Weekly Thunda
West Johnston Band Program Bi-Monthly Updates
March 9th, 2020 - March 22nd, 2020
Welcome to the Weekly Thunda'!
Band Parent Association (BPA)
WINTERFEST 2020
Saturday, Mar 14, 2020, 10:00 AM
West Johnston High School, Raleigh Road, Benson, NC, USA
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WINTERFEST (Our home Atlantic Indoor Association show) is Saturday March 14th, 2020! The students will be prepping from 2pm-8pm on Friday, March 13th, and we're hoping to have parent help from 4pm-8pm. The day of we will need help from 10am-10pm. This is one of our primary fundraisers that fuels every other part of our band program, so please make the time to come help! Any students involved in Marching band or a Winter Group are expected to participate as it's part of keeping our dues lower than they would be!
We have shot out our Volunteer form through email, but just in case you missed it:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1f-jRn4kKX1QZVaHKmnFfeIEG5A0JQ8gq4OnWcIRgjfI/edit#gid=0
If you're not sure how to help, feel free to make a note at the bottom of the document. Other easy ways to help is donate money to help cover concession costs or bring a baked good for our baked good sales!
Winterfest Help Meeting will be Wednesday, March 11th at 6:30pm in the Hatcher (Band Room). This is a very important meeting to explain everything that happens the day of so that our event can run smoothly!
PNC Arena - We still need help for PNC on the following nights:
Tuesday, March 17th - Need 4 Volunteers
Thursday, March 19th - Need 2 Volunteers
Saturday March 21st - Need 2 Volunteers
All are Cane's Hockey Games with a 5:00pm Start Time. If you've never tried this before, email dawnwrench77@gmail.com!
Concert Ensembles
Congratulations to Jonah Collingwood (1st Chair 11/12 Contrabass Clarinet) and Andrew Bianchi (3rd Chair 9/10 Trombone) on making the 2019-20 All-State Band! Jonah and Andrew were among five of our students to audition for the All-State band this weekend. We are so proud to add their faces to the All-State Wall!
Music Performance Assessment (MPA) is our big concert band evaluation for a set of judges. We will know our performance date for each ensemble soon, although this will be the week of March 30rd-April 3rd. Symphonic Band will likely perform in early afternoon, while Wind Ensemble perform in an evening. As soon as we know our times we will post an itinerary!
Guard
As mentioned above, WINTERFEST is coming up this weekend!
WGI Orlando is on March 20-22nd. Your student must be paid in full to participate in this trip!! Please make sure you are up to date on payments or have set up a payment plan (e.x. PNC scheduling) so your student can go! Our performance time has been released and we are working with FirstFlight to have a itinerary out shortly.
Tuesday, March 10th - 2:30pm-5:30pm
Thursday, March 12th - 2:30pm-5:30pm
Friday, March 13th - 2:30pm-5:30pm
Saturday, March 14th - WINTERFEST
Tuesday, March 17th - 2:30pm-5:30pm
Thursday, March 19th - 2:30pm-5:30pm
Friday-Sunday, March 20th-22nd - WGI Orlando
Percussion
Upcoming Rehearsals:
Tuesday March 10th 2:30pm-4:30pm
Tuesday March 17th 2:30pm-4:30pm
Jazz Ensemble
1) McGees Visit (March 11th, 2020) is upcoming! Itinerary is posted in the google classroom and on the website.
2) Note the added rehearsal on this Thursday.
3) We have also been invited to perform at the Rising 9th Grade meeting on March 23rd. After our normal rehearsal from 4pm-5pm, we'll perform in the pit as background music from 5:30pm-6pm, and then open the meeting at 6pm with a festival tune.
4) Please come out to see us perform at our "Jazz at West" concert with the Honors Chorus and NCCU Jazz Singers on March 19th at 7pm. The Band's call-time is 5:30pm. Tickets are $5!
Monday, March 9th 4:00pm-5:00pm
Wednesday, March 11th - 2:30pm-4:30pm
Thursday, March 12th - 2:30pm-4:30pm
Wednesday March 18th - 2:30pm-4:30pm
Thursday March 19th - Jazz at West (with Honors Chorus & North Carolina Central University Jazz Singers) 7:00pm (Call-time - 5:30pm)
Marching Band
In case you have not heard, we have been officially accepted to perform with the Disney Performing Arts Series at DisneyWorld in Orlando, Florida for Fall 2020! Details to come soon, but we are performing in the Disney Parade on Friday, November 20th and in a Disney Instrumental Workshop on Saturday, November 21st. The trip as a whole we be from Thursday, November 19th (Evening departure) - Monday, November 23rd (Very early morning arrival).
We currently have it budgeted around $600 for the trip. To be involved, the students will have to be a part of the Marching Band, which is a separate cost and season (normally around $1,000). If cost will be an issue, please communicate with us! We never want the money to stop our students from having these experiences.
Please check the calendar - almost all of our fall rehearsals and performances are in the calendar already!
westjohnstonband.com/calendar
Marching Band Leadership Auditions are always coming up in April - if you are interested, please note those dates and times!
Miscellaneous
Saturday March 14th - Winterfest
Tuesday March 24th - Spring Concert with Clayton High School
Tuesday March 31st-Friday April 3rd - Music Performance Assessment (Time and Date TBA)
April 2nd/3rd - Percussion Theater Performances
April 6th - Marching Band Leadership Info/Camp
April 25th - Strawberry Festival (BPA Community Event/Fundraiser)
April 25th - City of the Arts Jazz Festival (@Reagan High School)
April 27th/28th/30th - Rookie Band Camp (4pm-6pm each day)
April 30th - Neon Me (Lean on Me) - Zumba Band Fundraiser
May 11th - Swing Dance Night
May 14th - Final Band Concert
May 16th - Band Banquet
May 19th - Afterschool Zumba Band Fundraiser
We'll see you again in 2 weeks!
West Johnston Bands and Ensembles
Email: westbandcommunications@gmail.com
Website: westjohnstonband.com
Location: 5935 Raleigh Road, Benson, NC, USA
Facebook: facebook.com/WJHSBPA