Hellstern Band
December Newsletter 2019
IT'S CONCERT WEEK!
Tuesday, Dec. 3 - Full Band Rehearsal (7:50-8:30am)
Wednesday, Dec. 4 - Full Band Rehearsal (7:50-8:30am)
Thursday, Dec. 5 - Dress Rehearsal on stage at Har-Ber High School (5th-8th blocks)
Concert Info for Thursday, Dec. 5th:
6:30pm - Be in your seat on stage ready for the warm-up
7:00pm - Concert starts (live stream on youtube)
7:30pm - Concert ends
What to wear:
- Band T-Shirt (Bring $10 for a new shirt if needed)
- Long Blue Jeans
- Closed-toed shoes
- Clean body, clean clothes, clean hair, fixed up hair, deodorant :-)
Donations for the clothing drive at HMS (optional)
You may bring new or gently used clothing to drop off in the front lobby when you arrive to the concert. Donations will be used to help students in need at HMS (band students and ALL students). Thank you for your generosity.
DVD orders will be taken in the front lobby at the end of the concert.
$10 per DVD
Orders will be delivered to HMS with 1-2 weeks.
Below is a link to watch the band concert live stream on youtube.
PASS-OFFS
Red Book: 12 pass-offs (1st year expectation of skills mastered in order to be in the jr. high band)
Blue Book: 12 pass-offs (2nd year expectations - We have many first year players work ahead on these pass-offs while in the 7th grade).
Green Book: 12 pass-offs (3rd year expectations - We have many first year players work ahead on these pass-offs while in the 7th grade).
Memorized Scales: 15 scales divided among 3 years of study. (We have many first year players memorize most or all of these while in the 7th grade).
GOOGLE CLASSROOM
There are resources posted in this online classroom we encourage students to use: Tuner, Metronome, IPS (Interactive Practice Studio) that plays demo recordings of pass-offs in the method book, and pdf files of fun music.
Students may also submit pass-off videos for their test grades. This way they can work ahead or get caught up on test lines. Instructions are posted in google classroom on how to do this.
HMS Band Staff
Mr. Morris - cmorris2@sdale.org
Dr. Coker - bcoker@sdale.org
Mrs. Sangster - tsangster@sdale.org
Email: julie.huffman@sdale.org
Phone: 479-750-8725