1. HOMESTEAD HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC BOOSTER BLAST!

December 7, 2011

NEW NEWS:

-       Winter concerts this week

-       Parent help needed during concerts

-       County Honor Band audition this Friday

-       Marching horns to be returned by this Friday

-       Second Annual Holiday Caroling fundraiser

-       Photos Taken at Macy’s

-       2010/2011 Music DVDs are now available

REMINDERS:

-       Yearbook photos are in

-       Scrip

-       Volunteers needed for Vanguard Bingo

-       Band room availability

-       School year calendar

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE:

Wednesday, December 7^th

            7:30pm – Winter Choir and Jazz Concert

Thursday, December 8^th

            6:00 and 8:00 – Winter Pops Concert for Bands and Orchestra (2^nd period

            Symphonic at 6pm and 3^rd period Symphonic at 8pm)

Friday, December 9^th

            County Honor Band Auditions

            Turn in marching horns

Sunday, December 11^th

            5:30 – 7:30 – Parent Volunteer Potluck

Monday, December 12^th – Thursday, December 15^th

            FINALS

Friday, December 16^th – January 2^nd

            HOLIDAY BREAK – NO SCHOOL

NEW NEWS:

WINTER CONCERTS

(Vicki Feltman)

Choir and Jazz Winter Concert

Wednesday, December 7^th, 7:30 P.M.

Homestead Auditorium

Winter Pops Concert (Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Bands, Concert Band)

Thursday, December 8^th, 6 P.M. and 8 P.M.

(2^nd period Symphonic Band performs at the 6 pm concert; the 3^rd period Symphonic Band performs at the 8 pm concert)

Homestead Auditorium

Admission to these concerts is free, but we gladly accept donations! Every dollar we get is used to pay for registration to music festivals (CMEA, Reno Jazz Festival, WBA Concert Festival, etc.) and help with the cost of field trips.

PLEASE REMEMBER:

All concerts are mandatory and students are expected to participate. Parents must let Mr. Burn know IN WRITING if students will not be attending.

All students and members of the audience are expected to arrive before the concert begins and stay for the entire concert. It is impolite and disruptive to other groups for any audience member (including adults) to leave in the middle of a performance.

At formal performances such as adjudicated festivals and formal concerts, students are to wear the following:

Boys:

-       Black dress shoes, dark socks, black pants (no jeans), white button-up collared shirt, black tie and black sport coat. If a coat is unavailable, a black sweater is ok, but no sweatshirts or black shirts please.

Girls:

-       Preferred: Long black dress with shoulders covered, black hose and shoes.

-       Ok: Black skirt knee length or longer, or black dress pants, with black top with shoulders covered, black hose and shoes.

-       Not Ok: T-shirts, sweatshirts, or tennis shoes.

-       Rule of thumb for girls’ formal concert attire: the less skin showing, the better.

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Detailed Rehearsal Schedules have been posted in School loop….READ THEM

Thursday concert arrival times for student performers:

4:45    Orchestra strings and winds arrive at Homestead

5:30    Concert Band arrive at Homestead

5:45    2^nd Period Symphonic Band Arrive/Warm up in Choir Room

5:45    Wind Ensemble members who are not in the Symphony Orchestra, go directly to

            the audience a watch orchestra perform.

7:45    3^rd Period Symphonic Band (Optional/Extra Credit: arrive at 6:00 pm and enjoy

            the first concert)

PARENT HELP NEEDED DURING CONCERTS

(Eileen Chun)

We need help at the concerts.  Please go to the volunteer website at http://www.volunteerspot.com/login/entry/962345632561568076 to sign up for the following needs:

Choir & Jazz Concert : Wednesday, December 07

Tickets  7:00 pm needs 1

Door  7:30 pm needs 1

Pops Concert : Thursday, December 08

Winter Concert Door 6pm  5:30 pm needs 1

Winter Concert Tickets 6pm  5:30 pm needs 1

(Door monitor during concerts – simple duty… you sit in the auditorium and get up to open the doors when everyone claps, to let people in from the lobby. The doors are locked to keep people from opening the doors while the show is recorded).

COUNTY HONOR BAND APPLICATIONS

(Vicki Feltman)

The Santa Clara County Honor Band is comprised of the most advanced band students from over 20 high schools in our county. Homestead has a long reputation of being very well represented in this band and students are encouraged to participate. The audition date is Friday, December 9th. Interested students should see Mr. Burn and Mr. Morton for audition details and application form.

