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Samohi Bands Newsletter (2010-11 #11) |
1. Marching BandFamily Night with the Band |
1. Marching BandFamily Night with the Band:This is a very special night with the Band and will be held on Fri, Sep 3 from 6-9pm. Instead of our usual Potluck dinner, we will be selling a hot dog dinner for $5 for adults and $3 for students. Family and friends are all welcome to attend!Please gather on the west side of the cafeteria near the Greek Theater. We need volunteers to help set-up, cook hot dogs, serve food and clean-up.Contact Leah at leahonline2@yahoo.com to let us know what you can do to help! |
| 2.UniformFittings/VolunteersNeeded:Uniform fittings will continue this week during band camp Aug 30-Sep2 9am-12noon. If you have not signed up as yet, please contact me ASAP. I can still use somehelp during these fittings and each evening 6-9pm hemming, repairing and ironing uniforms. I can also use help selling band merchandise during registration Aug 30 and 31, 8:15am-3:15pm. Any time you have available that you can help will be greatly appreciated! Contact Pat Mahler at cpamahler@juno.com. Thank you to all who stepped up to help this past week. I couldn't have done it without you! |
3.Marching Band Roster Photographs: Attention Parents and Students!!! If you have not had your picture taken for this years Marching Band Roster please come at 11:30 on Mon, Aug 30to the Choir Room and see Sharon Dobeck. Sharon will also be available to take Parent photos during the BBQ portion of Family Night with the Band on Fri , Sep 3rd. If you have any questions, please contact Sharon at bandaide@ymail.com |
| 4. Black Concert Dress Fittings: On Wed, Sep 1 from 12 - 2:30pm we will be scheduling fittings for the black concert dress. This fitting opportunityis forALL girls inALL of the Bands, not just currently in Marching Band Camp! If you would like to beat the crowds and not have to worry about getting fitted for your dress after school starts, contact Leah at leahonline2@yahoo.com to schedule an appointment. Payment is due at the time of your fitting. |
5. Marching Band AM Period Schedule: AM class for Marching Band will meet Monday - Friday (including Wednesdays) at 7:12am until all of the drill is learned. All students must be on the football field with instruments at 7:12am. They will be marked "tardy" if late. After we are comfortable with the drill, we will go to "late start" on Wednesdays. |
| 6. Tuxedo Information: It has come to our attention that tuxedos can be purchased for less than $100 from JC Penney and Amazon. It may pay to shop around before you rent. |
7. Supplies Needed: We all work very hard to raise the funds to make the Band programs successful. Our donations and fundraising efforts pay for instructors, new instruments, instrument repair, sheet music and other equipment essential to making our Band programs amazing. We also need other very basic, but very necessary supplies that are used every day. Donations of the following items will be greatly appreciated: |
8. Band Land Boutique: Support the Samohi Bands!! |
9. Attachment Directory: For your convenience, please find these attachments at the top of this newsletter. If you experience difficulty opening any of the attachments, please contact Leah at leahonline2@yahoo.com |
10. Upcoming Events:UPDATED WEEKLY August September October Web Calendar - http://samohiband.org/2010Calendar.php All checks are payable to: SMAPA-Samohi Bands Thank you for your support! Santa Monica High School Band Parents Association www.samohiband.org Mailing address: |
SCSBOA Honor Bands and Orchestra & CBDA All State Bands (& the CODA Orchestra)
Congratulations to all those who made the auditions to the 2010 Honor Bands and Orchestras! And commendations to all students who prepared for and took the auditions!
The required scale and solo lists for the 2010-2011 Honor Bands and Orchestra are now posted at http://www.cbda.org. CBDA, SCSBOA and CODA all use the same audition/scale rotation lists for the woodwind/brass/percussion.
Those who are motivated can start preparing for their auditions now!
Alumni - History Page Archive
We are (slowly) accumulating materials to post on our History Page. Our current project is collecting, scanning, and posting old concert programs.
If you have old programs that you would like to share - please scan and e-mail them to samohibandwebmaster@yahoo.com.
If you have other materials you think friends and alumni may be interested in - please let us know! Santa Monica has one of the oldest high school bands west of the Rockies. It is great when we can share that history!
Calling all Band and Color Guard parents!!!!
We are looking forward to a new year with the Bands and Color Guard and hoping for continued successes. To accomplish that we need your help in many ways---
Starting in mid August we need help fitting, hemming, mending and ironing Marching Band and Color Guard uniforms as well as concert dresses. To prepare for fittings, we make info cards, write names on hangers, and clean and mop the Color Guard Room.
We also need help in Band merchandise sales--pj's, sweatshirts, hats, etc. during the 4 days of registration and freshman orientation. These sales are vitally important in helping to fund our programs.
In Sept., in preparation for marching season, we need help organizing football uniforms and hats for student pickup prior to the first game and collect post season. We need people to help organize and load the truck with competition uniforms and hats. At football games we need people to unroll carpet on the stadium seats for the students (to keep the uniforms as clean as possible) and roll up after. Post season, we need help preparing uniforms for pickup by the dry cleaner and reorganizing them on their return. During competitions, we need someone to launder the white gloves each week.
All parents can help in merchandise sales throughout the year, fitting, renting and ordering concert dresses, collecting at end of year and laundering. These are just a sampling of some of the many jobs we need help getting accomplished for a successful year for your child in our Bands program. Many hands make for light work as they say! Please help with your time!
Please call or email Pat Mahler to volunteer or for any questions---cpamahler@juno.com
We can't do it without your help!!! Any time you can give will be greatly appreciated!!!
SCSBOA Band and Orchestra Festival
Congratulations to all the bands and orchestras who participated in the Festival at Santa Monica High School. Ratings are now posted on the festival pages.
Our Best Wishes to all participating schools and students as they continue their musical studies this year!