HOMESTEAD HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC BOOSTER BLAST!

January 25, 2012

NEW NEWS:

-       Congratulations to Winter Guard

-       Two Exchange Concerts next week

-       Message to Students participating in Exchange Concerts

-       Dessert and volunteers needed for Exchange Concerts

-       St. Olaf College Band to perform at Gunn HS on February 3^rd

-       Welcome incoming Marchers and Guard!

REMINDERS:

-       Scrip

-       Last chance to order 2010/2011 music DVDs

-       2012 Band Camp

-       Band Room availability

-       School year calendar

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE:

Wednesday, January 25^th

            BAND ROOM CLOSED AT 2:15pm

            Orchestra and Music Genesis class to San Francisco for Open Rehearsal

Saturday, January 28^th

                Winter Percussion CCGC Competition in Union City

NEW NEWS:

CONGRATULATIONS HOMESTEAD WINTER GUARD

(Ken and Kristen Nelsen)

Our Winter Guard team won first place in last weekend's first CCGC competition of the year. Congratulations on a great start to the season!

This competition was hosted by Homestead. We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone for their tremendous support in pulling off this competition. Thank you to all of our dedicated band and winter guard parent volunteers, our great music department staff, the HHSMB board & alumni parents who are always willing to pitch in and help. We've set a high standard for the rest of the competitions!

The Winter Guard's next competition is on Saturday, February 4th at Amador Valley High School.

EXCHANGE CONCERTS NEXT WEEK – TWO OF THEM!!

(Vicki Feltman)

Double the fun and music!! This year, Homestead will host TWO nights of Exchange Concerts!

Wednesday, February 1st, Fremont High School AND Lynbrook High School will be our guests, performing with our Concert Band and Symphonic Band.

Please note, the Wednesday concerts will begin at 6:30 p.m.

Our Homestead Concert Band leads off the evening, first on stage at 6:30 pm.

They will be followed by the Fremont Concert Band, Lynbrook Concert Band, Fremont Symphonic Band, Lynbrook Symphonic Band, and ending with the Homestead Symphonic Band.

Students from all three school sites will mingle after the concert, enjoying the desserts supplied by you, our Homestead families.

Thursday, February 2nd, the Los Gatos High School Orchestra, directed by Mr. Marra, will be our guest, performing with our Orchestra. We will also feature alumnus Paul Hyun, cello soloist. The concert starts at 7:30.

MESSAGE TO STUDENTS ATTENDING EXCHANGE CONCERTS

(Vicki Feltman)

For Wednesday, February 1^st:

5:30pm – Homestead Concert Band and Symphonic Band arrive, IN CONCERT ATTIRE, with desserts to share with Fremont and Lynbrook guests. Drop off your desserts in the practice room. A booster parent will be waiting for your goodies.

For Thursday, February 2^nd:

5 pm - Homestead rehearsal

5:30-6pm - Combined rehearsal

6 pm – Pizza dinner

PLEASE REMEMBER:

All concerts are mandatory and students are expected to participate. Parents must let Mr. Burn know IN WRITING if students will not be attending.

All students and members of the audience are expected to arrive before the concert begins and stay for the entire concert. It is impolite and disruptive to other groups for you to leave in the middle of a performance.

The following is appropriate concert attire:

Boys:

-       Black dress shoes, dark socks, black pants (no jeans), white button-up collared shirt, black tie and black sport coat. If a coat is unavailable, a black sweater is ok, but no sweatshirts or black shirts please.

Girls:

-       Preferred: Long black dress with shoulders covered, black hose and shoes.

-       Ok: Black skirt knee length or longer, or black dress pants, with black top with shoulders covered, black hose and shoes.

-       Not Ok: T-shirts, sweatshirts, or tennis shoes.

-       Rule of thumb for girls’ formal concert attire: the less skin showing, the better.

DESSERT & VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR EXCHANGE CONCERTS

(Vicki Feltman)

For Wednesday, February 1st:

We’ll need 700 servings of dessert plus a few people to help with the following tasks:

5:30 pm:   At least one person to receive desserts from students as they arrive for rehearsal in the practice room..

6:00 pm: A few helpers to move the desserts to the cafeteria and set up for the dessert social.

8:30-9 pm: Keep dessert tables stocked.

9 pm: Help clean up

For Thursday, February 2nd:

We will do a pizza dinner. For this event, we need people to help set up, serve pizza and clean up (5:30pm – 7:15pm).

Please log on to our volunteer website to sign up to help out at these events at: http://www.volunteerspot.com/login/entry/962345632561568076.

Enter your email address to log in.

Please contact Vicki Feltman at Vicki.feltman@gmail.com if you have any questions.

ST. OLAF BAND TO PERFORM AT GUNN HIGH SCHOOL – TWO THUMBS UP FROM MR. BURN

(Vicki Feltman)

Conductor/Composer Timothy Mahr and his St. Olaf College Band will perform on Friday, February 3^rd, at 7:30 pm in the Spangenberg Theater at Gunn High School in Palo Alto.

Complimentary tickets for students are available at the door. Adults and Seniors can purchase tickets for $10.

WELCOME INCOMING MUSICIANS AND GUARD!

(Vicki Feltman)

To students and parents who will join us at Homestead in the fall: You will be sent marching band-related information in the near future (like the information below regarding Band Camp 2012 dates).

Attention current music students and families…. We want to make sure we reach every student who might be interested in registering for Band, Color Guard, Choir, or Orchestra in the Spring, incoming freshman and current non-music students alike. If you know of any students thinking about it, please forward this information to them. We want to make sure they are included in all our communications.

Please contact Vicki Feltman at Vicki.feltman@gmail.com if you have any questions.

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 - BACKORDER LAST CHANCE!

(Robbin Kawabata)

In case you missed ordering one of last year's HHS Music DVDs, there is one more chance! 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

The 2010-2011 order form is in the Forms directory of the HHSMB web site at: http://www.hhs.fuhsd.org/forms. Please follow ordering instructions on theform. The deadline for backorders is Jan. 31, 2012. For questions contact Robbin Kawabata, robbin.rk@gmail.com or 650-961-5426.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS – BAND CAMP DATES SET!!

(Vicki Feltman)

Mark your calendars! Band Camp will take place Friday August 10^th thru Sunday, August 12^th, with pre-camp activities taking place at the beginning of August. Be there!

CHANGES TO BAND ROOM AVAILABILITY

(Vicki Feltman)

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.

SCHOOL-YEAR CALENDAR:

(No changes from last week’s calendar)