LANCER BAND AND COLOR GUARD
Director’s Notes...
RATINGS FESTIVAL
I would like to thank all students, and Boosters who helped
make the ratings festival a success. I
hope we all know the intent for hosting this festival . . . our schedule is so
full with weekend performances throughout the second semester, it would be a
scheduling nightmare to set aside another Saturday so that the Wind Ensemble,
Wind Symphony, and Symphonic Bands could travel to another school for the
adjudication. If we traveled on a
weekday, we would be out of school all day, and have an added expense of
transportation.
By hosting this event, we are able to have all of our
students perform on our site, no transportation costs, little time out of
class, and the comforts of being at home.
It is a win win situation.
Although we do not make money from the event, we gain so much by being a gracious host. For the second straight year, all the judges
and participating schools said that we did such an outstanding job in hosting
that they would like to come back again next year.
We did an outstanding job in both hosting and
performing in the festival. This
adjudication is a measure of our success as an ensemble with prepared music and
in sight-reading. The Symphonic Band
received an Excellent Rating, The Wind Symphony received a Superior Rating, and
the Wind Ensemble received a Unanimous Superior Rating.
COLOR GUARD/DRUM LINE
I would like to thank the staff, students and Boosters
helping with both our Color Guard and Drum Line program this spring
season. As we enter the last month of
competition, I wish them much success as they work towards the upcoming
competitions.
AM/PM JAZZ
We are now heading into the competitive season with the Jazz
Program. Our first competition is April
5 at Fullerton College. The AM Jazz
Band will be performing at that event.
The PM will make its first performance at the Spring Concert on April
15.
RECRUITING
The recruiting for our department has gone smoothly. Nancy Skewes-Cox, Boosters, and I have
visited both Los Cerritos and Redwood.
We were able to answer questions about scheduling and help with input
for the upcoming performance calendar.
We look forward to the orientation meetings coming this June.
FIELD SHOW
Our musical arranger, Key Poulan, has had our musical and
thematic outline for the last six weeks.
We look forward to receiving the score back and being able to present
the show concept to the students in the near future. Discussions have already started on the design of props and
costuming.
WISH LIST
At the request of Mr. Benedek, one of our parents, we are
putting together a “wish list” of things that our department is in need
of. So often we talk about money and
funding of our budget, that we overlook other possibilities of raising goods
for our department. Please check our
newsletter in May for our first published list of equipment needs for our
department.
SPRING CONCERT
Our Spring Concert will take place on Tuesday, April 15 in
the TOHS Performing Arts Center. The
concert will start at 7:30 and will feature in this order, PM Jazz, AM Jazz,
Intermission, Symphonic Band, Wind Symphony, and Wind Ensemble. Tickets will be available at the door. Because our Percussion Equipment will be in
transit from Dayton, Ohio, we will need help in transporting borrowed equipment
from Newbury Park High School. The
equipment must be returned immediately after our concert that night. Thank you in advance for helping with the
packing and transporting of this equipment.
SEASON CELEBRATION
The Color Guard and Drum Line will be performing for the
last time of the season, their competitive shows in our Gym on April 30 at
7pm. The Redwood Color Guard, and the
Wednesday Color Guard Class will join them in performance. Free to the Public.
ADDED CALENDAR EVENTS FOR MAY
The Wind Ensemble has been selected as one of three in
Southern California to perform for the Orange County Performing Arts Center on
Tuesday, May 20 and for the First California State University-Channel Islands
Commencement on May 23.
In conclusion, I would like to thank all of you for wishing
me a happy birthday. It really meant a
lot to me. See you at the Concert.
Mr. Martone
President’s
Corner
Dear Booster
Families:
Spring competition
season continues. The Winter Guard and
Spring Drum Line have had many weekend competitions. Each group continues to improve their scores and place well. Please cheer them and the Jazz Band on as
they continue to compete through out April at various venues. We especially
wish Drum Line good luck as they travel to Dayton, Ohio, Color Guard as they
compete at Championships in San Diego and the Jazz Band as they attend the Reno
Jazz Festival the first of May. Please see the calendar for all of their
competition dates.
