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Copies of the AFM Newsletter mailings just in case you've misplaced yours. October 24, 2007 WBA Valley Christian Competition Itinerary
*** Diablo Valley College
October 27, 2007
Before leaving for AVHS, ask yourself,
"Do I have everything I need to be successful today?"
· A note on parking: please drop your child off at the Aquatic center or the Del Valle lot. Parking for student drivers will be impacted. Leave extra time.
9:30 Attendance block in full uniform (minus birdie and shako) w/ instrument
9:55 Parade line up in AVHS student parking lot
10:20 Parade step off/march parade/return to band room
11:00 Change out of uniform/dismissed for lunch
12:00 Report directly to stadium for practice
2:45 Final run through
3:00 Dismissed
4:30 Report to attendance block. DO NOT BE LATE FOR UNIFORM INSPECTION
· Travel uniform (bib pants, 2007 band t-shirt, black socks, marching shoes)
· Garment bag (band jacket, gauntlets, gloves)
· Instrument
· Sack dinner, change of clothes
5:00 Load buses (from attendance block)
5:15 Depart AVHS
6:00 Arrive at Diablo Valley College
321 Golf Club Road
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
· Use bathrooms
· Eat sack dinner (depending on traffic, this may happen on the buses)
6:40 Line up for warm-up
6:50 Leave for warm-up
7:00 Brass visual/woodwinds music
7:20 Brass music/woodwinds visual
7:45 Full ensemble
7:55 Line up field entry
8:05 Walk to gate
8:30 PERFORM!
8:50 In stands, watch Lynbrook, Clovis West and Buchanan
9:45 Awards
10:15 Return to buses, have snack, change
11:00 Depart
11:45 Arrive AVHS
*** Jon Grantham
FOOTBALL GAME ON FRIDAY:
Report time is 6:00 p.m. in full uniform. Students will be released no later than 9:00 p.m.
NOTE ON PARKING/DROP OFF FOR THIS SATURDAY!
Due to Santa Rita and the front lot being closed for the Foothill Band Review, all students should be dropped off in the back of the school or at the Aquatic Center. Any students driving need to park in the Del Valle lot in the parking structure.
PAPER NEEDED FOR BAND OFFICE:
Any extra reams of paper at home? The band office is in need of a few. Send in with your student and many thanks in advance.
USHERS NEEDED:
For the December 11th and March 17th concerts being held at the Bankhead Theater in Livermore. If we get a large enough group together the theater will host a free training (required for ushers) in the coming weeks. Ushers will get to see the concert for free and will
save the expense of us having to pay the theater to use their ushers. Email Mr. Grantham at
jgrantham@pleasanton.k12.ca.us if interested.
*** Traffic Alert
Trish Moosbrugger
For safety reasons, please refrain from using the curb lane when buses
are present in the Amador parking lot. The students need to have safe access to luggage compartments on both sides of the bus. In addition, the bus drivers need to be able to pull out immediately once the buses are emptied and checked. Parents should pull into a parking spot in any other lane and then locate their student via cell phone.
*** Amador Pride and Marching Competitions
AFM Board
Our first competition is in the books. We had a great turn out in Gilroy! We anticipate even more support at Diablo Valley College this Saturday. Our great sea of purple will continue in the stands for BOA and Championships.
For newcomers to the AVHS Marching Band and Colorguard competitions, and for our veterans, we thought it would be helpful to share a few tips and reminders about etiquette in the stands.
DO:
· Be a positive example at all times
· Cheer and support all the bands
· Congratulate boosters from other schools who are sitting next to you
· Get seated early
· Silence your cell phones
DON'T:
· Make rude or disparaging remarks about other schools
· Make noise during a band's performance
· Use flash photography
· Move around or leave your seat during a performance
Remember, just as we can hear all of the bands, all the students can hear the boosters. Let's make our presence a positive one all around. Louder for Amador is great, but please cheer and support all the students and their boosters on and off the field.
Although the performances take place in an athletic stadium, it is not an athletic event. The performances we have the opportunity to enjoy are the fruits of dedication and purpose to which each of the students on the field have committed countless hours. Please remember to honor and respect each of them and their respective boosters!
There are surely questions about how the competitions are scored. Please refer to How do they calculate those scores? now posted on the band website.
http://www.amadorband.org/marching.htm
Friends & Family Performance!
November 13th
6:30 PM
Cindy Gehl
Sometimes getting family and friends to a football game or competition to see the band perform can be difficult. This year the band is going to do their entire show in uniform on Nov. 13 at 6:30 pm. Invite family, friends, neighbors and anyone else you like.
