HOMESTEAD HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC BOOSTER BLAST! October 10, 2012
Parents, please contact Mr. Burn immediately by email if your student is missing any practice, football game, or performance, regardless of the reason. Your student’s grade can be affected by absences.
Video from Band Expo is here: http://www.youtube.com/user/carlsgutekunst [PLEASE NOTE: New videos will be uploaded as the season progresses. As requested by the Band Directors, early-season shows (like Band Expo and TOB) are deleted three to four weeks after performance.]
NEW NEWS: - Schedule for Saturday’s Tournament of Bands - Tournament of Bands Spectator Information - Concession Pre-Order Form for October 19th game due October 17th - Roommate lists for Disneyland trip to be posted tomorrow, October 11th - Roommate requests for Fresno list due October 17th - Adult rooms available for Fresno trip
REMINDERS: - HHS Marching Band and Color Guard Home Show is November 3rd - Scrip news - Band Room availability - 2012/2013 Music Department Calendar
THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE: Wednesday, October 10th 5:30 – 8:30 – Full Band practice, including Percussion and Color Guard** 8:15-8:45pm – Scrip sales next to staff parking lot Thursday, October 11th Roommate lists for Disneyland trip will be posted Saturday, October 13th – CUPERTINO TOURNAMENT OF BANDS 9:00am – Students to meet at uniform truck at Cupertino High 11:30am – HHS to perform in Parade competition 1:30pm – Full band rehearsal at HHS 5:15pm – Students to meet at uniform truck at Cupertino High 7:45pm – HHS to perform Poseidon’s Dream Monday, October 15th NO SCHOOL Wednesday, October 17th Roommate selections for Fresno trip are due Adult checks for Fresno trip are due Concession pre-order forms are due 5:30 – 8:30 – Full Band practice, including Percussion and Color Guard** 8:15-8:45pm – Scrip sales next to staff parking lot
** Practice times subject to change. Please check your emails.
NEW NEWS:
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13th – CUPERTINO TOURNAMENT OF BANDS (Vicki Feltman)
Saturday morning, the band room will be
locked up at 8:30 am with no further access until after the parade.
8:45 Change out of uniform. Put garment bags in carts NEATLY Tubas and Percussion help load truck
TOB SPECTATOR INFORMATION (Vicki Feltman)
Please note, the entrance to the Cupertino High School stadium is accessed from Finch Avenue, on the west side of the stadium. Tickets are $10 and may be purchased at the information table in back of the judges stand on Stevens Creek Blvd, or at the gate after it opens at 4:00 PM.
CONCESSION PRE-ORDER FORM (Leissa Hartlage)
Another home football game is coming up soon - Homecoming is Friday, October 19th. Want your student to have some food before the dance? The deadline for the concession pre-order form is Wednesday, October 17th at 8:30PM. The form can be downloaded from the HHSMB website at http://www.hhs.fuhsd.org/mbmain - go to the Forms page and download the Concession Pre-Order Form.
Please return the completed Concession Pre-Order Form, along with a check, to Ms. Vicki Feltman’s box. You may place an order for one or more football games at any time.
As a reminder, pre-order food tickets will be found in the marchers' hat boxes AFTER they have performed their half time show. PIT and TUBAS will have their tickets taped to the side of their uniform cart. If a marcher's hat box is not in it's proper cubby their tickets will also be taped to the side of the cart. Guard will have tickets distributed to them. If there are any problems with tickets on game night, please see an adult at the pre-order table (beneath the home bleachers).
Questions can be directed to Leissa Hartlage at lhartlage@comcast.net.
BANDS OF AMERICA (DISNEYLAND) ROOM LISTS WILL BE POSTED THURSDAY MORNING (Vicki Feltman)
We will not distribute room keys unless you and all of your roommates come as a group to pick up keys after we arrive at the Embassy Suites. It would be to your advantage to look up everyone in your room to make sure you all hook up when we arrive.
BAND HOTEL ROOMING LISTS FOR WBA FRESNO TRIP NOVEMBER 17TH (Vicki Feltman)
The WBA State Championships take place November 17-18.
I need rooming information for the trip now.
We will be staying at the Radisson in downtown Fresno on Saturday, November 17th, for one night. We return after finals on Sunday, November 18th. There will be FOUR students per room.
I need you students to talk to your friends and EMAIL ME your rooming lists. FOUR to a room, please. Make sure you and 3 friends are the SAME GENDER, meaning, if someone thinks it’s funny to put a boy in a girl’s room, I’ll smile at the silliness, and switch everybody into different rooms! J
It would work to your advantage if you make sure you have a full group of FOUR bodies in your room, because we’ll have to split up incomplete groups to fill up spots.
