HOMESTEAD HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC BOOSTER BLAST! December 20, 2012
Photography and video of the Winter concerts are now available! For pictures, see:
For Orchestra and Band video:
For Choir video, take a look at the brand new Homestead Sings channel (still under construction):
THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE: Friday, December 21st NO SCHOOL 1:30-3:30 – Choir performs at Vallco Mal 4:00-8:00 – HHSMB caroling (Aileen Luo) Sunday, December 23rd HHSMB caroling in Lynbrook area (Aileen Luo) Saturday, January 5th Winter Guard Competition at Logan High School
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 21st, 1:30 - 3:30 pm. Come listen!
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!
CONGRATULATIONS TO COUNTY HONOR BAND MEMBERS! (Vicki Feltman)
Flutes - Lisa Gudan
Bassoon - Kevin Yang (2nd chair!)
Clarinets - Aditya Mishra (2nd chair!), Adi Zimmerman, Katie Gu Alto Sax - Shangyu Hsu (1st chair!), Diveesh Singh, AND our own Mr. Burn’s daughter, Lynbrook student Alexa Burn (3rd chair!)
Trumpet - Jay Desai, Paul Gudan, Kentaro Mori Trombone - May Zeng
Percussion - Gwendolyn Wang (1st chair!)
Please access the Santa Clara County Band Director’s web site (www.sccbda.org) or contact Vicki Feltman at Vicki.feltman@gmail.com for more information.
CONGRATULATIONS TO NCBA HONOR BAND MEMBERS! (Vicki Feltman)
Flutes - Meia Alsup
Trombone - Julie Kim
The NCBA Honor Concert takes place at Delta College, Stockton, on Sunday, January 20th, at 3:30 pm.
Please access the Northern California Band Association website (www.ncbaonline.org) or contact Vicki Feltman at vicki.feltman@gmail.com for more information.
SAVE THE DATE FOR HOMESTEAD'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER AND AUCTION GALA(Rita Allen)
Do you need a reason to attend Homestead's 50th Anniversary Dinner and Auction Gala? HHS alum, Brian DeLizza, music producer / engineer, and owner of Freq Lab Recording is donating a recording session for your budding music professional.
Friday, March 1, 2013, 6:00 - 10:30 p.m. The Historic Del Monte Building 100 South Murphy Avenue, Sunnyvale
Please mail your check, payable to HHS Athletic Boosters, and mail it to Kelly Giannini, 1561 Kingsgate Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94087. Please include your phone number and email address. You may pay for tickets at school or call Rita Allen at (650) 255-1839 to arrange for check pick up. Tickets will be delivered electronically.
Get updates on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Homestead50. . INSTRUMENTS AND LOCKER ROOM (Vicki Feltman)
In a word, EWWWWW.
Now that I have collected all or most of the marching horns, there should be no excuse for leaving instrument cases strewn all over the floor.
I think our custodial staff refuses to set foot in the room for fear of being attacked by something hiding in the piles of cases.
They need to have access to clean up the mess. Please take all of your instruments home during Holiday Break, or put them in your lockers. Anything I find locker-less will be removed to a safe spot so we can get the room cleaned before school resumes in January. Consider… what’s worse? You putting your instrument away, or having to ask Mrs. Feltman if she stored your instrument? Think hard!
Contact Vicki Feltman if you have questions.
ALSO, THE LOST AND FOUND (Vicki Feltman)
Will go to Good Will if not picked up by Thursday, December 20th.
Contact Vicki Feltman if you have questions.
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 thist week, and closed during Winter Break.
Regular hours (3-6 pm) will begin on Monday, January 7th. 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. 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.
VOLUNTEER FOR SANTA CLARA VANGUARD & EARN MONEY TOWARD BAND FEES (Rita Allen) Homestead Band parents and adult family members and friends may volunteer at the Santa Clara Vanguard Bingo nights. The person volunteering must be 18 yrs or older. For each night you volunteer, you will earn $51 toward your student’s scrip account (and additional $9 will go into the Booster general fund). Money in your scrip account can be used toward paying any allowable band costs. Sign up for a bingo time slot via Vanguard’s on-line registration system. Please check their website frequently. Please go to the following website: http://www.scvanguard.org/about/events/
Important
In order to get proper credit for your time worked, you must: · Be sure to indicate you are with the Homestead HS Music Boosters. There are other Homestead organizations that participate as well. · Please notify the HHSMB Assistant Treasurer, Rita Allen (allen.rita@gmail.com ). Let her know who is volunteering (names of each individual) and whose scrip account should be credited for the time worked. For more information, please see the SCV Bingo information below or contact Rita Allen. Santa Clara Vanguard Bingo 1795 Space Park Drive Santa Clara, CA 95054
Bingo Schedule: Tuesdays, Fridays, & Saturdays: 4:30 - 9:30 p.m. Sunday Matinee: 10:30am – 3:30 p.m. Sunday Evening: 4:15 p.m. - 9:15 p.m.
NOTE: Each volunteer session runs approximately 5 hours.
What you need to know:
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
Chris Pedersen’s photos from the Winter Pops Concert can be found at http://www.pqphotography.com/HomesteadHighSchoolBand/2012-2013-School-Year/December-12-Winter-Pops/27076925_g8DkM7#!i=2271697709&k=Pn6bb5k
SCHOOL-YEAR CALENDAR: (No changes to last week’s calendar)
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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