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Band Announcements for Feb. 13, 2014

2/13/2014

USA Men's hockey wins 7-1 this morning!

-Pep Band Concert tonight: Call time is 6:30 pm. Dress is member shirts/jeans/athletic shoes. Admission is a canned good. Be sure to talk it up with friends and fam. Horns should be polished...drums wiped down for tonight.
-Randy Brecker (jazz trumpet GOD) in concert Feb. 19 with UIC Jazz Ensemble. 7:30. 750 S. Halsted, Chicago. This will be amazing. Check it out. He's a New York cat who doesn't get to Chicago very often.
-Outback photos: Go to www.joleschenterprises.com to check your selves out. There are over 600 pics from thru out the fest. You need to click on "View All Images" after they send you to the SHS page to see them all. Bass line and drumline have some nice shots from b4 the parade.

Band Announcements forFeb. 12, 2014

2/12/2014

"We will not know unless we begin." -Howard Zinn

-Pitchers and catchers report to camp tomorrow....Spring is coming!
-Today is Abe Lincoln's birthday.
-CB sectionals: Royal Oak
-The 6th Man Pep Concert . Tomorrow night. Call time is 6:30 pm. Dress is member shirts/jeans. Admission is a non-perishable food item. Tell your friends and fam. We want a full house.
-WS: Goal sheets were due on Mon. Get those in today.
-Simona needs help decorating the auditorium for the concert after school tomorrow.
-St.Baldrick's shavees and cutters: Sign up on front board. The Boosters want to help you guys.
-Jazz Ensemble: Rehearsal Monday is 10:00 am.

Band Announcements for Feb. 11, 2014

2/11/2014

"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."- Abraham Lincoln

-SB sectionals: Highland Celebration.
-Student Board wiill meet tomorrow @ 7:10.
-The 6th Man Pep Band Concert. Thursday night. Call time is 6:30 pm. Dress is member shirts/jeans. Admission is a non-perishable food item per person. Be sure to be talking this concert up with family and friends.
-Dept. is closed at 3:00 today. Go home.
-IHSA Goal Chart: Update it ASAP.
-IOUs...really?? REALLY??? Mitchell $5.50 since 10/7. Deisy $8, Joshi $3, Anderson $5, Avila $3 since 11/9, Jones $2 since 9/27, Jorgensen $2.50 since the late 80s, Kowalczyk $4 since 10/25, Worsham $6 since 10/14, Lopez $20.77 since Sept. Pay your debts off TODAY.

Band Announcements for Feb. 11, 2014

2/10/2014

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." -Aristotle

-Congratulations to our D211 Honors Orchestra performers: Jocquil Givens, Maira Senoo, Jaina Chu, Sarah Jaris, Patrick Ward, Andrew Chester, Elliot Krueger. Saturday's concert was excellent.
-IHSA Goal Chart is up: Start to update it today.
-St. Baldrick's: Planning on being a shavee? The Boosters want to do a piece in their newsletter. Sign up on the front board.
-Did you see the Beatles special on CBS last night? What a great show! So much talent on one stage.
-WS sectionals: Armenian Dances.
-Lab Band: 3:00.
-Jazz Ensemble: 7:30 tonight.

Band Announcements for Feb. 7, 2014

2/7/2014

"No problem can stand the assault of sustained thinking." -Voltaire
-The D211 Honors Orchestra is in residence today, so we need to be flexible. There are a lot of people in the dept. all day.
-Gerber: CD!!!!
-Cadet sectionals today. Music Man.
-Pep Band gig tonight. 6:30 call. Theme is Lumberjack. Grow a beard and wear a flannel shirt.
-Dept. is closed today for hanging out due to our guests. Go hang in the cafeteria.
-D211 Honors Orchestra Concert is tomorrow night. 7:00 in the Weimer Auditorium. Lots of our bandos involved. Good for "in-house" semester review.
-Pep Band Concert is next Thurs., Feb. 13. 7:00 pm. Start talking it up with friends and fam. We want a full house.
-HORNS GO HOME FOR THE WEEKEND. Tech class. Long tones. New tunes. Use a metronome.

Band Announcements for Feb. 6, 2014

2/6/2014

It's Bob Marley's birthday today (Reggae icon). He would've been 69.

-WS: Send-off today. You may leave your 7th hour class at 1:30 pm.
-Gerber: My CD!!!!!!
-Pep Band gig tomorrow night: 6:30 call. Theme is Lumberjack.
-D211 Honors Orchestra concert: Sat. night. 7:00 pm SHS Auditorium. We have 7 wind players in this year. Good for semester review if you can do an "in-house" one this semester.
-Dept. closed tomorrow for hanging out due to the D211 Honors Orch. rehearsing here all day. Stay in the cafeteria.

Band Announcements for Feb. 5, 2014

2/5/2014

":A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books." -Chinese proverb

CB sectionals: Galop.
WS: Orchestra today.
Gerber: My CD.
Bach's Guitar: Have you seen a white Fender Stratocastor in a black soft case? Please give us information. Tomorrow it becomes a police matter.

Band Announcements for Feb. 4, 2014

2/4/2014

"A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." -Walter Gagehot

-Gerber: Bring me my Tito Puente CD.
-SB sectionals: Summer Dance
-Cadets: Counting quiz on Thurs. Need help?
-Bach's guitar is missing. Seen it? It's a white Fender Stratocaster in a black soft case. Last seen in the back storage room. We don't want to make this a police matter, so please return it by Thurs. am.
-Student board will meet tomorrow at 7:10 am.

Band Announcements for Feb. 3, 2014

2/3/2014

Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow yesterday. Six more weeks of winter...really??

-Pep Band: Nice joib on the double header Friday. The band sounds great. Thanks!
-WS: Sectionals today. Work Holst I & III.
-Lab Band: 3:00 today.
-Jazz Ensemble: 7:30 tonight.
-Gerber & Chester: Return my CDs.
-IOUs: Joshi $3, Anderson $5, Avila $3, Jasso $3, Jones $2, Jorgensen $2.50, Kowalczyk $4, Mitchell $3, Worsham $6.
-Outback Bowl halftime picture: If there is an interest, I will create order bla

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