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CURRENT NEWS CONCERT BAND: District Honor Band The following students participated in this past weekend’s District Honor Band – Congratulations for your selection and excellent performances!  Band Schedule for this week (click HERE for the full band calendar): Tuesday, 2/5, 4pm-6pm: Chop Session Thursday, 2/7, 3:45pm-5:15pm: Jazz Band Rehearsal Thursday, 2/7: Video Playing Tests Due! See details below. Reminder! By February 7th: students must submit nine brief recorded playing tests by video (metronome on, and fingers visible). At that point, we will score each video as mastered (100) or re-submit (60.) This policy aligns with the district's move towards standards mastery grading. Students can resubmit until March 5 for full credit (100). All information is posted on Google Classroom. Please contact us with questions. Audition Day: On March 26th, after school, all 9th, 10th, and 11th graders will audition for our panel of judges for ensemble placement for the 2019-2020 school year. This is a required and graded assessment. More information will be shared soon. If you have an immovable conflict, please contact Mr. Reid and Mr. Ehrlich asap. Lessons: We have many students taking lessons at Centennial during the school day with our private teachers. Now is time to consider lessons. Almost every student that was accepted to District Honor Band or All State takes private lessons. Please email Mr. Ehrlich if you are interested in pursuing this opportunity and he will set you up with a teacher. Chop Sessions: Chop sessions are open to any student who is interested in learning about the fundamentals of percussion. They are geared towards learning the concepts and techniques that apply to all marching percussion ensembles. Over the course of the semester, the students will be learning how to play every instrument in both the battery and front ensemble in order to prepare for the drum line auditions at the end of the semester. Join us most Tuesdays from 4-6pm. Please check the band schedule for specific dates. JAZZ BAND: Jazz Band rehearsals are held on Thursdays, 3:45-5:15. There is an $80 participation fee. Everyone is welcome to participate! Please speak to the Directors if you are interested. MARCHING BAND: Leadership: All students interested in a leadership position for the Fall 2019 season are required to attend all sessions of the Leadership Clinic. Please note that two of the sessions below are scheduled for before school. See the Directors with any questions.
Camp: will be help during the weeks of July 22nd and July 28th – details to be announced soon. WINTERGUARD: Winterguard Schedule for this week (click HERE for the full band calendar): Monday, 2/4, 6pm-8pm: Winterguard Rehearsal Tuesday, 2/5, 4:30pm-7:30pm: Winterguard Rehearsal Thursday, 2/7, 4:30pm-7:30pm: Winterguard Rehearsal Saturday, 2/9, 9am-9pm: Winterguard Camp  Volunteers Needed! Come support Winter Guard by transporting equipment, driving/chaperoning the kids to our competitions, and enjoying a great show! For each competition the team attends, we need 7 volunteers: one to transport the floor/equipment, and 6 drivers/chaperones. Our competition dates are:
Remember: Volunteers are required by Fulton County to register and complete this video training EVERY YEAR. FUNDRAISING: Maxwell Sponsorship We've partnered with a local real estate agent who is donating money to the Centennial Band on each home sale/purchase. If you know anyone (within the district, area, or country) who is considering buying/selling a home, please have them email Phillip Maxwell: [email protected] and us. We will get a portion of the sale/purchase donated to the band! Please see Mr. Ehrlich’s email sent on 1/11 (Do you know anyone buying/selling a home?) for more details.
Chocolate Sale Starting SOON! Our chocolate sale will start next week. Earn $30 for your band account for every box you sell before Spring Break! New this year: the boxes will include both chocolate bars and GUMMIES! Permission slips will be distributed this Thursday. PAST NEWS CONCERT BAND: Remaining Band Schedule for this week (click HERE for the full band calendar): Thursday, 1/31, 3:45pm-5:15pm: Jazz Band Rehearsal Friday, 2/1 through Saturday, 2/2: District Honor Band Reminders! By January 31st: students may re-submit their Fall seating audition video if they are unsatisfied with their report card grade. Please let us know if you are planning to take advantage of this offer. (NB: This will not adjust part assignments or chair tests, only grades.) Directors’ Note: A big thanks to many parents who have been instrumental in activities over the past month: Mary Wenger for constantly working with Mr. Ehrlich on Orlando financial planning. Suzy Cloonan, Roger Howrey, Jennifer Willis for chaperoning JanFest. This is a big undertaking, and we appreciate it! Christy Lawrence for uniform help for the Orlando trip. Leslie Gibson for check-ins and reminders for the calendar and newsletter. …and all others that have helped out! We can’t do it without you!  Congratulations to Ethan Campbell who will be participating in the 9-10 Grade All State Band on Bass Clarinet! We are very proud of you. UGA JanFest JanFest – the 69th Annual UGA January High School Band Festival – came to a close this weekend. Our participants benefited from instrument clinics and hours of rehearsal, resulting in phenomenal concert performances on Sunday.  Upcoming Band Schedule (click HERE for the full band calendar): Tuesday, 1/22, 4pm-6pm: Chop Session Thursday, 1/24, 3:45pm-5:15pm: Jazz Band Rehearsal  A big congratulations to Fish Brosmer and Rhett Mobley for acceptance into the 2019 GMEA All State Bands. An honorable mention to Ethan Campbell as well, for being listed as the first alternate for the 9-10 grade bass clarinetists. Upcoming Band Schedule (click HERE for the full band calendar): Thursday, 1/17, 3:45pm-5:15pm: Jazz Band Rehearsal Thursday, 1/17, 2:30pm through Sunday: JanFest at UGA WINTERGUARD: Remaining Winterguard Schedule for this week (click HERE for the full band calendar): Thursday, 1/31, 4:30pm-7:30pm: Winterguard Rehearsal Upcoming Winterguard Schedule (click HERE for the full calendar): Monday, 1/21, 9am-9pm: Winterguard Camp Tuesday, 1/22, 4:30pm-7:30pm: Winterguard Rehearsal Thursday, 1/24, 4:30pm-7:30pm: Winterguard Rehearsal Upcoming Winterguard Schedule (click HERE for the full calendar): Monday, 1/14, 6pm-8pm: Winterguard Rehearsal (Please note time change.) Tuesday, 1/15, 4:30pm-7:30pm: Winterguard Rehearsal Tuesday, 1/15, 7:30pm: Winterguard Mini-Performance and Parent Meeting Thursday, 1/17, 4:30pm-7:30pm: Winterguard Rehearsal Please note that the February 2nd Winterguard competition has been removed from the schedule. FUNDRAISING: Chocolate Sale Starting SOON! Our chocolate sale will start in mid-February – sale details will be announced soon. Sarah Cavanaugh has volunteered to serve as our Chocolate Sale lead – thank you, Sarah!! Chocolate Sale Volunteer Needed!
Each spring concert, marching and guard students can sell chocolate bars to earn credit on their account. We are looking for a volunteer (or volunteers) to provide this opportunity to our kids. The position involves distributing chocolate and collecting sale proceeds 2-3 days a week from mid-February until Spring Break. If you can help, please contact Leslie Gibson ([email protected]) for more details. Comments are closed.
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