s calendar.
All Disney trip students will need to meet after school on Tuesday, March 17th at 3:30pm to load the U-Haul.
All participants and at least on parent are required to meet on Wednesday, March 11, 6:00 pm.
Updated 3:00 am “call time” at PDX to catch our 5:00 am flight. Jet Blue moved departure time from 6:00 am to 5:00 am.
The Portland Chapter of the American Guild of Organists (AGO), in cooperation with the Columbia River Theatre Organ Society (CRTOS), will be meeting in the CHS auditorium at 7:00 pm on Friday, February 21st, and all members of the CHS community are welcome to attend!
Organ virtuoso Martin Ellis will introduce us to Cleveland’s wonderful Kimball Theatre Organ. He will do a 30-minute-ish presentation about the history and comparisons between theatre organs and classical instruments, and then a 30-minute-ish program of varied repertoire…Bach, Messiaen, Broadway, and Pop are all possibilities! Afterward, there will be time for Q&A and a brief open console/organ crawl.
As mentioned last week, a number of key positions in the Friends of Cleveland Bands organization will be opening up next year as seniors graduate and take their parents with them. We urge parents and guardians whose students are remaining (especially freshmen and sophomores) to take advantage of this fantastic opportunity to help steer the program to continued success. It takes a community to build a community!
For a detailed description of positions we are looking to fill please see the attached list. Interested? Please contact volunteer coordinator Jennifer Means at jennmeans@gmail.com. You won’t regret it.
