HOMESTEAD HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC DEPARTMENT BLAST September 17, 2013
All practices, football games,
performances, and competitions are mandatory. Contact Mr. Burn at john_burn@fuhsd.org if you need to miss for
any reason.
THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE:
Wednesday, 9/18
Concession Pre-Order form for 9/20 game is due
4:30 – 6:15pm - $6.00 meal deal in the Main Quad, including a
baked potato with a
choice of topping, coffee or
soda, and a cookie. Proceeds benefit Music
Boosters.
5:30 – 8:15pm – BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT
5:30 – 8:30pm – FULL BAND Practice
8:15-8:45pm – Scrip sales next to Staff parking lot adjacent to
Band Room
Friday, 9/20
5:30pm – Marchers to arrive at Band Quad to change into uniform
7:30pm – HHS v. Carlmont
Saturday, 9/21
9:00am-5:00pm – FULL BAND Practice
Monday, 9/23
5:30pm – 8:30pm – Winds & Percussion & Color Guard Practice
Wednesday, 9/25
5:30 – 8:30pm – FULL BAND Practice
8:15-8:45 – 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.
BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT TOMORROW – DO YOU KNOW WHERE TO GO?
Reminder to
all parents whose students are in First Period Marching Band, Color Guard, PE
Band 9, PE Band 10, and Wind Ensemble – you should make your way to the
Homestead Auditorium where you will find Mr. Burn and Mr. Weingartner, ready to
tell you about your child’s first period class.
Second period
Symphonic Band will meet in the Band room.
Second period Chamber Orchestra will meet in the black box (there will
be signs directing you to the black box, which is thru the glass doors behind
the auditorium).
And
yes, there is practice on Wednesday, rain or shine.
SPEAKING OF WEDNESDAY NIGHT PRACTICES
(AND MONDAY NIGHT PRACTICES)…..
Parents,
a little help, please? Practice ends
at 8:30 pm on Monday and Wednesday. Sometimes
it can take 10 minutes or more for students to get off the field and back into
the building, so I don’t expect them back until 8:40. I am usually in the band room on practice
nights, and I will stay either in the band room or out on the grass, waiting
for the last students to be picked up, because I don’t like to see them waiting
alone in the dark. I would really
appreciate it if you could get there by 8:40 instead of waiting until 9 or 9:30
to pick up your student, so I can get home, too!
FIRST FOOTBALL GAME HALF-TIME SHOW IN
UNIFORM……SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY SEPT 20th
5:30 p.m. Full Band meets in band quad with instruments in cases (once you get your instrument the band
room will not be available), gloves, shoebag with CLEAN shoes and CLEAN
black
socks. Please remember
to wear a shirt with short sleeves (NO TANK TOPS). Also, remember to wear your boxer shorts. The uniform carts with your hats and garment
bags will be out and ready when you arrive.
Hair must be under control. If
your hair is long enough to touch your collar, be prepared to wear hair nets,
hair pins, and hair ties.
Get in
uniform; uniform carts will be set up outside, where everyone will change. Take care of any uniform issues before
warm-ups!! Look for Mrs. Richards and other uniform moms to help you.
Leave your
instrument cases in the middle of the band quad between the uniform carts so
that we can see them. Tubas and
percussion leave cases against art building.
6:00
p.m. Warm up/Pep band music rehearsal
6:55
p.m. March into stadium -- Pre-game concert on the track
7:25
p.m. Traditional pre-game show
7:30 p.m. (approximately) -
game begins.
- During the game, the band sits in
their sections in full uniform, and plays pep band music.
- No eating or drinking, except
water, while in uniform.
- The entire band stands up when we
play.
- Four minutes
before half-time the band prepares for the half-time show.
- Half time: the band
performs The City of Tomorrow!
- After the half-time show, you
will go back to the uniform carts and change out of your uniforms, and put
on pep band shirt, jacket and jeans.
Return your hat to its box, your marching shoes to the shoe bag,
and your uniform jacket and pants (NEATLY HUNG) to the garment bag. Hang the
uniforms on the carts.
- 3rd quarter: return to
stadium, get some food, and bring your food to the band area of the
bleachers.
- 4th quarter: ALL band
members must attend 4th quarter. When
the band is playing, everyone needs to be playing (not eating or talking).
You must be with your section (flutes, clarinets, altos, etc.) when in the
stands. We will play one or two songs after the game ends, and then you’re
dismissed. (sometime between 9:30 and 10:30 pm)
- TAKE ALL YOUR
STUFF HOME WITH YOU,
leaving no personal property or garbage behind! (Uniforms and hats
stay on the carts.)
Pre-order
tickets – you will find them in your hat boxes after half-time. Tuba and Pit will find their tickets taped to
the front of their uniform cart. Color
Guard pre-order tickets will be distributed by a colorguard parent.
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/
BAND ROOM AVAILABILITY
The following is the band room/band office availability for
September:
When there are Monday night and Wednesday night practices,
the band office will be open until 8:30 pm. The only exception will
be Back to School Night, Wed Sept 18th, when all of you parents will
be busy following your students’ schedules and the band office will be closed.
Tue and Thurs the band room/band office will be open until 6
pm.
On non-game Friday’s the band
room/band office will be open until 5 pm.
Saturday, the band room/band office will be open from
9am-5pm.
SCHOOL-YEAR CALENDAR:
(No changes to last week’s
calendar)
HOMESTEAD
MUSIC DEPARTMENT
CALENDAR 2013-2014
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 8/31
or 10/12)
|
5:30pm – 8:30pm
5:30pm – 8:30pm
9:00am-5:00pm
|
|
Woodwinds
|
Mondays, 9/9, 9/23,
10/7, 10/21, and 11/4
Wednesdays 8/21 – 11/13
Saturdays 8/24 – 11/16 (not 8/31
or 10/12)
|
5:30pm – 8:30pm
5:30pm – 8:30pm
9:00am-5:00pm
|
|
Color Guard
|
Mondays 8/19 – 11/18
Wednesdays 8/21 – 11/13
Saturdays 8/24 – 11/16 (not 8/31
or 10/12)
|
5:30pm – 8:30pm
5:30pm – 8:30pm
9:00am-5:00pm
|
|
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)
9/20 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 Cupertino High
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
(String, Chamber and Full Orchestra)
12/12 6:00&
8:00pm Winter Pops Band Concerts
(Concert Band, Symphonic Band & Wind
Ensemble) – two shows with same music
1/10-12 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