It’s going to be another busy week for band students! Please note the changes to the rehearsal schedule for this week:

Tuesday, May 7th: Grade 7 early am band 

Wednesday, May 8th: Grade 8 early am band, and Jazz Band after school (3:00-3:30 Pizza Party, 3:30-4:30 pm rehearsal. Please note the time change.

Thursday, May 9th: Grade 7 early am band, followed by field trip to Athena Consolidated to perform in the PEI Beginning Band Day showcase. Grade 7 students will have pizza in the band room at EWS when they return from Summerside. Uniforms are required for this performance. Details will be posted by Wednesday.

Friday, May 10th: Grade 9 early am band, followed by the Band Program Orientation Concert for grade 6 students from our feeder schools in the EWS gym at 9:30 a.m.. All four bands will perform (7, 8, 9, and Jazz). Students are asked to please wear uniforms for this concert. The following students have signed up (or have been asked) to perform instrument demonstrations and are asked to please have a demo melody prepared by mid-week: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XpoKlTYUITCfBkE-hZL5hTgbgJ6laNDlZrbjJ1ct0X8/edit?usp=sharing

Thank you, and have a great week!

Congratulations to the grade 9 band on winning the award for the Most Promising Middle School Band at the New Glasgow Music Festival awards presentation yesterday! The band’s performance was outstanding, and they deserved this recognition from the adjudicator. The award comes with a $100 cheque which we will use to support extra-curricular band activities.

Thank you to Ewan Campbell for representing East Wiltshire at the Holland College Community Band concert on April 30th. One student was chosen to perform in the concert from each of the six Island schools participating in the Band for Life program this year. Our Band for Life volunteer, John MacDonald, plays in the Holland College Community band, and he has been attending grade 7 and grade 9 early morning band rehearsals this year. We greatly appreciate the support and encouragement that he provides to our band members!