DC/NYC Trip Commitment Form and Deposit Due Friday, September 20
- Band_DC-NYC_Commitment_Form
- Dates for the trip are Friday, February 28 – Tuesday, March 4.
- Cost will be $800-$1,000.
- Spending money will be $100-$200
- We need 25 or more students to go to make it financially viable
- See commitment form for list of after-school rehearsals for students going on the trip
- Performances and workshops will depend on the instrumentation/experience levels of the students going
- We will work on a menu of sight-seeing options from which students may choose during free time.
- 2014 Cary Academy Band DC-NYC Preliminary Itinerary and Cost
Free tickets to WSHA 88.9 FM Benefit Concert (Jazz) September 14
WSHA 88.9 FM has graciously given us 12 comp tickets. If you would like tickets, please fill out the google form by Tuesday at 9pm.
Little Book of Talent – read by Monday, September 9
We will discuss in class this Monday and Tuesday.
Grush’s Deep Practice Tip of the Week (from Daniel Coyle’s “The Little Book of Talent”)
4. Buy a notebook – What matters is that you write stuff down and reflect on it
I have a notebook, am recording thoughts after each practice session, and reflecting on them before my next session.
Goofy Extra Credit
Congratulations to the students/parents who identified the places in the Band Handbook I had inserted the word “goofy”. Over half of you found atleast one “goofy”! There were 6 occurrences, each basically 1/3 of a point of extra credit, but I rounded everything to the nearest whole number.
Online form Extra Credit – Goofys