Silver Bells: A Musical Celebration of the Holidays

Thursday, December 9th at 7:00 we will be holding our annual holiday concert at Acton High School. There will be a great mix of music with the second half being completely dedicated to celebrating the holiday season. Tickets can be purchased at the door for $5 and kids under twelve are free!

Band members are asked to be in the cafeteria at 6:15 in order to tune and prepare.

See you there!!!!!

TRIP REGISTRATION

If you are interested in going on the band trip to New York this year and haven't registered.....you are not too late!

The travel company will still be accepting online bookings and manual registration delivered through Mr. Clarke until Friday, November 26th.

Don't wait register today.

Bake Sale This Saturday

Don't forget that the bake sale is this Saturday starting at 8:00.

All baking can be brought to the school any time Friday between 8:00 and 3:30 and left in the front office with the secretaries or it can be brought to the school on Sat. at 8:00 so it can be priced and prepared for sale!

Remember the more you BAKE the more money you MAKE!

Commencement

Concert and Jazz Band Members are reminded to be in the cafeteria by 6:15, in their band uniforms, with their instruments and ready to play!

Good luck everyone......lets have a great night!

New York City Trip Registration

Registration for our Band Trip to New York City is currently underway!!!!

You have two options for registering:

1. You can register with a credit card online by clicking HERE

2. You can fill out the forms found outside of the music room, attached three post dated cheques and return them to Mr. Clarke

The payment schedule for the trip is as follows:

First Deposit of $200.00 + optional insurance ($75) Monday, Nov. 15th
Second Deposit of $300.00 Friday, January 14th
Final Deposit of $324.00 Tuesday, March 15th

Please note that the final payment amount is likely to change due to fundraising.

If you have any questions you can call Mike Daley at 1-800-267-6425 x 2503 or Mr. Clarke at (519) 853-2920

Trip Meeting for Parents and Students

There will be an information meeting for both students and parents on November 4 at 7:00 in the music room. Mike Daley from BrightSpark student travel will take everyone through an itinerary, talk about insurance and answer any questions or concerns that anyone might have.

If you haven't picked up a form with the price and payment schedule it is posted outside of the music room. You have an option of electronic registration or manually with the school.

Sectional Rehearsals

We will be starting sectional rehearsals this week. This means that regular band rehearsals will run from 3:30 until 4:40 and then the remaining time will be spent with Mr. Clarke working with individual sections. Below is a schedule of when each section will be rehearsing later.

SECTIONAL REHEARSAL SCHEDULE

Oct. 26 - Clarinets
Nov. 2 - Saxophones
Nov. 9 - Percussion
Nov. 16 - Flutes
Nov. 23 - Trumpets
Nov. 30 - Baritones, Trombones and Bass Clarinet
Dec. 7 - FULL REHEARSAL

If you miss a sectional rehearsal for your instrument it will count as missing two rehearsals....one for the rehearsal and one for the sectional.