We will have a Dayton Trip Parent Planning Meeting right after the MPA meeting on Monday, September 9th at 8pm in the Band Room.
Please plan on attending. We need to start making the reservations for flights and hotels as soon as possible, and we want to make sure everyone is up-to-date with the plans.
We plan on sharing a lot of the details about the trip… You don’t want to miss it!
See you there!
As a reminder… The Media Page has been updated with photos/video.
Jazz Band Tryouts continue this week. Auditions are held during break, STEP, or lunch (and some after school).
Fill out the form linked here to audition.
We will be holding rehearsals in the fall during STEP (1,3,5) and in the winter we will add a night rehearsal (Wednesdays, 6:30-9:00 pm).
Audition requirements:
The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) is offering all LCHS Instrumental students and families tickets for $8 each for the first concert on Saturday, September 28th at 8pm at the Alex Theater in Glendale.
If you are interested in tickets, please let Yvonne Lim know, or have your student give their money to Ellie Lim during ) Period.
This is a great opportunity to see professional musicians in concert!
To Order:
If you have questions, please contact Ceci Nava.
The week is 9-12 Jazz Band Auditions. See this post for more details.
L.A. County Fair – 9-12 Marching Spartans
Home Football Game – 7/8 Night!
Happy Labor Day! Hope you all enjoyed your day off! It’s a busy week this week for all groups as we dig deeper into our learning routines and music.
The Band and Color Guard have two performances this week. A parade at the L. A. County Fair on Wednesday and our first Friday Home Game. Come see both! Wednesday, the parade begins at 5pm and Friday, the football game begins at 7pm. It’s also 7/8 Night and a huge tailgate is happening pre-game, so it will be an amazingly fun and exciting night. Half time is game time in the band and color guard world, so come see the progress we’ve been making on our show, Synesthesia: The Color of Sound. You won’t be disappointed.
Have a great week and see you all at the shows!
Yesterday, I walked in a Labor Day Parade in Wilmington. I am a member of the AFM (American Federation of Musicians), Local 47. It was a lot of fun to see many people I hadn’t seen for a while and meet lots of new people from the Actor’s Guild and other unions. The musicians are working towards negotiating a contract that has provisions to pay for streaming. This is such an important aspect to a new contract since how media is presented today is so different than it was only a few years ago.
It struck me, also, what a great community there is of performing artists and that I am so glad to be a part of that community at large and at La Cañada High School. Many of the people I spoke to reminisced fondly and specifically about their high school band and orchestras and you could hear how important these school programs were to them and their subsequent careers. Music is taught and handed down from one generation to the next. It’s a great tradition!
Friday Night Football Games:
Parents are needed to help cover bleachers, set-up water, plume, gauntlet, and push equipment at the game Friday night.
If you are interested in helping, please let Shannon Berry or Genna Kern know.
We will meet in the band hallway at 6pm. Please join us!
Ayala Field Show Competition – Saturday, October 12th
7/8 Band Parents
We will need several helpers to serve the Pizza Dinner to all 7/8 and 9-12 students prior to the football game on Friday evening, September 6th.
If you are available and willing, please contact Nadia Ali. We will start setting up at 5pm.
Note: forms and other information can be found here, for future reference.