Newsletter #22

Newsletter for Thursday March 10, 2009

Contained within:

1) CONCERT TUESDAY - schedule
2) Fundraiser for Lisa Harder - contributions accepted at the concert Tuesday
3) Boston rehearsal schedule and news about credit that can be earned for the trip!!!
4) Congrats and good luck to...
5) Fun concert Sunday - 2pm or 4pm at Hudson Hall, Willamette

1) St. Patrick's Day Spring Concert this Tuesday at 7pm at West Auditorium!!! All performers are welcome to wear green accessories. We welcome Mr. Shippy and Walker's Advanced Orchestra (7th and 8th graders) to our concert.

Schedule for student 'call':

No Advanced Symphony Tuesday afternoon
Periods 6 and 7 - 5:30pm call (to run the Washerwoman)
Walker - 6pm onstage
Advanced Orchestra - 6:45pm call

Titan Catering will have special St. Patrick's Day cookies and juice available before and after the concert for sale - bring some cash for these yummy treats (proceeds to benefit Titan Catering).

2) Our hearts and minds go out to 8th grade Walker advanced violinist Lisa Harder - she has been diagnosed with cancer of the arm and lung and is receiving treatment at Doernbecher Hospital in Portland. At the concert Tuesday evening we will be accepting donations to help the Harder family out. If you can't donate anything financially, they are willingly accepting wishes and prayers - Lisa will find out on the 31st if she will be able to keep her arm. Lisa is a lovely young lady, good friend to many, and a fine young violinist - we all wish her the very best.

3) Boston folks - start checkin' the weather now... http://www.weather.com/ (enter "Boston, MA" and click on the 10 day forecast) - we leave in one week! Rehearsals are as follows:

Today (Thursday) 2:30 - 4:30
Monday 4:30 - 6:30
Then we go Thursday - we'll see you at the flag pole at 3:45am (3 little words... Don't Be Late)

Stay tuned for more infomation about how you can receive .5 of performing arts high school credit that will show up on your transcript, just for completing some online work and attending the Boston trip. Very exciting!

4) Congrats to bassists Taylor Baldwin and Katie Baker for performing at Solo and Ensemble Festival last weekend! Thanks for representing West so well!

Good luck to all our spring sports folks as the season gets underway - we have members on the following teams: Freshman Baseball, Varsity Girls Softball, Track, Girls and Boys Golf, and Lacrosse. We also have 2 members of the West Mock Trial team - good luck this weekend as you go to State!

5) There is a fun, FREE concert this weekend - Salem Chamber Orchestra's Family Concert - http://www.salemchamberorchestra.org/ - is at Willamette's Hudson Hall at 2pm and again at 4pm. Bassist Mark Perlman (who has coached our advanced orchestra and our bass sectional) is the conductor. You will hear Poulenc's adaption of the children's classic Babar, the winners of the Willamette concerto competition, an overture to Cinderella, and more. It's a 1 hour concert with lots of entertainment... hope to see you there!

Have a great weekend! See you on Tuesday at the concert...
~Ms. S
silberman_daryl@salkeiz.k12.or.us