TURN IN YOUR MARCHING HORNS

(Vicki Feltman)

Please leave your marching horn underneath the white board in the band room. All marching horns must be returned by Friday, December 9^th.

SECOND ANNUAL HOLIDAY CAROLING FUNDRAISER

(May Zeng)

It's that time of year again! We will be going around the neighborhood playing holiday music in exchange for donations. This year's Halloween Caroling event was a huge success, raising over $1200, while having lots of fun (last year, we even rescued somebody's dog!). Times and locations are still tentative, but please email May Zeng at mayzeng29@gmail.com if you would be interested in participating and/or hosting this event. Thanks!

PHOTOS TAKEN AT MACY’S

LINKS TO PROFESSIONAL MACY’S TRIP PHOTOS

To reach Carnegie Hall photos:

www.groupphotos.com/t/categories/private/carnagie-hall/2011/November

            Gallery Name: 112211

            Gallery Password: 112211

To reach cruise photos:

http://ec.printroom.com/pro/ec

Gallery: SONY dinner (SONY stands for Spirit Of New York)

HOMESTEAD MUSIC BOOSTERS PHOTO & VIDEO TEAM

The Homestead Music Boosters Photo & Video team is proud to share our

pictures of your kids through our new website at

https://sites.google.com/site/homesteadvideo/

You will find professional-quality photography of the Marching Band, Color

Guard, and other productions of the Homestead Music Department

throughout that year. All of these photos are free for personal use; the      

limitations on use are described on the website.

Video will continue to be available from Carl's YouTube channel at

http://www.youtube.com/user/carlsgutekunst.

A big thank you to everyone on our Photo & Video team for all their hard

work and generosity!

2010-2011 HHS MUSIC DVD’S ARE READY

(Robbin Kawabata)

The HHS Music DVD's from the 2010-2011 school year are now all ready! If you pre-ordered DVD's, they will be available for pickup at this week's concerts on Wed. 12/7 and Thu. 12/8. Please stop by the lobby before or after the concert to pick them up!

Here is the list of the DVD's:

-  2010 Marching Band (Lacrimosa)

-  2010 Winter Pops

- Orchestra Exchange Concerts (11/2010 and 2/2011)

- CMEA Festival (April, 2011)

- 2011 Spring Bands

- 2011 Spring Orchestras

- 2011 Spring Choir

- 2011 Spring Jazz at De Anza

If you have any questions, please contact Robbin Kawabata, robbin.rk@gmail.com or at 650-961-5426.

REMINDERS:

LIFETOUCH YEARBOOK PHOTOS ARE IN

(Vicki Feltman)

Yearbook photos taken just before the Home Show have been delivered to Mr. Burn. See him to get your photo orders.

SCRIP NEWS

(Carrie Adelman)

To download an order from: https://homestead.schoolloop.com/mbfund#SCRIP.  Your student, including seniors, continues to receive scrip credit year-round. Scrip credit can be carried over to next year or can be used as reimbursement for this year's band expenses. Consult the band manual. Contact any scrip sales team member:
Carrie Adelman - carrie.a@comcast.net 
Jenny Haight – TheHaights@aol.com 
Nicolle Sidovar - sidovar_nicolle@yahoo.com 
Cora Ustaris - ust_family@yahoo.com

VOLUNTEER FOR SANTA CLARA VANGUARD BINGO TO EARN MONEY TOWARD BAND FEES

(Diane Cressler)

Santa Clara Vanguard has opened their bingo volunteering calendar for November, December and January. This is a great way to "bank" money in your scrip account to pay for band expenses.

For each shift you volunteer, you will earn $40 toward your student’s scrip account. Money in your scrip account can be used toward paying any allowable Homestead Music program costs (Marching Band, Winter Percussion, Winter Guard, Choir, etc). Volunteers must be 18 yrs or older. They do not need to be a parent or relative of the student. They can be a friend working on behalf of the student.

If you are new to the program, please refer to the “Fundraising” section of the HHSMB website for details and for sign-up instructions (be sure to read all the information before signing-up):

http://homestead.schoolloop.com/blast100524

To register for Bingo times, please click the link below.

http://www.scvanguard.org/about/events/

To ensure your scrip account is properly credited, please email Diane Cressler (longdogz@pobox.com ) and let her know the dates you actually work and the name of the student scrip account to credit.

If you have any questions, contact Diane Cressler, longdogz@pobox.com.

BAND ROOM AVAILABILITY

(Vicki Feltman)

The band room will be open from 3-6pm daily during school days.

SCHOOL-YEAR CALENDAR:

(No changes from last week)