RedDevilBandandChoir

WEEK OF JANUARY 28th

Sixth Grade General Music

Theory
Write more music - three measures
Add clef and time signature

Warmups
New songs to sing:
Patriotic songs and African American History
songs from the books

Discuss new projects
Draw and color an animal and make it part a musical instrument

SIXTH GRADE BAND

Teach 2 new scales to for warmups - A flat and B flat concerts
Teach first 3 rudiments to percussion

Tech # 53, 54, and 55
Solo - Sawmill Creek

New songs:
Five Note Concerto
Rhythm X
Miramar Fanfare
March
Coldwater Creek

Practice time sheets of 100 minutes are due each week as part of your child’s grade

SEVENTH GRADE BAND

Scale warmups for Honor Band

Chorale warmups

Five new rudiments
Tech # 43, 44, and 45
Solo - Rondo

New songs:
Honor Roll March
Midnight Escape
WinterWinds
Extreme
Thunder Bay Legend
Childhood Hymn

` Practice time sheets of 100 minutes are due each week as part of your child’s grade.

Honor Band Tryouts for the GMS Honor Band will be
going on throughout the month of January.

EIGHTH GRADE BAND

Scale warmups for Honor Band

Chorale warmups and breathing

Five new rudiments
Tech book

Hunter’s Chorus

New Band Songs
Honor Roll March
Midnight Escape
WinterWinds
Thunder Bay Legend
Extreme
Childhood Hymn

Practice time sheets of 100 minutes are due each week as part of your child’s grade.

Honor Band Tryouts for the GMS Honor Band will be
going on throughout the month of January.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

WOW!!!!! WOW!!!!! WOW!!!!! What a wonderful weekend at Overton and the Overton Honor Band. Congratulations to all of our members that participated. It was an AWESOME weekend although it was cut short because of the weather. I will let you know as soon as I hear anything if and when they are going to make it up. And, a very special thanks to all of you parents who helped make the Honor Band run really smoothly. Great job kids and parents.

The All West Tennessee Honor Band is this weekend at the Cannon Center in downtown Memphis. We have 5 members that will be participating. YEAHHHHH!!!!! All All West Tennessee Honor Band members will need to be in the lobby of the Cook Convention Center no later than 12:30 PM on this Thursday for registration. Rehearsals begin at 1:30 PM. You should have a schedule. If you don’t, please let me know immediately.

Practice Schedule for the Week of January 28th
M - Sixth Concert Band
M - Honor Band Concert for Brag Night
T - Honor Band followed by Garbage Band
W - Red Devil Concert Choir at 7:29 AM
Th - Honor Band
Th - All West Tennessee Honor Band begins
at 12:30 PM at the Cook Convention
Center in downtown Memphis
F - No Practice
S - All West Tennessee Honor Band Concert
at Cannon Center in downtown
Memphis at 9 AM

The Mighty Red Devil Honor Band will be performing at the GMS “BRAG NIGHT” on Monday evening, January 28th at the GMS Gym beginning at 6 PM. All Honor Band members will need to be in full uniform, no hats or gloves, and in their seats with their instrument and music no later than 5:45 PM.

All band members are required to practice no less than 90 minutes a week as part of their grade. This is going up by 20 minutes from the first semester.

Tryouts for the GMS Honor Band will continue throughout the month of January. Slots are filling up quickly. Play your music for Mr. Lane or Ms. Ward to get your spot in the GMS Honor Band. The required music is Winterwinds.

Six Flags Packets are out. If you haven’t gotten yours yet, please check Mr. Lane’s blog or email. The price is the same as last year, $315 per student and $50 for chaperones. Chaperones are taken on a first come first serve basis as they pay their $50 fee. The Six Flags Trip is open for all band and choir members, grades 6, 7, and 8.