Hello LRHS Band Families,
I hope this finds you all well. I only have a few updates for you this week. We are all finding ourselves in an unexpected situation, so please be patient as plans seem to be changing daily.
I do want to thank the parents who volunteered their time selling tickets at both the Small Ensembles Concert in February and the Festival Concert in March. I would also like to thank all of those who helped organize the reception after the Festival concert.
Spring Trip refunds: We are working with the various companies involved with both spring trips to negotiate refunds. These groups are overwhelmed with cancellations and refund requests. We will keep you posted on the refund and reimbursement process. We expect this to take several weeks, but hope to have it worked out before the end of this school year.
Symphonic Band audition information from Ms. Montgomery: If students plan to audition for Symphonic Band, please send Ms. Montgomery a LINK to a VIDEO recording of your audition by Thursday, March 26. She needs to see YOU playing your instrument in the video as well as see the music. She encourages students to use Screencastify (FREE -see link: ScreenCastify) so that she can see the student AND the music. If that doesn’t work, please take a picture of the music and send it with the link to the video. For the scales, students are to play all 12 major scales and arpeggios in all-district range as well as your chromatic scale. After playing scales, please play the all-district solo or something similar in difficulty.
Upcoming dates:
March 24 – Our LRHS Band Out to Eat Night at Chipotle has been postponed until at least May. Stay tuned for updates!
April 25 – TENTATIVE – Barbecue Fundraiser
Previous Announcements:
Are you interested in going to EUROPE and going on tour with the NC Band Ambassadors with students across the state of North Carolina? Ms. Montgomery will be helping to lead a trip overseas in Summer 2021. We will depart from Charlotte, NC in late June, and travel to London, England. We will then travel to France, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Italy, and Germany before returning to the United States in mid-July. If you are interested in experiencing this incredible trip, be sure to give us your contact information at this link: https://tinyurl.com/nca21form
To see a video from our trip in 2015 click this link: https://tinyurl.com/ncavideo2021
Western Carolina University is now offering camps in Jazz Performance and Audio Production. Students in these camps will have the opportunity to work with a great faculty utilizing their state-of-the-art recording studio. The Jazz Camp, open to all instruments, will focus on performance practices and improvisation in various ensemble sizes through rehearsals and masterclasses, including an opportunity to record in our fantastic studio. The Audio Production Camp will focus on recording and mixing in a professional studio, and electronic composition using the software Ableton Live. There is a flyer with more information on the LRHS Band website. Students can register now here: WCU Summer Symposium
Open Volunteer Positions for 2020/21 school year – please contact Susan Davis (suebee70@outlook.com) if interested in any of the following: VP Symphonic Band (board position), Member Services, Autobell Fundraiser Chair, Merchandise Sales Coordinator (sell items at Bands Club meetings and concerts), Out to Eat Night coordinator, Performance Co-Chairperson Intermediate/Concert Band (help sell tickets at Symphonic Band concerts), Uniform Coordinator (organize used uniform sale and new uniform ordering for Intermediate/Concert Band), SCRIP card sales Coordinator, Symphonic Band Videographer, Intermediate/Concert Band Photographer
Stay well, everyone!
Sincerely, Susan Davis