We will follow the regular early morning and after school band rehearsal schedule this week.

Tuesday, January 14: 7:45 a.m.  Grade 7 early morning band

Wednesday, January 15: 7:45 a.m. Grade 8 early morning band 

Thursday, January 16: 7:45 a.m. Grade 9 early morning band 

Thursday, January 16: 3:00-4:00 Jazz Band

*Honour Band rehearsal: TBA

I hope that everyone has enjoyed a happy holiday with friends and family.The students will be getting back into their routines next week and I will be handing out some new music for the new year. Early morning band will be canceled from January 7th-9th, and will resume the following week (January 14-16). There will be a grade 9 Honour Band rehearsal on Thursday afternoon, and students are asked to please practice their own parts before we meet as a group.

Rehearsals this week:

Tuesday, Jan. 7th: Grade 7 am band is canceled

Wednesday, Jan. 8th: Grade 8 am band is canceled

Thursday, Jan. 9th: Grade 9 am band is canceled

Thursday, Jan. 9th: 3:00-4:30: Grade 9 HONOUR BAND rehearsal

The band students presented a fantastic show last Thursday evening! A special thank you goes out to our MC’s and vocalists Addison Perry and Charlotte Campbell. Thank you to everyone on staff who helped make the concert a success, and thank you to all of our supporters for being such a great audience.

All extra-curricular band rehearsals are now canceled until after the Christmas break!

*Photo Credit: Mrs. Heather Campbell

A reminder that all band students will have a rehearsal/run-through at some point tomorrow. Students are reminded to come prepared with music, instruments and pencils!

Thursday, December 12th: CONCERT DAY

Early AM Band Rehearsal (7:45-8:45 a.m.): Grade 9 (9G and 9B)

Period 1: 9:00-10:00 a.m.:  Grade 7 band (7D and 7CF) rehearsal in the band room

Period 2

Period 3: 11:30-12:05p.m.:  Grade 8 band (8F and 8EH) rehearsal in the band room

LUNCH

Period 4

1:00-1:30: 9G will set up band equipment, Christmas tree, etc.in the gym

1:30-2:00 p.m.: Jazz Band (sound check and run-through)

Period 5

2:00-2:30 p.m.: Addison Perry and Charlotte Campbell (sound check and run-through), MC practice

2:30-3:00 p.m.: AV setup and audience chairs

6:30 p.m.:   All band members arrive for the concert in uniform and go to set-up areas (Grade 7’s in the grade 7 cafeteria, grade 8’s and 9’s in the main cafeteria)

7:00 p.m.  EWS Christmas Concert….see you there!

It’s been a busy few weeks in the band area, and the music for the concert is almost ready to share! There will be four more hectic rehearsal days before we relax a bit leading into the holidays. Please check the schedule below; it would be appreciated if all students could make every effort to attend their final concert rehearsals. Please send an email if your child cannot attend a morning rehearsal due to illness. Thank you!

Uniforms: All students are asked to wear their band uniforms for the concert. The uniform consists of white long sleeved t-shirts, black pants, and band sweater (vest). All grade 7 students should now have received band vests and new white t-shirts! 

Festive Accessories: Students are strongly encouraged to wear Santa hats, light up necklaces, reindeer antlers, etc. to add to the fun atmosphere of this concert!

Concert Admission: Band students will be accepting donations for the Food Bank at the door as part of our Christmas challenge with Stonepark Intermediate. If you can, please bring a food item to donate to support families in our community this Christmas.

Tickets for the EWS Holiday Gift Box Raffle will be sold at the concert again this year with funds raised going toward helping families in our community to have a brighter Christmas. The draw for the winner will be held on December 12^th during the concert.  

Rehearsal schedule for next week:

Tuesday, December 10th: 7:45 a.m.  Grade 7 early morning band

Wednesday, December 11th: 7:45 a.m. Grade 8 early morning band

Wednesday, December 11th: Jazz Band Rehearsal: 3:00-4:00 p.m. *I know that this is not our usual rehearsal day, but please make every effort to attend so that we can get ready for the concert. Thank you!

Thursday, December 12th: 7:45 a.m. Grade 9 early morning band

CONCERT DAY

All of the bands (Grade 7, 8, 9, and Jazz) will have rehearsals during the day on Thursday. A concert day schedule will be posted here tomorrow.

6:30 p.m.: Students arrive and go to assigned set-up areas (Grade 7 cafeteria and main cafeteria)

7:00 p.m.: EWS Christmas Concert

Now that the larger orders have been picked up, students may pick up smaller orders at the end of the day today (an announcement will be made). Students will be given the chocolate order and a copy of their order form.

Grade 7 white t-shirts for the band uniforms will also be passed out today.

Thank you for your support!

A reminder that Anne’s Chocolates orders will be available for parents to pick up this 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.

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

Monday, November 25th: 3:00-4:00 p.m. Jazz Band

Tuesday, November 26th: 7:45 a.m.  Grade 7 early morning band

Wednesday, November 27: 7:45 a.m. Grade 8 early morning band

Thursday, November 28th: 7:45 a.m. Grade 9 early morning band 

Thursday, November 28th: 3:00-4:00 Jazz Band

Friday, November 29th: 10:00-12:00: Grade 9 band performance at Eliot River

I apologize for the last minute change, but something has come up and I have to cancel Jazz Band this afternoon.

This announcement was made first thing this morning: “Jazz Band is cancelled for this afternoon and will be held after school on Monday & Thursday next week.”