October 17 Football Game and Del Oro

October 17, 2009
Football Game and Del Oro High School
Show Day Itinerary

9:00 Rehearsal on practice field
11:00 Lunch
12:30 Troop to field (Polos!!!)
1:00 Star Spangled Banner/Game Starts
2:30 Play Show at Halftime
3:00 Load Trailers (immediately after halftime performance)
4:00 Depart for Del Oro High School
4:45 Arrive at Del Oreo High School
Unload
Change into uniform
7:15 Gate
7:30 Perform
7:45 Change, load trailers
Dinner (when trailers are DONE being loaded)
9:15 Awards Ceremony
10:00 Return to bus and carpool
10:10 Depart Del Oro
11:00 Return to McClatchy
unload trailers
11:30 Dismiss

Driving Directions

Business 80 East to reno
Merge with I-80 East
Take exit 112 for Penryn Road
Turn Left at Penryn Road
Turn Left on Taylor Road

Del Oro will be on the left.

Del Oro High School
3301 Taylor Rd.
Loomis, CA 95650

Having a fun summer?

Having a fun summer? I am!

The sectionals have been going pretty well, with good attendance so far. Keep it up!

A few items for all winds and brass:
-Star Spangled Banner and Mobbusters are to be memorized by band camp
-All section leaders should now have Meeting at Tryon Palace and Gabriel's Oboe. These are the full concert band versions, but they need to be learned anyway. I will have condensed marching band versions in the near future. We will be doing both pieces in their entirety at the winter concert.
-You should all work on the major scales in section 2 and 4 of Fussell, and will be getting section 5 at your next sectional.
-If you don't have a tuner, get one! You need to own one, they are cheap and will help you played dramatically better!!!!!!
-Make sure that when you are practicing you are practicing playing the pieces well. I have heard several individuals just blatting and tearing sloppily through pieces (particualarly Mobbusters). You are reinforcing bad playing, bad sound quality, and bad musicianship. Practice well and performing well will be a LOT easier.

Percussion:
-You will be getting Mobbusters this Monday (7-6-09) if you are in the battery.
-There will be a sectional on Monday 7-13-09 with me! Be there, we're doing something different!

Guard:
-Great attendance and I can already see growth from most of our newbies.
-Sectionals will continue on Tuesdays at 3:30

Thanks!

Aguilar

December

Congrats on a great fall season, it was a huge sucess!

Looking forward in the month of December we have a few important dates.

The WINTER CONCERT is Wednesday, December 17th. Concert starts at 7, call time is 6:30. Concert attire is the same for all concerts, that is black dress bottoms, white dress tops, black dress shoes and socks. NO jeans, tee shirts, hats, sneakers, no logos or bright colors. Ties are okay, but black or white only.

Another important date is December 11. This is the date of our next parent meeting at 7 p.m. This is a MANDATORY. Meeing for all parents of members of the winter guard and percussion. We will discuss all the details of the winter season; rehearsals and performance schedules, expectations and responsibilties, and detailing the show the kids will presenting. In addition we will be talking about the "Mane Event II" and discussing ways in which you can help us make this year's Event better than last years.

December 13th we will be hosting the annual Tuba Christmas at the McClathy auditorium. The is a fun and festive event. You are all welcome and encouraged to attend.

Have a wonderful month. Happy holidays.

Scores

Results from this past weekend, FYI.

Class "C"

McClatchy 84.55
San Benito 83.15
North Valley 82.25
Nevada Union 82.05
Terra Nova 81.95

Overall the band finished 8th overall in the show.

In General Effect, we won in the class and were 6th overall.

In Music, we were 3rd in the class and 12th overall.

In Visual, we were 2nd in the class and 10th overall.

Percussion finished 3rd overall and first in the class scoring 84.8.

Color Guard finished 2nd overall and first in the class scoring 78.5.

Drum Major finished 14th overall and 3rd in the class with a 79.0.

Woodwinds finished 12th overall and 2nd in the class with a 79.0.

Brass finished 10th overall and 3rd in the class with a 73.0.

One Week Left!

