WINTER PARK BAND Weekly Newsletter
April 24, 2022
THIS WEEK
Percussion Ensemble Rehearsal
Monday, Apr 25, 2022, 03:00 PM
Winter Park High School, Summerfield Road, Winter Park, FL, USA
Orchestra Spring Concert
Call Time: 6 PM
Dress: Full Concert Uniform (Tuxedo or Dress)
Tuesday, Apr 26, 2022, 07:00 PM
Winter Park High School, Summerfield Road, Winter Park, FL, USA
JAZZ SPRING CONCERT
Call Time: 6:30 PM
Dress: Dark suit and tie / Dress or dress top and slacks with closed toe shoes
Wednesday, Apr 27, 2022, 07:00 PM
Winter Park High School, Summerfield Road, Winter Park, FL, USA
BAND SPRING CONCERT
Call Time: 6:30 PM
Dress: Full Concert Uniform (Tuxedo or Dress)
Thursday, Apr 28, 2022, 07:00 PM
Winter Park High School, Summerfield Road, Winter Park, FL, USA
Pep Band Gig - Student Leadership and Drumline
Saturday, Apr 30, 2022, 07:45 AM
Winter Park High School, Summerfield Road, Winter Park, FL, USA
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From Mr. Clemente
Dear Winter Park Band families,
Happy Spring Concert week!
This past Friday, our three jazz ensembles performed at the Lakeside Jazz Festival in Port Orange, FL. It was a fun day full of great performances, valuable clinics from expert jazz educators, and beautiful weather to be outside! Congratulations to all the students on a rewarding second-to-last jazz performance of the school year.
Congratulations as well to the students who performed in the Night on Broadway Pit Orchestra this past weekend for this year's production of "The Music Man." Wonderful job on your performances and the culmination of weeks of preparation and hard work!
As promised, this week is full of performances for our entire WPHS Performing Arts Department!
- Tuesday, April 26: Orchestra Spring Concert (Orch. Winds and Perc only, 6 PM call time)
- Wednesday, April 27: Jazz Spring Concert, 6:30 PM call time
- Thursday, April 28: Band Spring Concert, 6:30 PM call time
Lastly for this week, this and next year's Student Leadership Team and Drumline will be performing as a Pep Band at the Ward & Wellbeing Block Party the morning of Saturday, April 30 from 8:30 - 10 AM. The itinerary for this event is attached to the Newsletter email, and can also be found on the Itineraries page of the Band website. Dress is 2021 Show Shirt, tan/khaki shorts, and sneakers. Be sure you have your flip folder!
Let's make it a great week!
Mr. Clemente
Lakeside Jazz Festival
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From the Band Booster President, Natalie Storch
Week of April 24, 2022
Hello everyone! Thank you to all of the volunteers this week for Lakeside Jazz Festival, and congratulations to all of the students on their performances. Congratulations also to the students who played in the pit for Night on Broadway! All of the shows were wonderful!
This is concert week, Orchestra on Tuesday, Jazz on Wednesday, and Band on Thursday, so am looking forward to some beautiful music. Stay tuned about details regarding the band banquet—it will be held at school, and we will need some decoration help, so please contact me at njstorch@yahoo.com if you can help.
SENIOR PARENTS: Please stay tuned for details about bringing your senior’s poster to the banquet to help decorate the lobby a bit, and don’t forget to wear your senior buttons if you still have them. We are so excited to celebrate all of the students for their hard work this year!
Band Registration night is May 3, so please pass that along to all students you know who are incoming 9th graders (or students transferring) interested in band. The band booster board election information is coming soon, so if you are interested in helping or becoming more involved, we are looking for someone to assist with uniforms (helping Amanda Schaefer) and to assist with provisions (to help Ellen Deloach). Please contact me, Amanda, or Ellen if you are interested. It’s a wonderful way to help the band and get to know the students! Please contact me (above email address) if you are interested in becoming more involved!
Thank you for all you do! Have a great week, and I’ll see you at the concerts!
Natalie
Uniform Chair Updates
- Need Student Volunteer Hours? Join the Uniform Crew, helping to keep the uniform room organized. Contact Amanda Schaefer by text 386-214-5432.
- SAVE THE DATE - Concert Uniform dresses, pants and jackets need to be dry cleaned and returned to the band room AFTER the April 28th band concert and BEFORE May 9th. ATTN Seniors - Be sure to return your items before you leave WPHS. If anyone has concert dress shoes they would like to donate to the band for future students, please reach out to Amanda Schaefer.
