Wow! We have had a very exciting and successful weekend! Our 6th grade band students did great at the SCBDA solo &Ensemble festival. They received 17 superior ratings! The 7th &8th grade wind ensemble went to the GNAI band contest in Chattanooga Tn., and received a superior rating, best Brass ( French Horns), best woodwinds (Flutes), and Kelly Thorvalson (oboe) won the most outstanding soloist for the Middle school division. I have posted pictures on the Facebook page.
This week is going to be challenging for us to prepare for our annual spring concert on Tuesday May9! The 6th &8th gr. students are in testing everyday this week and the 7th grade has testing next week. The students really want to have our concert, so it will be shorter in duration. I have put a lot of thought into this conundrum and with guidance from some of the 8th grade band students I have decided to have 2 after school rehearsals listed here.
Thursday May 4 is for 7th and 8th graders only. Rehearsal time is 3:45 - 5:15 p.m.
Tuesday May 9 is for all grades. Rehearsal time is at 3:45. Boosters will feed them pizza between rehearsal and the concert.
I know that this is not ideal for any of us, however I believe that this will make the best of a hard situation. The students do not want to cancel the concert and I have looked at the calendar and there are just not dates available. I always work hard to avoid things like this but the state did not release the testing calendar until January and then they or the school made changes to it in March and then again as late as the week of spring break making it nearly impossible to work around. I have told the students that they will not be penalized if they do not attend the rehearsal on Thursday and those that come will receive an A in powerschool for their attendance. They must attend the concert.
We are all coming off of such a successful weekend! Thank you for all of your constant support of me and our fantastic students. We could not have done any of this with out YOU!
Humbly,
Suzanne Reed
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