HOLIDAY CONCERT NOTES!

Preparations are well under way for our annual Holiday Band and Orchestra concert.  The band students have been busily preparing some familiar holiday/Christmas selections as well as some other tunes appropriate for the season.  Please continue to encourage the practice time at home.  This practice time is essential for reinforcing all of the musical concepts that the students are introduced to during our full band rehearsals and small-group lessons.  I have also been reminding all of the students that we are not going to spend the 20 minute lesson time doing their individual practicing.  They are to come to their lessons prepared to play their assignments from the previous week.  Some students have been coming to lessons expecting me to guide them through their practice - this is not fair to the other students in their lesson group who have been practicing and are ready to progress on to the new material.  Please put the date for the concert on your calendar as all students are expected to be at our performance - Monday, Dec. 14.  Also, please note the time change from previous years - the band and orchestra concert will begin at 6:30pm in the Performing Arts Center.