- Co-Uniform Chair - Mrs. Schaefer is looking for a band parent co-chair to help coordinate the concert uniform duties. Please reach out if interested in working with fun people!
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BAND BANQUET - Friday, May 6
All our Band families are cordially invited to our annual Band Banquet on the evening of Friday, May 6. This event will include a catered dinner in the West Cafeteria followed by an awards ceremony in the Auditorium. We will honor outstanding achievements by our students this school year as well as honoring each individual student in the Band program on stage during the ceremony.
All Band students will eat free at the Band Banquet dinner. Students' families are invited to eat dinner as well with the purchase of a dinner ticket. Each family member meal will be $8.00 per person. Look out for an email coming to your inboxes tomorrow with a SchoolPay link to buy tickets for your family.
If you choose not to attend dinner, you are still invited to attend the Award Ceremony after dinner in the Auditorium. The evening's schedule includes:
6:30 PM - Dinner is served in the West Cafeteria
7:15 PM - Move into the Auditorium
7:30 PM - Awards Ceremony begins, including end of the year slide show
8:45 PM - Approx. end of awards ceremony
We look forward to celebrating all the accomplishments of our Band students and the chance to have everyone together for the final time for this school year!
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NIGHT OF PERCUSSION- Monday, May 2
We are excited to be holding our first annual Night of Percussion this Spring! Our percussionists have been working hard all year long, and they are very excited for the opportunity to have a featured percussion concert. This performance will also include students from the Audubon Park School's Percussion Class to perform on the same program.
The evening will feature the following performances:
- Land - Marimba Solo (Gabby)
- Farandole - Marimba Quartet
- Taiko Drums - Drum trio (Audobon)
- The Gentle Metal Monster - Percussion Quintet
- African Welcome Piece - Percussion Choir
- Dystopia - Percussion Choir
- Ozone - Percussion Choir
In order to be best prepared for the concert, Mr. Cross has called two percussion ensemble rehearsals. The first rehearsal will take place Monday, 4/25 from 3 - 5 PM in the Band room. The second will take place on stage Monday, 5/2 from 3 - 5 PM. The call time for those performing on the concert will be 6:30 PM, like our other home concerts throughout the year. All events are now located on the Band calendar.
We're looking forward to this exciting event!
Mr. Clemente, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Cross
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2022-2023 Band Registration
Registration Step 1
- Complete the 2022-2023 Band Registration Google Form
Registration Step 2
- Make the $25 Registration Payment on either the below SchoolPay.com link or by check made out to WPHS Bands.
- Make the $60 Band Camp Meals (optional) payment on the below SchoolPay.com link or by check made out to WPHS Bands.
- 2022/2023 Band Registration and Band Camp Meals SchoolPay Link
Registration Step 3
- Complete the forms in the following 2022-2023 Band Registration Forms packet that applies to your student's main instrument and return the completed and signed forms at Band Registration Night on Tuesday, May 3.
- Woodwind/Brass/Percussion Registration Packet
- Color Guard Registration Packet
Have questions? Contact both Mr. Clemente at michael.clemente@ocps.net and Mr. Smith at daniel.smith2@ocps.net
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PERCUSSION HELP CLINICS
Percussion Help Clinics are back! Come to have fun, meet incoming/current students, refine your percussion technique, and prepare for the Marching Percussion Placement Auditions coming up in May. Bring sticks, mallets, a practice pad, and a great attitude!
See you there!
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Summer Music Camps
Florida Southern College: https://www.flsouthern.edu/events-center/camps/band-camp.aspx
Florida State University: https://music.fsu.edu/summermusiccamps
Stetson University: https://www.stetson.edu/music/community/camps-and-festivals.php
University of Central Florida: https://performingarts.cah.ucf.edu/camps/
University of North Florida: https://www.unf.edu/coas/music/Summer_Music_Camp
University of South Florida: https://www.usf.edu/arts/music/events/usf-summer-music-camps.aspx
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Pride of the Wildcats - Winter Park Band Fleet Vehicle Support and Improvement
We are very proud of our Operations side of the Winter Park Band. We have a dedicated group of parents that take the Winter Park Band & Color Guard to all their events. However, without the use of the large tractor trailer that transports our equipment to and from each marching band event and the small trailer for color guard the task would be next to impossible.
Through the years, the operations group has made many changes to the trailers to improve the functionality for the Winter Park Band. Historically, all of the monies have been raised through private contributions of a select groups of parents and through the Alumni Foundation. Because of this the need of a full fundraiser event to deflect the cost of the band operations was never really until now.
