REVISED BAND SCHEDULE AS OF 11AM

No concert band today (Lots of kids out)

Concert band will rehearse Tuesday 10/27 from 3-5pm

Band Related Items week of 10/25

Rehearsal Schedule / Performance Schedule for the week of 10/25

First and foremost, you guys rock....way to go this weekend I'm so proud of each and every one of you. We came a long way this year and you should be proud of the work......hopefully this week we get to perform at a football game. Here is our schedule for the week:

Monday: concert band 4-6 auditorium
Tuesday: Nothing - enjoy your night off
Wednesday: St. Clair Halloween Parade - wear costume - report 515 bus leaves 530
Thursday: Disney Band 3-5
Friday: Home Game (Senior Night) vs Panther Valley (unsure about practice afterschool....depends on how we sound Wednesday and Thursday)

District Band / County Band / Susquehanna Band papers are due Tuesday.

MT

Week of 10/26

School related items:
7/8 Band and 9-12 Band:
-Continue practicing your music for the concert.

8 Music:
Monday: Quiz
Tuesday: 20th Century Music
Wednesday: Jazz
Thursday: Beginning of Rock and Roll
Friday: Bring in CDs of your favorite band, be prepared to talk to the class about them and that they are school appropriate :-)

Music Theory:
Monday: First 2 lessons of Unit 7
Tuesday: next two lessons
Wednesday: lesson 5, ear training
Thursday: Ear Training/Review
Friday: Quiz Unit 7

Week of 10/19 - 10/23

1st period band and 7th period band:
Continue practicing your concert music individually. Be prepared for concert band on Thursday 3-5pm after school.

8th Grade:
M: Nationalism- lecture notes
Tu: Nationalism cont. - worksheet - begin Impressionism
Wed: Impressionism cont. - worksheet
Thurs: Review for Test
Fri: Test on Romantic, Nationalism, Impressionism

Music Theory:
M: Review unit 6
Tu: Quiz on unit 6 in workbook
W. Lesson 26, 27 and 28 in workbook
Thurs: Lesson 29 and 30 in workbook
Fri: Review and listening activity from workbook

Band related things:
Monday: Nothing
Tues: Marching Band 3-5pm
Weds: Nothing
Thursday: Concert band 3-5pm
Friday: Marching band after school, home game vs Mah. Area
Saturday: TOB Chapter Championships @Shamokin (Report time will be somewhere around 2:00pm)
Sunday: Frackville Halloween Parade

ALL BAND RELATED ITEMS FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS

PLEASE BE AT EVERYTHING! Letter will be sent home....Bold stuff is new!
Wednesday 10/14: Concert Band 3-5pm
Thursday 10/15: Marching Band 3-5pm
Friday 10/16: Marching Band home game vs Bristol call time 3:15 pm
Saturday 10/17: Marching Band Competition @ Exeter call time 1:00pm (TENTATIVE)

Tuesday: 10/20: Marching Band 3-5pm DISNEY MEETING @ 5:15 for parents and students.
Wednesday 10/21: NOTHING
Thursday: 10/22: Concert Band 3-5pm
Friday: 10/23 Marching Band Home Game vs Mahanoy City call time 3:15 pm
Saturday: 10/24 TOB Chapter Championships @Shamokin HS

Sunday: 10/25 Frackville Halloween Parade 1:30ish MEET IN FRACKVILLE
Monday: 10/26 Concert Band 4-6pm
Tuesday: 10/27 OFF
Wednesday: 10/28 St. Clair Halloween Parade
Thursday: 10/29 Disney Band 3-5pm
Friday: 10/30 Senior Night vs Panther Valley - Report time 5:30

Week of October 12th

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Week of October 12th:
Short three day week this week:

7/8 Band and 9-12 Band (Pd. 1 and 7)
- You have a lot on your plate in terms of prepartion. Practice all your music this week, both concert and marching. Both are rapidly approaching. I plan to pass out Disney music at the beginning of next week. Remember to also look at county/district solos.

8 Music:
W: We will review with a worksheet pertaining to topics about Early Romanticism and Romantic Opera. I will begin to lecture on late romanticism.
Tr: Continue discussion about late romanticism moving possibly into nationalism.
Fr: Worksheet on Late Romanticism and listening to some Bruckner / Mahler (my favorites)
*** LOOKING AHEAD***** Next week: Continue Nationalism, Review, Test on Romantic Period + Nationalism. 5x5 assigned next week as well.

Music Theory:
This week will be difficult for some of you because the topics we are discussing might not be as easy as they are for you as they are to others. We are going to look at Flats and Sharps this week, Naturals, and Whole/Half steps. We will have a quiz mid-week next week, and I am not sure how far we will get every day....depends on you. Overview is:
Lesson 22 and 23 on Weds
Lesson 24 and 25 on Thursday
Practice and Dictations on Friday


Concert Band: Practice Wednesday October 14th from 3-5pm
Next Practice is Wednesday October 21st from 3-4pm (This is a change from Monday the 19th due to District chorus and other things)


Marching Band: Great weekend this weekend folks! You guys did fantastic and I am so proud of each and everyone of you. I listened to all nine tapes and have some good ideas for this upcoming week. It is VERY IMPORTANT that you are on time on Thursday. We will rehearse up until 5 adding in some new visuals, working on starts and stops and doing some basic marching. I have an exercise that I found will work in order to help us start together and stop together. We will work visually on the last half of the show as that is truely our weakest.

Musically: We are doing very very good keep up the good work and don't slack....Only a few more rehearsals and we will be done.

Disney Band: I am going to hopefully see each one of you by the end of the week and have music ready to hand you. A lot of preparation will be individual preparation. Please be responsible. Our first Disney Practice will be Thursday October 29th after school.


MT