Mark your calendars! The Williamston Bands Spring Can and Bottle Drive is Saturday, May 17 from 9:00-3:00 at D&W Fresh Market in Williamston. The purpose of this fundraiser is to put money into student accounts for band camp and field trips. This activity is open to all band students.
Some reminders about the bottle drive:
If you have questions or want to RSVP to drive, please send an email to Danna Sturm at [email protected]. See you May 17 at D&W!
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Below is information regarding a summer camp offered at MSU for students interested in furthering their skill in color guard and marching percussion. This is also the camp that the 2014-2015 drum majors for the high school band will attend. Please let me know if you have questions.
Thanks. Lynn Kelsey ----------------------------- Announcing the MSU Drum Major / Color Guard / Marching Percussion Camp at Michigan State University for 2014 with lead instructors Glen Brough, Peter Eichler, and Dr. Jon Weber. Check out the rest of the staff at: http://pac.music.msu.edu/staff.html AGAIN IN 2014: In effort to hold down costs for participants while continuing to provide the highest quality experience, MSU Performing Arts Marching Band Auxiliary Camp will again be offered in two three-day clinic formats. AGAIN IN 2014: We are proud to continue our successful PERCUSSION CLINIC. This three-day program will focus on snare, multi-tenor, and bass drumming. Space is limited to applicants on a first-come, first-served basis. Drum Major and Color Guard Camps at Michigan State University were founded in 1983. The camp has been recognized nationally for its excellence in the instruction of drum majors, color guard performers, and percussionists. Participants will be provided with an instructionally-intensive experience that prepares them to perform and lead in a variety of marching musical arts settings. The instructional staff has taught and performed extensively at the collegiate and drum corps levels. MSU Performing Arts Marching Band Auxiliary Camp will challenge all participants, no matter the level of their expertise. The instructor-to-student ratio assures individualized attention throughout the clinic. The typical daily schedule looks like: http://pac.music.msu.edu/schedule.html The 2014 dates are:
Guard participants MUST choose July 10. Percussion participants MUST choose July 14. Drum Majors MAY choose either July 10 or 14. The applications, and appropriate dates and deadlines are on our web site at: http://pac.music.msu.edu Dear 6th-12th grade parents,
You are invited to our annual band solo recital night on Thursday, May 1st at 6:30 pm in McGoff Auditorium at Williamston High School. This optional event features students in grades 6-12 who have prepared solos and ensembles to perform. Any student interested in performing should sign up in class with Ms. Kelsey by Tuesday, April 22nd. Students may perform by themselves or in small groups. Students are responsible for finding their own music. After everyone has signed up we will create a schedule so students will know whether they are playing near the beginning or end of the recital. Participating students should plan to drop off their instruments in the band room at the beginning of the event. After dropping off their instruments, they should sit in the audience and wait to warm up until THREE events before they are to perform. Warm-up will occur in the high school band room. Dressing up slightly for this event would be appropriate. Students may also dress in performance related "costumes" as well. We could use a couple of pare nts to help organize the students in the band room as they warm up. This will help keep the event flowing smoothly. Please email me at [email protected] if you would like to help with this. Please let me know if you have questions. Thanks. Lynn Kelsey We are not taking any more orders for marching band uniform pillows.
This week we will be shipping the pillows already ordered. Look for emails about their arrival. Thank you for spreading the word about the pillows. Attached is information about the CMS Flute Day, to be held Saturday April 26th. This would be a great opportunity for any of our flute performers.
Thanks. Lynn Kelsey We are extending the orders for marching band uniform pillows for one more week. We are completely sold out of the drum major coats. We have 45 more green marching coats that can be made into pillows.
So if you have been on the fence about placing an order, please do it soon. The uniforms are all packed and ready to ship right after spring break. Please share this with all your friends and family. Spread the news on your Facebook page. This is the only order we will send in. The high school band has been asked by WKAR to be involved in a film project that they are working on that highlights events/performances sponsored by the MSBOA. A film crew from WKAR is going to be coming to our high school on Friday, March 28th, during 4th hour to film our rehearsal. There is also a plan for us to travel to their studio in May to record our band festival pieces. Part of these segments will then air on a television show sometime in the fall.
In order for our students to participate in these events we need to have a Performance/Appearance Release form filled out. If a student is under 18 years old it must be signed by a parent. The form is attached. I would really appreciate having these forms returned by tomorrow, March 27th. I'm looking forward to this special opportunity for our band students to be featured. Thanks for your help in getting the necessary paperwork filled out. Please let me know if you have questions. Lynn Kelsey Attached is information about the Spartan Youth Wind Symphony. Interested students may apply online. This is a great honor band experience which I highly encourage students to try out for. We currently have nine students participating in the ensemble this year.
