Harrisburg March 6th

Hello again! 

Here is all the info I have for the Harrisburg trip on march 6th!

-Busing will be provided and will leave from Archbishop Carol @ 8:30 (Please arrive 15min-20min ahead of time) 

-Lunch may be provided we are still waiting to hear back, so for now plan on brown bagging it unless you hear otherwise!

-Parents are welcome to ride along with us on the bus. Please let me know if your planning on coming so I can give Sister a head count!

-Performance from 12:00-12:30 followed by a tour of the state capital,

-Return to the buses and arrive back at Carol by aprox. 4pm

Parents are encouraged to write to your state reps and senators to come out to the rotunda to support music education in our schools. 

Please notify your school that your student will be attending a sanctioned Archdiocesan Event and should not be marked as absent. If you have any problems please notify me and I will contact your school personally. 

-Mr. Myers

P.S. I am trying to put together a short 1.5hr rehearsal at WOOD on saturday (4-5:30) before our festival. VJM is only 10min down the road and it would give us the opportunity to run though and warm up for the festival. I am waiting to hear back from wood as to weather or not space is available. Please keep and eye on your inboxes for more info on that!. Thanks again. 

Dates and Clarification

Hello Jazz Parents,

I wanted to send an email clarifying to everyone of our up coming concerts that we have committed to, or are attempting to commit to attend.

Feb 23^rd @ Archbishop RYAN

-1:30 Rehearsal

- 4:30 Concert

March 1^st @ Villa Joseph Marie High School 6pm (Jazz Festival)

-Some of you have responded via email however if you could fill out the form for me it puts everyone on one paper!!! 

March 6^th @ Harrisburg (Field Trip)

-I don't have much information on this trip for some reason... As I ave info ill pass it along.

April 5^th @ St. Aloysius Academy 6pm (Jazz Festival)

April 6^th @ St. Dorothy’s 2pm (Arts Festival)

TBA @ Archbishop Wood High School (Jazz Clinic/Festival)

I believe I have fixed all of the bugs with the google documents. I am really sorry that some of them have come through all strange. Try the three links above and let me know how they work. If you already submitted a form please fill another one out... i had to remake them all and couldn't keep the data previously submitted. I think i have been sharing the wrong link. Sorry for the learning curve!!! They just really help keep everything in one document when I do it right!

I would also love to do some service projects at some local nursing homes and or bookstores (Barnes and Noble etc,) but I want to wait until the weather warms up before we go committing to anything.

The kids have done an amazing job preparing some hard music in a short amount of time. They are some of the hardest working kids I have had the pleasure of teaching! I hope that we can have numerous opportunities to show off their talents

Have a wonderful saturday! See you all tomorrow

-Dan

Feb 23rd

Hello Parents,

Well tonight is the night! We begin our concert series at Archbishop Wood, this Sunday (Feb 23rd) We will be opening for the Festival Band at Archbishop RYAN. Mr. Stimson has been gracious enough to procure a rehearsal space for us at Carol. Which means we will be able to meet at 1:30 on sunday and run through our songs for the show. I am hoping to perform "The Chicken" and "Bye Bye Blackbird" if possible on sunday. The schedule for the day is below. 

We have also been asked to perform at St. Dorothy's art festival on April 6th @ 2pm. Please fill out this form if your student would be able to attend or not so I can give them a yes or no! This is a wonderful group of kids and I hope we can share their talents with as many people as possible, this is just another great opportunity to perform and be advocates for Catholic School music.

Can't wait to see everyone tonight at Archbishop Wood! Have a safe trip out.

-Mr. Myers

Sunday Feb 23rd Rehearsal and Concert Schedule: @ Archbishop RYAN!!!!

1:30 pm – Arrive – wear casual clothes

1:30 pm to 2:15 pm  - practice in Band room

2:15 – break

                2:35 – rehearse

3:30 – change into school uniform

4:00 – picture

4:30 – CONCERT

Jazz Update

Hey Parents,
I have not forgot about you or the blog! I have been trying to communicate more through the email and I apologize if you were not getting all of the info. I need ALL jazz activity fee's ($25.00) by the Feb 21st concert. If you already paid it great!!! The fee is separate from concert band so please make sure you didn't just send in one check, it is $25 for each ensemble. There are a few jazz guys that still haven't sent in their checks so please bring them to the concert.

Upcoming shows look like this

Feb 21st @ Archbishop Wood Concert
Feb 23rd @ Archbishop Ryan Concert
March 1st @ Villa Joseph Marie Jazz Fest 6pm
March 6th - Harrisburg Trip
April 5th @ St. AA Jazz Fest
TBA @ Archbishop Wood Jazz Fest