Dec 2, 2019 | 7/8 Band, 7/8 Color Guard, 7/8 Drumline, Advanced Orchestra, Color Guard, Concerts, Drumline, Fundraising, HS Band, Jazz Band, MPA Board, Parents, Rehearsals, Volunteers, Weekly Schedule
Monday, December 2nd
- 7pm: MPA Meeting
- 8pm: Dinner Show Committee Meeting for both 9-12 & 7/8
- 8pm: Drumline Meeting
- For all students and their parents interested in being a part of Winter Drumline
Tuesday, December 3rd
- 3:30-4:30pm: 7/8 Color Guard Rehearsal
Wednesday, December 4th
Thursday, December 5th
- Deadline for student credit for Poinsettia Sales
- 3:30-4:30pm: 7/8 Color Guard Rehearsal
Friday, December 6th
- 9-12 Marching Spartans and 7/8 Color Guard should take instruments, uniforms, and equipment home after school in prep for the Montrose Christmas Parade.
Saturday, December 7th
Holiday Open House – 9-12 Orchestra
MPA parent and realtor, Monika Song, invites you to a Christmas Pot Luck Party to fundraise for the LCHS Instrumental Music Program!
- Time: 4:30-8pm
- Address: 10046 La Canada Way, Shadow Hills 91040
- Dress: holiday attire – ladies can wear something danceable
- Things to Bring: your favorite dishes to share; two chairs if you have them
- Program:
- LCHS Orchestra performance at 6pm
- holiday art show and paintings sale
- professional model coaching catwalk class 5:30-6
- dance show: salsa class, 7-8 folk dance, tango class
- All night Karaoke and cards!
- There will also be a telescope observatory with a rotating dome and large 10″ telescope to check out, too!
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Montrose Christmas Parade – 9-12 Marching Spartans & 7/8 Color Guard
- 5:15pm: Call time for 9-12 Marching Spartans and 7/8 Color Guard
- Students should be dropped off at the corner of Honolulu and La Crescenta Ave. for parade staging.
- Full uniform – NO SHAKO – festive holiday hats are encouraged.
- Students should take instruments and uniforms after school on Friday.
- Instrument cases and/or flag bags should be left in the car – we will not return to the staging area.
- Dismissal is at the end of the parade which is at the corner of Honolulu and Ocean View.
- Parade website
Nov 18, 2019 | 7/8 Color Guard, Color Guard, Concerts, HS Band, Parents, Rehearsals, Trips, Volunteers, Weekly Schedule
Tuesday, November 19th
- 3:30-4:30pm: 7/8 Color Guard Rehearsal
- 5:30pm-8:30pm: 9-12 Band & Guard Rehearsal
Thursday, November 21st
- 3:30-4:30pm: 7/8 Color Guard Rehearsal
- 5:30pm-8:30pm: 9-12 Band & Guard Rehearsal
Championships
Click Here for Printable Itinerary
Your students will need to bring all their luggage and items they will need for the Championship trip to school with them on Friday morning. We will store the luggage in the back room throughout the day.
Students will have rehearsal immediately following the school day and then perform at the Friends & Family show, load the truck and bus and head to Championships in Clovis.
Please note that over the weekend, we will have two, maybe three performances. For each of these performances they will need long black socks, clothes for under the uniform, and their marching shoes. Please pack accordingly.
A special note about long black socks… Your student will need long black socks for the Friends & Family performance. Please be sure they have their socks easy to get to and not in their luggage. We will not have 92 extra pair of black socks because their socks are packed. Just throwing that out there. 🙂
PLEASE invite your friends, families, teachers and the community to the Friends & Family Show! Here’s a link to the event you can share.
Spending Money
Your students will need spending money for In-N-Out on Friday evening on the way to Clovis, lunch on Saturday at the mall, any souvenirs at Championships, and for food on the way home on Sunday.
Competition Site
Just a reminder that we will be staying in Clovis, but will be performing at Kingsburg High School in Kingsburg. It’s about 30 minutes south of Clovis.
Kingsburg High School
1900 18th Avenue
Kingsburg, CA 93631
Tickets
$30 – Adults / $20 students
Cash and Credit will be accepted at the gate
Tickets are good for both days at all venues.
Keep your wristband on for access on both days!
