Newsletter #3 - emailed 9/30/10

***Save the Date***
Fair Use fees are past due - please pay or submit waiver to bookkeeper's office at West
Fri 10/1 - Chicago Trip deposit due ($75)
Tue 10/5 - Entertainment Book Sale over
Mon 10/18 - 5pm St. Olaf's Potluck (Titan Strings and Sinf)
Mon 10/18 - 7pm St. Olaf's Symphony Performance (students free)
Tue 10/26 - Fall Gala Concert - All Students, 7pm
Sat 11/6 - Waltz Night - 6-9pm in the Commons

Contained within:

1) Exciting news about the Chicago trip...
2) Wreaths and Poinsettia fundraiser kicks off this week
3) Titan Strings - Dec. 2nd you will be playing at Lancaster Mall
4) Google Calendar has been updated... so has the website
5) Any parents have experience with sound equipment?
6) Hillary Hahn tickets - few have paid for their ticket (concert 10/5)
7) Want to win a Coda Bow???

1) Exciting news about the Chicago trip...
We will be competing *IN* Symphony Hall in Chicago - that's where the Chicago Symphony (one of the best symphonies in the world!) plays. Here's a link: www.cso.org. For those who are planning to go on the Chicago trip this next March, you need to pay your deposit by Oct. 1 (Friday) - you may bring cash, a check (made out to Music Boosters) or use student account money.

2) Wreaths and Poinsettia fundraiser kicks off this week
All students are welcome to our next fundraiser - the ever popular wreaths and poinsettias. These are beautiful plants that you can sell to you friends, family, and neighbors. This fundraise will run until the later part of October - the plants will be delivered to West in early December (you take the plants to the people who purchased them from you). The cost is reasonable and the profit to your student account is really good. Packets will be available in the orchestra room.

3) Titan Strings - December 2nd you will be playing at Lancaster Mall at 12:30pm!!! (Woo Hoo!)
We have added a performance for Titan Strings. At 12:30 and 1pm, Titan Violins and Titan Bassi will perform at the Lancaster Mall on December 2nd. Parents who work nearby are encouraged to come see the performance.

4) Google Calendar has been updated... so has the website (student page)
Many more dates have been put into the Google calendar - including the dates for students playing in the Waltz Orchestra (those going to Chicago). Please make sure you're checking in with the Google calendar to confirm dates. Additionally, if a sectional has been canceled, that will be reflected on the calendar. Also, the student page of our website has been updated with a list of current music that's supposed to be in the practice routine. Symphony will be added to that list in a few weeks.

5) Any parents have experience with sound equipment?
We could use a knowledgeable parent to help run sound at Waltz Night, Saturday November 6. Please contact Ms Silberman if you have some experience working a mixing console. Thanks!!!

6) Hillary Hahn tickets - few have paid for their ticket (concert is on Tuesday)
The Oregon Symphony featuring violinist Hillary Hahn is this next Tuesday, October 5, at 8pm at Smith Hall at Willamette University - if you reserved a ticket, you must pay the fee by the concert. If you do not use the ticket, you still must pay - the tickets have already been purchased.

7) Want to win a Coda Bow?
We have Coda Bows for students to use in the classroom - these are beautiful carbon fiber bows and they are very valuable for giving students the feel of a much more expensive bow for only a couple of hundred dollars. Here's your opportunity to win a bow - register to win (adults need to register, so parents... think about the holidays only being a few months away):
http://www.codabow.com/giveaway/giveaway_registration.html

Thanks for reading all the way down to the end of the newsletter...
~Ms S.