HOMESTEAD HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC BOOSTER BLAST!

January 11, 2012

NEW NEWS:

-       Breaking News:  Homestead High School Marching Band to receive proclamation

-       Congratulations to Winter Guard

-       Santa Clara County Honor Band Concert this Sunday

-       2012 Band Camp

-       Band Room availability for the next two weeks

-       Santa Clara Vanguard bingo volunteering calendar is now available for February and March

REMINDERS:

-       Scrip

-       2010/2011 Music DVDs are now available

-       Volunteers needed for Vanguard Bingo

-       School year calendar

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE:

Wednesday, January 11^th

            6-9pm – Winter Guard practice

            6-9pm – Winter Percussion practice

Friday, January 13^th

            County Honor Band rehearsals

Saturday, January 14^th

            Winter Guard practice

            Winter Percussion practice

            County Honor Band rehearsals

Sunday, January 15^th

            2pm – County Honor Band Concert in the Spangenberg Theater at Gunn HS

Monday, January 16^th

            Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – NO SCHOOL

            6-9pm – Winter Guard practice

            6-9pm – Winter Percussion practice

NEW NEWS:

HOMESTEAD BAND TO RECEIVE PROCLAMATION!

(John Burn)

The mayor of Cupertino is going to publicly acknowledge the Homestead Marching Band and Color Guard for our wonderful performance in the 2011 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade!! ALL band and guard members are strongly encouraged to attend this meeting, Tuesday, 1/17, 6:45 pm - 7:15 pm, 13500 Torre Ave, Cupertino, (next to the Cupertino Library). Fill your car with your band friends, wear your band jacket, and I'll see you there!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINTER GUARD TEAM

(Ken Nelson)

On Saturday, our Winter Guard team participated in the CCGC Evaluations. This is where the team performs in front of a panel of judges and is then placed into a class for the season. Our Winter Guard team qualified for the Scholastic Open class. This is quite an honor. Their first competition will be on Saturday, January 21st at Homestead. More info will be provided next week.

REMINDER - COUNTY HONOR BAND CONCERT ON SUNDAY!

(Vicki Feltman)

Only the top students in the county are accepted into the Santa Clara County Honor Band, based on auditions. Come hear our students perform!

Flutes - Jenna Mennen and Meia Alsup

Clarinets - Aditya Mishra and Jason Chen

Alto Sax - Annie Rak

Trumpet - Paul Gudan

Percussion - Emily Liu and Gwendolyn Wang

The County Honor Band Concert takes place on Sunday, January 15, 2012, at 2:00 pm in the Spangenberg Theater, located at Gunn High School, 780 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto. Admission is $10 general admission, $8 for students and seniors.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS – BAND CAMP DATES SET!!

(Vicki Feltman)

For those families who are setting their summer calendars, please note band camp will be held Friday, August 10^th thru Sunday, Augusts 12^th.

As always, there will be activities for all marchers the week before we leave, and full rehearsals the weeks before school starts.

Please plan accordingly.

CHANGES TO BAND ROOM AVAILABILITY

(Vicki Feltman)

Friday, January 13^th, the band room will be closed at 5 pm

The band room will be closed Monday, January 16^th (Martin Luther King’s Birthday)

The band room will not be open after school on Wednesday January 25^th

The band room is open from 3-6pm daily during all other school days.

VOLUNTEER FOR SANTA CLARA VANGUARD BINGO TO EARN MONEY TOWARD BAND FEES

(Diane Cressler)

Santa Clara Vanguard has opened their bingo volunteering calendar for February and March. This is a great way to "bank" money in your scrip account to pay for band expenses.

For each shift you volunteer, you will earn $40 toward your student’s scrip account. Money in your scrip account can be used toward paying any allowable Homestead Music program costs (Marching Band, Winter Percussion, Winter Guard, Choir, etc). Volunteers must be 18 yrs or older. They do not need to be a parent or relative of the student. They can be a friend working on behalf of the student.

If you are new to the program, please refer to the “Fundraising” section of the HHSMB website for details and for sign-up instructions (be sure to read all the information before signing-up):

http://homestead.schoolloop.com/blast100524

To register for Bingo times, please click the link below.

http://www.scvanguard.org/about/events/

To ensure your scrip account is properly credited, please email Diane Cressler (longdogz@pobox.com ) and let her know the dates you actually work and the name of the student scrip account to credit.

If you have any questions, contact Diane Cressler, longdogz@pobox.com.

REMINDERS:

SCRIP NEWS

(Carrie Adelman)

To download an order form, go to: https://homestead.schoolloop.com/mbfund#SCRIP.  Your student, including seniors, continues to receive scrip credit year-round. Scrip credit can be carried over to next year or can be used as reimbursement for this year's band expenses. Consult the band manual.

Contact any scrip sales team member:
Carrie Adelman - carrie.a@comcast.net 
Jenny Haight – TheHaights@aol.com 
Nicolle Sidovar - sidovar_nicolle@yahoo.com 
Cora Ustaris - ust_family@yahoo.com

2010-2011 HHS MUSIC DVD’S ARE READY

(Robbin Kawabata)

The HHS Music DVD's from the 2010-2011 school year are now all ready! Please contact Robbin Kawabata,robbin.rk@gmail.com or at 650-961-5426.

Here is the list of the DVD's:

-  2010 Marching Band (Lacrimosa)

-  2010 Winter Pops

- Orchestra Exchange Concerts (11/2010 and 2/2011)

- CMEA Festival (April, 2011)

- 2011 Spring Bands

- 2011 Spring Orchestras

- 2011 Spring Choir

- 2011 Spring Jazz at De Anza

SCHOOL-YEAR CALENDAR:

(Changes to this week’s calendar are marked in red)