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This Week……

Mr. Wright — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:27:05 +0000

Well, after such a busy week last week, this week looks to be quite quiet. The only thing that is on our schedule this week is the band booster meeting that will be held at 7:00PM in the Band Room. This will be an important meeting as they will be taking nominations for new officers to be voted on in January. Please come out and get involved.

There are no rehearsals after school now until we begin Pit Orchestra on the Monday that we return from Winter Break in January. The date for the start of Pit Orchestra is January 4, 2010.

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!

Week of November 30 – December 4, 2009

Mr. Wright — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:00:44 +0000

Here is a repost of the post from last week that includes the schedule for this week:

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday will be Marching Band Rehearsals in preparation for the Winter Concert and the Centreville Christmas Parade.

Tuesday will be the final Jazz Ensemble Rehearsal and the recording session for the Ensemble Spotlight for the December Podcast.

Wednesday, December 2nd – Dress Rehearsal for the Winter Concert during 4th Period.

Thursday, December 3rd – Winter Concert beginning with the Jazz Ensemble in Lobby at 7:00PM and the formal concert in the John F. Andrews Performing Arts Center at 7:30PM. Jazz Ensemble Students need to arrive at 6:30PM and Marching, Concert, and Symphonic Band Students need to arrive at 6:45 PM to get dressed in Tuxes and Gowns.

Friday, December 4th - Centreville Christmas Parade will step off from QACHS at 6:30PM. Students will need to report back from dinner at 5:45PM to get dressed and ready for line-up.

Happy Thanksgiving! and Upcoming Events

Mr. Wright — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:38:29 +0000

I just want to take a moment to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving. I feel very thankful for the wonderful group of students that I teach everyday that are a part of the QACHS Band Family and to all of the parent volunteers that give of themselves to help us do what we do each year. I hope everyone will have a very Blessed Thanksgiving Holiday and will take time to reflect on how fortunate we all are to have the freedoms that we do.

Now for the upcoming events:

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday of next week will be Marching Band Rehearsals in preparation for the Winter Concert and the Centreville Christmas Parade.

Tuesday will be the final Jazz Ensemble Rehearsal and the recording session for the Ensemble Spotlight for the December Podcast.

Wednesday, December 2nd – Dress Rehearsal for the Winter Concert during 4th Period.

Friday, December 4th - Centreville Christmas Parade will step off from QACHS at 6:30PM. Students will need to report back from dinner at 5:45PM to get dressed and ready for line-up.

From the Band Room Becomes a Part of the I-Tunes Community

Mr. Wright — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:00:36 +0000

For those that want to keep up with our monthly Podcast series, “From the Band Room at Queen Anne’s County HS”, can now find us on I-Tunes and subscribe to get the newest episode each month with out having to do a thing. Wednesday evening I created a podcast account on podOmatic.com, which allows us to have a live feed to subscribe to. After completing that step, I was then able to submit a request to be a part of the I-Tunes Store on Thursday evening. It then must be reviewed by I-Tunes for appropriate content and then be granted acceptance into the I-Tunes Community. I received the e-mail from them today saying that we have been accepted. This is an exciting step for us in providing information about the band program.

Below are the links to the two locations that the podcast can be found, podOmatic.com and the I-Tunes Store.

podOmatic.com

I-Tunes Store

Episode Two of From the Band Room has finally posted!

Mr. Wright — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:00:13 +0000

From the Band Room – Episode Two – November 6, 2009

In this show we will take a look back at what the band accomplished in October. Brittany and Becca join me once again to bring our coming events. I will share more moments in both Classical Music History as well as Pop Music History. This month our spotlight is on the Freshman Concert Band as they go through one of their last rehearsals for the Veteran’s Day Ceremony that they will play for on November 11th in front of the Queen Anne’ s County Courthouse in downtown Centreville. The final selection also features that Queen Anne’s County Concert Choir as we did a combined rehearsal of the patriotic piece that we will perform together.

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Week of November 9-13, 2009

Mr. Wright — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:00:13 +0000

Tuesday – The Jazz Band will begin its rehearsals for the Winter Concert. Rehearsals will rehearse Tuesdays and Thursdays after school.

Wednesday – The Freshman Concert Band will travel downtown to the Courthouse lawn for the Veteran’s Day Ceremony. The band will play beginning at 10:45 AM while everyone arives. They will also perform a patriotic piece with the Concert Choir during the ceremony. All students are to be dressed in black pants/skirt, white dress shirt/blouse, and black dress shoes. Students are to report to the band room at the end of 1st period.

Thursday – Jazz Band Rehearsal after school.

Week of November 2-6, 2009

Mr. Wright — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:00:46 +0000

The schedule for this week is a little thinner than the past few weeks as we begin to slow things down just a bit.

Thursday – Full Marching Band Rehearsal (After School)

Friday – Home Football Game (Report time 5:45)

2009 Atlantic Coast Invitational Championship Champions!!!!!!!

Mr. Wright — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:00:13 +0000

This morning, the Marching Lions Band competed in the Tournament of Bands Atlantic Coast Invitational Championship Competition for the fourth consecutive year in a row. The band finished their competition season with a season high score of 82.00. This earned them the title of the “2009 Atlantic Coast Invitational Championship Group 1 Champions” as they took first place over all. They also were awarded the Specialty Awards of 1^st Place Music, 1^st Place Visual, 1^st Place Drum Major, and 1^st Place Color Guard.

ACC’s Details and Schedule

Mr. Wright — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:00:27 +0000

Here is a copy of our Itinerary for the weekend:

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2009

11:45 A.M. Report

12:00 P.M. Rehearsal

2:00 P.M. Pack/Load

3:00 P.M. Depart QACHS.

6:00 P.M. Dinner (Old Country Buffet – Harrisburg)

7:00 P.M. Continue to Hotel

Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites

7:15 P.M. Arrive at Hotel

10:00 P.M. Lights out! Everyone get a good night’s sleep, we have to be up early tomorrow to get ready for our performance.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2009

6:00 A.M. Buffet Breakfast at the Hotel

6:30 A.M. Room check, Check out, Load.

7:00 A.M. Leave for Hershey Stadium

7:30 A.M. Arrive at Hershey Stadium

7:40 A.M. Prep

7:50 A.M. Move to Warm-up

8:00 A.M. Warm-up

9:00 A.M. Move to Gate

9:12 A.M. Gate

9:22 A.M. Performance

9:50 A.M. Awards

10:30 A.M. Depart for QACHS

1:00 P.M. Arrive back at QACHS – Centreville, MD

Tickets can be purchased in advance at a discounted rate over the gate price. Adults $15 and Students $12.

For those Parents that have reserved a room in our hotel block, the total cost of each room will be $76.59.

We have also included all of those staying with us in our dinner reservations and that cost will be $13.03 per person.

Chapter 9 Championships Results

Mr. Wright — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:00:09 +0000

Today, the Marching Lions Band traveled to Broadneck High School for the Chapter 9 Championships. It had been postponed until Sunday from Saturday due to the weather. The Marching Lions gave it all they had and finished 2nd out of 4 in Group 1 Championship competition. They also took specialty awards for 2nd Place Drum Major, 2nd Place Color Guard, 2nd Place Music, 2nd Place Visual with a final regular season score of 79.1. They have finished 29th over all in the Tournament of Bands Competition circuit which qualifies them for a fourth year in a row to attend the Atlantic Coast Championships in Hershey, PA this coming Sunday.