HOMESTEAD HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC BOOSTER BLAST!

February 1, 2012

NEW NEWS:

-       A final plea for parent volunteers at this week’s Exchange Concerts

-       Reminders regarding this week’s Exchange Concerts

-       Upcoming Jazz Ensemble Performance

-       Major Work Concert next week

-       2011 Parent Volunteer Slideshow now available for download

-       Lost – Drum-line sweatshirt

REMINDERS:

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

-       Scrip

-       2012 Band Camp

-       Band Room availability

-       School year calendar

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE:

Wednesday, February 1^st

            6:30pm – Symphonic and Concert Band Exchange Festival at Homestead

                           (students to arrive at 5:30)

Thursday, February 2^nd

           GROUNDHOG DAY

           7:30pm – Orchestra Exchange Festival at Homestead (students to arrive

                           at 5pm for rehearsal and pizza dinner)

Friday, February 3^rd

            7:30pm – St. Olaf College Band performance in Spangenberg Theater at

                            Gunn High School

Saturday, February 4^th

                  10:45am – Jazz Ensemble performance at Santa Theresa HS

              Winter Guard Competition at Amador Valley HS, Pleasanton          

Tuesday, February 7^th

              7pm – Music Booster Board Meeting in Band Room

NEW NEWS:

A FINAL PLEA FOR PARENT VOLUNTEERS AT THIS WEEK’S EXCHANGE CONCERTS!

(Eileen Chun)

TONIGHT, February 01

Door Monitor 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm needs 2

Door Monitor 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm needs 2

Food Service 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm needs 1

Two Dozen Servings of Dessert to be delivered at 5:30 pm needs 28

Thursday, February 02

Food Service 5:00 pm - 7:15 pm needs 5

Door Monitor 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm needs 2

Please sign up!

http://www.volunteerspot.com/login/entry/962345632561568076

REMINDER REGARDING THIS WEEK’S EXCHANGE CONCERTS

(Vicki Feltman)

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 concert 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.

Students should arrive at 5:30pm, IN CONCERT ATTIRE, with desserts to share with our guests.  Drop off  your desserts in the practice room.

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.

Students should arrive at 5pm, IN CONCERT ATTIRE for rehearsal.  The combined rehearsal will be between 5:30 and 6pm, followed by a pizza dinner at 6pm.

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.

CONCERT ATTIRE:

Boys:

-       Black dress shoes, black 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.

UPCOMING JAZZ ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE

(Vicki Feltman)

Be sure to catch our award-winning Jazz Ensemble at their adjudicated performance:

Saturday, February 4^th at 10:45 AM (the best 20 minutes of your day)

CMEA Jazz Festival

Santa Teresa High School

Admission is FREE

Directions to Santa Teresa HS from HHS:

From HHS, Take 85 South, exit onto Blossom Hill Rd east , turn right on Snell Ave

Santa Teresa HS

6150 Snell Ave.

San Jose CA 95123

MAJOR WORK CONCERT NEXT THURSDAY

(Vicki Feltman)

Come to the annual Major Work Concert, where our Homestead Choirs and Homestead Chamber Orchestra perform a Major Work in addition to other pieces of music. This year, the groups will combine to performMagnificat by Pergolessi.

Thursday, February 9^th, at 7:30 pm

Homestead Auditorium

Admission is FREE, but donations are always welcome. They are used to support the music program.

Plan on arriving early, to take in the FREE China Tradewinds Art Show taking place in the Main Office Lobby starting at 6:30 PM.

THE 2011 VOLUNTEER SLIDE SHOW IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD

(Sylvia Gronovius)

If you’d like a copy of the 2011 Volunteer Slide Show that was shown at December’s Parent Volunteer Potluck, please go to the following website:

www.dropbox.com

username: gronovius@hotmail.com

password: Homestead [case sensitive]

There you can download the file and burn your own DVD by right-clicking on VIDEO_TS.VOB and selecting “Download”. 

If you do not have the means to burn your own DVD but you would like to have a copy, please contact Sylvia Gronovius at sylvia@gronovius.com.

LOST - DRUMLINE SWEATSHIRT

A drum-line sweatshirt was put in the lost & found basket in the instrument locker room last week and was gone before the owner could retrieve it.

If you have a drum-line sweatshirt (zipper front), please check the label. If it says "Daniel Piazza" please contact Daniel at danny_piazza@comcast.net. He'd be very happy to have it back.

REMINDERS:

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.

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

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!

BAND ROOM AVAILABILITY

(Vicki Feltman)

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

SCHOOL-YEAR CALENDAR:

(No changes from last week’s calendar)