(Contributor: Jesse Seeley, Kami Hettwer)
More hard work, and yet another pay off for the musicians of the WSHS Marching Band as they took home the big trophy for their overall preliminary and finals performances. Sweeping nearly every “caption award” in the preliminary of finals competition, each and every marching band and color guard member contributed in this overall team effort in “High Visuals,” “High General Effect” and “High Percussion.”
Featured in the Statesman Journal, more play-by-play details can be read at Statesman Journal Article -- it will probably only be available until the 19th of October.
PCI Band Retreat – A Sprague High School and PCI tradition, all bands meet on the field for announcements of the finals placements
Picture of the Week
(Contributor: Joe Gottsch, Sharon Anderson, Jesse Seeley)
Rain, rain, go away—In their Thursday football game performance, photographer Joe Gottsch captured this picture and the beautiful combination effect of light and water in the sousaphone section. Luckily, the rain has only been on our games and some practices J
If you’d like to see more pictures, please visit WestSidePhoto.net and check out the other band pictures..Pictures specific to the PCI competition (over 90 pictures) can be viewed here: WestSidePhoto--PCI Competition
Practice and Competition Schedule for week of October 20th
(Contributor: Mr. Griffiths, Kami Hettwer)
The normal rehearsal schedule for Mondays and Wednesdays remains at 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. There is still a pending rehearsal to be held on Friday and the equipment will be loaded after that rehearsal in preparation for the early call time for the competition on Saturday, October 25th at OSU. A draft of the schedule is attached and currently shows a call time at the school for 6 a.m. on Saturday (yes, that is MORNING, or 0600). Please review the attached schedule and direct any questions you may have to Kami Hettwer (mkhett@aol.com) or Dr. Nail (nail_ike@salkeiz.k12.or.us)
Looking Forward. . .upcoming dates
- Oct 24th; All; Pre-Competition rehearsal; Load trucks/trailers after rehearsal
- Oct 25th; All; OSU Competition, Corvallis; 6:00 Saturday morning; slated for 11:22 performance
- Oct 28th; All; Band Recording Session; Announcement by directors to update
Auction Update
(Contributor: Scotti Rylands)
Remember the date: November 22, 2008—The end of October is sneaking up on us. To be considered for the live auction all donations must be turned in by November 1st and “Silent Auction” by November 7th. We have received some great donations for Music Boosters including a Guided Fishing Trip (waiting for more details), 5 nights at a Sunriver Condo (sleeps 8), gift baskets, and more. We still need a lot more though. If you have a donation or can get one for us, please let Scotti know. She has the donation forms that also act as a tax deductible receipt.
And with all those great prizes who would want to miss the fun? There are still tickets available. Music Boosters are trying hard to fill our second table. Please contact Scotti with the names of each person you need a ticket for. She will give you the information at that time for payment on the tickets. Remember it is $30 per person and does include dinner.
If you have already bought a ticket and want to part of our tables, please let us know. The more tickets we sell the higher our portion of the donations will be. For each full table we get 100% of the money raised for 1 item of our choice, from our donations. You can see why we want to fill as many tables as possible. You can contact Scotti at ndrsmom@comcast.net or by phone at (503) 269-0887 or (503) 581-4118.
Wreath Sales Update
(Contributor: Sheila Muller)
REMINDER—Keep selling those wreaths and poinsettias! Turn-in day is Halloween. Questions? Sheila Muller at (503) 364-4760 or email at mullersg@comcast.net
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