WINTER PARK BAND Weekly Newsletter
October 9, 2022
THIS WEEK
Marching Band Rehearsal
On D Lot to start (weather permitting). If we have weather we will start in the Auditorium/Band room. Remember to bring everything you need for a marching rehearsal - instrument, music, dot cards, water jug, sunscreen, hat, sunglasses, etc.
Tuesday, Oct 11, 2022, 06:00 PM
Winter Park High School, Summerfield Road, Winter Park, FL, USA
Marching Band Rehearsal
Thursday, Oct 13, 2022, 02:45 PM
Winter Park High School, Summerfield Road, Winter Park, FL, USA
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From Mr. Clemente
Dear Winter Park Band families,
What a fun day on Thursday! Though we were going the entire day with school, a brief rehearsal and run-through, and an away game at Ocoee that went into overtime, it was a day with lots of band, absolutely outstanding weather for early-October Florida, and great students who gave a great performance!
Jazz Ensemble I had a great performance Saturday at the annual Winter Park Autumn Art Festival. What a beautiful day and the newly renovated pavilion in Central Park looks great and is fun to play in!
The theme of this week is Finish the Show. With no varsity football game this week, the SOTW has the opportunity to really buckle down and put the remaining drill and music onto the field for our final push to the finish line at Marching Band MPA. Do your best "rain stay away" dance that you can so that we can be as productive as possible Tuesday and Thursday!
UPDATED SCHEDULE
We now have some solid rescheduled dates following the upheaval of Hurricane Ian. Itineraries for all rescheduled events are now uploaded to the Band website here.
- Monday, October 17: Home Football Game (rescheduled from 9/30)
- Wednesday, November 2: Homecoming Parade (rescheduled from 9/28)
Due to the rescheduled football game, the band program will have a jam-packed and fun-filled week of performances and activities the week of October 16. I have worked with the administration and will be contacting teachers directly this week to make them aware of our busy schedule that week to help all the Band students remain successful and up-to-date in all their classes. Here is how that week will play out:
- Monday, October 17: Home Football Game, SOTW performs both pregame and halftime and in the stands like a normal Friday night performance.
- Tuesday, October 18: FALL BAND CONCERT, call time 6:30 PM, performance begins at 7 PM
- Wednesday, October 19: No events
- Thursday, October 20: Marching Band Rehearsal, 2:45 - 5 PM, Fall Orchestra Concert, 7 PM (Orchestra Winds & Perc. only)
- Friday, October 21: Away Football Game, SOTW performs in the stands during the first half and at halftime and then returns to WPHS after halftime.
- Saturday, October 22: West Side Showcase / Marching Band Pre-MPA at West Orange HS, 10:15 AM - 9:15 PM. SOTW performs at 7:30 PM
Since our Fall Band Concert is quickly approaching, please double and triple check that your concert dress or concert tuxedo jacket and pants fit properly and have been temporarily hemmed if necessary. All Concert tux shirts, bow ties, cummerbunds, and necklaces have been delivered and will be passed out to students in class this week if they have already been paid for on SchoolPay. Especially for tuxedo people, all students should have ordered a new black tux shirt this year. If you have not yet, you received an email on Friday and need to pay for your shirt on SchoolPay as soon as possible.
Our InstaRaise fundraiser is off to a great start! Currently, we have just under $10,000.00 raised for the Band - wow! It's a great start, but we still have 2/3 to go to reach our $30,000.00 goal! Let's get out there and raise money for the program and for our NYC trip!
Let's make it a great week everyone, and let's Finish the Show!!!
Mr. Clemente
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From the Band Booster President, Mrs. Dana Adkinson
Great job, Thursday night, SOTW! "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" looked and sounded great! Stand tunes, as usual, were awesome and a lot of fun! What a difference a few complete outside rehearsals will provide, even despite the absence of rehearsals the previous week due to the hurricane. Your hard work shows!
