La Cima Band will participate in the Oro Valley Christmas Parade this year!
Meet at La Cima on December 10 at 7:30 AM

(black pants, socks, and shoes with red La Cima T-shirt and white undershirt)

to GET ON THE BUS!!!!
Please feel free to print and sign this form saying your child has permission to be in the newspaper:

My child ______________ has permission to be in the newspaper or on TV.
Parents Signature:_________________________________
Nancy Cowan, Director
ncowan@amphi.com

Upcoming Events!

First and most importantly: Holiday Concert, December 8 6:30 PM in the MPR. REQUIRED of all music students at La Cima. This is your big test! Think of it as a FUN test.

Oro Valley Christmas Parade: December 10. Meet in the parking lot of Mountain View High School at 8 am to set-up and warm-up. Hopefully the weather is nice! Uniform will be red t-shirt with collared white shirt underneath, black pants and black shoes.

Fundraiser ends this Thursday, November 10. Congratulations to all the participants for raising funds for YOUR own portion of the Forum Music Festival Trip in April.

We will have FULL BAND PRACTICE after school after the Thanksgiving Break. Monday and Tuesday after school, be ready for after school band practice indoors and outdoors. Cookies and Punch will be served afterwards!

Thanks for supporting the band!!!!

Instrument Crunch

Hello Band People,

This first week has been challenging with our 6th grade band for one simple reason: Not enough instruments. Although having more students is a great thing, having students without instruments can cause problems. We are currently waiting on a few donated instruments to come in, and I have applied for grants to hopefully get some more instruments. In the meantime, I ask for everyone's patience and possibly even trying out different instruments. We have 2 french horns at our school! We also have another trombone, and some percussion like the xylophone and timpani. Many students do not learn how to play these instruments in elementary school, but in order to round out the middle school band, these additional instruments are important. They are also closely related to the instruments elementary students play! I should also mention that these other instruments fetch some hefty college scholarships in the hands of skilled players.

Open House is Thursday, August 25. Hope to see a lot of people there! We have a music boosters parent club for parents interested in supporting students in our music program.

Sincerely,
Nancy Cowan
ncowan@amphi.com

Welcome to La Cima Band!

Our first day of band will be Thursday, August 11 because of block scheduling.
We have a lot of fun things planned already!
Look for information about a party for all band families in the near future.

• All students will be given a packet with registration and dates. Please make sure to fill out registration completely and return it to Mrs. Cowan ASAP.


• Put the dates on your calendar, please!


• We have a Winter Concert December 8 (Thursday)


• Advanced Band, plan on marching in the Oro Valley Christmas Parade


• District Festival and State Contest are in the same week in March (dates TBA)


• Spring Concert May 3.

Concert May 3 Tuesday

Congratulations to the Band for recieving a 'silver' rating at the Forum Music Festival in Irvine, CA April 29. A rewarding trip was had by all! 47 students from band, choir, and orchestra, teachers, and chaperones were crammed on a tour bus, slept through the night with a faulty 'beeper', and still managed to play their best. As a reward for their hard work, we spent over 12 hours at Disneyland. I am still feeling it, if you know what I mean!

Band members (Choir and Orchestra too!), please be at La Cima no later than 6 pm to set-up and warm-up. The concert starts at 6:30 sharp and all students are to be seated before the concert begins.

I have 'van training' that same night but I plan on being there by 6 pm. Music Boosters and fellow teachers will be asked to supervise in my absence. Students, you know what to do. Help the percussionists move equiptment and share music stands as needed.

Our concert will consist of:
Chorale 11 warm-up
Chapel of Love
Tanoan Echoes
Pirate's Cove
Thriller
La Cima Stand Up and Cheer

See everybody at the concert!

-Nancy Cowan

April!

The band had some 'paperwork' to do for a grade. Students, please turn in your worksheet packet and practice logs! Many students have not turned in their March practice logs, and April is almost over! Mondays after school: Disney Band 3:40-4:30 Tuesdays after school: Jazz Band Open to all interested band students 3:40-4:30 April 19: Music Boosters Dress Down Day April 28-30: Forum Music Festival Leave Thursday Night, Perform Saturday, then go to Disneyland! Return Saturday Morning Fine Arts Festival is May 3!!!!! And May will have several performances as well. Stay tuned for May's schedule. Sorry this is one paragraph but the blog is not taking paragraphs and breaks for some reason.

March Calendar of Events

March 2011
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	Flute sectional Practice logs due	1 Clarinet sectional	2 trumpet sectional	3	4 Sax bass bari sectional	5
6	7 percussion sectional	8	9	10 Advanced Band Contest CFHHS Leave 12 Perform 3:30 Return 4:30	11 Bands help set up Fitness Fair	12
13	14	15 *Both Bands Practice after school (new)	16 Both Bands: Amphi HS Fest. Be there 6:30 pm Great Job!	17 Mrs. Cowan plays for students	18	19
20	21 Spring Break	22	23	24	25	26
27	28 School starts back "Disney Band" meets weekly	29 Jazz Band resumes	30	31 Practice logs due		April 8-Advanced Band Plays at Honor Roll Breakfast

Spring 2011 Dates

We have a lot of new music to practice along with practice logs to fill out. Our next upcoming concerts are in March. On March 10 the Advanced Band will travel to the ABODA Jr. High Band Festival and will perform three pieces for a rating by judges. Then on March 16 both bands will perform together at the Amphitheater High School District Band Festival. That is an evening concert and parents bring students to that concert.

On March 10, students in advanced band will leave school around 12 (after eating lunch) and will get on a bus to Catalina Foothills High School. There they will hear other bands before their performance at 3:30. Our bus should return to La Cima by 4:30 pm. Please be prepared to pick up your children by then. If you cannot make arrangements to have your child picked up, I will drive a van and deliver them to their bus drop-off.

March 16, parents and students come to Amphitheater High School's Auditorium (Yavapai south of Prince) at 6:30 for the Amphi Band Fest. The band will sit together while the parents sit in a different area. Please plan on staying for the entire concert so you get a chance to see the other bands! Concert starts at 7 and lasts around one hour.

The Forum Music Festival is April 29. We leave on a chartered bus in the evening, play our concert in the morning, listen to other groups and stay for the awards ceremony, and then go to Disneyland! All students have recieved their packet so if anyone lost theirs, let Mrs. Cowan know!

The final performance of the year is scheduled for May 3 (new date!!!!) in the MPR. This is in conjunction with the fine arts fair. Jazz Band will also perform in the lobby.

Please remember that most of these performances are worth most of the students' grades! If you have any concerns please do not hesitate to contact Mrs. Cowan!

ncowan@amphi.com