Band students who have home instruments are reminded to take those instruments to school for the concert (the same plan as for the Bluefield concert).

Following the concert tonight, we will not have any extra-curricular early morning band rehearsals (with the exception of Honours Band) until after the Christmas break.

Thank you for all of your hard work this fall, and good luck tonight!

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Band students are reminded that they will have their final full concert band rehearsals tomorrow morning:  

Grade 9’s will have early morning band as usual

Jazz Band will rehearse during period 1 (9HF will still have band class)

Grade 8 Band will rehearse during period 3

Grade 7 Band will have a 15 minute run-through at the beginning of period 4

There will also be a sound check for jazz band students in the gym at 2:30.

The annual East Wiltshire Christmas concert will be held on Tuesday, December 10th at 7:00 p.m. in the East Wiltshire gymnasium. This concert will feature the EWS Grade 7, 8, and 9 concert bands, as well as the EWS Jazz Ensemble.

Band students are asked to arrive at school in uniform by 6:30 p.m. Detailed information about the EWS band uniform can be found here on the blog (see menu above).  Students who wish to wear a Santa hat for this performance are encouraged to do so!

Upon arrival, grade 7 and 8 students will meet in the cafeteria extension until it is their turn to move to the gym for their warm-up. Grade 9’s will gather in the band room.

Admission is by voluntary donation at the door. Proceeds will be used to support families in the East Wiltshire community who are in need of some extra help during the holiday season, and to support band students who need assistance with the cost of extra-curricular band activities throughout the year.

The students have been working hard to prepare this holiday program and we look forward to seeing you at the concert on the 10th!

A reminder that the $25 band fee is due by Friday, November 29th. Thank you to everyone who has paid so far.  Payments can be made by cheque (made out to East Wiltshire Intermediate), cash, or e-transfer. If using e-transfer, please include the student’s first and last name and homeroom class, and please indicate that the payment is for the band fee. The school e-transfer address is eastwiltshire@edu.pe.ca

Band fees and proceeds from fundraisers are primarily used to help with the cost of festival registrations, clinician fees, field trip transportation expenses for students and equipment, uniforms, and band supplies (reeds, valve oil, cork grease, cleaning cloths, etc.). Thank you!

The cookie dough chaos has settled down, and, hopefully, we will have everything wrapped up early next week.

We were short a few tubs during pick-up. I hope to have most of these items available for pick-up by Tuesday afternoon. I will send an e-mail on Tuesday morning to confirm this.

We were short four tubs of “candy” cookie dough. I have requested a replacement box and I will let you know when it arrives.

Please check the following list to ensure that I didn’t miss anything.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tAsMQsUy57buYoMz_p1C3ROtFWJMHxioWkTK0u9MQ0I/edit?usp=sharing

Thank you for your support, and have a great weekend!

The cookie dough order is arriving on Thursday afternoon and must be picked up between 3:00 and 5:00 p.m.

As you know, we are dealing with a new company this year (QSP Fundraising is not operating in Canada anymore) therefore, the format for delivery of the product is a bit different!

I’m told that the orders will arrive in flavor packs of 6. They will not arrive with the seller’s name on them as was the case with QSP. I have the original order forms as well as a set of copies, so I will have those organized by grade and alphabetically so that they can be returned to you when you arrive to pick up your orders. Please bring a reusable bag.

I would love to have 2 or 3 parent volunteers to help organize the order forms, and to count and organize the cookie dough boxes between 2 :00 and 3:00 on Thursday. Please send me an e-mail at ampeters@edu.pe.ca if you can help. Thank you!

This group of young musicians performed like pros in the cold on November 11th. Thank you for your dedication, and thank you for sharing your talents with the community.

I received a message from the fundraising rep today and she informed me that because a few items are temporarily out of stock, our delivery date has been delayed.

The new date to pick up cookie dough orders is Thursday, November 21st.

I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Grade 8 early morning band is canceled for tomorrow (Wednesday, November 12). I will be attending a professional development meeting in Summerside.