Band Newsletter #22

Oregon Jazz Festival (Lane Comm. Coll.) – Jan. 19 (Saturday)
Both groups (Labs I & II) will be playing at Lane Community College (LCC) not the U. of O as was on the original schedule at the beginning of the year. Call time and the approximate schedule appear immediately below, followed by directions, maps, and Web site information.

8:45 Lab I Call Time—Already dressed! Brief Rehearsal
9:30 Lab II Call Time
9:45 Load bus
10:00 Bus rolls
Noon Lunch break (bring a sack lunch) with OJE and LJE (Center Stage)
12:45 Luis Bonilla clinic (Main Stage)
2:00 Lab I to warm-up
2:45 Lab I perform on Center Stage
3:30 Lab II to warm-up
4:15 Lab II perform on Band Room Stage
5:00 Closing remarks
5:15 Some students travel back to Salem (parent drives must have insurance registered w/WSHS). Students may drive ONLY THEMSELVES, and must have specific parental permission to do so!
6:00 Pizza dinner at LCC—Everyone will chip in for dinner; amount TBD, but approximately $5-$8 range
7:30 Luis Bonilla concert at LCC
10:00 Travel back to Salem by bus
11:30 APPROXIMATE arrival at WSHS. Put away gear and dismiss

Driving directions (from LCC's Web site below): Southbound (from the north) on Interstate 5. Take exit 189 and continue to the traffic light. Turn right at the traffic light and go straight until the next intersection. Turn right at the intersection. Turn left on Eldon Shafer Drive to access the east parking lots or continue to the first exit on the right to access the west parking lots. The festival desk is in the lobby of the Performing Arts building (Bldg #6). Other helpful information:

Official directions from LCC website:
http://www.lanecc.edu/mpr/locations/mc.htm#directions

Web site for Lane Community College, Main Campus, building layout:
http://www.lanecc.edu/mpr/locations/mc.htm

GoogleMaps location: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl (you might be pointed to the exit FOR the college at 4000 E. 30th Ave--scroll down, then to the right)

Titan Jazz/Concert/Basketball Band Reminders—Rehearsals and Festivals
(Contributor: Mr. Griffiths and Alyson Baker)
Jazz Rehearsal on Monday, Jan. 21 (school closed to others)—Don't forget that we DO have Monday rehearsals on the following no school Mondays:
Jan. 21 – note earlier start time (Lab II at 1:45 to 4:15; Lab I at 4:15 to 6:15)

Concert Band—Reminder to record and hand in a performance of your major scales assignment!

Basketball Band—Next gig is Friday, Jan. 25 (after finals week J)—Call time will be 5:15 p.m.

Winter Ensemble – Parent's Meeting, Friday, Jan. 18!
(Contributor: Alan Keown, Jen and John Freeman, edited by Jesse Seeley)
There will be a very brief parent meeting for those that are currently attending the Winter Ensemble. It should only take about 30-45 minutes. The main focus will be getting enough parents to volunteer for the various jobs we'll need help with. Those include, but not limited to help with food, setting up tents, sewing flags, chaperones, travel and forms coordinator, etc. All of this will be discussed at the meeting—hopefully you'll be able to sign up for one or more of the duties so we can cover the Winter Ensemble and the support team that they can't do without. The meeting will start at 6:00 p.m. at the WSHS Band Room (the rehearsal makes its way to the commons around then).

Update/Correction on Friday auditions for Winter Ensemble—last week I
(Jesse) accidentally omitted the Friday rehearsals AFTER the first competiton on March 8. There are also Friday rehearsals that will continue up through the end of the season's competitions. These include (in addition to those in last week's newsletter) rehearsals on the additional Fridays:
• March 14, 2008 This is a no-school Friday, but there will still be a rehearsal, same time (6:00 to 9:00 p.m.);
• March 21, 2008 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.; and
• March 22, 2008 Final competition—Championship—End of season.

Reminder: CD monies due Friday night, Jan. 18 — Actually, they're overdue, but this is just a gentle reminder in case you are forgetting them again -J. Please make the rehearsal a little early if you have not turned it in already so we can make all the updates/corrections to the paperwork.

