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Announcements For the week of March 04, 2009
ATTENTION SYMPHONIC BAND
Mr Scott would like to commend those members of the symphonic band who come to practices prepared. Prepared means on time, with instrument, with music, having practiced said music, and eager to perform. According to Mr. Scott this description applies to approximately one half of the current Symphonic Band. To the remaining half, Mr. Scott issues a warning. If you do not know your music by Friday, there will be swift consequences. To be clear, or you will be required to attend additional morning and weekend rehearsals, and or you will be terminated from the performance/competition. As of this Friday, March 6, 2009, student must know their music or "bands" will be cut from the program-Concert Festival.
Attention Parents of Symphonic Band
Please help your student succeed by ensuring a timely arrival to all morning rehearsals, monitoring practices at home, and by following through on practice chart documentation. This will go a long way to insure a quality performance by our band. Please note that simply turning in a practice chart does not guarantee that quality practice is taking place. Mr. Scott can hear those children that are improving and even more so those that are not. Make sure your child is spending quality practice time for the times that are submitted at week's end.
Concert Festival
The concert festival for our symphonic band will be on March 25th. Concert Festival is an adjudicated contest to evaluate our performance as a musical ensemble. Details to follow.
Symphonic Band Percussionists: Reminder
There will be a rehearsal after school on Wednesday, March 4, 2009. The rehearsal will last until 4:30pm.
Concert Opportunity
The Charleston Wind Ensemble will be performing in Concert on Sunday, March 8, 2009 at 3pm. The performance will be at West Ashley High School. This is an opportunity to satisfy a concert requirement.
Trip update
*Please note that seat availability is on a first come first serve basis for all Cario Band trips.
FLORIDA TRIP
Be on the look out for your new statement as fundraising credits have been posted. All trip payments are now past due. Please get your payments in ASAP!
PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS IT IS EXTREMLY IMPORTANT
ANY STUDENT WHO HAS NOT PAID ALL OF HIS OR HER BAND FEES FOR THIS YEAR, WILL NOT BE ALLOWED ON THE BUS FOR THE FLORIDA TRIP. PLEASE NOTE THAT EVEN IF ALL OF THE FLORIDA TRIP FEES HAVE BEEN PAID, HE OR SHE IS STILL INELIGIBLE TO ATTEND UNTIL THEIR INITIAL BAND FEE HAS BEEN PAID IN FULL. THIS WILL BE ENFORCED WITHOUT EXCEPTION. Please refer to the Band Handbook on page 4, under "Additional Band Member Expectations".
** We will be having a parent meeting on Monday, March 16, 2009. Florida information packets will be distributed for all Students that have no outstanding fees. Student account balances will be checked prior to this meeting to determine eligibility status for each child.
CAROWINDS
Mr. Scott is taking 96 students to the 33rd Annual Carowinds Festival of Music May 29. Be aware that, because this is a competition event and a reward for hard work, all students who have signed up must meet Mr. Scott's qualification criteria. This trip is full. We have started a waiting list in case a student needs to drop out.
**Thank you to all those great band parents that volunteered to chaperon our Florida and Carowinds trips. To date, we have filled all of our chaperon positions. If you were selected for the Florida trip, you should already have received notification and information from the trip coordinator. Please note, if you have volunteered, we are keeping you name on a standby list in case one of our chaperones must cancel. We have not notified the Chaperones for the Carowinds trip at this time. Thank you again for offering your time.
All State Band and All Region Band Information
Here is the link for the All State Concert
Congratulations to all our Cario Students who performed in the Region Band.
The concert was absolutely BEAUTIFUL!
Thank you for your hard work and Thank you to those parents that volunteered their time to the Regional event.
Fundraising
Please note: The See's Candy fundraiser was an overwhelming success. Due to this fact, the candy company has asked for more time to produce enough of their quality product to fulfill our extra large order. The new delivery dates are below.
- Delivery dates are Thursday, March 17, 2009 for the Chocolates (Plenty of time for those Easter baskets) and Wednesday, April 22, 2009 for the flowers.
- Delivery times for chocolates on March 17, will be 7:15am-9:00am (this is symphonic band rehearsal morning) and 2:00pm to 4:00pm. We will be located in the hallway in front of the band room.
- Delivery date for flowers is April, 22, 2009, 2:00pm-6:00pm in front of the cafeteria.
Student Account Statements
The proceeds from the fundraisers have been posted. Any questions or issues should be directed to Ginger Bridges at Treasurer@cariobands.org.
Upcoming Symphonic Schedule and Info
- Rehearsal Monday, March 9, 7:15 am
- Rehearsal Wednesday, March 11, 7:15 am
Wando Marching Band
For those students who will be moving on to the Wando Marching Band this summer, The Wando band has posted the summer rehearsal schedule on their band web site for help in planning summer vacations. It is extremely important to attend all of the listed rehearsals, so please try to schedule vacations around them. The following link should take you to their web site where the schedule is located on the first page "Summer 2009 and Fall 2009 Calendar". www.Wandobands.org
Thank You and Have a Great Week!!!
Betsy