And also great job, Saturday morning, at the Winter Park Autumn Art Festival, Jazz 1! I heard plenty of festival attendees exclaim how impressed they were with your performance, and they couldn't believe that you all were still in high school. Speaks so well of your musicianship, leadership and professional demeanor at a community event! Always proud to be associated with the WPHS Band Program!
Thanks to the uniform washers who took uniforms home to clean them up for next week and beyond! Talk about a stinky job! Eek! But you SOTW members will surely look great for the rest of the season and MPA from here!
Speaking of uniforms, parents, it's time to make sure those CONCERT UNIFORMS are hemmed (or hems extended) before we get to our Fall Concert (which is NEXT WEEK!). So put that on your schedule between now and then so you're not hemming pants while your student is running to the car to leave for the concert call time!
Have a great week, Wildcats .. no game Friday, so catch up on some much needed rest!
Dana Adkinson
Band Booster President
cel: 321.217.3243
InstaRaise Fundraiser Ongoing
Hello all!
Our Instaraise fundraiser is doing well! You can continue to add names until it closes at the end of October. Let's see if we can get to $15,000 this week!
Our next fundraiser, delicious Butter Braid, has been pushed back a little bit. That will kick off in November with delivery in time for Christmas. More information to follow on that.
If you have any connections with a business or company, please let me know! We are getting ready to send out our information to them asking for help with the New York trip. Feel free to email any contacts to me at ribaric.family@gmail.com.
Have a great week!
Heather Ribaric
Fundraising Chair
407-484-7952 (text)
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Photo Ordering - Extended until 10/24!
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Monday, October 17: Home Football Game (makeup from 9/30), 5:15 - 10:30 PM
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Tuesday, October 18: FALL BAND CONCERT, 7 PM
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Thursday, October 20: Fall Orchestra Concert, 7 PM, Orchestra Winds & Perc. only
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Friday, October 21: Away Football Game, 5 - 8:30 PM
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Saturday, October 22: West Side Classic (Marching Band Pre-MPA), West Orange HS, 10:15 AM - 9:15 PM - SOTW performs at 7:30 PM
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Thursday, October 27: Middle School Night Home Football Game, 5 - 10 PM
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Friday, November 4: Senior Night Home Football Game, 5 - 10 PM
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Saturday, November 5: MARCHING BAND MPA, Boone HS, 11:45 AM - 9:10 PM - SOTW performs at 5:00 PM
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Wednesday, November 9: FALL FESTIVAL OF BANDS, 7 PM
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Wednesday, November 16: NIGHT OF JAZZ, 7 PM
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Monday, November 21 - Friday, November 25: Thanksgiving Break
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Saturday, December 3: Winter Park Christmas Parade & Baldwins Park Christmas Parade
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Thursday, December 8: BAND WINTER CONCERT
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Tuesday, December 13: Winterfest (Orchestra Winds & Percussion)
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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
PAST DUE Band & Color Guard Payments
- May 3: Band Registration Fair Share: $25
Band
- July 27: Full Fair Share Payment OR Fair Share Payment 1: $225 OR $100
- July 27: Marching Band Shoes (new/replacement): $38 fundraising credit cannot be used for this item
- July 27: Extra Show Shirts (optional): $10/shirt fundraising credit cannot be used for this item
- August 31: Fair Share Payment 2 - $50
Color Guard
- July 27: Full Fall Fair Share Payment OR Fall Fair Share Payment 1: $325 OR $100
- July 27: Marching Band Shoes (new/replacement): $38 fundraising credit cannot be used for this item
- July 27: Extra Show Shirts (optional): $10/shirt fundraising credit cannot be used for this item
- August 31: Fall Fair Share Payment 2 - $125
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.
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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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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.
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 @wphs_flutes @wphsclarinets @wpsaxes @wphs_trumpets @wphs.trombones @wphstubas @winterparkhspercussion @winterparkcolorguard @wphs.drumajors
- 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