Please note, rooming requests will be considered on a first come, first serve basis. The email that reaches me Friday night will take precedence over someone else requesting the same roommates next Wednesday afternoon.
I need your roommate selections sent to me by next Wednesday, October 17th. I will ASSIGN you to a room if I don’t get input from you.
Please contact me if you have any questions or comments at Vicki.feltman@gmail.com.
PARENTS, WE HAVE ROOMS RESERVED FOR WBA CHAMPIONSHIPS, NOV 17TH (Vicki Feltman)
Parents, we have a few rooms reserved if you are interested in staying at the Radisson, downtown Fresno with the full marching band. Free breakfast is included.
The cost per room is $157.52 for a 1 night stay, November 17th, 2012. Available rooms have a king sized bed and a sleeper sofa in the outer room. The Radisson currently has no other rooms available.
Please put a check for $160, made payable to HHSMB, in an envelope with YOUR name and your student’s name. Deliver the envelope to the box marked ‘Mrs. Feltman’s Mail Box’, located in Mr. Burn’s office, or drop in the mail slot on my garage door at 1150 W. Knickerbocker Dr., Sunnyvale, 94087. Mikey and Toby are on duty again! Don’t worry about them banging against the garage door.
Your check is due next Wednesday, October 17th. Just a reminder, we have a limited number of rooms, so first come, first serve.
Please contact Vicki Feltman at Vicki.feltman@gmail.com if you have any questions.
REMINDERS:
We have many parent volunteers this season who are taking pictures at all of our practices, football games and competitions. These photos can be accessed for viewing at: https://sites.google.com/site/homesteadvideo/photos.
HHS MARCHING BAND AND COLOR GUARD HOME SHOW & GOURMET FOOD TRUCK FESTIVAL - SATURDAY, NOV 3, 3:00-7:00 PM (Connie Viveros)
This year’s Marching Band and Color Guard Home Show is on Saturday November 3rd, starting at 3 PM at the Mustang Field! Along with the fabulous show planned for the day, we will also be featuring several gourmet food trucks serving a variety of fabulous items such as tacos, steak, chicken and desserts! Come out and enjoy this hottest new craze sweeping the Bay Area--GOURMET FOOD TRUCKS!
Invite your friends, family and neighbors out for an afternoon of performing arts and fabulous food!
SCRIP (Carrie Adelman)
Buy scrip gift cards from Music Boosters and use them like cash at the stores. The great news is that you get 2.5% scrip credit for your purchases! Keep buying scrip and build up your scrip credit. At the end of the year, you can ask for a reimbursement of your band fees or simply apply the credit for next year!
Order forms can be found at https://homestead.schoolloop.com/mbfund#SCRIP. Send your advance order or questions to the following new email: scrip@homestead-music.org.
BAND ROOM AVAILABILITY (Vicki Feltman)
The band room will be open from 3-6 pm daily during days school is in session.
SCHOOL-YEAR CALENDAR: (No changes from last week)
HOMESTEAD MUSIC DEPARTMENT CALENDAR 2012-2013
MARCHING BAND
Weekly Fall Marching Band Rehearsals
Fall marching band –performances AQ 10/13 Cupertino Tournament of Bands @ Cupertino HS 10/18 49er v. Seahawks half-time performance 10/19 Homecoming 10/20 WBA competition in Dublin 10/26-10/29 Bands of America West Regional Championship and performance in Disneyland 11/2 Football home game v. Wilcox 11/3 Home Show 11/10 WBA show at James Logan HS 11/17-11/18 WBA Championships in Fresno 11/25 Los Altos Festival of Lights Parade
MUSIC DEPARTMENT PERFORMANCES 12/6 Winter Choir Concert, Homestead Auditorium 12/12 Winter Pops Concert, Homestead Auditorium 12/13 Winter Jazz Concert, Homestead Auditorium 1/11 – 1/13 County Honor Band, Saratoga High School 1/26 Winter Guard Show, Homestead Gym 2/7 Concert Band Exchange Festival, Homestead Auditorium 2/8 Homestead Orchestra Festival, Homestead Auditorium 3/8-3/9 Wind Ensemble, Sonoma State 3/15 Santa Cruz Jazz Festival 3/22-3/23 CMEA Band and Orchestra Festivals, Saratoga High School 4/26-4/27 Reno Jazz Festival 5/8 Concert Band and Symphonic Band performances, Homestead Auditorium 5/9 Wind Ensemble and Orchestra performances, Homestead Auditorium 5/15 Spring Choir Concert, Homestead Auditorium 5/16 Spring Jazz Concert, Homestead Auditorium 6/6 GRADUATION
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