HOMESTEAD
HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC BOOSTER BLAST
August
7, 2013
We officially kicked off the marching season with the first all day
practice last Saturday.
Remember, all practices and
performances/competitions are MANDATORY. Contact Mr. Burn john_burn@fuhsd.org if you need to miss for any
reason. He already
knows who has been missing August practices, and if you did not notify him in
advance, it’s considered an unexcused absence.
THIS
WEEK’S SCHEDULE:
Wednesday, 8/7
9:00am – 8:00pm – Band Room is open
6:00pm – Band Office
is closed
12:30-3:30pm – Color Guard Costume fittings (by
appointment only)
4:00-8:00pm – Brass and Woodwinds & Color Guard Visual Rehearsal
5:00-8:30pm - Percussion Practice
7:45-8:15pm –
Scrip sales next to Staff parking lot adjacent to Band Room
Thursday, 8/8
Band Room is closed
8:45am – FULL
BAND to arrive at HHS to board buses for Team Bonding Day
8:30pm – Parents
to pick up students at the AMC Theater in Cupertino
Friday, 8/9
9:00am – 9:00pm –
Band Room is open
9:00am – 10:30pm – BAND
CAMP
Saturday, 8/10
9:00am – 9:00pm – Band
Room is open
9:00am – 10:30pm
– BAND CAMP
Sunday, 8/11
9:00am – 4:30pm –
Band Room is open
9:00am – 1:00pm –
BAND CAMP
1:30pm – 4:30pm –
Marcher uniform Fittings (by appointment only)
Monday, 8/12
Instrument locker check-out forms are due
9:00am – 4:00pm – Band Room is open
9:00am - 4:00pm –
Marcher uniform Fittings (by appointment only)
Tuesday, 8/13
9:00am – 8:00pm – Band Room is open
8:30am – 11:00am
– Sophomore Roundup
9:00am-12:00pm – Brass and Woodwinds & Color Guard Rehearsal
12:30-3:30pm – Marcher
uniform Fittings (by appointment only)
4:00-8:00pm – Brass and Woodwinds & Color Guard Visual Rehearsal
5:00-8:30pm - Percussion Practice
Wednesday, 8/14
9:00am – 8:00pm – Band
Room is open
9:00am-12:00pm – Brass and Woodwinds & Color Guard Rehearsal
12:30-3:30pm – Marcher
uniform Fittings (by appointment only)
4:00-8:00pm – Brass and Woodwinds & Color Guard Visual Rehearsal
5:00-8:30pm - Percussion Practice
7:45-8:15pm –
Scrip sales next to Staff parking lot adjacent to Band Room
NOTICE TO ALL
PERCUSSION: DATES AND TIMES
ARE SUBJECT TO LAST MINUTE CHANGE.
ALWAYS CHECK EMAILS FOR PRACTICE CONFIRMATION.
SNEAK
PEAK AT THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT WISH LIST
(Vicki
Feltman)
Every year, at the annual
Music Booster Marching Band Pot Luck, we post a list of items to help the Music
Department run like a sonata instead of a jitterbug. Look for our very special Music
Department Wish List, where we ask for supplies to keep students and teachers
happy. You would not
believe how many boxes of Kleenex we go thru in a week. And reams of paper, ink for the music
dept. printer, blue painters tape, batteries, the basic supplies of school
life. Every little bit is
much appreciated.
In case you’d like to get
a head-start, we can always use the following items starting the first day of
school. You can drop them
off in the Band office during hours of operation (see availability below).
Partial Wish List –
Kleenex (we were going thru 2 or 3
boxes a day at the end of the year due to
allergies!)
reams of white copy paper (20 lb)
reams of pastel colored copy paper (20
lb)
ink cartridges (Brother ink cartridge
id lc79 or lc75 in black, magenta, yellow,
or cyan)
scotch tape refill rolls (3/4 inch
wide)
ATTENTION STUDENTS – SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING
BAND CAMP
(Christina Allen)
Dates and times:
Friday, 8/9, 9:00 am to 10:30 pm
Saturday, 8/10, 9:00 am to 10:30 pm
Sunday, 8/11, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
1. Make sure you bring water in a large refillable jug each morning,
clearly labeled with your name.
2. Apply sunblock and bring extra for reapplication throughout the day.
3. Lunches: Bring lunch money or a sack lunch on Friday and
Saturday. You will have lunch on your own after dismissal at 1:00 pm on
Sunday.
4. Dinners: Friday and Saturday dinners will be provided for free
to the band by the Boosters.
5. Band Mixer activities on Friday and Saturday night, 9:00 - 10:30 pm
are MANDATORY. Dismissal at 10:30 pm.
BAND CAMP
AND TEAM BUILDING DAY FAQ
(Vicki
Feltman)
Q:
Do we sleep over during Band Camp this year?
A:
No sleepover this year. Everyone
goes home to their own beds every night of band camp. Everyone is expected to show up on
time the each morning, at 9 a.m.