In effort to maintain our large trailer’s top-notch condition, we are planning to do some MAJOR repairs and improvements to the trailer that is now in its 15th year of service for WPHS band. Additionally, we need to either replace (preferable) the small trailer or make it road worthy again.
Some of the items on our list of improvements are costly, including:
- Repairing some minor damage to larger trailer
- Repainting the lower section of the large trailer
- Rewrapping the upper section of the large trailer
- Replace wheel bearings on front axle
- Moving the back stairway to the back of the trailer
- Replacing or repairing the small trailer
- And other improvements to keep our kids and volunteers safe.
Since we are re-wrapping the large trailer, we will be selling sponsor spots on the larger trailer to defray the cost. There are 10 spots that are available for $1,000 each and the entire front of the trailer for $5,000. These opportunities are a great way to support the Winter Park Band and they are also tax deductible.
Please contact Keith Gavin at kgavin@sscands.com for further information on donations or to provide the goods or services to the improvements that are so desperately needed.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Monday, May 2: NIGHT OF PERCUSSION, 7 PM
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Tuesday, May 3: 2022-2023 Band Registration Night, 6 - 9 PM
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Thursday, May 5: Percussion Help Clinic, 6 - 8 PM
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Friday, May 6: Band Banquet, 6 PM - 8 PM
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Saturday, May 7: 2022-2023 Student Leadership Retreat, 9 AM - 1 PM
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Tuesday, May 10: 2022 SOTW Percussion Placement Auditions, 6 - 8 PM
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Thursday, May 12: COLOR GUARD SPRING SHOWCASE, 7 PM
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Saturday, May 14: 2022-2023 Band Mini-Camp Day 1, 12 - 6 PM
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Sunday, May 15: 2022-2023 Band Mini Camp Day 2, 2 - 8 PM
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Wednesday, May 25: Last Day of School
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Monday, July 18 - Thursday July 21: Band Camp Week 1
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Monday, July 25 - Friday, July 29: Band Camp Week 2
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Band Calendar
- Band Calendar sync Google/Andriod format: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=winterparkhsband%40gmail.com&ctz=America%2FNew_York
- Band Calendar sync Apple iCal format: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/winterparkhsband%40gmail.com/public/basic.ics
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FINANCES AND CUTTIME
At this time, all Band Payments are past due for the 2021-2022 school year. Please bring any accounts with outstanding obligations up to date as quickly as possible.
Past Due Band Payments:
- Band Registration Fair Share - $25.00 Due 5/4
- Fair Share Payment 1 - $100.00 Due 7/28
- Marching Band Uniform Shoes (if needed) - $35.00 Due 7/28
- Fair Share Payment 2 - $50.00 Due this Wednesday, 9/1
- Jazz Fair Share - $20.00 Due 10/6 (if applies)
- Semester 1 School Instrument Maintenance - $60.00 Due 10/6 (if applies)
- Jazz Fair Share Payment 2 - $20.00 Due 1/12/2022
- School Instrument Semester 2 Maintenance - $60.00 Due 1/12/2022
- Fair Share Payment 3 - $75.00 OR Any Past Due Band Accounts Due March 9
Viewing your Student's Financial Account in CutTime:
There is a direct link to CutTime in "Quick Links" on the band website.
To access Cut Time, follow these steps.
- Go to CutTime.net and click “SIGN IN” in the top right-hand corner.
- Enter your Username or Email and Password You are now on your profile, where you can access our calendar and handouts and files. Click “Update Info” tab to input or update contact information. Don’t forget to click “Update” when you are finished.
- Click the “Finances” tab to view financial statements.
2021-2022 FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS SCHEDULE
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Help the Band with Amazon Smile!
Make a difference for Band students with every day purchases! Shop at smile.amazon.com/ch/27-0964817 to generate donations for Winter Park High School Band Alumni Association Inc. Once this charity is selected, always type in Smile.Amazon.com to place orders.
**NEW THIS YEAR!...To enable AmazonSmile on the Amazon mobile app:
- Open the app (sign in) and touch the three horizontal lines in the top left corner. Select "See All Programs" , then select "AmazonSmile".
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WPHS Band Social Media
We've been posting lots of photos our social media platforms, and we will continue to post updates, photos, video, and other media to those pages throughout the year. Follow the Band!
- Facebook: @winterparkhsband
- Instagram: @winterparkhsband
- Twitter: @wphs_bands
- Tik Tok: @winterparkhsband
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Winter Park High School Band
Email: michael.clemente@ocps.net
Website: www.winterparkhsband.com
Location: 2100 Summerfield Road, Winter Park, FL, USA
Phone: 4076223200
Facebook: www.facebook.com/winterparkhsband