Congratulations to the grade 9 band on a very successful visit to Eliot River Elementary on Friday! The students and staff really enjoyed the music, and we answered some excellent questions from the grade 6 students about the band program at East Wiltshire. Thank you to Mr. Cusack for driving the equipment truck!

We have received our cheque from the Anne of Green Gables Chocolates fundraising campaign and a total of $1868.50 was raised for the band program! Thank you for your support. The orders will be sorted and labeled, and they will be available for parents to pick up on Tuesday afternoon from 3:30-5:30 pm in the cafeteria. A copy of the online orders will be attached to each order so that sellers will know which items were ordered by each of their customers.

Students who are taking orders home on the bus will be asked to wait until the next day (Wednesday, December 4th) to pick up their orders. It will be faster for students who are catching buses to pick up at their orders at the end of the day on Wednesday once the majority of orders have been picked up.

The EWS Christmas Concert will be held on Thursday, December 12th at 7:00 p.m. Students will be asked to arrive at 6:30 p.m. Uniforms are required, and Santa hats, reindeer antlers, red and green light-up necklaces, etc. are strongly encouraged! The white shirts for the grade 7’s have been ordered and should arrive before the concert.

Rehearsals this week:

Tuesday, December 3rd: 7:45 a.m.  Grade 7 early morning band

Tuesday, December 3rd: 3:30-5:30 p.m. Anne of Green Gables Chocolate pick up in the cafeteria

Wednesday, December 4th: 7:45 a.m. Grade 8 early morning band

Thursday, December 5th: 7:45 a.m. Grade 9 early morning band 

Thursday, December 5th: 3:00-4:00 Jazz Band