Beginner Band

*Beginner Band*

Under the team direction of:

Mr. Marcus Bishop - Percussion/Brass

Mrs. Michele Filbert - Woodwinds

Mr. Craig Manteuffel - Brass/Percussion

Weekly Assignments link

Testing Schedule

Percussion students and parents may check their progress on the link below:

Rank System Charts

Grading Information

The following points can be earned by the students in the beginner band:

5 daily points for effort and improvement
20 points for assigned tests (can be found on assignments page)
Weekly points for assigned practice (actual points my vary by teacher)
100 points for performances (parades, concerts, etc.)
- Points lost due to excused absences such as illnesses and family deaths can be made up without penalty. Please notify your teacher prior to the excused absence if possible.
- Please send a note explaining an excused absence to school. Thanks!!

Performances

DATE	EVENT	TIME & LOCATION
September 2, 2008	Instrument Display Night	Kennedy M.S.
November 18, 2008	First Band Parent Concert	Felten M.S. (exact rooms TBA)
December 9, 2008	Winter Concert	12th St. Aud. 7:30 p.m.
March 7, 2009	Hays City Music Festival	HHS (time TBA)
May 11, 2009	Spring Concert	Beach-Schmidt Aud. 7:30 p.m.

The students will have four, possibly five main performances. On November 18, we will have an informal "Parent's Concert" at Kennedy Middle School. This is a concert hosted by the three separate classroom teachers the students study with daily. They perform in a full band all school Winter Concert on December 9, 2008. They will work on a combined middle schools performance at our local music festival on March 7, 2009 at Hays High School. Our final concert will be at the FHSU Beach-Schmidt Performing Arts Auditorium on May 11, 2009. Details about each performance will be sent home via e-mail and paper prior to the performance date.

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