1 wristband per person
Price is the same whether you buy on Saturday or Sunday
Volunteers
We will need volunteers to help on Friday evening prior to and after the Friends & Family Show as well as on Saturday at the competition and on Sunday. Please click on the sign-up link to donate food and other supplies or volunteer to help.
Friday, November 22nd
- 3:30-5:30pm: Final Championship Rehearsal, LCHS field
- 5:30-5:50pm: Change into full uniform, plumes & gauntlets
- 5:50pm: Warm-up on the field
- 6pm: FRIENDS & FAMILY PERFORMANCE!
- 6:30pm: Greet Family & Friends / Change / Load truck
- 8pm: Load Bus
- 8:30pm: Depart LCHS – Championship Bound!
- 9pm: Stop for food at In-N-Out, Valencia
- 1am: Arrive in Clovis, CA
- 1:30am: Lights Out! Go to Sleep! Performance tomorrow!
Hotel:
Hampton Inn
855 Gettysburg Ave.
Clovis, CA 93612
(559) 348-0000
Saturday, November 23rd
- 7-9am: Free hot breakfast in hotel!
- 9-11am: Rehearsal at Sierra Vista Mall (next to the hotel)
- 11am: Load truck
- 11:45am: Lunch (on your own) at the Mall
- 2:30pm: Load bus
- 3pm: Depart Clovis for WBA Championships in Kingsburg, CA
- 3:30pm: Arrive Kingsburg HS, unload
- 5:30pm: Pre-show Dinner is served (dinner provided)
- 6:45pm: Change into uniform
- 7pm: Warm-up begins
- 8pm: Plume on the way to Ensemble
- 8:05pm: Full Ensemble
- 8:25pm: Uniforms, water and tune
- 8:35pm: Pit at Gate
- 8:45pm: Band at Gate
- 9:04pm: CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCE!
- 9:20pm: Push back to truck, line up for awards (all seniors & leaders)
- 9:30pm: 3A Awards
- 10pm: Change, load truck
- 11pm: Bus departs Kingsburg HS
- 11:30pm: Arrive at Hotel, pizza is served
- We will be having pizza delivered to the hotel after we return from the competition on Saturday evening. Any parents and families that will be in town are welcome to join us! We’ll be in the hotel lobby of Hampton Inn.
- 12am: Lights Out!
Sunday, November 24th
- 7-9am: Free hot Breakfast in the hotel!
- 12:30pm: Grand Championships Begin
- 6:15pm: Grand Championships Full Retreat and Awards
- 7:30pm: Depart Kingsburg – Homeward Bound!
- 8:30pm: Stop for Dinner (on your own) on the road home
- 11pm: Arrive LCHS, Unload truck
- 11:30pm: Dismissal! Have a great Thanksgiving Break!
**Please note: if we do not qualify for Grand Championships, we will be heading home late-morning on Sunday for an arrival at LCHS in mid-afternoon. An email will be sent late Saturday evening after 3A Awards.**
Nov 12, 2019 | 7/8 Color Guard, Advanced Orchestra, Color Guard, Concerts, Fundraising, HS Band, Parents, Rehearsals, Volunteers, Weekly Schedule
Monday, November 11th
Tuesday, November 12th
- 3:30-4:30pm: 7/8 Color Guard Rehearsal
- 5:30pm-8:30pm: 9-12 Band & Guard Rehearsal
Wednesday, November 13th
- Zero Period: Orchestra Photos
- Wear Concert attire, and bring school clothes with you to change into. Ordering information coming soon.
Thursday, November 14th
- 3:30-4:30pm: 7/8 Color Guard Rehearsal
- 5:30pm-8:30pm: 9-12 Band & Guard Rehearsal
- 7pm: Dinner Show Committee Meeting – Band Room
Saturday, November 16th
Trabuco Hills Competition
*Please note that the students will be served lunch at the high school before departing for the competition. Light snacks will be served after performance. There will be concessions available at the event.*
- 9am: Rehearsal on the field
- 11am: Load truck
- 11:45am: Lunch is served
- 1pm: Load bus
- 1:15pm: Depart LCHS
- 2:45pm: Arrive Trabuco Hills HS
- 3:40pm: Begin Warm-up
- 4:35pm: Plume on way to Ensemble
- 4:40pm: Full Ensemble
- 5:05pm: Pit Departs
- 5:05pm: Uniforms, tune, water
- 5:15pm: Pit at Gate
- 5:20pm: Band Departs
- 5:25pm: Band at Gate
- 5:41pm: Performance time
- 6pm: Change, load truck
- 9:35pm: Awards
- 10:05pm: Depart Trabuco Hills HS
- 11:15pm: Arrive at LCHS, unload truck, hang uniforms
- 11:45pm: Dismissal
We will need Parent Helpers to help with lunch, donations for lunch, and at the competition. Please use this sign-up link to indicate where you would like to help.
