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Dear Skyridge Families,
We've had another great week here at Skyridge! Please see below for this week's edition of Band Notes: All bands I will be updating Skyward by Monday afternoon, so if you turned in your syllabus late, please check Monday after school to see your updated grade. If you haven't yet turned in your syllabus, please turn it in ASAP for full credit. Jazz Band We start Jazz Band on Monday at 8 a.m. Bring your instruments and a pencil. I’ll provide the rest! 6th Grade Band We've learned how to properly assemble and hold our instruments. This week, we also learned our first note and will continue learning new notes. It's a very exciting time, and the band has been working very hard. I especially appreciate the band's patience these first few weeks of class. At first, since I'm helping set up so many kids, it can take a while to get everyone squared away. But once we get started, we'll be moving pretty quickly through our band book. This weekend, students should be practicing their new note. They're welcome to work ahead in the book once they get their note. We are on Page 6, Line 1 of their Tradition of Excellence band book. On the back cover of their band book, there is information on installing an app on a smart device that goes along with their book. It has accompaniment tracks that students can play along with, and it also plays their part for them so that students and parents can make sure they're playing the correct note. Parents are encouraged to help their student download the app (there is a mobile and desktop version) and watch the videos that correlate with page 2 and 3 of their Tradition of Excellence book. These videos go over instrument assembly and proper hand position. These are great tools and I hope students and parents will use them--they make practicing that much more fun! 7th Grade Band Keep working ahead in your red book. We will hopefully be starting the blue book at the end of next week or the following week. 8th Grade Band Practice the Challenger sheet music. Closing That does it for this week! I hope everybody has a nice, restful weekend. I'll be away from E-Mail until Monday. Dear Parents,
As I mentioned last week, our Band Instrument Rental Night is tonight from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Skyridge cafeteria. Please see below for more information about tonight’s event: What is Instrument Rental Night? This is an optional event where families of 6th Grade Beginning Band come to the school to rent their band instrument and purchase their band book and other needed supplies. Families are welcome to procure an instrument however they'd like, but I hope this is a convenient way for families to get everything they need to start off in Beginning Band. Beacock Music will be the music vendor at this evening's Rental Night and will have instruments for rent as well as accessories for purchase. What supplies do we need for Beginning Band? After an instrument has been assigned, you can get all the supplies that you need at the Instrument Rental Night. If you are going elsewhere, make sure to take a look at the supply list on the band website. Do we have to be at the school for the entire event? No! This is a drop-in type event, so as soon as you get an instrument rented and accessories purchased, you're welcome to leave. My child wasn't able to try out all the instruments he/she wanted. Should we still come to the Instrument Rental Night? Absolutely. I'll be there along with the folks at Beacock who can help with instrument tryouts. Please assure students that if they don't get to try out everything in class, they'll have an opportunity at the Instrument Rental Night. My child played in Band last year at his/her former school. What should we do? There are a variety of things we can do: please have the student come see Mr. Sanchez and we can talk about the options. I hope this helps clear up any questions you might have. If there's anything else I can do to help, please get in touch. Welcome to the new school year, Skyhawks!
We had a fast-paced first week at school, and I’m glad to have some time to catch my breath over the weekend. It was great to see smiling faces and boundless enthusiasm this week. I know this is going to be a great year in Band! Below, please find the latest installment of Band Notes: All bands *The band website is found at mrsanchezmusic.org. It has lots of information regarding grading, calendars, performances, classroom materials, and more. Be sure to check it out! *Remember to turn in your signed sheet from the class syllabus. They are due Tuesday, Sept. 11. If you need another one, please see Mr. Sanchez. *Be sure to sign up for our Remind group as well as Google Classroom (info can be found on the class syllabus that was sent home). *Always bring a pencil to class. 6th Grade Beginning Band *It was so nice getting to know you! This is an enthusiastic group of beginners, and I know that we’re going to be having some great fun learning to make music together. We watched a video from the US Army Field Band that demonstrated the instruments that we start off in Band (as well as a few extras). If you’d like to take a look at it again, please follow this link. *We are doing instrument tryouts on Tuesday during class. All students who’ve never played a Band instrument are required to do a tryout. *Students who walk/ride to/from school are encouraged to come in before or after school on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday if they’d like to do an instrument tryout. We have a lot of kids to get through in Tuesday’s class, and it’ll help ease the load if students are able to come see me before or after school. *Our Instrument Rental Night with Beacock Music is on Wednesday, Sept. 12 from 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. in the Skyridge Cafeteria. This event is not required, but it’s an easy and convenient way to rent your instrument and get all the supplies you’ll need to get started. Students who were unable to do an instrument tryout can also tryout instruments at the Rental Night. *All Beginning Band students will need their instrument and band book in class on Thursday, Sept. 13. Please see the band website for required materials. 7th Grade Band *You will need your instruments in class from now on. If you need to rent a large instrument from the school, please come see Mr. Sanchez. *For the next couple weeks, we’ll be working out of our red Tradition of Excellence Vol. 1 band book. However, please make sure that you purchase the next book in the Tradition of Excellence series (Vol. 2, the blue book). You can purchase them at one of the local music stores. We will start working out of the blue book by the last week of September, so please make sure and have your blue book by then. 8th Grade Band *You will need your instruments in class from now on. If you need to rent a large instrument from the school, please come see Mr. Sanchez. *Please make sure to get Tradition of Excellence Vol. 3 (green book) by the end of next week. You can purchase it at one of the local music stores. Closing Thanks for an energetic first week! Get some rest, and I look forward to seeing everybody on Monday for Week #2. -Mr. Sanchez |
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