Announcements
- Practice Card is due every Monday
- New sectional schedule
- Grab bag turn-in days for Save-a-Round fundraiser. Please see the website for details. For any questions please e-mail Karin Sinnathamby at KBSinna@gmail.com.
- Wednesday, Oct 8
- Final turn-in day – October 14th
- Football game performance October 6th. This is 3 major grades.
- See website or this weeks newsletter for details.
- Centennial game for the 8th grade only. The 8th graders will get the opportunity to play at a football game with the CHS Titan Band!
- The next pep-rally is Thursday, October 16th.
- Clinic date changed to October 22, 3:40 to 6pm
- Our fall concert is Wednesday, October 29th at 6:00pm. Students are expected to wear their Band Polo, an undershirt (white V-Neck for boys), black dress pants, black dress socks, black dress shoes, and a black dress belt. Please let me know if you have any financial concerns, we can help. Girls may wear a black skirt if they prefer (cover the knees please), and black heels (closed-toe). NO Sandals please.
Assignments
- Students are expected to have complete comprehension of the following pieces of music:
- Louie, Louie
- Happy
- Fight Song
- Hey Song
- Stand Shorties
- Problem
- Counting Stars
- Sweet Caroline
- Students are expected to work on their All-Region Lyrical and Technical Exercises slowly. You should hear the same measures repeated many times. This is the best technique to lead to content mastery. Most of the major test grade will be from these two exercises, plus their scales
- New music for the Fall Concert has been assigned. However, the focus in class, sectionals and practice should still be on All-Region.
- Students will be playing lines of their All-Region in class for a grade.
- Concert G and D Major Scales will be played for a grade.
Have a great weekend,
Mr. Kennedy