From Mr. Clemente
Dear Winter Park Band families,
Great job to the SOTW on their performance Friday evening despite the drizzle! This week's performance was much stronger than the previous week thanks to the student's hard work and some quality outside rehearsal time last week. Hopefully we will have another dry week this week to keep adding to our show! Thank you as always to our amazing Band Booster parent volunteers and especially our Chaperone Coordinator Robyn Fodor for chaperoning on Friday evening and helping keep our students safe and Ellen Deloach for keeping our students fed and hydrated.
Congratulations to the 24 Winter Park Band students who auditioned for this year's FBA All-State ensembles on Saturday at Ocoee HS! We are so proud of your hard work, dedication, and drive to go above and beyond in your musical journey. Peyton Adkinson (percussion), Gabrielle Batas (percussion), Charlotte Batten (alto sax, soprano sax), Jacob Blaney (oboe), Antonio Brown (alto sax), Matt Cambridge (trombone), Curtis Culhane (clarinet), Charlie Davey (trombone, jazz trombone), Ben DeLoach (alto sax, tenor sax, bari sax), Henry Fu (clarinet), Massimo Grace (trumpet), Colin Hetz (alto sax, jazz alto sax), Jacob Hodges (tenor sax), Keirren Lawson (trombone), Alexander Maloof (clarinet), Zachary Rediske (clarinet), Taylor Ribaric (tuba), Jacob Scanlon (jazz bass trombone), Vignesh Somasekar (percussion), Jason Stephenson (clarinet), Lilah Storch (oboe), Emily Strickland (flute), Nina Vassos (oboe), Emily Yeh, (flute), Andrew Yuska (percussion, jazz piano).
Nomination requests are now being taken for this year's Tri-State Band Festival (hosted by FSU) and Festival of Winds (hosted by USF). Students interested in more information and who may wish to be nominated may find more information below.
Individual photos taken the other week for our annual collage photo are now available to order. Please see the image below for both the link and gallery code to view and order your student's photos.
Concert Uniform Accessories will be available for order beginning this week. See below for item details and prices.
Finally, we will be making one more order for Extra 2022 Show Shirts. The item will also come available on SchoolPay Monday, 9/19 and be available until Wednesday, 9/28.
Looking forward to dry rehearsals and another away football game this week. Let's make it a great week everyone!
Mr. Clemente
From the Band Booster President, Mrs. Dana Adkinson
Happy Sunday, Band People!
Great job Friday night, Band Kids (and chaperones and directors!) .. despite the soggy weather, you all looked and sounded great .. and looked like you had a great time! Thanks, chaperones, for being there .. and if you missed the Concessions Meals Hat Moms, look for the pictures on the Winter Park Band facebook page later today! ;) And look for game pics each week on the band facebook page!
Congratulations to all the students who auditioned for All State concert and jazz bands yesterday .. just preparing an audition certainly represents a lot of work .. good job on the preparation and good job on representing WPHS with dignity and class at Ocoee High School yesterday.
Lots of things coming up in the next few weeks! Homecoming Week is not this week, but next, which brings an extra SOTW performance during the middle of the week. The band will be marching in the Homecoming Parade and performing in the subsequent Pep Rally in the Park on Wednesday, the 28th. We still need a few more chaperones for the parade .. so please check your calendars and see if you can help us out. Chaperone sign up is here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4fadab22aa8-football You'll definitely get your steps in that day, but it IS a good dose of WPHS tradition and vintage school spirit! So help out if you can.
And we still need to fill a handful more of chaperone slots for football games as well .. super easy tasks .. just ride the bus, watch the kids, enjoy the game and ride the bus back. These band students are really good kids and they make chaperoning super easy: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4fadab22aa8-football
Senior Night is the last home game of the football season (Friday, November 4th). It's the game where all of the senior students who participate in Friday Night Lights are honored .. and it will be here in just a few weeks. Of course, we'll be honoring our Band Seniors and their families as well with several traditional milestone markers. In order to plan and coordinate the activities for the night, we'll need a group of senior parents who can help us with the preparation for Senior Night. Please email me at dana@keepsakefloral.com if you will be able to help us get things ready to make the evening special for our Seniors.
Reach out to any of the board members with any other questions or concerns: (http://www.winterparkhsband.com/band-boosters.html) or directors.
Have a great week, Wildcats!
Dana Adkinson
Band Booster President
Winter Park High School Band
