What a great job the kids are doing! Last night’s performance was wonderful. And, it was an important one as well. It showed that we are on track for success next week. But it also let us know that we still have many things that can be done to heighten our next performance. Thank you parents for coming out.

Announcements

• Practice Card is due on Monday, February 29^th
• Reed instruments need to check their reeds. Now is the time to have plenty of available reeds as well as 4 GOOD reeds that are currently in use. Rotating 4 reeds daily will ensure your best sound and not put you in an emergency situation.
• Here is the Itinerary for UIL. The students received this today in class.

Upcoming Events

• UIL Concert and Sight Reading Contest, Thursday, March 3^rd
• Spring Break, March 7-11

Assignments

• Long tones (tone development), scales. Practice with a tuner and metronome.
• La Madre de los Gatos.- working for mastery of dynamics, articulation, and phrasing, quarter = 130
• The Steppes of Russia. working for mastery of dynamics, articulation, and phrasing, quarter = 130
• Grand Galop – working for mastery of dynamics, articulation, and phrasing, half = 85
• Students can go here to listen to recordings of our selections and play along. The password is 2016honorband