Jazz Info

Hello All, 

The St. AA festival April 5th we may not be able to rehearse before hand. My school's musical is next week so I'm pretty booked up over the next week and a half. If I can coordinate a quick rehearsal at Wood that day or sometime the first week of April I will let you know ASAP.

As for the St. Dot's fest on April 6th we will perform 3 songs for our set. I would love to work Cold Duck time in for this event but we may not be able to if we don't squeeze a rehearsal in. Please have your students work on Cold Duck time with the recording on the blog.

The Jazz Fest at ABW on May 1st. Is a Thursday, I am currently working on a formal letter you can submit to your principals for permission to attend. The OCE said this must be done on a school to school basis but they don't expect any problems getting approval from the schools to excuse the students. The festival will begin at 10am and run all day till 4:30. There will be a break then the concert starts at 6:30 we will be performing first. Denis and George will sit in with the kids and solo on the songs with them. It is a really cool event. The kids should come ready to play and ready to learn! These are two of the best educators in the country and will be an awesome experience for everyone involved.

-Dan 

Harrisburg here we come!

Hello Parents! 

Another wonderfully successful concert tonight. Special congratulations to our rhythm section, and soloist award winners, as well as our two scholarship winners for the Lasalle Summer Jazz Camp! Our next gig is this Thursday March 6th in Harrisburg. We will depart from Archbishop Carol at 8:30am so please be sure to be on the bus by then. Again parents are welcome to ride with us. Lunch WILL be provided however students will special dietary needs may want to bring a brown bag just in case. ***Students with any kind of food allergy severe enough to need an Epi-pen please be sure to bring one with you. You may give it to me to hold on to or keep it with you but please be sure to bring it.*** 

We are still missing the registration fees for Jazz Band from 8 people. Please double check your records and make sure that you submitted your $25 fee for Jazz Band (this is a separate registration from honor band!) 

Please be sure to have your students look over "Bye Bye Blackbird" and "Cold Duck Time" These two tunes are listed on the blog with recordings. We will be rotating them into our set for the next competition. The kids did a wonderful job representing their schools and the diocese tonight. Thanks to all of you parents for helping transport them to and from all of these shows and rehearsals. Without you this band would not be able to exist!

Dress Code for Harrisburg: Black Shirt + Black Pants + Fun Ties! (ladies same dress code as tonight) we have been asked to forgo the wearing of Hats (sorry Jack) 

Thanks again!

-Mr.Myers

HARRISBURG INFO AGAIN!

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

-Lunch WILL BE PROVIDED (students with food allergies should pack something just incase!)

-Parents are welcome to ride along with us on the bus. 

-Please note that their may be security dog's at the check point. Students should not approach them or try to pet/feed them. They are working dogs and should be left to work. 

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

-Return to the buses and arrive back at Carol by approx. 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.