Countdown to April 26 concert – 2 weeks!!
Band concert outfits – click this link for details on the normal black and white outfit guidelines
- OPTION 1, REGULAR OUTFIT WITH ACCESSORIES – add to your black and white concert outfit – a hat, wig, cape, sash, etc. to represent a movie character. Be tasteful and modest, not offensive.
- OPTION 2, ENTIRE MOVIE COSTUME – If you have an entire costume, take a picture of yourself wearing it and email to Mr. Grush by Friday, April 21. Outfits should be modest. No princess Leia – prisoner of Jabba the Hut outfits or Channing Tatum from Magic Mike outfits! If Mr. Grush approves, you may wear the costume INSTEAD of your black and white outfit.
- OPTION 3, REGULAR OUTFIT – Wearing your regular concert black and white outfit by itself is fine as well. All boys wear a tie (choose your own regular tie or bowtie; have it tied BEFORE you come or find someone besides Mr. Grush to ask for help). Also note that boys wear a long sleeve white dress shirt, tie, black dress pants, black dress shoes, and BLACK socks (not blue, not white, not no socks – BLACK socks).
- All 6th graders, since this is your first concert, please take a picture of yourself wearing whatever outfit you choose by Friday, April 21 and email to Mr. Grush (boys make sure I can see you wearing BLACK socks and dress shoes. Borrow some black dress shoes don’t want to buy some for just one concert. Ask friends in chorus or orchestra)
MS-BB Band Weekly (condensed newsletter/plans – updated Monday mornings)
US-US Jazz Weekly (condensed newsletter/plans – updated Monday mornings)
What Are We Doing This Week? (weekly plans – all classes, updated Sundays)
What are we Doing Today? (daily plans – individual classes, updated each morning)
Playing Appointments for this week (updated Sundays)
Special Rehearsals
Click link above for details and future weeks
- Tues. 4-11 US/MS Bands (7th-12th grade, no jazz) combine 2:30-3:15
- Wed. 4/12 MS/US Jazz Bands combine 9:45-10:35 (MS break and 3rd period)
Signup for Student Pizza dinner before the concert
Click link above for details and to sign-up by Monday, April 24.
Thanks to Bee Nowell for providing a pizza dinner for any student who signs up. (Since this concert is INSIDE, we will not have a food truck for families). But, families and siblings should check at 6:00pm. Any pizza left over is fair game. Since all students have to arrive by 6:00 for rehearsal, families would have enough time to see if there is pizza left or to head back out for a quick supper before the 7pm concert if all the pizza is gone. 🙂
5:00 – 5:30 US band students to eat then on stage at 5:30
5:15 – 6:00 All other band students to eat then on stage at 6:00
6:00 Leftovers available for families
Drop Deadline for PA do-overs is Friday, April 21
- You may submit a recording. (Email me to alert me if you submit a recording. I do not sit at my computer checking every 5 minutes in hopes that someone has sent me a recording :-))
- You may play in person for me. I usually have 20-40 available times for students to see me outside of class each week. That is 3-6 hours I set aside every week. Many times have gone unused over the past month. Time and my availability are running out. Check the schedule and let me know when you want to come. Playing Appointments for this week. I cannot guarantee how much time I will have next week.
Practice Strategies
Click link above
- 10 minute Power Practice Session
- Procedure for teaching yourself to count in your head and to figure out rhythms
- Using metronome
Class Haiku pages (Powerschool, P Learning, whatever you want to call it) – check T3 Syllabus and T3 Portfolio changes.
Beginning Band (6th grade)
MS6 Band
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