1) Waltz Night Fundraiser info (Jan 9, 2009)
2) Winter Concert (Dec. 16) raffle items wanted
3) BABYSITTING IS AVAILABLE for the concert - reserve now!
4) Orchestra Wish List
5) Poinsettia and Wreath Pick Up schedule - this Fri/Sat!!!
6) Electric String Quartet and December Performance Assignment on Blog
7) Dec. 12 Zoo Lights trip - deadline in Monday!!!
8) Concerts coming up to review
9) The schedule this week and next
1) "A NIGHT IN VIENNA" - The Black and White Orchestra Waltz Night Fundraiser is January 9, 2009, 7 - 10pm in the Commons at West. Tickets will be available this next week from Ms. Silberman or from any member of the Waltz Orchestra (those going on the Boston tour in March, 2009). Ticket prices are as follows: Students - $8 for 1, $15 for 2 and Adults/Seniors - $12 for 1, $20 for 2. Ticket price includes a 45 minute waltz lesson at 7pm and 2 hours of live waltz music, refreshments, and an opportunity to bid on silent auction items (including beautifully decorated art violins). All proceeds go to benefit the students going on the Boston trip.
2) At our Winter Concert - Tuesday evening, 7pm, December 16 - we will be having a $1 ticket raffle. Thanks to a generous donation from the Gates and Culpovich families, beautiful gift baskets and an organizing gift certificate have been donated. Anyone wishing to donate items can bring them to Ms. Silberman all the way up to an hour before the concert. Starting at 6:30pm on the evening of the concert, raffle tickets will be available for $1 each. More tickets = More chances to win!!
3) At our Winter Concert - Tuesday evening, 7pm, December 16 - babysitting is made available to us in the Commons thanks to West teacher Tara Vaughn and her Titan Tots high school students. BABYSITTING IS FREE and available to those under the age of 6. It is available from 6:45 - concert end. Children can stay in babysitting for the whole concert or only when they are to wriggly to stay in the auditorium. PLEASE EMAIL MS. SILBERMAN IF YOU WISH TO RESERVE A SPOT FOR YOUR CHILD/REN - silberman_daryl@salkeiz.k12.or.us !!!
4) Dear Santa - this year, the orchestra has been very very good. We wish for pencils (from Dollar Tree or Walmart would be perfectly acceptable - sharpened or not), reams of paper, and any donations (we are a non-profit after all) of any amount. Thank you for your consideration... Sincerely, the 87 students + 1 teach + the parents in the Orchestra Music Boosters organization.
5) They're here (well, almost anyway)!!!! Wreaths and Poinsettias can be picked up this Friday and Saturday (THANK YOU to the Parents of Band, Choir and Orchestra who are helping organize this fundraiser!!!). Here's the schedule:
Wreath & Poinsettia Pick Up this Friday and Saturday! Come Friday from 8-9pm or Saturday 9-11am to pick up your order
**WE Need volunteers at the "A" wing entrance to help:
Sort and organize orders - Friday, 5pm to 8pm
Oversee order pick up - Friday, 8pm to 9pm
Oversee order pick up - Saturday, 8:45am to 11:15am
Please contact Kelly Culver at kculver@comcast.net to volunteer your time - thanks!
6) If you scroll down this blog to the last 3 entries in November, you'll see a link to a contest to win us an electric string quartet - would be so cool! All you need to do is get on Shar Music's email list - you can opt to only get monthly emails. Click here to see November's blog entries:
http://titanorchestras.blogspot.com/2008_11_01_archive.html
Also, all students in the Titan Orchestra have a December Performance Assignment - info about that assignment is on the November blog entries.
7) THE DEADLINE FOR MONEY AND PERMISSION SLIPS FOR PERIOD 6 ZOO LIGHT TRIP DEC. 12 IS THIS COMING MONDAY!!! You need to have your permission slip in, and your money - or have made arrangements with Ms. Silberman - in order to go. WE STILL NEED AT LEAST ONE ADULT CHAPERONE TO COME WITH US... anyone interested in taking the day off work to come have some fun? Need/want more info? Email Ms. S - silberman_daryl@salkeiz.k12.or.us
8) Some concerts coming up:
"Music of the Czar"
Yvonne Hsueh, violin soloist with the Oregon Coast Chamber Orchestra http://www.occo.ws/
Robin Devour, John Dodge, & John Monks, conductors
Music by:
Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Prokofieff, Cui, Kalinnikow, Gliere, Moussorgsky
Friday, December 5, 2008 7pm Yachats Commons, Yachats
Sunday, December 7, 2008 Florence Events Center, Florence
"Yuletide With The Pops" - Salem Pops Orchestra - 3pm Sunday, December 7 - Elsinore: http://www.salempopsorchestra.org/
9) Here's the schedule for the next week - remember that sectionals are considered MANDATORY - not showing up without letting Ms. Silberman know (with a valid excuse) will lower participation grade:
8 Monday - 2:30 All Cellos playing in the Waltz orchestra
9 Tuesday - 2:30 Period 6 Violins and Violas!!!
9 Tuesday - 3:45 Advanced Symphony Violas ... 4:30 Advanced Symphony (Mandatory rehearsal - this will likely be our dress rehearsal!)
10 Wednesday - 2:30 - 3:30 Bass Sectional (all basses!!! - bring $1)
10 Wednesday - 2:30 Orchestra Leadership Meeting
11 Thursday - 2:30 All City Auditioneers!!! 3:15 Walker Honors Group
11 Thursday - 4:30 -
12 Friday - NO SYMPHONY!!!
Happy December!
~Ms. S