The Recital Concert
on March 4 was very impressive. We
certainly have many talented musicians.
But you already know that because they are your children!
Our Strawberry sale
at the Booster Meeting was berrylicious!
Thank you Melody for planning it and going up to Oxnard, twice! to pick
up strawberries.
Our SCSBOA Ratings
Festival that we hosted on March 25 was outstanding. We had 15 groups attend.
Our very own students had very successful performances. Symphonic Band received an Excellent rating,
Wind Symphony received a Superior rating and the Wind Ensemble received a
Unanimous Superior rating. Thank you to Marty and Mary Anne Martone, Betsy
Connolly and Shari Smith for planning this wonderful day. Thanks also to all
the students and parents who volunteered their time to make the event a
success. A special thank you to Mr.
Martone for directing these fabulous performances. Congratulations to all!
April will be a
short month due to Spring Break, however, we will be busy as usual. Our Spring Concert is at 7:30pm Tuesday,
April 15th in the Performing Arts Center at TOHS. Please plan to
attend so that we may beam with pride as our students perform. This is also a fundraiser for the Boosters
in an effort to meet our budget. Bring,
family, friends and neighbors and let’s sell out. The PAC seats 400.
April 30 – May 4 is
Conejo Valley Days. We will have our
Churro Booth at the Carnival Site all five days. Please sign up for a shift.
It’s really fun to be part of the excitement at the Carnival. The Parade is Saturday, May 3 our students
will be performing in that event.
Please support our
restaurant nights this month; Subway on Tuesday, April 8 and Baja Fresh,
Wednesday, April 16.
See you at the
Booster Meeting, Tuesday, April 8, 2003 at 7:30pm. Please note this is a week earlier than usual due to the Spring
Concert and Spring Break.
Musically yours,
Lynne Phillips
“Don’t Fret!”
Reserve your Spring
Concert Tickets in Advance
Tickets for the
Spring Concert on Tuesday, April 15 go on sale Monday, April 7. You can pre-order reserved seats this
year. Cost for reserved seats is
$10/ticket. General admission is $8 at
the door. The two dollars extra for the
reserved seats will help close our budget deficit this year and hopefully will
meet the needs of Booster families.
Reserved seats will be available in all areas of the Performing Arts
Center. Fill out the form below to
order your tickets. Completed order
forms with a check made payable to TOHS Band Boosters should be placed in the
White Box in the Band
Room no later than 3pm
on Friday, April 11.
Band Council Notes
The Band Banquet is set for
Friday, June 6 at the Calabasas Inn at 6pm.
This annual event features a slide show of the past year and highlights
student achievements throughout the year.
Tickets for the banquet will go on sale on May 1 during the lunch
hour. The price is yet to be determined,
but due to the fundraising efforts of the Council this year they have a very
healthy account balance and that will help defray the cost of tickets. Speaking of the slide show, Heather Burns,
Council President, is requesting that any photos you want to have considered
for the slide show be turned into in
the shoebox by the computer in the Band Room as soon as possible. Make sure your name is on the back of the
picture. If you have photos on discs
that is even better.
Thanks to Council for all
their hard work this year. You’ve done
a great job!
Congratulations go to Hannah
Tessendorf who recently competed in the Hart High School Drum Major
Competition. She placed second in Mace
Masters and third in Field Conducting II.
Good job, Hannah!!
Heather
Burns received a Senior Medallion in the piano testing process called the
Certificate of Merit. Each year a
student plays memorized musical selections before a judge, takes a music theory
test and a listening test. Due to her
outstanding performance and rating Heather has been invited to play at the state
convention of piano teachers. This invitation signifies that Heather represents
the top two percent of students who participate in the Certificate of Merit in
California. What an honor. Congratulations, Heather!!
Conejo Valley Days Churro Booth Schedule
of Volunteers
Betsy Connolly is organizing the
manning of the churros booth at Conejo Valley Days. Listed below are the dates and times that she needs workers to
cover. Please call or email Betsy with
a time you can help. Sign-ups will also
be available at the Booster Meeting on April 8.
Conejo Valley Days runs from
Wednesday, April 30 – Sunday May 4.
