Weekly Blue Flyer #16 ⚓️
12.10.17-12.16.17
Band Fees and Band Trip payments
Some students still owe for band fees from Marching Season and others still have not yet paid for the 2nd Band trip payment. You can pay with cash or go on the website and pay through PayPal
IF YOU VOLUNTEERED TO DONATE $10 FOR THE EVENING WITH THE BAND, PLEASE BRING IT IN ASAP!!!!!
Private Lessons
Private Lessons are essential for musicians. There are many times we hear "I wish I can sound like that". They sound that way because they take private lessons! Baldwin Wallace has an AMAZING music department with an OUTSTANDING private lessons program. We need to take full advantage of this opportunity! Click HERE for details!!!!
Agenda this week!
- Friday 12.8.17 Pep Band #1 (Remember you must perform at 4, details are below) 6:30pm
- Monday 12.11.17 Evening with the Band Concert! (see Charms for details)
- Tuesday 12.12.17 Pep Band #2 6:30pm
- Wednesday 12.13.17 Middle School Band concert (in Kubuski) 7pm
- Friday 12.15.17 tuning Analysis Sheets due, Pep Band 6:30pm
- Monday 12.18.17 Jazz Midterm 7:15-8:45
- Tuesday 12.19.17 Percussion Studio Midterm 7:15-8:45
- Wednesday 12.20.17 Band Midterm 9:05-10:35
- Thursday 1.4.18 Band Booster Meeting 7pm
*Remember to always look ahead!
What is Evening with the Band?
This event is the High School Band's Holiday Christmas Concert, December 11, 2017 @7pm in Kubuski Gymnasium. We also use this event as a fundraiser. For the concert, we have the option to sell tickets to a table in which you get to enjoy some snacks and listen to the Band's performance. It's a really cool enhancement for the evening.
Uniform Pillows & Apparel for Sale at the Concert!!!
That's right! We will have Marching Blue swag for sale along with Uniform pillows! Pillows are $40 and the swag varies in price. The Boosters take check, cash and credit card!
Band Handbook
please refer to the Concert Season page to reference all things concert band!
Concert Season Uniform
Concert season begins on October 31. Our Fist Concert is December 11. All students are required to wear the following items. If you do not own these items, please go out and purchase them.
- Plain Black Dress Shirt
- Plain Black Dress Shoes (or Dinkles!!!!) (shoes must have a LOW heal)
- Plain Black Dress Pants and Belt (for the guys)
- Plain Black Dress Socks
Mouthpiece upgrades (AND CHRISTMAS GIFTS!!!!!
Any student currently playing on their beginning band mouthpiece (except horn and Tuba) you should upgrade immediately. Playing in a beginner mouthpiece is like you trying to wear your clothes from when you were 5.
Here are the mouthpiece you should be using:
- Clarinet Vandoren 5RV Lyre or Vandoren B45 Mouthpiece; Rovner Dark Ligatures
- Saxophone Selmer C* mouthpiece; Rovner Dark Ligatures
All Saxes should be using 2.5 Rico Reserve
- Trumpet Bach 3C
- Horn Schilke 30
- Trombone Bach 6.5 AL; Schilke 51D
- Euphonium Schilke 51D
- Tuba Helleberg 120 Standard
Another excellent Christmas gift is the app TONAL ENERGY it's around $4.00 and extremely beneficial.
Pep Band
All Students are Required to perform at 4 Pep Band events. Students are to report to the Band room @ 6:30 and wear Midview gear. Students must plan ahead and have their music ready BEFORE we rehearse, NOT during.
Here are the Pep Band dates (click on the date to sign up)
Pep Band Music!
All of the Pep Band music is in Charms documents in the "Stand Tunes" folders. Most of us have smart phones so the best "green" way to get the music is to pull it up on your phone and take screenshots of the music...There are some copies of this music but once that is gone, it's gone...
Here is the list of music we are performing at the December 8th Pep Band Game
- Regiment- Full Fight song
- Eye of the tiger (measure 3)
- Shut up and Dance (measure 3)
- I love Rock n Roll
- Call Me
- Carry on My Wayward Son
- I Love RnR
- Uprising (measure 21)
- Holiday
- Hang on Sloopy
- Hey Song
- Tailfeather
- Uptown funk
- My House
Tri-M
What is Tri-M?
Tri-M is short for Modern Music Masters. It is an honors society for musicians. If you are interested in joining, you must be performing at the top of your ability regularly and always providing help for other students and directors. For more answers, ask Mr. B!
Contact us
Email: jbrunger@midviewk12.org
Website: midviewband.com
Location: 38199 Capel Road, Grafton, OH, United States
Phone: 440-748-2124 4303
Facebook: facebook.com/MidviewMarchingBlue
Twitter: @MidviewHSBand