Friday, September 5, 2008

Band Bulletin

  • Tonight! (Friday, 9/5) Marching Band Performs at Halftime of Football Game
  • Tomorrow (Saturday, 9/6) - “Music Day 2008”
  • Monday, 9/9 - “Jazz Ensemble” First Meeting
  • Entertainment Books - More Information
Tonight! (Friday, 9/5) Marching Band Performs at Halftime of Football Game
The band’s call times are much earlier and they’ve already received their instructions for arrival time to prepare for tonight’s performance. The marching band performs at the “halftime show” of tonight’s first home game at WSHS football field. The game starts at 7:00 p.m. with the halftime show starting at approximately 7:45 to 8:15, depending on game progress, penalties, score, et cetera. 

Editor’s Commentary: The REAL show in other words starts at halftime... It should be noted that the players in the marching band are athletes in their own right—football practice did not consist of 12 hour days for 2 weeks straight. Many band members give up playing sports to be ON the marching band, so you’ll see a good show of two different types of athletes at these games. Below is the approximate temperatures for tonight’s game, and you’ll note quite a quick drop between the 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. times, so bring a coat. . .

Tomorrow (Saturday, 9/6) - “Music Day 2008”
Call time is 8:00 and we should be finished about 1:00 or so. Students will need to check in and dress in uniforms right away upon completion of the day. Drivers and other volunteers should be getting a reminder call this week, but we will see you at 8:00 as well. This is our biggest fund raiser of the year and it is important for everyone to be there. Thanks to all of you who have signed up for teams and for volunteering. If there are any questions contact Marianne Stipe, mstipe@willamette.edu or Denise Gilmore, orval.gilmore@comcast.net.

Monday, 9/9 - “Jazz Ensemble” First Meeting
The first Jazz Ensemble meeting will be Monday, Sept. 8, at 6:40 a.m. All interested students are encouraged to attend! That is NOT a “typo” folks—that is 0640, as in the morning - so obviously, only the serious musician will apply. And if you’re in “marching band”, you already hold the “keys” to being a serious musician.

Entertainment Books - More Information
From Kathi Robbins
I am in the Band Room on Monday mornings from 7:30 - 9:45, and then also on Monday & Wednesday evenings from 8:45 - 9:30. Our email is soggyloafer@comcast.net or you can call my cell phone at (503) 999-4199 and arrange to come by our house to pick some up.

I also have some hand-outs for selling "out-of-state" books to your relatives and still earn credit for the sale. If your family is planning a vacation in another state sometime in 2009, buy a book for that area now. Your student will get the credit for the sale and you'll save a bundle while you're on vacation.

There are white envelopes on the window shelf by the Band Room office marked “E-books”, “Name”, “$” on the front. Fill in the blanks, put your money in the envelope, seal it up and drop it in the green lock box on the wall by the Band Room office. Money needs to be deposited as soon as you receive it.

The sale will run through October 13th, at which time all money will need to be turned in. Any books that are not sold will have to be returned in perfect condition in order to get full credit, or the cost of the book will be added to the student's account.

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