Please let me know if you have questions. Thanks. Lynn Kelsey Just a friendly reminder that the second band camp payment is now due. You can pay in one of three ways:
If you want to know if you have any funds available in your student account, visit the website at http://williamstonbands.weebly.com then click on: the Band Booster tab Info & Forms Student Accounts For those parents who don't know it yet, next Friday night, March 28, is our Evening of Jazz event. All are invited to come and hear some great jazz music. This event will be held at Williamston elementary school.
The Williamston school jazz bands will perform from 6:30 to 8:30, and the Walter White Jazz Quartet will perform from 8:30 to 10:00 pm. The Silent Auction will be held from 6:30 to 9:00 pm. A Flyer is available, and tickets can be purchased online at http://williamstonbands.weebly.com/jazz-band.html Hope to see you there! See the Band Store or Fundraiser pages to order your uniform pillows and hats.
Be a part of history! We are in need of white Christmas lights--both icicle type and strands of white lights--to decorate the gym for the Evening of Jazz. Please make sure to label them with your name so we can return them to you after the event is over. Please plan to drop off these lights by Wednesday, March 26th, at the high school or middle school band room.
If you have questions please contact Nancy Deal at [email protected] Thanks! Attached is the schedule of times for the State Solo and Ensemble Festival to be held on Saturday, March 22nd, at Chelsea High School.
Our meeting for this month's band meeting on Wednesday, March 12th, will be a moved to the High School band room at 5:30 pm because, with the arrival of the new uniforms, we are going to be doing a bit of work for this booster meeting.
Over the weekend Larry and I spent some time in the band room doing some organizing. We got the uniforms in the room but still need to get the hats/shakos done. So we will be working on getting the hats/shakos unpacked and in the band room. I am hoping to get this done the first hour and then go into the rest of the meeting, which will include the following:
We will still adjourn the meeting at 7:30 pm or as close to it as possible. The Williamston High School Band will be sponsoring our annual mattress sale on March 9, 2014.
Name brand mattress sets--Simmons, Restonic, Southerland-- will be sold at 30-60% below retail prices. These are all top quality mattresses with full factory warranties, including Consumer Digest Best Buy! They come in all sizes and price ranges. Delivery is available. Floor models will be displayed at the high school on Sunday, March 9, from 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm. The SALE is ONE DAY ONLY!!! Proceeds go directly to the band. There is $50 off purchase of a mattress set that costs over $500 with this post. PLEASE HELP SUPPORT OUR BAND BY PASSING THIS MESSAGE TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS!!! Please join our Facebook page for more information: "Williamston High School Mattress Sale Fundraiser" Please join our event on Facebook and invite all your friends. Thank you. Attached is information regarding a clarinet teacher who provides private lessons in the area.
Thanks. Lynn Kelsey Students should plan to bring their concert black uniforms to school Friday, Feb. 28th. They will be changing into their uniforms at school before we get on the bus to travel to Okemos High School. A map of Okemos High School is attached.
We plan to depart WHS at 11:40 am. Our performance is at 1:00 pm. After we are done performing we will wait for our rating and then travel back to WHS via bus. Approximate return time to WHS is 2:50 pm. Any student who is riding home from the festival with a parent/guardian needs to turn in a transportation waiver by Wednesday. I appreciate your continued support of our program. I look forward to seeing many band parents, family and friends at festival. Lynn Kelsey This post continues the previous one below.
We still need some things for breakfast this week.
Please look at the link in the previous post to see where you can help. This really does mean a lot to the band students as they prepare for the Band Festival this Friday. Vicki As you know, Lynn Kelsey is having the band come in early next week to prepare for Festival. To help the band students get the day off to a good start, we are going to do breakfast for them like we have in the past.
Monday Your booster team will do breakfast on Monday, February 24th. Carolyn, Deanna, Kathy and Vicki will donate all the food for Monday. We are serving a breakfast burrito with a drink. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday I have set up breakfast menus for the rest of the week. Please go to Perfect Potluck at http://www.PerfectPotluck.com to find the menus and sign up to bring food. Enter "Schneider" as the coordinator and use the following passwords:
Vicki Schneider, Barb Burke, and Teri Watros will assist in the set-up, serving and clean up, however, we would welcome anyone else. We will set up in the hall outside the band room at 7:00 am and should be done by 8:00 am. If you can help that would be great. We know this is short notice but we can do this. Thank you in advance for all you do for the band students. Vicki |
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