Let's see if we can fill the stadium with fans as the students give their last performance before WBA Championships.
CPR and First Aid Training November 3rd
10am-1pm in the Choir Room
Nancy McGhee
Several RAs have expressed interest in CPR and first aid training.
Isabel Papp is a physician's assistant a certified CPR/1st Aid Instructor and will be willing to have a class for any/all who are interested in the Training. (30-40 minute video and 40 minutes to knock out some practice on a mannequin). She will also go over some simple, Band -specific 1st aid type training (i.e.: using an epi pen, applying ice/ace wrap, treating a wound) All will receive a Certified CPR card good for 2 years!! Woo-hoo!
Please contact Isabel directly at i.papp@comcast.net to RSVP for this class. All are welcome, even if you are not an RA.
Want to Share A Ride?
Nancy McGhee
Clayton Newman is looking for companionship on the ride to and from LA for the WBA Championships (November 16, etc). His lovely wife Nancy has abandoned him for the company of the students on the bus and he'd love to have someone to talk to on the long ride down. You'd get to ride in a Prius, so you'll be contributing to the care of the environment! (And he might let you drive it.) There is comfortable room for Clayton and 3 others. If you are interested, please call Clayton Newman or Nancy McGhee at 484-9749.
*** Competition Snack Schedule
Laurel Stjern
Reminder:
October 20th-Gilroy
Cookies:
Piccolo, Flute, Baritone & Tuba
Grapes:
French Horn only
On your assigned competition date, the designated sections are responsible for bringing snacks after that performance.
The snacks consist of bringing either 1 package of store bought cookies or 1 pound of washed grapes, stems removed and put in a plastic zipped bag please.
You are to bring your cookies or grapes to the band room on your assigned date and place them in the appropriate, marked box or cooler.
Remember to mark your calendar!
Parents please help your student(s) remember their assigned date.
Questions should be directed to Laurel Stjern (485-1478. Thank you for your cooperation. Go Dons!!!!
*** RA News
Trish Moosbrugger
It's going to be a busy weekend!
Check your email for the updated schedule and report to your event 15 minutes before attendance block.
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. pmoosbrugger@comcast.net
Fresh RAs needed for Friends and Family night.
Most of the regular RAs will be working back to back weekends in LA with your darling sons and daughters, and we'd like to have them rest up before that second trip. Please let me know if you are able to help with birdies, shakos, and water on Tuesday Nov 13 at about 5:30pm. No experience necessary, everyone will be able to go to the stands in plenty of time to watch the performance.
*** AFM Meeting Next Week
There will be an AFM General Meeting on Thursday, November 1st at 7:00pm in the band room
AFM Scrip:
November is 100% month!
Cherie Stueve
November scrip orders will have 100% of the rebates credited to your student account! Normally, rebates are split 75/25 between student accounts and the General Fund. Plan ahead for your shopping, gift-giving, and traveling needs and take advantage of great savings on those band fees!
Please note:
November 2nd is the last order before LA and Thanksgiving. Another order will follow after the break on November 30th. The ONLY order in December is on December 7th!
Contact Cherie Stueve at 426-5301 or timstueve@earthlink.net if you have any questions.
*** All that's Jazz - October 30, 2007
Carl & Marilyn Palowitch
Yes.
3, maybe 4.
Yes.
Possibly.
A 33 year celebration of Jazz Education.
You name it.
Well, because - and yes, that too!
If you need to ask, then---
These and other wonderful answers and information will be provided at the first general meeting of all Jazz Band parents on October 30, 2007, 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm in the Choir Room. These meetings are irregular, infrequent, even rare - so please plan to attend this one!
Our Jazz Band instructors, Mr. Aubel and Mr. Grantham will present the jazz band schedule of events and provide information on the jazz classes at AVHS.
Carl and Marilyn Palowitch will present plans for the 33rd Annual Campana Jazz Festival (aka CJF33) which will be held at Amador on Saturday, February 9, 2007. This year CJF33 will host up to 40 middle and high school jazz ensembles!
Not a Jazz Band parent? You are welcome to join the legions of fans of the Amador Valley Jazz Bands and come to the meeting, too!
We are looking forward to a full house in just one week - Tuesday, October 30! At the end of the meeting, please plan to stay and join us in the stadium to watch the evening's final run-through of the Marching Band field show.
For more information, please contact marilynpalowitch@comcast.net. Updated: October 24, 2007 |
