WINTER PARK BAND Weekly Newsletter
April 17, 2022
THIS WEEK
2022-2023 Jazz Ensemble I Auditions
Tuesday, Apr 19, 2022, 02:30 PM
Winter Park High School, Summerfield Road, Winter Park, FL, USA
Percussion Help Clinic
Tuesday, Apr 19, 2022, 06:00 PM
Winter Park High School, Summerfield Road, Winter Park, FL, USA
2022-2023 Jazz Ensemble I Auditions
Wednesday, Apr 20, 2022, 01:30 PM
Winter Park High School, Summerfield Road, Winter Park, FL, USA
Park Philharmonic Rehearsal (Orch. Winds and Perc.)
Wednesday, Apr 20, 2022, 01:30 PM
Winter Park High School, Summerfield Road, Winter Park, FL, USA
2022-2023 Jazz Ensemble I Auditions
Thursday, Apr 21, 2022, 02:30 PM
Winter Park High School, Summerfield Road, Winter Park, FL, USA
Lakeside Jazz Festival
Friday, Apr 22, 2022, 07:15 AM
Port Orange City Hall, City Center Circle, Port Orange, FL, USA
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From Mr. Clemente
Dear Winter Park Band families,
Happy Easter, Happy Pesach, Ramadan Mubarak, and Happy Vishu to all who are celebrating! What a rare treat that all these holidays coincide this year.
Thank you to everyone who helped make our annual Ice-Breakers and Parent Informational Meeting a success this past Tuesday! We are looking forward to continuing to welcome our new Band students with Band Registration Night on Tuesday, May 3 and Mini Camp on May 14 & 15.
Congratulations to the students of the Wind Symphony on their performance at the UCF/Orlando Music for All Concert Band Invitational at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts this past Wednesday! Their performance received many compliments and praise from our panel of adjudicators as well as the directors from UCF who were in attendance. Thank you to all of the parents who were able to take the time Wednesday morning to attend our performance, especially our chaperones for the day: Dana Adkinson, Graciela Arnold, Tim Arnold, Robyn Fodor, Kristopher Kest, Emily Schlansky, Amanda Schaefer, Cyndy Stephenson, and Anita Vassos.
Congratulations to the Band Council on organizing a successful Band Bowling social event on Saturday. Everyone had a great time, and I even saw some high scores! Check out some pictures below. I look forward to this event in future years.
2022-2023 Jazz Ensemble I Auditions will take place after school this week. Sign up sheets have been posted and are located on the Band office window. All students preparing for auditions should double check that they are preparing all aspects of the audition. Please don't hesitate to ask both Mr. Clemente and Mr. Smith questions when preparing the audition - better to be sure of the answers than be surprised when entering the audition room!
Wednesday, Park Philharmonic will rehearse 1:30 - 3 PM. All Orchestra Winds and Percussion need to work diligently this week to ensure their parts are prepared for rehearsal, as the Orchestra Spring Concert is little more than a week away on Tuesday, April 26.
On Friday this week, our three jazz ensembles will perform at the Lakeside Jazz Festival in Port Orange, FL. Please double check the itinerary to be prepared for the day. Remember, this festival takes place outdoors so everyone should be prepared with hats, sunglasses, sunscreen, etc. for protection for the day. Concessions will be available while we are there and everyone will be responsible for either purchasing their lunch or bringing it with us in the morning. Dress is a collared shirt, khaki shorts, and closed toed shoes.
This week is also a busy week for our musicians performing as a part of the Night on Broadway Pit Orchestra for this year's production of "The Music Man." Best of luck on great performances!
We have a performance filled end of the month of April in store with the Spring Jazz Concert on Wednesday, 4/27 and the Spring Band Concert on Thursday, 4/28. Please also keep our dates at the beginning of May with Band Registration Night on 5/3 and the Band Banquet on 5/6. It will surely be an exciting end of the school year!
Let's make it a great week!
Mr. Clemente
Fun at Band Bowling!
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From the Band Booster President, Natalie Storch
Week of April 17, 2022
April is filled with musical events—Lakeside Jazz Festival, Night on Broadway, end of year concerts for band and orchestra, etc. Please keep a close eye on the calendar. May 3 is band registration night for next year (please tell anyone you know who has an incoming Freshman—information on the band’s website). May 6 is the band banquet (it will be live not virtual this year!), so please let me know if you are interested in helping with decorations, etc. at njstorch@yahoo.com.
Have a great week everyone!
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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Jazz Ensemble I Auditions: THIS WEEK April 19 - 21
Saxophone:
- Chromatic Scale (comfortable range, in triplets or sixteenths)
- Required playing of melody and one chorus of improvisation on “Cherokee”
Trumpet:
- Chromatic Scale (comfortable range, in triplets or sixteenths)
- Required playing of melody and one chorus of improvisation on “Cherokee”
Trombone:
- Chromatic Scale (comfortable range, in triplets or sixteenths)
- Required playing of melody and one chorus of improvisation on “Cherokee”
Piano, Guitar, and Bass:
- Required playing of melody, one chorus of comping, and one chorus of improvisation on “Cherokee”
Drums:
- Demonstration of Style
- Swing – 24 bars in common time, slow and fast (think 2 choruses of a blues)
- Jazz Samba – 16 bars in common time, medium tempo
- Rock – 16 bars in common time, medium tempo
Contact both Mr. Clemente and Mr. Smith (Michael.Clemente@ocps.net / Daniel.Smith2@ocps.net) if you have any questions!
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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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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 4.
- 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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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
Tuesday, April 26: Orchestra Spring Concert, 7 PM (Orch. Winds and Perc. only)
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Wednesday, April 27: JAZZ SPRING CONCERT, 7 PM (6:30 call time)
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Thursday, April 28: BAND SPRING CONCERT, 7 PM (6:30 call time)
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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