Competition Info:
Trabuco Hills High School
27501 Mustang Run
Mission Viejo, CA 92691
Tickets: $12 adults / $7 seniors & children under 12
Performance time: 5:41pm
Nov 12, 2019 | Color Guard, Concerts, HS Band, Parents, Rehearsals, Trips, Volunteers
Costs
If you haven’t yet paid for the Championship trip, now is the time. Please remember that this trip is not a fundraiser… the costs cover the expenses of the transportation to get to/from Clovis, two nights stay at the hotel, and a group meal. We have tried very hard to limit the expenses associated with the trip. The cost per student is $230.
Checks can be made payable to “LCHS MPA” and placed in a envelope with the student’s name and deposited in the black box in the band room.
Bus Riders
We will need several bus riders for the trip to Clovis. Several of you have mentioned that you would be available and willing, but since Sandy didn’t keep a list and we need to finalize the bus lists, please send Sandy Miller a quick email and let her know that you are still planning on riding the bus. Thanks!
Other Volunteers
As with all competitions, we will need parent helpers to help plume, gauntlet, and push equipment as well as crowd cheerers! Please consider making the drive to Clovis… The students will appreciate your support!
Itinerary
Please download the full itinerary here.
Please note that all students will travel to Clovis as a group on charter buses, and will stay as a group at Hampton Inn. All students have been assigned rooms per the rooming list sign up.
Your student will need to bring spending money for dinner at In-and-Out on Friday evening, lunch on Saturday, any souvenirs they want to purchase at the Championships site, and dinner on the way home.
Nov 4, 2019 | 7/8 Color Guard, Advanced Orchestra, Color Guard, Concerts, HS Band, MPA Board, Parents, Rehearsals, Volunteers, Weekly Schedule
Monday, November 4th
- 7pm: MPA Meeting, all program parents welcome
Tuesday, November 5th
- 3:30-4:30pm: 7/8 Color Guard Rehearsal
- 5:30pm-8:30pm: 9-12 Band & Guard Rehearsal
Thursday, November 7th
- 3:30-4:30pm: 7/8 Color Guard Rehearsal
- 5:30pm-8:30pm: 9-12 Band & Guard Rehearsal
Friday, November 8th
9-12 Orchestra Elementary Tour
- 7:15am: Load truck
- 7:45am: Load bus, depart LCHS
- Lunch in Montrose, please bring money for lunch
- 2:45pm: Arrive back at LCHS
- Dress is Orchestra sweater and jeans.
Saturday, November 9th
SoCal Super Show
*Please note that the students will be served lunch at the high school before departing for the competition. Light snacks will be served after performance. There will be concessions available at the event.*
- 9am: Rehearsal on the field
- 11am: Load truck
- 11:15am: Lunch is served
- 12:30pm: Load bus
- 12:45pm: Depart LCHS
- 1:45pm: Arrive El Camino CC
- 2:45pm: Begin Warm-up
- 3:55pm: Plume on way to Ensemble
- 3:50pm: Full Ensemble
- 4:15pm: Pit Departs
- 4:15pm: Uniforms, tune, water
- 4:20pm: Pit at Gate
- 4:20pm: Band Departs
- 4:25pm: Band at Gate
- 4:42pm: Performance time
- 5:12pm: Awards 1A, 2A, 3A
- 6pm: Change, load truck
- 6:06pm: Critique (staff only)
- 6:30pm: Snacks
- 7pm: Depart El Camino CC
- 8pm: Arrive at LCHS, unload truck, hang uniforms
- 8:30pm: Dismissal
We will need Parent Helpers to help with lunch, donations for lunch, and at the competition. Please use this sign-up link to indicate where you would like to help.
