Willamette Valley pies delivery is today—Monday, November 4. All orders will be available for pick-up in the cafeteria from 3:15–4:15 pm only. Please note that we have no facilities for storing frozen pies after that time. Pies that are not picked up by 4:15 pm will be donated to CHS Staff. Please contact Stephanie Shanley at sbshanley@comcast.net with questions or concerns.

Congratulations to our student salespeople. They sold a whopping 457 pies for a profit of $3800, to be credited to the costs of the individual students’ Disneyland trips.

New band merchandise is now available for order online here through Monday 11/11 only!

Friends of Cleveland Bands sells these items at cost or close to cost to keep prices affordable. This is not a fundraiser. If cost is an issue for your family, financial aid is available. Please contact Mr. Riler or our Treasurer Stacey Lovett salovett75@gmail.com to request financial aid.

Deadline to order is November 11th. Ordered items will arrive before Winter Break. Questions? Please contact our Merch Co-Chairs Linh Vu linh_t_vu@yahoo.com or Megan Thatcher mthatch37@yahoo.com.

 

Delicious pies from our Willamette Valley Pie Company sale will be arriving Monday, November 4. We are looking for volunteers to help with sorting and distribution between (approx) 2:00 pm–4:00 pm—exact time to be confirmed by the driver the week before. We have 3 so far and need 5–8 total. We are also looking for large coolers to store the pies, which must be kept frozen.

Please contact Volunteer Coordinator Jennifer Means jennmeans@gmail.com or Pie Fundraiser Coordinator Stephanie Shanley sbshanley@comcast.net if you can help!

We are currently sitting at 93 students and 8 adults for the trip. The next phase will be room assignments, and other organizational work. Students will be given the opportunity to request room assignments for this trip. In the end, Mr. Riler will make any adjustments necessary to fill all of the rooms.

With a consensus of admin, chaperones, and the travel company—we are officially changing the travel dates of our Disney trip to Wednesday, March 18–Saturday, March 21. Specific departure times are not available yet, but the dates are a sure change. This change saved anyone from having to find $135 to make up the difference. This was not an easy decision in some ways, but financially it became obvious.

Delicious pies from our Willamette Valley Pie Company sale will be arriving Monday, November 4. We anticipate pies to arrive toward the end of the school day (exact time to be confirmed by the driver the week before), just in time for after-school pickup.

We are looking for volunteers to help with sorting and distribution between (approx) 2:00 and 4:00 pm. We are also looking for large coolers to store the pies, which must be kept frozen.

Please contact Volunteer Coordinator Jennifer Means jennmeans@gmail.com or Pie Fundraiser Coordinator Stephanie Shanley sbshanley@comcast.net if you can help!

The following students were accepted into the 2019 WIBC Honor Bands listed below on the basis of their auditions. Well done!

Firebird Band
Liem Friel—Trombone
Ellie Lane—Clarinet
Rena Marthaler—Flute
Tucker Ramsey—Tenor Saxophone
Ian Simpson—Horn
Lena Thomas—Bassoon
Sal Wallin—Trumpet

Thunderbird Band
Maia Conelly—Trumpet
Elliot Hutfilz—Trumpet
Perry Rachmuth—Trombone

Phoenix Band
Sophie Jacqmotte Parks—Trombone
Lorenzo  Jamesbarry—Trombone

Sunbird Band
Aaron Asay—Trombone
Olivia Grace—Flute
Jack Lattimore—Percussion
Mason Patrick—Trombone
Ray Randol—Horn
Miles Wheeler—Horn

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Congratulations to the following Cleveland Band students who have been selected into 2020 All State Ensembles:

OMEA High School All-State Jazz Band
Noah Brown—Piano

OMEA High School All-State Symphony Orchestra
Dana Frederick—Oboe
Leo Marchyok—Oboe

OMEA High School All-State Wind Ensemble
Viviana DePinto—Oboe

OMEA High School Symphonic Band
Maia Connelly—Trumpet
Lorenzo Jamesbarry—Trombone
Elizabeth Lane—Bb Clarinet
Perry Rachmuth—Trombone
Ray Randol—French Horn
Eddie Storr Desmond—Bb Clarinet
Anna Suydam—Bass Clarinet
Sal Wallin—Trumpet

All concert attire is available to be picked up. Dresses at school. Tuxes & shirts at Mr. Formal on SE 7th and Taylor.

Tuxes should be tried on in the store so any alterations that are needed can be scheduled promptly. Dresses will need to be hemmed, so these should be picked up soon also.

If you have not paid for your concert attire yet, please be sure that is done promptly. Checks or School Pay will work. Checks made out to CHS or you can find concert attire in the Band section of school pay.

Dresses are $63.
Full tuxes are $155.

We need to submit a picture of our group for the OMEA Conference performance by the first week of November, so I am planning on doing a group picture on Wednesday, October 30 during class.

There is still time to sign up for this Spring’s 4 Day Performing Arts Tour to LA/Disneyland! Deadline to sign up is October 25. Please visit our website for more info and registration forms https://www.clevelandbandspdx.com/band-trips/

PPS requires all volunteers to submit to a background check. It’s quick and easy! Just click here ».

As I have gone through the video of the Play-a-thon with the bands to listen to their specific performances and debrief, I am so proud of our students and the work they did that evening. I then consider all of the parents that were behind the scenes containing and feeding the masses in the music wing. Then there are the folks that planned everything and executed the GoFundMe page and the live stream without a hitch. What started as a crazy idea, has grown into an event that brings our Cleveland Band Family together and strengthens the bond between the students and the parents.

Thank you Brian Richardson for your attention to detail in making the GoFundMe campaign a success. Thank you Tammy Lewis and Craig Lewis for all of your efforts with the planning and execution of the event. Thank you Leo Lawyer for the silly videos you were willing to shoot to show your support of our program. Thank you to the entire Cleveland Band Family for all of the support that you generated. I am truly blessed to be the band director at Cleveland High School.