4:30pm-7:30pm ~ Wednesday-Saturday
7:20pm-10:30pm ~ Wednesday-Saturday
10:20pm-12:30pm ~ Friday and
Saturday
10:30am-1:30pm ~ Saturday
1:20pm-4:30pm ~Saturday
11:30am-2:30pm ~ Sunday
2:20pm-5:30pm ~ Sunday
5:20pm-8:30pm ~ Sunday
We need at least three people in the
booth at all times, so find two of your best friends and sign up today. Thanks
for your help!!
Young Musicians Band Camp
This is a Band Camp for elementary and junior high
aged students, grades 5-8, with one year minimum experience. Joan Warshaw the coordinator of Elementary
Instrumental Music (she probably got a lot of our kids started) will be the
instructor for this program. The
program is sponsored by the Conejo Valley Unified School District and the Arts
Council of Conejo Valley. Dates and
times are listed below. Call Joan,
492-6119, if you have any questions; to register call the Arts Council Center,
381-2747. $25 deposit will hold your
spot.
Cost:
$160 per session – 20 hours per session.
Sessions
limited to 30 young musicians.
Session
1 – June 16 – June 27, Monday-Friday, 9-11am
Session 2 – June 30 – July 11,
Monday-Friday,
9-11:15am (No
class 7/4)
Session 3 – Aug. 18 – Aug. 27,
Monday-Friday +
Monday – Wednesday, 9-11:30am
PARADE UPDATE
With the Conejo Valley Days Parade less than a month away,
take a minute to locate your band uniform.
Make sure all the parts and pieces are there so you will look your best
that day. The parade is on Saturday,
May 3. You will receive detailed information on call time and the day’s
schedule from the Band Office closer to the event. Make sure you have your alternate uniform ready as well. If you are missing anything, please call
Linda Heckendorf, 499-6029 for help.
As the year draws to a close we are looking toward next season
and we are in need of people to sew shoe bags for our incoming freshmen. Booster alum, Martha DeBerg, has graciously
donated fabric to the band for this project.
The bags are simple to make and come complete with instructions. Please help Linda get this fabric out of her
laundry room and ready for our new students.
Give her a call if you can help.
Jazz Band Bound for Reno
The AM Jazz Band will leave for Reno
on early Friday morning, May 2 and will
return on Sunday, May 4. Every student
should have received a packet with trip information by now. If you have not gotten yours please contact
the VP of Jazz Band, Gloria Paul, 496-7257.
PLEASE REMEMBER BLACK
T-SHIRTS ONLY!!
Nominating Committee Update
The slate of officers for the
2003-2004 school year is all but complete.
We still need to fill the Special Events and Publicity chair
positions. Don’t forget you can share a
position. Please contact Polly Toohey
at 523-2569 if you would like details on how you can serve our group next year!
SCRIP SCRIBBLES
Just a little reminder
for you senior families out there. Once
your student has left our program you can continue to support us by having
your e-scrip go to the Band Boosters
and you can continue to buy scrip from us.
Remember, too, the more
scrip you buy the fewer fundraisers we need.
Dorothy Hatfield handles paper scrip, any questions call her at
529-5819.
Mary Tessendorf handles
National Scrip. Enclosed in an updated
order form with all the latest vendors available and the percentage that is
credited to your account. Call Mary
before Tuesday mornings to place an order, 492-5795.
Save That Date
Saturday, April 5
Fullerton Jazz Festival
Tuesday, April 8
Booster Meeting 7:30pm
Subway Night
Wednesday, April 9 -
Sunday April 13
Drum Line in Dayton,
Ohio for Championships
Tuesday, April 15
Spring Concert
TOHS PAC 7:30pm
Friday, April 18 -
Friday April 25
SPRING BREAK
April 29 - May 1
Marching Practice
3-4pm
For Conejo Valley Days
Parade
Wednesday, April 30
Drum Line/Color Guard
Finale
Saturday, May 3
Conejo Valley Days
Parade
GOOD LUCK
DRUM LINE
HAVE A GREAT TRIP TO DAYTON AND SAFE
TRAVELS!!!