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12-12 HHSMB Blast Dec 12

HOMESTEAD HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC BOOSTER BLAST!

December 12, 2012

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE:

Wednesday, December 12^th

WINTER POPS CONCERT (Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band,

Concert Band and Percussion Ensemble)

6 P.M. and 8 P.M in the Homestead Auditorium

Scrip Sales prior to concerts

Thursday, December 13^th

Jazz exchange concert at Acalanes High School in Lafayette

Friday, December 14^th

County Honor Band auditions

SPECIAL PRESENTATION DURING TONIGHT’S 6 PM CONCERT

(Vicki Feltman)

Come say goodbye to Principal Graham Clark and Assistant Principal Don Romero during the 6 pm Concert. Mr. Burn will present going away gifts to both during the concert.

FINAL REMINDERS ABOUT TONIGHT’S CONCERTS

(Vicki Feltman)

PLEASE REMEMBER:

All concerts are mandatory and students are expected to participate. Parents must let Mr. Burn know IN WRITING if students will not be attending.
All students and members of the audience are expected to arrive before the concert begins and stay for the entire concert. It is impolite and disruptive to other groups for any audience member (including adults) to leave in the middle of a performance.
The following is the appropriate concert attire:

· At formal performances such as adjudicated festivals and formal

concerts, students are to wear the following:

- Boys:

Black dress shoes, dark socks, black pants (no jeans), white button-up collared shirt, black tie and black sport coat. If a coat is unavailable, a black sweater is ok, but no sweatshirts or black shirts please.

- Girls:

Preferred: Long black dress with shoulders covered, cap sleeves or longer, black hose and shoes.
Ok: Black skirt knee length or longer, or black dress pants, with black top with shoulders covered, cap sleeves or longer, black hose and shoes.
Not Ok: T-shirts, sweatshirts, or tennis shoes.
Rule of thumb for girls’ formal concert attire: the less skin showing, the better.

LADIES, WHY YOU SHOULD HEED THE CONCERT ATTIRE REQUIREMENTS:

1) When you are sitting on stage, the audience is sitting BELOW you, affording them a very unflattering view if you think you’ll look cool/cute/breathtaking in an ultra short mini. Sometimes those unflattering views find their way to Facebook and other social sites.

2) Mrs. Feltman will be taking note of your attire when you file into the lobby, and she will have a supply of roomy black cardigans, black uniform pants and marching band shoes and socks if you can’t figure out on your own what is appropriate concert attire.

CONCERT ETIQUETTE

Parents and students, it’s that time of the year, when we reap the benefits of all the hard work our performers have put in, attending rehearsals and practicing on their own.

Please read the following “Concert Etiquette Reminders” so you know what to expect at all of our concerts. These rules apply to both choral and instrumental performances (just substitute the word ‘choir’ or ‘orchestra’ wherever you see the word ‘band’ below)

Concert Etiquette Reminders *

Remain seated and do not talk while the band is playing.

Please turn off pagers, cell phones, and watch alarms.

If you have a child who might get noisy, please sit near the aisle and take them out immediately if a problem develops.

Do not enter or leave while a band is performing unless removing a noisy child.

Please do not wave at your child during the performance.

While the band is performing, please do not walk down the center aisle with a video camera/phone.

If you have a bad cough, please secure lozenges before the performance starts. We are recording the concert.

Please do not leave until all of the bands have performed.

* Excerpt from “Rude People”, by Trey Reely, in The Instrumentalist, December 2010

BAND ROOM AVAILABILITY

(Vicki Feltman)

I (Vicki) will not be at school during Finals week. The band room will be unavailable after 12:30 pm every day next week, and closed during the Holiday break.

Regular hours (3-6 pm) will begin on Monday, January 7^th.

HOLIDAY CHOIR PERFORMANCE AT VALLCO!

(Vicki Feltman)

Our wonderful student volunteer Holiday Choir will be performing in the lower level of Vallco Mall, Friday, Dec 21^st, 1:30 - 3:30 pm. Come listen!

LIFETOUCH YEARBOOK PHOTOS ARE IN

(Vicki Feltman)

Yearbook photos taken right after WBA Finals have been delivered to Mr. Burn. You can find them on the table next to the white board in the band room.

