Newsletter #21

Newsletter for March 4, 2009

Contained within:

1) Congrats to...
2) Boston rehearsal and meeting TOMORROW
3) Schedule for next week
4) Reminder - concert at West on March 17 - wear some green
5) Boot camp for next year is the week of August 24 (2 weeks before school starts)

1) Congrats to Lauren, Skyler, Paul, Aida, and Jacqueline for an amazing performance at All City Orchestra this past weekend! Thanks for representing West so well. Congrats also to Ian for an amazing honor at this past weekend's science fair! And, to Phillip and Tyler for your Mock Trial victory. I'm amazed at what you students do!!

2) Boston-bound students... we're just about 2 weeks from going! Wow! Tomorrow (Thursday March 5) is an important rehearsal followed by a mandatory parent-student meeting at 6:30pm. We will work out all the details for departure and pickup, give out packing information, and go over the finalized itinerary. At least one parent must be present for each student (family) going. See you then.

3) Next week's schedule:

Monday - 4:30pm - 6:30pm possible Boston rehearsal - we'll make that decision at 6:30 tomorrow (Thursday)
Tuesday - 3:30pm Adv Symph Cello and Bass sectional
Tuesday - 4:30pm Adv Symph
Thursday - 2:30 - 4:30pm Boston rehearsal
Friday - 2:30 - 4:25 Adv Symph

Violas in Adv Orchestra - stay tuned: we might have a few early morning sectionals to fix up that triplet section in the Schubert Death and the Maiden

4) Just a reminder that our next concert is at 7pm on March 17, St. Patrick's Day at West in the auditorium. Stay tuned for timing - we have to consider Advanced Symphony and the Walker Advanced Orchestra (who is playing on that concert too).

5) If you check outside, you know it's no where near summertime yet - but, for those who are involved with planning for family vacations, you might want this information:

BOOT CAMP IS THE WEEK OF AUGUST 24 - 2 weeks before school begins.
Boot camp will be structured differently this next year - we're going to have concerts earlier in the Fall, so we're going to get into orchestra groupings at Boot Camp to accelerate the 'getting to know you' part of the year so we can get to learning music quicker. Here's a proposed schedule:

Monday - Thursday August 24 - 27
$40 fee per student
9am - all incoming 9th grade students
10am - All Orchestra and Symphony Strings students
11am - entire program
12 - all Orchestra students excused
1pm - all Symphony Strings students excused
2pm - all Advanced Orchestra students excused

Boot Camp will be a great time for us to socialize in our new groups, welcome our incoming freshman, reacquaint ourselves with our instrument, and jump start the year by learning some tunes and music all together. We will have guest artists come perform from 11 - 12 each day of Boot Camp - parents are welcome to come at that time to see the performances . Attendance at Boot Camp is considered mandatory. Those who have conflicts (sports tryouts, band camp, family trip already planned) can let Ms. Silberman know and we'll hopefully not learn too much music without you. The $40 fee may be waived in exchange for volunteer hours for those on free or reduced lunch.

Have a great weekend!
~Ms. S silberman_daryl@salkeiz.k12.or.us