Competition Info:
SoCal Super Show
El Camino College Murdock Stadium
16007 Crenshaw Blvd.
Torrance, CA 90506
Tickets: $15 adults / $12 seniors & children ages 5-12
Performance time: 4:42pm
Nov 4, 2019 | Color Guard, Concerts, HS Band, Rehearsals, Trips
Championships are just around the corner… We’re still ironing out all the details, but are preliminary plans our outlined below.
Costs
If you haven’t yet paid for the Championship trip, now is the time. Please remember that this trip is not a fundraiser… the costs cover the expenses of the transportation to get to/from Clovis, two nights stay at the hotel, and a group meal. We have tried very hard to limit the expenses associated with the trip. The cost per student is $230.
Checks can be made payable to “LCHS MPA” and placed in a envelope with the student’s name and deposited in the black box in the band room.
Friday, November 22nd
We’ll have a rehearsal after school until approx. 5:30pm. We’ll change into full uniform and will perform our 2019 show under the lights at the stadium for all Friends & Family. Admission will be free, so start inviting everyone! After the show, we’ll change, load the truck and be off to Clovis. There will be some sort of dinner, but we’re still working out the details on that one.
Saturday, November 23rd
Saturday morning, we’ll have breakfast at the hotel and then we’ll have rehearsal in the parking lot at the mall adjacent to the hotel to prepare for our Championship performance that evening. After rehearsal, the students will be on their own for lunch at one of the many food choices at the mall. We’ll regroup in mid-afternoon and travel to Kingsburg for our performance at 9:04pm. Dinner will be as a group and some sort of snacks will be served – again, details to follow.
Sunday, November 24th
We’ll find out at Awards on Saturday evening if we qualify for Grand Championships on Sunday. If we do, we’ll eat breakfast and prepare for performance. Grand Championships will also be held in Kingsburg.
A detailed itinerary will be provided soon, so keep an eye out.
Oct 28, 2019 | 7/8 Color Guard, 7/8 Orchestra, Advanced Orchestra, Color Guard, Concerts, HS Band, Parents, Rehearsals, Weekly Schedule
Tuesday, October 29th
- 3:30-4:30pm: 7/8 Color Guard Rehearsal
- 5:30pm-8:30pm: 9-12 Band & Guard Rehearsal
Wednesday, October 30th
- 7pm: 7/8 & 9-12 Fall Orchestra Concert
- Call time is 6:30pm
- Concert Attire
- Admission is Free – LCHS Auditorium
Thursday, October 31st
- 3:30-4:30pm: 7/8 Color Guard Rehearsal
- 5-7:30pm: 9-12 Band & Guard Rehearsal (Note: Revised Time)
Friday, November 1st
Away Game v So. Pasadena
- 6pm: Call Time
- 7pm: Game Time
- approx. 9:30pm: Game over & return to LCHS
Saturday, November 2nd
Don Lugo Competition
*Please note that the students will be served lunch at the high school before departing for the competition. Light snacks will be served after performance. There will be concessions available at the event.*
- 9am: Rehearsal on the field
- 11am: Load truck
- 11:45am: Lunch is served
- 1:40pm: Load bus
- 2pm: Depart LCHS
- 3pm: Arrive Don Lugo HS
- 4pm: Begin Warm-up
- 5pm: Plume on way to Ensemble
- 5:05pm: Full Ensemble
- 5:30pm: Pit Departs
- 5:30pm: Uniforms, tune, water
- 5:35pm: Pit at Gate
- 5:40pm: Band Departs
- 5:45pm: Band at Gate
- 6:04pm: Performance time
- 6:30pm: Change, load truck
- 7:15pm: 4A Begins
- 8:15pm: 5A Begins
- 9:35pm: Awards
- 10:05pm: Depart Don Lugo HS
- 11:05pm: Arrive at LCHS, unload truck, hang uniforms
- 11:40pm: Dismissal
We will need Parent Helpers to help with lunch, donations for lunch, and at the competition. Please use this sign-up link to indicate where you would like to help.
