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February 22, 2007

in this issue
:: Itinerary for Wind Ensemble Trip to Chabot College
:: Unsung Heroes of Campana
:: Save the Date

Itinerary for Wind Ensemble Trip to Chabot College
Jon Grantham

AMADOR VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL WIND ENSEMBLE

Chabot Wind Band Festival
Friday March 2, 2007

Chabot College Performing Arts Center
25555 Hesperian Blvd.
Hayward, CA 94545

2:00 Report to band room, change into concert dress
· Have sack dinner, bottled water with you

2:30 Depart for Chabot from AVHS. Parents are asked to drive their students to the college.

3:15 Arrive at Chabot, meet in front of the Performing Arts Center (drop off in Student Lot G).
· If staying, please bring $2.00 exact for the parking meters.
· Watch Moreau Catholic and Homestead High School groups

4:50 Dinner

5:25 Warm-up

5:50 Perform

6:15 Clinic

6:40 Return to theater to watch Lodi High School and the Chabot Wind Symphony

8:30 Event concludes

Prior to 7:00 p.m. tickets are not needed for this event if families would like to come and watch any and all of the event. Tickets for the Chabot concert will be on sale the day of the event. Band members do not need to buy a ticket.

This is a highly educational and wonderful honor as our wind ensemble was invited to perform at this festival. One of the premier band conductors in the country will be hearing our ensemble and the audience will be filled with some of the top Bay-area high school bands!

Thanks in advance for your support of our outstanding band!


Unsung Heroes of Campana
Marilyn and Carl Palowitch


We are very grateful to each and every student who helped with the success of Campana. Thank you for volunteering, appearing, smiling and doing what you were told, at times unexpectedly. We appreciate the opportunity to work with you, and see why your music directors are so lucky to be with you throughout the school year.

Still, within all this brilliance, it is possible for a few individuals to shine, and we'd like to take a moment to recognize students who went above and beyond at Campana. They filled needs we did not predict, or were left unfilled or were overlooked. Some gave us many hours beyond what was asked. Some filled jobs in our desperation while others worked quietly doing things they saw needed to be done. Thank you to these, our unsung heroes of Campana.

* Andrew Worth, who after fulfilling his planned duty, returned to campus well-dressed and was thus thrown into the spotlight as MC for the Band Room Venue;
* Our Instrument Transportation Crew of Anthony Sanchez, Tony Sangiacomo, and Chris Bowman, who transported equipment between Ingram and Brauns and the festival, and also helped transport drums for the afterglow;
* Kristen Vellinger and Alethia Orphanidys who were caught cleaning up at the end of the day, and they don't even get any credit for this;
* And for day-long willingness to do just about anything - Brennan Duck, Kristen Ghinazzi, Sammy Flanzbaum, Ben Holmquist, Alex Pickert and Brian Ratto.
* It is always a risk we overlook someone while trying to show our appreciation. If you'd like to remind us of another unsung hero, please let us know! (marilynpalowitch@comcast.net)

Thank you to these and ALL of the AVHS students who were a part of the celebration of jazz we call - Campana.

Marilyn and Carl Palowitch
Campana Chairpersons
Save the Date

33rd Campana Jazz
The 33rd Annual Campana Jazz Festival is scheduled for February 9, 2008. If you'd like to help us in the planning stages, please let us know. marilynpalowitch@comcast.net

Updated: February 22, 2007