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Good evening CFHS Band Family! We are days away from the end of the marching band season and there are a few items that we need to make sure you are aware of before everything wraps up. 1. Itinerary for Youth in Music is on the website. Note that this is just a one day trip, there and back on Saturday.
2. Friday night after the football game we will be having some food and our end-of-season awards in the cafeteria. This event is just for our students though we will need a few parents who would be willing to help us serve some food and get things organized. 3. Speaking of the end-of-season awards, students need to submit their nominations for the awards! MR CFHS Band Fam:
If you need a smaller size of the white Marching Cardinal performance shirt, they are here! Bring in your washed shirt and I'll trade you for a smaller size. MR CFHS Band Family:
Quick update for you - the itineraries for our next few events are posted on the website. http://www.cfhsbands.org/itineraries.html We are VERY fortunate that Mike Marcantano (one of the show designers) will be joining us on September 28-30. He will be at rehearsal on Thursday, at the game on Friday, and then we have a few hours on Saturday morning where he will be teaching us lots of awesome extras for the show - body work, ripples, horn flashes, the extra touches that will bring this show from a 10 to an 11! I've planned it out so you will have PLENTY of time to then get ready for the homecoming dance, no worries! :) Let me know if you have any questions. Keep doing the work necessary to make your performance grow for this weekend! MR CFHS Band Family:
1. Itinerary is on the website. http://www.cfhsbands.org/itineraries.html 2. Parent Helpers have been added to a spreadsheet. You can remind yourself what you volunteered for, as well as join the fun - it's not too late! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sZe_dVA6qO... 3. Bus List is available for students to add their names. Only students can modify this spreadsheet. https://docs.google.com/a/chipfalls.org/spreadshee... 4. If you pre-ordered the meal deal, make sure you bring me your money. 5. Last day to order Marching Cardinal Spirit Wear is Friday! Minimum order amounts need to be met or the price will change. https://goo.gl/forms/xb5t2pVRATF3FNeL2 6. Smaller sizes of the white Marching Cardinal performance shirt have been ordered but won't arrive in time for the weekend. Remember to have your clean white Marching Cardinal performance shirt to wear under your uniform! 7. Remember to wear long black socks with your shoes. 8. Let's have fun out there. MR Performance Wear for Marching Cardinal FansWe've gotten a lot of positive comments about the white performance shirts the band wore during the Pure Water Days parade and underneath their uniforms. Unfortunately for all of our Marching Cardinal families these great white shirts are part of our performance uniform and are for current Marching Cardinals only. But we heard you and now we have a few great options just for families, friends, and fans of the Marching Cardinals! Check out the options below. Order deadline is Friday, September 15. Orders should arrive approximately two weeks later.
TUESDAY 9/5 (A)
THURSDAY 9/7 (A)
Next week... the closer! We are looking for a number of volunteers to assist with fitting students into uniform! The times we will be sizing students is on Tuesday (8/22) in the afternoon and Wednesday (8/23) in the morning. We are hoping for 2-3 more volunteers to help with the process. The work is easy; students come in and try on their old uniform. If it fits, we do a little dance. If it doesn't fit, we just keep trying on uniforms until we find one that does. New students (such as ninth graders) will not have a uniform from the previous season, so they will be starting from scratch. If you are able to help out, even just for a little bit, please contact Uniform Chair Tamara Harris. Uniform Chairperson |
| Thank you for the great response to our initial inquiry into an elementary-aged student for a brief but key role in our show. I wanted to jot down a few ideas and outline a little better what this particular role entails. In the second part of the show the music ends sweetly with a low "music box-esque" restatement of the main motif. The band ends in a kite formation with the color guard forming the ribbon tail of the kite. At this ending we'd like to have a young performer traipse along the outer form of the kite with - you guessed it! - a kite. |  |
Hello CFHS Band Family!
Because of a change in our rehearsal schedule on Friday, we will be able to use Dorais Field all afternoon. We'd like to invite our parents and friends who are available to stop out and see what we have accomplished this week - if you are free, consider yourself invited to stop by the field around 4:45pm tomorrow and we will put on an impromptu performance for you!
The itinerary for Saturday's parade is on the website: http://www.cfhsbands.org/itineraries.html
BATTERY PERCUSSIONISTS: A cool device you might consider purchasing to help alleviate back strain: http://www.drumbelt.com/
MR
Because of a change in our rehearsal schedule on Friday, we will be able to use Dorais Field all afternoon. We'd like to invite our parents and friends who are available to stop out and see what we have accomplished this week - if you are free, consider yourself invited to stop by the field around 4:45pm tomorrow and we will put on an impromptu performance for you!
The itinerary for Saturday's parade is on the website: http://www.cfhsbands.org/itineraries.html
BATTERY PERCUSSIONISTS: A cool device you might consider purchasing to help alleviate back strain: http://www.drumbelt.com/
MR
CFHS Band Parents!
A quick update for you all: itineraries for all of our upcoming performances and competitions are posted on the website, here:
http://www.cfhsbands.org/itineraries.html
I try and upload "the plan" about a week in advance - one week is usually as far in advance as the directors (and sometimes the organizers) get all the details squared away.
As much as I can, I have started uploading them now. You might notice some items are highlighted, or labeled TBD - that is just because we have a good guess but don't know for sure yet.
If you ever have questions about an itinerary, let me know. We also use REMIND to send out travel updates, such as when we are departing an event or our return time to the high school. http://www.cfhsbands.org/remind.html
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY:
Your first chance to get involved is here! I'm looking for a parent or two to help "chair" the Ice Cream Social. Your primary responsibility would be ordering the ice cream and then setting up the bowls and spoons before the event. (You could also recruit some other volunteers to help scoop!) If you are interested please let me know!
My wife, Kristin Renneke, is working on some final details and logistics for chaperoning, helping move props, feeding kids, fitting uniforms, and more. We have a few parents who have already stepped forward to run these different committees, but we can always use more help. While there is no "official" marching band team meeting tonight at 7:15pm I'll be in the band room and ready to answer any questions - Kristin will also be there if you want to learn more!
This is becoming real - camp starts in one week! Love it!
Mike Renneke
Barry Hitt
CFHS Bands
A quick update for you all: itineraries for all of our upcoming performances and competitions are posted on the website, here:
http://www.cfhsbands.org/itineraries.html
I try and upload "the plan" about a week in advance - one week is usually as far in advance as the directors (and sometimes the organizers) get all the details squared away.
As much as I can, I have started uploading them now. You might notice some items are highlighted, or labeled TBD - that is just because we have a good guess but don't know for sure yet.
If you ever have questions about an itinerary, let me know. We also use REMIND to send out travel updates, such as when we are departing an event or our return time to the high school. http://www.cfhsbands.org/remind.html
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY:
Your first chance to get involved is here! I'm looking for a parent or two to help "chair" the Ice Cream Social. Your primary responsibility would be ordering the ice cream and then setting up the bowls and spoons before the event. (You could also recruit some other volunteers to help scoop!) If you are interested please let me know!
My wife, Kristin Renneke, is working on some final details and logistics for chaperoning, helping move props, feeding kids, fitting uniforms, and more. We have a few parents who have already stepped forward to run these different committees, but we can always use more help. While there is no "official" marching band team meeting tonight at 7:15pm I'll be in the band room and ready to answer any questions - Kristin will also be there if you want to learn more!
This is becoming real - camp starts in one week! Love it!
Mike Renneke
Barry Hitt
CFHS Bands
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