Freshman Band Announcements – May 7-11

Lakota West Bands
  1. Congratulations to the Red and White Symphonic Bands and to Symphonic Winds for earning Superior ratings at the OMEA State Large Group Adjudicated Event this past Friday evening at the East Freshman School. The bands all played superbly. We look forward to having all our Freshman in those bands next year where more great things will happen.
  2. Those Freshman students who were selected for Symphonic Winds for the 2012-13 school year are reminded that there is a meeting for Symphonic Winds after school on Tuesday May 8th in the band room. The students need to ride the activity bus to Main Campus after school on Tuesday.
  3. Our next and final concert will be on Tuesday, May 22, 2012. We are playing a piece with the combined Freshman bands. We cannot rehearse together until the evening of the concert. With that in mind, we need all the Freshman Band students to report at 6:00 pm. This will give us adequate time to both warm-up and tune each band as well as giving us time to rehearse together.
  4. Playing tests will occur this week with both bands on Thursday during sectional time. The playing test will be on the march for each band. Students will be told in class on Monday exactly what measures they will be tested on.
  5. Final Quarterly Assessments will occur the last week of school following the schedule established by the school. All Freshman band students will play the entire circle of 4ths, all 12 scales, from memory using the rhythm pattern announced in class. The students know what that is.
  6. Lastly, all Freshman that are participating in marching band should plan on attending Rookie Marcher Day on Thursday, May 31st from 1:00-4:00 pm at the main campus. This is a requirement and if a student looks like they are going to have a conflict, they need to communicate that with Mr. Chumley, Mr. Racic, and Mr. Snyder as soon as possible. This is a very important session where students will learn the basics of marching, meet with the Leadership Team, and receive their music for marching band. Again, ALL Freshman who are going to be in marching band need to be at Rookie Marcher Day on Thursday, May 31st from 1-4 pm.

That’s it for this week, only 18 days of school left!