Winter Park Band Notes
March 4, 2018
From Mr. Blackmer
This has been an extremely busy week for the Winter Park Bands!
First, a heartfelt congratulations to the members of the Wind Symphony on their performance this past Wednesday evening at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville! It was a somewhat uncomfortable ride on school buses, and a late night return, but the band's performance was fantastic! Also a huge thanks to our chaperones Rennie Ashcraft, Lou Fattore, Melanie Maulfair, Willson McBurney (who also drove our equipment truck), and Sunita Patil. Also, a big thank you to Maureen Dufresne who came to the rescue when one of our students left their shoes on a bus that had already departed!
Next, I'd like to congratulate our Concert Band, Symphonic Band, and Wind Symphony on some terrific Concert MPA performances this past Thursday and Friday! There were some terrific comments and compliments from the panel of adjudicators - bravo to all of you!
Finally, this is the week of our mattress sale fundraiser! Please help spread the word to everyone you know. If you have someone who is interested in purchasing a mattress but lives out of the area, or will not be able to attend on Saturday, please have them contact our sales representative, Gregg Wallace, directly at (409) 392 - 4620. Credit can still be earned for these mattress sales, even if they are out of the area! Also, if you signed-up to hold a sign, wear the mattress costume, or chaperone, please double check your time on the Band Calendar. All student/parent volunteers will report to the Band Room just prior to their scheduled time so that they can receive instructions on where to go, etc. The deadline for signing-up is tomorrow (Monday) at 4:30 PM.
All the Best,
Mr. Blackmer
Mattress Fundraiser - March 10
Our Mattress Sale Fundraiser is THIS SATURDAY! On March 10, the Winter Park Bands will be holding our first Mattress Sale Fundraiser in our West Cafeteria!
We have been getting good feedback from the yard signs with many people asking about details. Please consider using the poster below to spread the word, and don't forget those yard signs!
The other image below is the referral flyer. This flyer is for students and/or parents to give out to potential mattress customers. They do not need to be printed in color, and mattress customers may "dedicate" a sale to a specific Band student on the day of the sale, with or without the flyer.
Every mattress sold benefits the Band students and the Program. For each mattress sold in a student's name, that student will a cash bonus (1 mattress = $25, 2 = $50, and 3 = $100). These cash bonuses are "real money," not credit toward Band fees. Gregg Wallace and CFS will cut a check made payable to the student to use however they'd like. In addition to this, the top selling section will receive a large portion of the total profits into their Band Accounts!
Again, spread the word!
Concert MPA
Congratulations to all three of our concert bands on their amazing Concert MPA performances this past Thursday and Friday at Olympia HS! The rating results were as follows:
Concert Band: Superior (stage performance); Superior (sight-reading)
Symphonic Band: Excellent (stage performance); Superior (sight-reading)
Wind Symphony: Superior (stage performance); Superior (sight-reading)
You can see individual adjudicator sheets below, and audio recordings and audio adjudicator comments can be found on the Band website.
Concert Band Performance
Concert Band Performance
Concert Band Performance
Concert Band Sight Reading
Symphonic Band Performance
Symphonic Band Performance
Symphonic Band Performance
Symphonic Band Sight Reading
Wind Symphony Performance
Wind Symphony Performance
Wind Symphony Performance
Wind Symphony Sight Reading
Drum Major Auditions
Drum Major auditions for the 2018-2019 "Sound of the Wildcats" Marching Band will be held on Wednesday, March 28 at 2:30 PM in the Band Room (this is an extended Wednesday school day).
Interested students should check-out the Drum Major Audition Requirements posted in the Band Room, and get with our current Drum Majors (David Johnston, Mitchell Thomas, Colin Urbina, and Dylan Wagg) for information regarding "audition clinic sessions" occurring over the next several weeks.
Amazon Fundraising Opportunity!
Even though the holiday season is past us, this is still an excellent tool to raise money for the Band every time you shop at Amazon. The Winter Park High School Alumni Band Association is a registered charity on Smile.Amazon.com, so please remember to use this unique link to shop at Amazon every time, and a small percentage of the sale (at no cost to you) will automatically be sent quarterly to the WPHSABAA account and then donated to the Winter Park Band Program. If we all use this link every time, we can raise funds on an ongoing basis to help the band! https://smile.amazon.com/ch/27-0964817
If you have any questions, contact Jane Claus at janeclaus@live.com.
Wind Symphony Rehearsal
Monday, Mar 5, 2018, 02:30 PM
Winter Park High School, Summerfield Road, Winter Park, FL, USA
Winter Guard Rehearsal
Monday, Mar 5, 2018, 05:00 PM
Winter Park 9th Grade Center, Huntington Avenue, Winter Park, FL, USA
Wind Symphony Rehearsal
Don't forget that this is a non-early release Wednesday and their is testing during the first half of the school day. Wind Symphony will need to make sure they are back (arrive) at school in time for 6th period rehearsal, as well as the after-school rehearsal starting at 2:30 PM.