WELCOME, INCOMING HOMESTEAD FRESHMEN AND FAMILIES!

WINTER GROUPS HOME SHOW!!  APRIL 2ND

WELCOME, INCOMING HOMESTEAD FRESHMEN AND FAMILIES!

This is the first of many informative emails you will receive during your Homestead music career.  Take a look at all the activities going on!

If you have any questions about anything you see in this email, please contact Vicki Feltman atvfeltman@pacbell.net (Homestead High Music Department Administrative Assistant) or anyone listed as a contact.  All of us are ready and waiting to answer your questions!

This email was sent to every 8^th grade student who turned in an information sheet to Mr. Burn, Mr. Marra,  or Dr. Morton, the Homestead music department.  If you know of others in your class who will be taking a Homestead music class who didn’t receive this email, please have them contact Vicki Feltman so we can include their email address in our distribution list.

Incoming Freshman Marching Band members, please note, band camp will be August 13^th-15^th, with mandatory New Marcher (YOU) Practice scheduled for Saturday, August 7^th.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ……!!

… The Homestead Concert Band for obtaining a rating of Excellent, and the Homestead Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, and Chamber Orchestra, for receiving Unanimous Superiors at the CMEA Band and Orchestra Festival Friday and Saturday, March 26^th and 27^th.  WOW!!

KUDOS TO……

….Barb and George Edmonds for hauling the trailer full of instruments to and from CMEA this weekend, with only hours of notice!  We could not have done it without you!!

WINTER GROUPS HOME SHOW!!  APRIL 2ND

Come watch our very own Winter Guard and Winter Percussion as they perform their award winning 2010 shows in the Homestead Large Gym!

            Friday, April 2^nd, starting at 6:30 pm

            Admission is FREE – donations always welcome!

Also featuring guard and percussion groups from Fremont and Leigh, among others.

Be sure to catch Homestead’s final competitions the next day, Saturday, April 3^rd, at CCGC Championships at Independence High School in San Jose:

            Winter Percussion 12:00 p.m.

            Winter Guard   5:07 p.m.

MARCHING BAND STUDENT LEADER MANDATORY MEETING APRIL 8TH

Marching band and color guard students interested in being a student leader for the 2010 marching season must attend a mandatory meeting during lunch on Thursday, April 8^th.  Mr. Burn and Mr. Marra will discuss the application process.  Please contact Mr. Burn or Mr. Marra for more information.

DRUM MAJOR AUDITIONS TAKE PLACE APRIL 21^ST, 3 PM

You are encouraged to attend any or all of the drum major workshops currently in session every Wednesday until Drum Major auditions on Wednesday, April 21st. 

The workshops start at 3:15 pm in the Band Room.  Learn drum major skills from experienced drum majors!  Contact Chris Chung (b-ballchris@comcast.net), Marcus Regidor (mcregi@sbcglobal.net) or Madeena Siddiqui (madeena93@yahoo.com) for more information.

WHAT IS A BLOCK H??

Parents, help your students out.  Remember way way WAY back when you were in high school and you had letter jackets/sweaters?  When you completed the required number of semesters of participation in a sport or activity, you earned a fuzzy/felt letter, usually the first letter of your high school’s name, that you could sew onto your jacket/sweater.  This was when everyone knew how to sew.  With a needle and thread.

The Homestead Music Department gives out its version of the fuzzy/felt letter.  We call it a ‘Block H’, because our high school’s name is HOMESTEAD and the letter’s font is Block.  

The Block H can also be sewn onto a school jacket/sweater, but it seems like most students nowadays hang them on their bedroom wall, in their lockers, maybe glue them  on their binders, etc.

OK, now that everyone knows what a Block H is……

BLOCK H APPLICATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED

The Homestead Music Department Block H is awarded to any Homestead student who has completed 4 semesters of HHS music classes.  The fall semester only counts for band students if the student is enrolled in Marching Band or Color Guard (Color Guard members can count their winter semester if they are members of Winter Guard).

Please complete the attached form and return to the box marked ‘Mrs. Feltman’s Mail box’, located in Mr. Burn’s office. 

All completed forms are due by Friday, April 30th.  No exceptions!

Please contact Vicki Feltman  at vfeltman@pacbell.net if you have any questions or comments.

BAND ROOM AVAILABILITY

The band room will be open during the following days after school until 6:30 pm:

            Mon-Thur April 5-8

            Fri April 9^th until 2 pm (early release day)

            Mon-Fri April 19-23

            Mon-Fri April 26-30

Contact Vicki Feltman at vfeltman@pacbell.net for additional band room availability.

UPCOMING MUSIC DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES

Below is a list of practices, performances, meetings, etc. for the coming school year.  Performances are shown in bold italics.  The dates and times listed below were accurate at the time of printing, but things can change!  Please be sure to read your e-mail to keep up with any last minute changes.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ……!!

KUDOS TO……