This Week in Band

Greetings,
A few announcements and congratulations need to go out today.  

1. All students will be bringing their personal instruments home today.  They need to be cleaned!!!  This is something that should happen on a monthly basis anyway, so we will take advantage of this opportunity and make sure that your students instrument is clean.  Each class is being instructed on how to care for their instrument today.   https://www.unlv.edu/music/instrument-hygiene
2. The Wind Ensemble trip to the University of Maryland for the Music For All Band Festival has been cancelled.  The organizers are hoping to try and have this event again next year.
3. There is no Les Miserable rehearsal this afternoon.  All after school activities have been cancelled.  We are hoping that this event can still take place, but we will have a lot of work to do after break to pull it off by the performance dates.

Congratulations to the Wind Ensemble for their performance at the District Band Festival!  The group received two Superior Ratings and one Excellent Rating on stage.  They also received a Superior Rating in the sight reading room.  Bravo to all of the students who participated!  The ensemble is now eligible for the State Band Festival at the end of April.  As I receive more information about this I will pass it along.  The date of this performance does fall out of the dates where schools are closed, but we don't know how the hosting University will be operating at that point.  Please stay tuned.

Thank you to everyone involved with Bingo Night last Saturday.  We had a packed house and good time was had by all.  

Please encourage your students to practice over the course of the break.  We want to give a great spring concert and we won't be able to that if the students don't pick up their horns until they come back.  SmartMusic is offering a free subscription during this time.  If you go to www.smartmusic.com you can learn a little more about the program.  SmartMusic is a fun way to practice your instrument.

Stay healthy!
​RB