Friday, February 11, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Busy time at Storm Lake Middle School! Our jazz band went to NWIBA district competition on Wednesday. We got second place!!! Our high school band also took second, and will be going on to the Iowa Jazz Championships. Woot woot!!!
Our fifth grade band will begin full band rehearsals on two days of the week. I look forward to Monday and Wednesday mornings with my beginners! We have used our sectional time well, and we appreciate all the help our mentors gave us. We are almost ready for our March 7th concert-we hope to see many of you there.
Enjoy some of our jazz band pics!
Our fifth grade band will begin full band rehearsals on two days of the week. I look forward to Monday and Wednesday mornings with my beginners! We have used our sectional time well, and we appreciate all the help our mentors gave us. We are almost ready for our March 7th concert-we hope to see many of you there.
Enjoy some of our jazz band pics!
Friday, February 4, 2011
Another week
Another week has flown by. The snow day we had made things interesting as we tried to continue with our lessons and rehearsals. Just a note so that we are all on the same page....
If we have a snow day on a 5th grade band day, we miss our band rehearsal.
If we have a snow day on a 6th or 7/8 band day, that band rehearsal moves to the next school day. Since we are on an even/odd day rotation, the day # we miss continues on the next school day. So, our rehearsals move with that.
It is a challenge to get lessons in when we miss a day of school, but we always try to see the students we miss. Just remember to bring instruments to school- even if you think you don't have a lesson. We might surprise you...because we like to hear you make progress!
We will be starting cookie dough sales for our 6th-8th grade students. There will hopefully be a music trip when our 6th graders are freshman. We will have many fund raisers between now and the trip so that the students can easily cover the cost of the trip. Watch for envelopes with cookie dough information, and encourage your friends to help our music department out! The cookies are excellent---I would like one right now!
Have a good weekend! Use the time to practice!
If we have a snow day on a 5th grade band day, we miss our band rehearsal.
If we have a snow day on a 6th or 7/8 band day, that band rehearsal moves to the next school day. Since we are on an even/odd day rotation, the day # we miss continues on the next school day. So, our rehearsals move with that.
It is a challenge to get lessons in when we miss a day of school, but we always try to see the students we miss. Just remember to bring instruments to school- even if you think you don't have a lesson. We might surprise you...because we like to hear you make progress!
We will be starting cookie dough sales for our 6th-8th grade students. There will hopefully be a music trip when our 6th graders are freshman. We will have many fund raisers between now and the trip so that the students can easily cover the cost of the trip. Watch for envelopes with cookie dough information, and encourage your friends to help our music department out! The cookies are excellent---I would like one right now!
Have a good weekend! Use the time to practice!
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