I hope everyone enjoyed the beautiful weather this weekend! We will follow the regular early am band schedule this week:
Tuesday, April 30th: Grade 7 early am band
Wednesday, May 1st: Grade 8 early am band, and Jazz Band after school (3:00-4:00 pm)
Thursday, May 2nd: Grade 9 early am band
This week EWS band students in grades 7, 8, and 9 will have the exciting opportunity to attend a performance by the National Youth Band of Canada at Bluefield High School.
The concert will be presented on Wednesday, April 24th at 10 am and will conclude at 11:15 am. Students will be bused to and from this event.
About the group:
The National Youth Band of Canada (NYB), Canada’s premiere youth wind ensemble, is the most comprehensive music education youth project offered by the Canadian Band Association. Annually since 1994, the National Youth Band of Canada has provided an opportunity for the country’s outstanding 16-22 year old musicians to gather for an enriching and inspiring musical and cultural experience. The young musicians perform under the leadership of a renowned Canadian conductor and a Yamaha Canada featured soloist.
Tuesday, April 23rd: Grade 7 early am band
Wednesday, April 24th: Grade 8 early am band, and Jazz Band after school (3:00-4:00 pm)
Thursday, April 25th: Grade 9 early am band is canceled (Enjoy the extra sleep after a very busy two weeks of concerts and clinics!)
The grade 9 band students were outstanding representatives of East Wiltshire during our concert band tour last week. They received compliments on their respectful attitudes from hotel staff, customers in restaurants, the tour bus driver, and from festival volunteers at Mt. A and at North Nova Education Centre. They also received very positive feedback on their musical performances at the festivals in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. A huge thank you to our chaperones, Mr. Tremere and Mrs. Smith, for volunteering their time and for helping to make the trip run so smoothly!
The GPS tells us that we will be at East Wiltshire by 7:15 pm!
See you soon 😊
We have had a wonderful two days on the road with the grade 9 band!
We are on our way to Amherst for our supper stop and we are ahead of schedule.
Please check the blog at about 6:00 pm for an updated ETA.
I will also ask students to notify you when we are on the bridge.
See you soon!
Click the link below for the detailed band trip itinerary. I apologize for the delay. I was hoping to book a band clinic in Sackville and was able to confirm a session with an amazing music educator yesterday morning. I’m really looking forward to travelling, performing, learning, and having fun with the students this week!
Tuesday, April 16th: GRADE 9 EARLY AM BAND. Grade 7 Band is cancelled (we will try to make up the missed rehearsal next week)
Wednesday, April 17th: Grade 8 early am band and after school jazz band are both cancelled due to the Grade 9 Band Trip
Thursday, April 18th: Grade 9’s will be on the band trip!
Friday, April 19th: PD Day: Enjoy the long weekend, students!
*Stay tuned for the grade 9 band trip detailed itinerary which will be posted shortly
Congratulations to the band students who represented our school so well at the PEI Band Days festival on Thursday at UPEI. Both the Gr. 8 and the Gr. 9 Concert bands had excellent performances and earned very positive adjudications. Thank you for your support, and a big thank you to the parents who helped move instruments back to the school at the end of the day. Gr. 8 and 9 band students will have pizza at lunch tomorrow in the band room 🍕
Tomorrow is going to be a whirlwind of a day! The students have all had band rehearsals today (except 9A and I visited their classroom to update them), and this schedule has been reviewed carefully with each group. For reference, here is what is happening minute by minute 🙂
*If there are any band parents or guardians who might be willing to help chaperone/supervise the students while they are at UPEI, or to help us to return larger instruments to the school at 2:15 pm, please contact me today at ampeters@edu.pe.ca. Thank you!
Thursday, April 11th: Grade 9 early am band is canceled.
GRADE 8 SCHEDULE
8:30 am: Grade 8 band students to meet (in UNIFORM with their INSTRUMENTS and BAND MUSIC) at the new Performing Arts building (Directions to the UPEI Performing Arts Centre: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Waa8GYdKBW5hSNFw8)
8:45 am: Grade 8 Band Students: Set up instruments at UPEI
9:00 am-9:30 am: Warm-up off stage
9:30 am-10:00 am: Grade 8 Band adjudicated Band Days performance
Following their adjudicated performance, students will listen to school bands in the theatre
11:30 am: Load bus at UPEI, Grade 8’s to return to East Wiltshire in time for lunch and afternoon classes
GRADE 9 SCHEDULE
Grade 9’s Students will attend the Bluefield musical in the morning (9:30-11:30) and will travel directly to UPEI following the performance.
8:45 am: Mrs. Heather Campbell will ask grade 9 band students who play instruments that will not fit on the bus to load them in her truck (Tubas, Baritones, Tenor Saxes, Trombones, Bass Clarinets)
Grade 9 Band students will take their smaller INSTRUMENTS, BAND MUSIC, and LUNCHES on the band bus to BLUEFIELD. *Students will need to WEAR UNIFORMS (vests can be put on after the musical) as they will not have time to change before heading to UPEI.
9:30-11:30 am: Grade 9 students will attend the Bluefield musical performance and sit together
11:30 am: Band students will take the first bus leaving Bluefield
11:45-12:00 pm: Grade 9 Students arrive at EWS from Bluefield and will switch buses to head to UPEI in uniform. LUNCH TO BE EATEN ON THE WAY
12:15 pm: Grade 9 Students arrive at UPEI and set up instruments
12:30 pm-1:00 pm: Grade 9 Band warms up offstage
1:00 pm- 1:30 pm: Grade 9 Band adjudicated Band Days performance
2:15 pm: A bus has been booked to transport Grade 9 students back to EWS in time for regular dismissal. Mrs. Campbell will transport the large grade 8 and 9 instruments back to EWS. If necessary, Mrs. Peters will do additional trips to get everything (piano, amp, instruments) moved
Thank you, and I hope to see some of you tomorrow at UPEI for some great performances!
East Wiltshire School Band 
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