A heartfelt CONGRATULATIONS to all our SCHS Musicians on a wonderful Spring Concert last week! It was a fantastic way to officially cap our band concerts for this school year. Also, a particularly special thank you and congratulations again to all of our SCHS Band Seniors for sharing your time, spirit, and musicianship with us for the last four years!
We have some more celebrating ahead of us this week with our Honors Convocation performance on Tuesday as well as our own special Band Banquet Celebration on Wednesday yet-- all the details and more can be found below in this Week's Update! Upcoming Dates at a Glance:
Instrument Inventory: Marching Instruments due NOW! In order to successfully clean and transition our school owned instruments into the coming marching season, ALL marching instruments not used for performing at graduation/jazz band (Tuba, marching baritone, mellophone, trombone, saxophone, etc.), are due NOW. Any student needing to check out a marching instrument for the 2019-2020 season will be able to do so at our Registration Night on May 30th, so long as they have a completed instrument contract along with the $10 usage fee. Please click here for the Instrument Usage Contract. Band Banquet at Addison Oaks The annual SCHS Band Banquet will be held on Wednesday, May 15th! Please note: Doors open at 6:30pm and dinner will be served at 7pm, followed by the presentation of our annual awards. Here's to celebrating all our students have accomplished over the course of this year! Chamber Music Night at Rochester Municipal Park! Chamber Music Night will be on Monday, May 20th at Rochester Municipal Park, and our Chamber Music Night sign-ups are now live! In order to fulfill your chamber music project, ALL SCHS instrumentalists are required to participate, with the exception of those who performed in coached large ensembles (Lg WW, Lg. Brass, Lg. Perc.). One person per ensemble needs to sign up; slots are in 1-minute incriminates. Be sure to sign up for however many consecutive minutes you need to perform your chamber music selection. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO ACCESS SIGN-UP Jazz Band We are quickly wrapping up our performances for this year! We will have one final rehearsal on Monday before Tuesday night's Honors Convocation (report at 5:30pm) and Wednesday night's Band Banquet (report at 6pm) performances. Our final performance is also coming up on Monday, May 20th, at the Chamber Music Night at Rochester Park. (Report at 7:30pm, perform at 8:00pm.) Cougar MB Section Leader Try-Outs Try-outs for 2019-2020 Section Leader (May 13th) are coming up on Monday! Please be sure to read thoroughly through all required handbooks and requirements for more details. Section Leaders applicants will need the Leadership Handbook and Section Leader Application/Essay Prompt. Time slots for interviews will be available to sign up for first thing on Monday morning. Drumline Auditions For all those interested in auditioning for the 2019-2020 SCHS Drumline, workshops and auditions will be held on the following dates: Friday, May 10: Workshop from 3-4pm Friday, May 17: Workshop from 3-4pm Friday, May 24: Auditions beginning at 3pm until done The Drumline Packet and Contract (must be signed by student and parent & turned in on audition date) can be found by clicking on the links above. Spiritwear Sales: Now through May 31, 2019! This spring we have a brand new spirit wear collection to offer for the coming school year! With the new season fast approaching, it is a great time to stock up on your spirit wear. This year, we are offering custom jackets in addition to our regular collection. These jackets can be customized for any name/instrument. Sample size jackets are now available for trying out in the band room. Let's display our Cougar Pride!! Custom Jacket Orders should be completed and turned in to the band mailbox. Order forms can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SKArouzP0_oLpd5JAdeCUyEGR-CWwxZEEAnDD-6qtJM/edit?usp=sharing All other spiritwear sales are online via FanCloth! Click here to view the catalog and place your order. Additional Opportunities Attention: Percussionists Jeremy Otto, local professional percussionist, is hosting a number of workshops for percussionists over the summer! For more information please visit his website, or click to view the list of offerings. Fundraisers Amazon Smile Now you can support SCHS Music when you shop on Amazon-- .5% of all sales come back to our SCHS Music Boosters! Please be sure to add the SCHS Music Boosters as your preferred charity or click here when doing your Amazon shopping! Comments are closed.
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