Ms. Munday’s News & Notes…

Friday was a great day! I am super proud of all of the instrumental music students; from playing great to being poised hosts and hostesses for the guest schools, they were amazing! Thank you to the parents who donated food and manned the snack bar!

This week the orchestra will be working as two groups. The students going to the festival in San Diego will continue to play the festival pieces and the others will start working on Concerto Concert music. Next week we will be all together again.

Summer music camps are a great way to continue learning music, getting better on your instrument, and have fun and make life-long memories! Please email me if you have any questions.

I hope everyone has a terrific week!

7/8 Elementary Tour – March 22nd

This Friday, both the 7/8 Band and the 7/8 Orchestra will perform at each of the three elementary sites.

Call time for all 7/8 students will be 7:15am to load instruments and load the bus. We will need parent helpers to ride the bus with the students. If you are available and willing, please let Mr. Myers know.

They will perform at PCR and then PCY. At approximately 11:30am the students will have a pizza lunch in Memorial Park. We would appreciate donations of fruit (cuties, apples, etc.), paper plates, napkins, and cookies. We will also need several parents to help serve the lunch in the park. Please contact Sandy Miller if you are available to help or willing to donate.

After lunch, the students will load the bus and travel to LCE to perform. After the last performance, the students will return to LCHS, unload the bus, and be dismissed for the day.

If you have questions, please contact Mr. Myers.

Weekly Schedule – 3/11

Monday, March 11th

  • Gift Cards due today.
  • 7pm: MPA Meeting
    • All music parents invited and welcome

Tuesday, March 12th

  • 3:30-5:30pm: 7/8 Winter Drumline Rehearsal
  • 5-9pm: Winter Guard Rehearsal
  • 6-9pm: 9-12 Winter Drumline Rehearsal

Wednesday, March 13th

7/8 & 9-12 Orchestra Festival Concert

  • 6:15pm: 7/8 Call Time
  • 6:30pm: 9-12 Call Time
  • Concert Dress for all
  • 7pm: Concert begins – Auditorium

7/8 & 9-12 Symphonic Band Festival Concert

  • 6:45pm: 9-12 Call time (Rehearsal in the band room)
  • 7:30pm: 7/8 Call time
  • Concert Dress for all
  • 8pm: Concert begins – Auditorium

Thursday, March 14th

  • 3:30-5:30pm: 7/8 Winter Drumline Rehearsal
  • 5-9pm: Winter Guard Rehearsal
  • 6-9pm: 9-12 Winter Drumline Rehearsal

Friday, March 15th

Festival

  • 9-12 Orchestra
    • Arrive in concert wear, and bring clothes to change into after your performance.
    • Will be excused from Period 1.
  • 7/8 Orchestra
    • Arrive in concert wear, and bring clothes to change into after your performance.
    • Will be excused from Periods 1 & 2, and be back in class by 10am.
  • 9-12 Symphonic Band (Periods 1 & 3)
    • Arrive in concert wear, and bring clothes to change into after your performance.
    • Will be excused from periods 1 & 2.
  • 7/8 Band
    • Students will be excused from Period 6 to change and warm up for performance.
    • Concert dress.
  • Please join us for the performances in the auditorium on Friday. Admission is free, and you’ll get to hear some amazing performances from our own groups, as well as groups from around the area. Festival begins at 8am and will continue throughout the day.


Festival Volunteers & Donations

Each year we host a Festival for our students as well as students from the surrounding area.

At Festival, each group performs selected pieces and sight reading for several judges. The judges give them comments and a rating. It’s a great learning and performance experience for the students and their directors.

This year we will have 14 area schools coming to our campus to perform at Festival. The MPA will host a snack stand for the students to purchase snacks and drinks.

Volunteer

We need several helpers to get us set up on Friday morning, 7:30am-9am. Please consider helping… Many hands make for light work. Please let Cecilia Cheng know if you would like to help.

Donations

Sign Up to Donate Food Items to Snack Stand

Please consider helping in one way or another… The snack stand benefits the Instrumental Music Program, and the visiting school really enjoy the snacks (really, really enjoy the snacks!).

If you have questions, please contact Cecilia Cheng.