Q:
Do we have to participate in the Team Building Day?
A:
It’s rather difficult to build a team if the whole team doesn’t show
up. We expect
everyone to show up at 8:45 am Thursday morning, unless you notified Mr. Burn
or Vicki Feltman in advance.
Q:
I didn’t know about Team Building Day or Band Camp. Nobody told me and I didn’t read my
emails.
A:
Not an excuse. You
are responsible for paying attention when Mr. Burn and section leaders make
announcements. You
are responsible for checking your emails at least once a week on Wednesdays to
find out the current information on music department activities and
events. You are in
High School!
INSTRUMENT
LOCKER CHECK OUT FORMS DUE AUGUST 12TH
(Vicki
Feltman)
Remember to turn in your
instrument locker check out forms by Monday August 12th.
New marchers: once you
check out a locker, that locker will be yours to use until you graduate from
the music program.
Returning marchers will
use the same lockers as they had last year, with the same locker combination. If you wish to
select a different locker, follow the instructions below.
A YELLOW instrument
locker check out form will be taped to every locker available for check
out. Select your locker,
take the form home to get it signed by your parents, and leave the completed
form in the box marked ‘Mrs. Feltman’s Mail Box’ located in the band
office. The yellow
instrument locker check out forms must be returned to me no later than 3:30 pm Monday,
August 12th. I will
return the locker to the available pool on August 13th if I don’t receive your
signed paperwork. No
exceptions.
Contact Vicki Feltman at Vicki.feltman@gmail.com if there are no more yellow forms
taped to lockers or if you have any questions.
REFERENCES
HHS
Music Boosters website - http://homestead-music.org
Pictures
- https://sites.google.com/site/homesteadvideo/photos
Orchestra
and Band video - http://www.youtube.com/user/carlsgutekunst/
Scrip Order Form - http://www.homestead-music.org (under Forms)
Questions or orders
can be emailed to scrip@homestead-music.org
Uniform
Signups - http://vols.pt/QMiQtT
CHANGES TO BAND ROOM
AVAILABILITY
The following is the band room/band office availability for
the rest of July and August:
Wed Aug 7th 9am-8pm – NOTE – band office will close at 6
pm
Thu Aug 8th band room closed – meet near the
L building in the faculty parking lot
(the parking lot where the band
room is)
Fri Aug 9th 9am-9pm
Sat Aug 10th 9am-9pm
Sun Aug 11th 9am-4:30pm
Mon Aug 12th 9am-4pm
Tue Aug 13th 9am-8pm
Wed Aug14th
9am-8pm
Thu Aug 15th 9am-8pm
Fri Aug 16th 9am-8pm NOTE – band office will be closed
today – Vicki Feltman gone
Sat Aug 17th 9am-6pm NOTE – band office will closed
today – Vicki Feltman gone
Mon Aug 19th First Day of School!
SCHOOL-YEAR
CALENDAR:
(No changes to last week’s calendar)
HOMESTEAD MUSIC
DEPARTMENT
CALENDAR 2013-2014
MARCHING BAND SUMMER REHEARSALS
July:
Brass
and Woodwinds:
Tuesdays, July 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30:
9am - 12pm Music Rehearsal
4:30
- 8:30pm Visual Rehearsal
Color
Guard:
Wednesdays: July 3, 10, 17, 24 &
31: 6:30 – 8:30pm
Percussion:
Tuesdays,
July 2, 9, 16 & 23: Drumline only, 4:30-6:30pm
Wednesdays, July 3, 10, 17 & 24:
5-8:30pm
Saturdays,
July 13: 9am-9pm
July 27: 9am – 5pm
Percussion
Camp - July 30-31: 5:00-8:30pm
August: ·
Brass
and Woodwinds:
Saturday,
August 3: 9am–5pm
Monday-Wednesday,
Aug. 5 - 7
9am-noon:
Music Rehearsal
4pm-8pm:
Visual Rehearsal
Thursday,
Aug. 8: Team Building Day
Santa
Cruz Beach and DCI Night at the Movies
Friday,
Aug 9: 9am-9pm
Saturday,
Aug. 10: 9am-10:30pm
Sunday,
Aug. 11: 9am-1pm
Tuesday
- Friday, Aug. 13 -16
9am-Noon:
Music Rehearsal
4pm-8pm:
Visual Rehearsal
Saturday,
Aug. 17
9am-6pm:
Rehearsal
6pm: Parent
Show
Color
Guard
Saturday,
Aug 3: 9am–5pm
Monday-Wednesday,
Aug. 5 - 7
9am-noon:
Music Rehearsal
4pm-8pm:
Visual Rehearsal
Thursday,
Aug. 8: Team Building Day
Santa
Cruz Beach and DCI Night at the Movies
Friday,
Aug 9: 9am-9pm
Saturday,
Aug. 10: 9am-10:30pm
Sunday,
Aug. 11: 9am-1pm
Tuesday
- Friday, Aug. 13 -16
9am-Noon:
Music Rehearsal
4pm-8pm:
Visual Rehearsal
Saturday,
Aug. 17
9am-6pm:
Rehearsal
6pm: Parent
Show
Percussion:
Continuation
of Percussion Camp - August 1 – 2: 5-8:30pm
Saturday,
Aug. 3: 9am-5pm
Tuesday-Wednesday,
Aug. 6-7: 5-8:30pm
Thursday,
Aug. 8: Team Building Day
Santa Cruz Beach and DCI Night at the Movies
Friday,
Aug 9: 9am-9pm
Saturday,
Aug. 10: 9am-10:30pm
Sunday,
Aug. 11: 9am-1pm
Tuesday
- Friday, Aug. 13 -16: 5-8:30pm
Saturday,
Aug. 17
9am-6pm:
Rehearsal
6pm: Parent
Show
WEEKLY
FALL MARCHING BAND REHEARSALS
|
|
Brass
|
Mondays 8/26, 9/16, 9/30,
10/14, and 10/28
Wednesdays 8/21 – 11/13
Saturdays 8/24 – 11/16
(not 10/12)
|
5:30pm – 8:30pm
5:30pm – 8:30pm
8:30am – 4:00pm
|
|
|
Woodwinds
|
Mondays, 9/9, 9/23,
10/7, 10/21, and 11/4
Wednesdays 8/21 – 11/13
Saturdays 8/24 – 11/16
(not 10/12)
|
5:30pm – 8:30pm
5:30pm – 8:30pm
8:30am – 4:00pm
|
|
|
Color Guard
|
Mondays 8/19 – 11/18
Wednesdays 8/21 – 11/13
Saturdays 8/24 – 11/16
(not 10/12)
|
5:30pm – 8:30pm
5:30pm – 8:30pm
8:30am – 4:00pm
|
|
|
Percussion
|
Mondays
8/26 – 11/18
(not
9/2)
(Wednesdays 8/21 – 11/13
Saturdays 8/24 – 11/16
(not 8/31 or 10/12)
|
5:30-8:30pm
5:30pm – 8:30pm
9:00am-5:00pm
|
|
CHAMPIONSHIP
WEEK REHEARSALS
|
Full Band
|
Thursday and Friday –
11/21 & 11/22
|
5:30pm – 8:30pm
|
MARCHING BAND PERFORMANCES
(times subject to change)
9/6 7:30pm Homestead v. Capuchino Mustangs
9/20 7:30pm Homestead v. Carlmont Scots
9/27 7:30pm Homestead v. Branham Bruins
10/4 6:15pm Homecoming game (HHS v. Monta Vista
Matadors)
10/5 early
evening District
Marching Band Expo at Lynbrook HS
10/11 7:30pm Homestead v. Los Altos Eagles
10/12 10am –
10pm Cupertino Tournament of Bands
at Cupertino High
School
10/19 6pm –
10pm Valley
Christian HS Band Competition at Chabot
College
in Hayward
11/1 7:30pm Homestead v. Lynbrook Vikings
11/2 6pm
– 10pm Dublin HS
Band Competition at Dublin HS
11/9 4:00pm Home Band Show and Food Truck Festival
11/16 6pm –
10pm Logan HS Band
Competition at Logan HS in Union
City
11/23-11/25 WBA State-wide Marching Band
Championships in
Fresno
12/1 6pm Los Altos Festival of Lights Parade,
downtown Los
Altos
TENTATIVE MUSIC DEPARTMENT PERFORMANCES
11/22 10am –
5pm College of San
Mateo Jazz Festival at College of San
Mateo
12/4 7:30pm Winter Choir Concert at HHS
12/5 7:30pm Winter Jazz Concert at HHS
12/11 7:30pm Winter Pops Orchestra Concert at HHS
12/12 6:00
& 8:00pm Winter Pops Band
Concerts
1/17-19 2:00pm Santa Clara County Honor Band,
Saratoga HS
1/31 10am
– 5pm CMEA Jazz
Festival at Aragon HS
2/5 6:00pm Symphonic/Concert Band Exchange
Festival at
Lynbrook
HS
2/7-8 Homestead Orchestra Festival
2/19-20 Homestead Orchestra at California All-State
Conference
in Fresno
2/21-23 All-State Honor Band and
Orchestra Conference in
Fresno
3/7-8 Wind Ensemble Mini Tour to
Sonoma State and
Skywalker
Ranch
3/14-15 CMEA Band & Orchestra
Festival at Saratoga HS
3/27 10am-5pm San Jose State Jazz Festival
4/11-13 Reno Jazz Festival at UNR
5/14 7:30pm Spring Band Concert at HHS
5/15 7:30pm Spring Orchestra & Wind Ensemble
Concert at HHS
5/21 7:30pm Spring Choir Concert at HHS
5/22 7:30pm Spring Jazz Concert at HHS
6/5 3:00pm Graduation