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Band Announcements for December 20, 2013

12/20/2013

-Assembly today: You are all dismissed at 1:20 pm.
-Cadet sectionals today: Run thru Outback tunes. Audition materials.
-Pep Band tonight: Call time is 6:30 pm. Theme is holiday dress. There will be alums playing as well.
-Outback stuff: Be sure you're on the Remind101 account.
-Percussion: Pack up jazz/WS/and marching drums that won't be at 12 days TODAY.
-Sousas: Packed up today for FLA.
-Semester reviews due today at 3:00.
-Seating auditions begin 1st day back from break.

"No, Santa Claus! Thank God, he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood." -Francis P. Church

Band Announcements for Dec. 18, 2013

12/17/2013

"The only proof he needed for the existence of God was music." -Kurt Vonnegut's epitaph

-9 days 'til Outback Tour. Music memorized?
-Cadets & WS: Great concert last night. Some terrific musical moments. Thank you!
-CB sectionals today: Run auditions.
-Semester reviews: Due Friday @ 3:00.
-Orchestra winds today. 3rd hour. On stage.
-Orchestra Concert tonight. 7:00. Good for semester review.
-Dept. is closed for hanging today and tomorrow. Only CB folks should be down here for sectionals.
-Boys rest room is closed to students until further notice.

Band Announcements for December 17, 2013

12/17/2013

"An unhurried sense of time is in itself a form of wealth." -Bonnie Friedman

-10 days 'til Outback Tour. Schaumburg is 19 degrees today. 70 in Orlando today.
-SB & CB: Nice concert last night. The audience loved the sing-a-long.
-Concert tonight: Cadets & WS & FJP & TubaChristmas. Call time is 6:30. Dress is band uniform for Cadets. Formal wear for WS. FJP in black.
-Concert tickets are on sale during classes today for tonight's concert.
-SB sectionals: Run thru audition materials.
-Semester reviews are due this Friday @ 3:00.
-Music College Night is Thursday. 5:30-7:00. McCormack Place; Skyline Ballroom (375D) FREE. 70 music schools represented.
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Band Announcements for December 16

12/16/2013

"Strive to build a team filled with camaraderie and respect; comrades-in-arms." -John Wooden

-11 days 'til Outback Tour. Schaumburg 19 degrees today. Orlando 66 degrees.
Today is Beethoven's birthday!
-Concert tonight: SB & CB & Floridian Jazz Project & TubaChristmas. Call time is 6:15 on stage. Dress is band uniform/black sox/shined shoes/polished horns. Cadets & WS can use this for semester review.
-Concert tickets on sale: Purchase beforehand so we can start on time.
-Nice job at Friday's basketball game. Band sounded good.
-WS sectionals today. Play through audition pieces with each other.
-Semester reviews are due this Friday at 3:00 pm.
-Music College Night: Thurs. 5:30-7:00. McCormack Place; Skyline Ballroom (375D). FREE. 70 music schools will be represented.

Band Announcements for December 13, 2013

12/13/2013

"Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can." -Richard Bach

-14 days 'til the Outback Tour. 27 degrees in Schaumburg today...only 72 degrees in Orlando today.
-Bands are on stage today...get there!
-Concert tix on sale. Buy 'em. Proceeds are going to Washington High School Band's tornado relief efforts.
-Cadet sectionals: Outback tunes.
-Pep band tonight: Call is 6:30. Theme is Neon ("It started as a whisper!!!!")
-Outback rehearsal tomorrow at 1:30. We will be outside, so dress accordingly. There is snow in the forecast, so that will be interesting.
-HORNS GO HOME FOR THE WEEKEND...concert music, Outback tunes, auditions, long tones, use a metronome.

Band Announcements for December 12, 2013

12/12/2013

"Don't miss the magic of the moment by focusing on what's to come." -Life's Little Instruction Book

-15 days 'til Outback Tour. 0 degrees in Chicago. 70 degrees in Orlando.
-Concert tickets; buy yours ASAP. We don't want lines at the concerts.
-Mainock: see Mr. I.
-Pep Band gig tomorrow: Neon is the theme. Call time: 6:30.
-PRACTICE....there should be nobody holding the carpet down until after the concerts.

Band Announcements for December 11, 2013

12/11/2013

"Perform at your best when your best is required. Your best is required each day." -John Wooden (the winningest college basketball coach of all time)

-16 days until Outback Tour. High of 78 in Orlando today. It's 9 degrees right now in Schaumburg.
-Check out today's Daily Herald (Neighbor section front page). Great article and pic about your Outback Tour.
-CB sectionals: Let Christmas Begin. 12 major scales.
-Concert tickets on sale: Make your purchases. We want to start the concert on time. BTW...all proceeds will go to Washington HS Band to help them rebuild after last month's tornado.
-OUTBACK rehearsal on Sat.: We start at 1:30. Dress for outside. We're doing a parade.
-Calendar Change: IHSA State Solo & Ensemble Contest day is March 8, 2014.

Band Announcements for December 10, 2013

12/10/2013

"They are never alone that arenaccompanied with noble thoughts." -Sir Philip Sidney

-17 days until Outback Tour. It's 85 and sunny in Orlando today.
-SB sectionals: JUBILANT!!!
-Pep Band gig: Friday. Call is 6:30 pm. Wear neon.
-OUTBACK rehearsal day. This Sat. 1:30. Parade outside. Halftime tunes inside. Wind Symphony inside.
-Concert Tix are on sale. $2. Purchase your TODAY.
-Calendar Change: IHSA State Solo & Ensemble Contest dayte is March 8, 2014. This is incorrect on the band's original calendar. Make the change.
-Outback drumline tonight @ 7:00.
-Bach: Booster meeting tonight.
-It's Morton Gould's 100th birthday today.
-Jordan Lynch (NIU quarterback) is a Heisman finalist. Great for NIU and the MAC.

Band Announcements for December 9, 2013

12/9/2013

"The mint makes it first, it is up to you to make it last." -Evan Esar

-18 days until Outback Tour
-CALENDAR CHANGE: IHSA State Solo & Ensemble Contest is March 8th, 2014. It is incorrect on the band schedule. Please make a note of it.
-WS: Sectionals Jingle Bells.
-Pep Band: Nice first outing. Next gig is this Friday. Call is 6:30 pm. Theme is Neon.
-Lab Band after school.
-Florida Jazz Project: 7:30 tonight.
-Concert tickets are on sale during band. $2 each.
-IOUs: Avila $5, Jasso $5, Costa $5, Mitchell $5, Deluca $3.50, Anderson $7, Cotten $5, Bartgen $10, Park $6, Jones $4, Jorgensen $4.50, Hansen $6, Kowalczyk $6, Worsham $8.

December 6, 2014

12/6/2013

"For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver." -Martin Luther

-21 days until Outback Tour
-Congratulations to Vinay Prabhakar on achieving a perfect score on the ACT.
-1st Pep Band game is tomorrow. Pajama night. Call time is 5:00.
-Drumline: Sign up for the dance gig with Robert today.
-WS Percussion quintet today.
-SHS Band is represented in this month's Instrumentalist magazine. There's an article on the 40th anniversay of TubaChristmas. In the picture are the famous Saxon red tuba socks.
-RIP Nelson Mandela.
-Tonight: The NIU Huskies continue their quest of the perfect season. MAC Championship game. 7:00 ESPN2.
-HORNS GO HOME FOR THE WEEKEND...Concerts coming (tweak individual parts). Auditions coming. Outback coming (is Grease memorized yet?)

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