6th Grade Concert
You guys rocked at your concert last night! Everybody did a great job last night and your hard work definitely paid off!!!
Junior High Concert
Excellent concert junior high students!!
6th Grade/High School Band Concert
Our spring 6th grade band concert is on Thursday, May 20th at 7:00pm. The call time for 6th grade students is 6:35pm for attendance and warm-up. Students need wear dress clothes (no blue jeans or tennis shoes) and bring their own music stands. See you there!!
Junior High Concert
The spring Junior High Band/Chorus concert is tomorrow night at 7:00pm in the high school auditorium. Call time is 6:30pm. See you there!!
6th Grade Rehearsals
Our combined 6th grade rehearsals will be here before you know it! These rehearsals will be on April 27th, May 5th, and May 11th. These will be during the school day so please help your child remember their instruments.
Also, our evening rehearsals will be held in the high school band room on the following dates: April 27th, May 4th, May 11th, and May 18th.
Summer Band
Any Rockridge band student may become a member of our Summer Band. Our first rehearsal is on June 7th. Our 2010 Summer Band Season will come to a close on June 29th when we go to Adventureland! Your registration forms are not due until May 7th, but the sooner you can turn them in the better.
Websites!
Check out all the new websites I’ve added under “Music Websites”. They’re a lot of fun!!!
Guest Conductor
On Wednesday, March 4th the JHigh Band will be having a guest conductor. His name is Doug Phillips and teaches at Western Illinois University in Macomb, IL. It’s a great opportunity to have such a great conductor come out to work with us on our contest music (Valdres, Cathedral, Portrait). Please come to rehearsal with an open mind and be willing to learn!
JHigh Band Schedule (Week of March 2nd)
The Junior High Band will be having full rehearsals on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of next week. Full Chorus will be meeting on Monday and Tuesday. There will also be a partial Chorus rehearsal on Friday.
6th Grade Band Schedules
ISAT’s are coming up this week so I wanted to let everyone know about the schedule for the week.
Reynolds: Monday (full band) 8:30-9:00 AM
Wednesday (full band) 8:30-9:00 AM
Illinois City: same as normal
Andalusia: Wednesday (full band) 9:45-10:15 AM
Friday (full band) 9:45-10:15 AM
As always, if you have any questions please let me know.