Weekly Schedule – 3/4

Monday, March 4th

  • Marching Music Day!
  • 6:30-9pm: Musical Pit Rehearsal

Tuesday, March 5th

  • 3:30-5:30pm: 7/8 Winter Drumline Rehearsal
  • 5-9pm: Winter Guard Rehearsal
  • 6-9pm: 9-12 Winter Drumline Rehearsal

Wednesday, March 6th

  • 6:30-9pm: Jazz Band Rehearsal

Thursday, March 7th

  • 3:30-5:30pm: 7/8 Winter Drumline Rehearsal
  • 5-9pm: Winter Guard Rehearsal
  • 6-9pm: 9-12 Winter Drumline Rehearsal

Sunday, March 10th

Winter Guard Competition – La Costa Canyon

  • Please remember Daylight Savings Time begins today… Move your clocks ahead an hour! 🙂
  • 8am: Call time, load truck
  • 8:30am: Depart LCHS
  • 10:30amam: Arrive at La Costa Canyon HS
    • Finish hair/make-up
    • Eat lunch
    • Warm up
  • 3:03pm: Performance!
  • 3:45pm: Awards
  • 4:15pm: Depart for LCHS
  • Approx. 6:30pm: Arrive LCHS, unload truck, dismissal

Location: La Costa Canyon High School
1 Maverick Way
Carlsbad, CA 92009

Tickets: Unknown. Plan for about $15.

Color Guard Rep Michele Jones will send out info regarding food and snacks.
 
Please consider helping out at a competition by riding the bus and being a chaperone! It’s sometimes a really long day, but just watching your kids and their friends work together and perform makes it all worthwhile. Michele has sent out a Google Doc to all of you, so please take a moment to sign-up.

9-12 Winter Drumline Competition – Temescal Canyon

  • Please remember Daylight Savings Time begins today… Move your clocks ahead an hour! 🙂
  • 5am: Call time, load truck
  • 6am: Load bus, Depart LCHS
  • 7:30am: Arrive Temescal Canyon HS
    • Change into uniform
  • 8am: Unload truck
  • 8:30am: Warm-up pit & battery
  • 9:10am: Full ensemble warm-up
  • 9:45am: Pit moves to gate
  • 9:50am: Pre-stage
  • 10am: Performance!
  • 10:20am: Load truck
    • Eat Lunch
  • 2:18pm: RCC
  • 2:29pm: Pulse
  • 2:40pm: Broken City
  • 3:06pm: Awards
  • 3:35pm: Depart for LC
  • approx. 5pm: Arrive LCHS, unload truck
  • approx. 5:45pm: Dismissal

Location: Temescal Canyon High School
28755 El Toro Rd.
Lake Elsinore, CA 92532

Tickets: $10

Volunteers: As always, we will need helpers to ride the bus and push equipment. Sign Up Here. If you have questions, contact Dino.


Ms. Munday’s News & Notes…

I find that one of the most fascinating things about being a music teacher is to watch the progression from, “What the heck is this? It makes no sense, I’ll never be able to play this!” to “Yeah, I really like this piece a lot! Let’s do it again!”

Come and hear our Festival Concert, Wednesday, March 13th at 7pm in the school auditorium and experience your students performing great music with excellence and joy. You will have a wonderful evening, and your children will be so proud that you came to listen to them!

Mr. Stone’s Thought of the Week…

March! I can’t believe it’s here. Festival concerts and Festival around the corner with our Orchestras and Bands working hard to be the amazing groups that they are. Winter indoor seasons are in full swing with our amazing guard and drumline have stellar beginnings while continuing to work hard towards an amazing finish.

Come support all these great groups by seeing them live… you will not be disappointed. Thank you all for your help and support and I look forward to seeing you all at our upcoming events.

Marching Music Day

This week, on March 4th, we celebrate Marching Music Day!

March forth to the rhythm of life on Marching Music Day!

In honor of dedicated musicians and performers of many diverse styles and backgrounds, Marching Music Day celebrates all varieties of the art forms bringing us “music on the move.”

Drum Corps International founded Marching Music Day to celebrate and share marching music as an engaging and ever-expanding art form around the world, and to help celebrate Music In Our Schools Month. As an ideal play on words, March Fourth was chosen

~dci.org

How will you celebrate? Some ideas for you: