Weekly Email
Week 21 - 1/21/25-1/25/25 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Steel Band Rehearsals, Band Parent Meeting, Winston Walk, Band Rehearsals, Full Orchestra Rehearsal, Pit Orchestra, Band Sectionals, Side by Side (8th grade band buddies and leadership), Region Jazz Clinic and Concert, Winterguard Contest
Our Region Clinic and Concert was awesome! Congrats to all those that performed. Please take time to reflect on MLK Day and its importance. All the branches of the program get going this week, so let’s take it day by day. We will have our first winterguard show, region jazz performance and our Middle School Side by Side in the gym. This is an important recruitment event where our leadership and HS/8th grade band buddies perform a concert with our incoming 9th graders. Here is the schedule for the week:
MONDAY – Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No School
9:00am – 4:00pm Winterguard Choreography/Staging Camp
TUESDAY – School Canceled due to weather
Changes:
Symphonic Band Rehearsal Wednesday
Wind Ensemble Rehearsal Thursday
BPA Meeting Thursday
WEDNESDAY – Sectionals, Concert Band Rehearsal, Full Orchestra Rehearsal, Pit Orchestra
7:30am – 8:30am - W.E. Alto Sax sectional
7:30am – 8:30am – S.B. Clarinet sectional
7:45am – 8:45am – Pit Orchestra
1st Period – Jazz Ensemble/ Instrumental Ensemble
2nd Period – Instrumental Ensemble
3rd Period – Colorguard/Instrumental Ensemble
4th Period – Wind Ensemble/Drumline
6th Period – Symphonic Band
7th Period – Concert Band
8th Period – Instrumental Ensemble/Front Ensemble
4:30pm - 6:00pm– Concert Band Rehearsal
4:30pm - 6:00pm– Full Orchestra Rehearsal
THURSDAY – Winston Walk (Leadership/W.E.Trumpets), Pit Orchestra, Sectionals, Steel Band
7:30am – 8:30am - W.E. Low Brass/Low Reeds sectional
7:30am – 8:30am – S.B. French Horn sectional
7:30am – 8:30am – Steel Band
7:45am – 8:45am – Pit Orchestra
1st Period – Jazz Ensemble/ Instrumental Ensemble
2nd Period – Instrumental Ensemble
*Winston Walk – travel shirt and jeans*
3rd Period – Colorguard/Instrumental Ensemble
4th Period – Wind Ensemble/Drumline
6th Period – Symphonic Band
7th Period – Concert Band
8th Period – Instrumental Ensemble/Front Ensemble
4:25pm – 5:25pm – W.E. French Horn Sectional
4:25pm – 5:25pm – S.B. Alto Sax Sectional
FRIDAY – Pit Orchestra Rehearsal, Side by Side (travel shirt/jeans), Winterguard Rehearsal
7:45am – Pit Orchestra Rehearsal
1st Period – Jazz Ensemble/ Instrumental Ensemble
2nd Period – Instrumental Ensemble
3rd Period – Colorguard/Instrumental Ensemble
4th Period – Wind Ensemble/Drumline
6th Period – Symphonic Band
7th Period – Concert Band
8th Period – Instrumental Ensemble/Front Ensemble
4:30pm – 6:30pm – Side by Side with Middle School(8th grade/HS buddies and Leadership) – travel shirt/Jeans
4:45pm – 7:45pm – Winterguard Rehearsal
SATURDAY – Region Jazz Clinic and Concert, Winterguard Show
Region Jazz Students – see band app for info
Winterguard – McCollum HS Contest
1:45pm - Call time (band hall)
2:10pm – Rehearsal begins
3:10pm – Rehearsal ends
3:10pm – Load Truck and trailer
3:20pm – Eat/Get Dressed
4:20pm – Load Bus
4:30pm – Depart for McCollum High School
5:15pm – Arrive at McCollum
6:20pm – Move to Warm-Up
6:43pm – Body Warm-Up
6:56pm – Equipment Warm-Up
7:09 pm - Perform
8:46pm – Captains Retreat
9:46pm – Depart for CHS
10:30-45pm (Tentative) – Estimated arrival time/dismissal
***STUDENTS: There are lots of moving parts to this coming week. Please be sure to be where you need to be, when you need to be there. Best of luck to Guard at their first competition and Jazz students in the region concert! Please take tux jackets home with you on Friday. Recordings and rehearsals are a grade, so please take care of business.
***PARENTS AND STUDENTS: March is our last month to finalize band fee payments. Please drop off fees between now and then. Know that students will be submitting grades each week over Google Classroom. Feel free to help motivate them! Please feel free to jump into your Cuttime account to make sure all things are up to date with payment.
If you are still not on Cuttime, which means you are not receiving announcements now via cell phone sms messages, please check the Band App or past texts from Cuttime. BandApp also has info with this link: https://band.us/n/a4aeA5f2X3jd2 Please start using the google calendar for up-to-date Charger Band happenings. You can sync the calendar to your smart phone by clicking the +google button at the bottom right of the calendar at www.wcchargerband.org. Thanks!
Let’s have a GREAT week!
-Ms. Stevenson