There will be a photo makeup session on Monday, January 14th. Any one who didn’t get a chance to take their individual pictures and buddy pictures should contact Vicki Feltman atVicki.feltman@gmail.com to schedule your photo makeup. You also have the option to order group photos during the Monday photo session if you didn’t get a chance before. Contact Vicki Feltman at Vicki.feltman@gmail.com to request a photo order form.

COUNTY HONOR BAND APPLICATIONS

(Vicki Feltman)

The Santa Clara County Honor Band is comprised of the most advanced band students from over 20 high schools in our county. Homestead has a long reputation of being very well represented in this band and students are encouraged (HIGHLY ENCOURAGED) to participate. The audition date is Friday, December 14th. Interested students should see Mr. Burn and Mr. Weingartner for audition details and application form.

ANNUAL HOLIDAY CAROLING FUNDRAISER!

(Aileen Luo)

Christmas is just around the corner, which means it's time for Homestead students to give back to the community through local charities while raising money for the Music Boosters as well! We will be going around the neighborhood playing holiday tunes in exchange for donations.

There will be two dates and locations:

1) Friday, December 21 at Aileen Luo's house (HHS area) 4-8 pm

2) Sunday, December 23 location TBD but it will be in the Lynbrook area with Lynbrook music students!

To sign up, please go to https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AuHjwptUEbxFdGxIN2FaUUNEQThhTVB1YXVVUmZPNUE#gid=0, or you can email May Zeng at mayzeng29@gmail.com or Aileen Luo at aileen.luo88@gmail.com.

Thanks!

SCRIP NEWS

(Suzanna Pedersen)

Scrip will be sold Fridays 2:15-3:15. In case of rain, scrip sales will be in the band room. Scrip will also be sold before all music department concerts in December. Please contact us if you need to make other arrangements to purchase scrip.

Scrip order forms can be found at https://homestead.schoolloop.com/mbfund#SCRIP.

Send your order or questions to scrip@homestead-music.org.

PHOTOS AND YOUTUBE FOOTAGE OF HHSMB EVENTS

(Carl Gutekunst)

Video footage from recent performances can be found at: http://www.youtube.com/user/carlsgutekunst. Please note that 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.]

Photos taken at practices, football games and competitions can be accessed for viewing at: https://sites.google.com/site/homesteadvideo/photos.

Additionally, Moira Thompson has uploaded her entire season’s photos at http://hhsmb.moirastyerthompson.com.

Photos taken at the Los Altos Festival of Lights Parade can be found at

http://www.pqphotography.com/HomesteadHighSchoolBand/2012-2013-School-Year/November-25-Festival-of-Lights/

SCHOOL-YEAR CALENDAR:

(Changes from last week’s calendar are marked in red)

HOMESTEAD MUSIC DEPARTMENT

CALENDAR 2012-2013

MUSIC DEPARTMENT PERFORMANCES

12/12 Winter Pops Concert, Homestead Auditorium

12/13 Jazz Exchange Concert at Acalanes High School in Lafayette

12/21 Choir performs at Vallco Mall between 1:30 and 3:30pm

1/5 Winter Guard Competition, Logan High School

1/11 – 1/13 County Honor Band, Saratoga High School

1/19 Winter Guard Show at Homestead High School

1/26 Winter Percussion Competition at Logan High School

2/1 CMEA Jazz Festival at Santa Teresa High School

2/2 Winter Guard Competition at Amador Valley High School

2/6 Choir/Orchestra Major Work Concert

2/7 Concert Band Exchange Festival, Homestead Auditorium

2/8 Homestead Orchestra Festival, Homestead Auditorium

2/9 CMEA Jazz Combo Festival, Monta Vista High School

Winter Percussion NCPA Competition, TBD

Winter Guard Competition, TBD

2/23 Winter Guard Competition at Dublin High School

2/24 CBDA State Honor Band Concerts in Fresno

3/8 Wind Band Festival, Chabot College in Hayward

3/9 Wind Band Festival at Sonoma State

3/15 Santa Cruz Jazz Festival

3/22 CMEA Orchestra Festival at Saratoga High School

3/23-3/24 Winter Percussion Competition in San Bernardino

4/5 – 4/7 Orchestra Magic Music Days Performance in Anaheim

4/6 Winter Guard Competition, TBD

4/11-4/14 Winter Guard WGI Competition in Dayton, Ohio

4/12 CMEA Band Festival, Gunn HS, Palo Alto

4/17-4/21 Winter Percussion WGI Competition in Dayton, Ohio

4/26-4/28 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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