Congratulations to everyone for another successful weekend. We have one week left in our season, one more week of building that railroad. The focus this week will be on upping our performance levels. We've been doing very well in the general effect and program areas, but are still falling a bit short on the execution of the show. This week's schedule:

Monday On the Field
-Winds/Guard sectional 3:22-4:30 (also on the field)
Tuesday On the Field
-Guard/Percussion sectional 3:22-6:00
Wednesday On the Field
Thursday On the Field
-Guard/Percussion sectional 3:22-6:00
Friday On the Field

Saturday Rehearsal Starts at 11:30 (You get to sleep in!!!!... so do I)
Full Itineraries available in the band room

Congratulations on a great season thus far. Let's keep working and striving for that next level. You have a rare chance to do something amazing, don't pass it up!

Summertime

Hello everyone, I hope your are all enjoying your summer vacations. I'm posting a schedule so that you can all start making plans. I will try and get a rehearsal schedule up ASAP. As always, schedule changes may happen, and those might be out of my control.

We are contemplating adding an after school rehearsal for the full band this fall, I will let you all know as soon as we know whether or not we have a field.

Preliminary Band Schedule
2008-2009 School Year
McClatchy High School


Band Camp New members Aug 18 (10-1, 2-5)
Everyone 19-22, 25-28 (10-1, 2-5)


Marching Band Performances:

Sept 27 Football Game
Oct 10 Homecoming Rally
Oct 11 Homecoming Parade and Football Game
Oct 18 Del Oro HS Field Comp
Oct 25 Football Game
Nov 1 Folsom HS Field Comp (Prelims and Finals)
Nov 15 Turkey Day Football Game
Nov 15 Fairfield HS Field Comp (evening)
Nov 22 NCBA Fall Championship Show (Site TBD)
Nov 29 Santa Parade (Downtown Sacramento)

All Football games are played at McClatchy High School. Band members are required to stay for the entire game. Games are scheduled to start at 1 p.m., games usually end @ 3-3:30. Parents are more than welcome to attend and support the band!

Basketball Band Performances:

Jan & Feb - TBA

All Games are at McClatchy HS in the main gym. Game times are 7 p.m., band call time is 6:30. Play-off games will start in February. We will play at as many of the play-off games as we can if any of the teams make it.

Winter Guard/Percussion Performances:

Feb 28 Antioch HS
Mar 6 or 13 McClatchy HS (Mane Event II)
Mar 7 Fairfield HS
Mar 14 (TBD - Modesto?)
Mar 20 Del Oro HS
Mar 28 Elk Grove HS
Apr 4 NCBA Championships (Lincoln HS - Stockton)


Other Performances/Events

Dec 12 Tuba Christmas (Fundraiser)
Dec 17 Winter Concert
Late January Folsom Jazz Festival
January-Mid February Honor Bands
NCBA All-Northern Band
CBDA All-State Band
CMEA Capitol Section Band
SCUSD District Band
Feb Wood Creek Jazz Festival
March/April Golden Empire
April Spring Trip
May 15 Play-A-Thon
May 20 Spring Concert

See you soon.

Aguilar

End of the Year

I figured I'd write one last blog before the school year is over. This week we have our annual play-a-thon at the McClatchy Auditorium. At 6:30 we will hold a public "concert" were we will play two pieces from our Fall 2008 show "Transcontinental." The color guard will also give a repeat performance of their now popular rendition of "Thriller."

Following the concert will be our annual year-end awards ceremony. We will hand out several different awards, honor our graduating seniors, honor our 2007-2008 section leaders, drum majors, and band board, announce our 2008-2009 section leaders, drum majors, and band booster board members, and recognize our instructors, volunteers, and other folks who've made this year possible.

This is the last week for our 2008 seniors. It is always a fun time of the year, while also a bit sad knowing that these wonderful young people are moving on to the rest of their lives. I only hope that they all come back at some point and say hi. They will always be welcome.

Next week is the graduation ceremony (June 6th) at Memorial Auditorium. The band will play the National Anthem, as well as the usual fare as the students and honoraries enter and exit the hall.

This summer, there will be several sectionals held at the school, others will be held at the section leader's homes. Band camp starts August 18th for Freshmen and Newbies, the 19th for the rest of the band. Band Camp will conclude on August 28th with the parent night performance.

Stay tuned for more. We'll get the calendar updated soon!