Upcoming Band Boosters Meeting—Jan. 28
(Contributor: Vickie Tuttle, edited by Jesse Seeley)
Please mark your calendars for the next Band Boosters meeting: Jan. 28 at 7:00 p.m. in the Band Room! This meeting is NOT ONLY FOR the existing Boosters/Board, but is also intended and FOR any and ALL parents with musicians in any of the band and music programs at WSHS. ALL PARENTS ARE WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND!

Parents’ input is VITAL! We need your input to make the programs better, improve on the processes and activities that your children become involve in, and also entertain parents' and students' ideas of executing the operation behind the scenes and the making of these champions. So please plan on attending this meeting.

If you'd like to step forward for a position ON the Band Booster Board, THIS is the meeting you must attend. We try to keep the meetings to an hour, but they will many times go to 1.5 or 2 hours, depending on the number of topics discussed. Thank you in advance for your consideration to attend this very important meeting. If there are any questions, please contact Kami Hettwer or Vickie Tuttle (see "Band Booster Contacts" list at end of this newsletter).

More on Quandre Concertà Quadre, Feb. 8
(Contributors: Mike and Kami Hettwer, edited by Jesse Seeley)
Especially for horn players and enthusiasts, but open to all interested in music, and FREE is a great price! On Friday, Feb. 8, QUADRE - an awesome horn quartet from San Francisco - will be giving a master class and concert at Willamette University. They will visit a couple of Salem high schools earlier in the day and then present their master class at 4:00 p.m. in Cone Chapel and an evening concert at 7:30 in Hudson Hall, both at Willamette University. Both events are FREE! They will also perform at U of O on Feb. 5 and at the Old Church in Portland in a joint concert with the Northwest Horn Orchestra (a 16 piece horn ensemble made up of area professional horn players) at 7:30 on Feb. 7. Please try to make it to the Willamette U. events so that we can show our support of these types of opportunities and give this group a great audience. If you are interested in participating in the master class by playing part of a solo that you are working on and receiving some free coaching, let me (Mike Hettwer) know. I would like to have 4 to 6 people ready to go for the master class. Having your accompanist there would be a real plus.

Tell all your friends about it and bring them too!!

Looking forward. . .
(Contributor: Jesse Seeley)
In addition to those dates and festivals mentioned above, below is a snapshot of the important schedule of events up through the middle of February:
1/17 – All-City Sectional
1/31 – All-City Sectional
2/14 – All-City Full Band Rehearsal
2/15 – All-City Full Band Rehearsal
2/16 – All-City Dress Rehearsal
2/16 – All-City Concert

Editor's Corner — "So you want to successful?"
(Contributor: Jesse Seeley, WSHS Newsletter Editor)
Starting next week I will be compiling some articles that will be informative, hopefully entertaining, and yes, even educational (sorry kids -J). But the root of the articles will be based on how education, musical arts and education in particular (voice, marching band, etc), leads to great successes, even millions of dollars of income for the what some might think as a small or insignificant part of our American culture, and how what our young musicians are doing TODAY could be what they will become tomorrow. Students and parents and staff may be interested, so stay tuned. Students: There may also be some future contests, quizzes, maybe even a prize here and there. Last year we awarded a JambaJuice gift certificate for answering a simple contest, so be reading the newsletter for more.

Band Boosters Contacts for 2007/2008
Band Area Co-Chairs:
Vickie Tuttle, 503-588-0968, tuttle84@comcast.net
Kami Hettwer, 503-585-2529, MKHett@aol.com

Uniforms/Concert Attire Coordinators:
Patricia Nielsen, 503-391-4722, patricia.nielsen@state.or.us
Deanna Garney, 503-763-8715, dg5758@comcast.net

Newsletter Editor:
Jesse Seeley, jesse@hp.com

Music Web pages:
Booster Main Page: http://homepage.mac.com/titanmusic/
WSHS Music Booster Blog: http://wshsmusicboosters.blogspot.com/