Competition Info:
Conquistador Classic
Don Antonio Lugo High School
13400 Pipeline Ave.
Chino, CA 91710
Tickets: $12 adults / $7 seniors & children ages 5-12
Performance time: 6:04pm
Oct 22, 2019 | 7/8 Color Guard, Color Guard, Concerts, HS Band, Parents, Rehearsals, Trips, Volunteers, Weekly Schedule
Monday, October 21st
- 8pm: Dinner Show Committee Meeting – Band Room
Tuesday, October 22nd
- 3:30-4:30pm: 7/8 Color Guard Rehearsal
- 5:30pm-8:30pm: 9-12 Band & Guard Rehearsal
Wednesday, October 23rd
- Deadline to purchase Parent Hotel Block rooms for Championships
Thursday, October 24th
- 3:30-4:30pm: 7/8 Color Guard Rehearsal
- 5:30-8:30pm: 9-12 Band & Guard Rehearsal
Friday, October 25th
Home Game – Senior Night
- 4:30pm: Set-up for Dinner by Parent Helpers
- 5pm: Call time for Dinner under the tent in front of the North Gym
- 5:45pm: Change into uniform
- 6pm: Warm-up in front of the North Gym
- 6pm: 7/8 Color Guard call time in Band Room
- Need: Guard t-shirt, Black Leggings, hair in ponytail, money for food, sweater
- Guard dismissed after the 9-12 Marching Spartans performance at half-time (approx. 8:30pm)
- 6:30pm: Pre-game – Seniors & Parents introduced
- 7pm: Game time
- approx. 8:15pm: Half-time Performance
- approx. 9:30pm: Game over
Parent Helpers are needed to fill water jugs, cover bleachers, plume, gauntlet, and push equipment. If you are available, please contact Genna Kern or Shannon Berry.
Saturday, October 26th
Vista Murrieta Competition
- 9am: Rehearsal on the field
- 11am: Load truck
- 11:45am: Lunch is served
- 12:40pm: Load bus
- 1pm: Depart LCHS
- 2:45pm: Arrive Vista Murrieta HS
- 3:45pm: Begin Warm-up
- 4:40pm: Plume on way to Ensemble
- 4:45pm: Full Ensemble
- 5:10pm: Pit Departs
- 5:10pm: Uniforms, tune, water
- 5:20pm: Pit at Gate
- 5:20pm: Band Departs
- 5:30pm: Band at Gate
- 5:47pm: Performance time
- 6pm: Change, load truck
- 7pm: 4A Begins
- 7:58pm: 5A Begins
- 9:33pm: Awards
- 10:15pm: Depart Vista Murrieta HS
- 11:45pm: Arrive at LCHS, unload truck, hang uniforms
- 12:15pm: Dismissal
We will need Parent Helpers to help with lunch, donations for lunch, and at the competition. Please use this sign-up link to indicate where you would like to help.
Competition Info:
SoCal Tournament of Gold
Vista Murrieta High School
28251 Clinton Keith Rd.
Murrieta, CA 92563
Tickets: $12 adults / $10 seniors / $7 children ages 5-12
Performance time: 5:47 p.m.
Oct 14, 2019 | 7/8 Color Guard, Concerts, Rehearsals
We will continue rehearsals on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 3:30pm.
In addition, the 7/8 Guard will join with 9-12 Guard at the football game on Friday, October 25th. Details will be forthcoming, so stay tuned. Call time will be at 5pm.
Oct 14, 2019 | 7/8 Color Guard, Color Guard, Concerts, Fundraising, HS Band, Rehearsals, Weekly Schedule
Monday, October 14th
Tuesday, October 15th
- 3:30-4:30pm: 7/8 Color Guard Rehearsal
- 3:30pm: Marching Spartans Photos in Hahamongha Park
- Might want to bring a snack – time will be limited between the end of photos and rehearsal
- 5:30-8pm: Uniform Volunteers
- 5:30pm-8:30pm: 9-12 Band & Guard Rehearsal
Thursday, October 17th
- 3:30-4:30pm: 7/8 Color Guard Rehearsal
- 5:30-8:30pm: 9-12 Band & Guard Rehearsal
Friday, October 18th
Away Football Game vs. San Marino
- 6pm: Call Time
- 6:10pm: Bus Departs LCHS
- 7pm: Game Time
- Approx. 9:15pm: Game over/load bus
- Approx. 10pm: Arrive LCHS, unload, dismissal
