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Friday, 27 February 2009
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Friday, February 27, 2009
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Weekly News
*Jazz Band information below. Participation fee of $50 is in addition to regular band fees. Money for the registration fee ($7) is due TODAY. Please contact Mr. Shepherd or Mr. Chester if you have not paid.
* Band Booster meeting Tuesday, March 3. Join us at 6:30 PM in the rehearsal hall to learn more about what will be happening in the coming months.
* PayPal now accepted! Band fees can now be paid by using PayPal. Don't forget donations! We have a place for that now, too. Visit the HHS Band website at www.hillwoodband.com to see (and use) them.
* FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITIES:
1) Kroger cards (ongoing; contact Mrs. Marcie Allen)
2) Central Parking (ongoing; contact parking@hillwoodband.com)
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From Mr. Chester and Mr. Shepherd:
Parents and students,
Jazz Band is off to a great start! We are having fun reading many charts from the different jazz idioms including swing, rock, ballad, latin, and even funk. The music is challenging yet accessible and we appreciate the students' involvement and effort. Below is our calendar. Please review and mark these dates.
Any performance that the jazz band commits to will require 100% of the membership. Also, please take care of your jazz band fee if you haven't already done so. This year's fee is $50 and can be taken from your fair-share account if you have a positive balance. Otherwise, please bring in a check so we can pay for music, transportation, etc.
Our first performance will be at the MTSBOA Solo/Ensemble Festival (Croft Middle site) on April 4 (time TBA). Please mark this date. We will register the jazz band, and everyone can bring their $7 registration fee to Mr. Shepherd or Mr. Chester (deadline Friday 2/27). Just make sure we know that it is for the jazz band entry. Also, we would like to extend jazz band rehearsal to 5pm after spring break to better prepare for our Festival performance. Please, email if this is a problem. Thank you.
Michael Shepherd
Michael Chester
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No comments this week . look for more next week!
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March Calendar: |
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Mar 3 (Tue) |
- Band Booster Meeting in the rehearsal hall (6:30 PM) |
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Mar 4 (Wed) |
- Jazz Band Rehearsal (3:00 PM - 4:30 PM) |
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Mar 15 (Sun) |
- Final "Fair Share" payment due |
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Mar 16 (Mon) |
- SPRING BREAK |
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Mar 17 (Tue) |
- SPRING BREAK |
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Mar 18 (Wed) |
- SPRING BREAK |
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Mar 19 (Thu) |
- SPRING BREAK |
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Mar 20 (Fri) |
- SPRING BREAK |
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Mar 25 (Wed) |
- Jazz Band Rehearsal (3:00 PM - 5:00 PM) |
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Mar 28 (Sat) |
- Possible Car Wash |
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April Calendar: |
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Apr 1 (Wed) |
- Jazz Band Rehearsal (3:00 PM - 5:00 PM) |
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Apr 4 (Sat) |
- Solo & Ensemble at Croft Middle (all day; select students) |
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- Jazz Band at Croft Middle (TBD; select students) |
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Apr 7 (Tue) |
- Band Booster Meeting in the rehearsal hall (6:30 PM) |
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Apr 8 (Wed) |
- Jazz Band Rehearsal (3:00 PM - 5:00 PM) |
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Apr 10 (Fri) |
- HOLIDAY - NO SCHOOL |
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Apr 15 (Wed) |
- Jazz Band Rehearsal (3:00 PM - 5:00 PM) |
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- All-State Band (select students only) |
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Apr 16 (Thu) |
- All-State Band (select students only) |
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Apr 17 (Fri) |
- All-State Band Concert (select students only) |
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Apr 22 (Wed) |
- Jazz Band Rehearsal (3:00 PM - 5:00 PM) |
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Apr 24 (Fri) |
- Possible Jazz Band performance at airport (time TBD) |
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Apr 28 (Tue) |
- Possible Jazz Band performance at airport (time TBD) |
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Apr 29 (Wed) |
- Jazz Band Rehearsal (3:00 PM - 5:00 PM) |
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May Calendar: |
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May 2 (Sat) |
- Murfreesboro Jazz Festival (if accepted) |
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May 4 (Mon) |
- Curb Youth Symphony Concert (Blair; 7:30 PM) |
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May 5 (Tue) |
- Band Booster Meeting in the rehearsal hall (6:30 PM) |
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- Nashville Youth Repertory Concert (Blair; 7:30 PM) |
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May 6 (Wed) |
- Jazz Band Rehearsal (3:00 PM - 4:30 PM) |
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May 8 (Fri) |
- Jazz Band Concert (call time 6:00 PM; performance 7:30 PM) |
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May 9 (Sat) |
- Steeplechase Fundraiser (all day) |
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- HHS Marching Band auditions |
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May 11 (Mon) |
- AP Music Theory Test |
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May 15 (Fri) |
- HHS Band Spring Concert (7:30 PM) |
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May 17 (Sun) |
- HHS Baccalaureate |
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May 19 (Tue) |
- HHS Graduation; Libscomb Allen Arena |
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May 21 (Thu) |
- Nashville Symphony/Curb Youth Symphony concert (7:30 PM) |
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Websites of interest:
Hillwood High School Band <http://www.hillwoodband.com/ >
Hillwood High School < http://www.hillwoodhs.mnps.org/ >
Bellevue Middle School < http://www.bellevuems.mnps.org/ >
HG Hill Middle School < http://www.hghillms.mnps.org/ >
Westview < http://www.westviewonline.com/ >
Tennessean - Bellevue area <http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=MICRO0203>
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Email updates are provided by Hillwood High School Band Boosters.
Cindy Franco and Lisa Willoughby, Co-Vice Presidents Media and Community Relations | |
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Thursday, 19 February 2009
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
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Weekly News
* Composite Pictures available for viewing February 20, 2009. The good folks that were scheduled to be at our December concert with the composite pictures will return February 20 for the cluster concert. Pictures will be available for viewing and immediate purchase from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM in the lobby.
* PayPal now accepted! Band fees can now be paid by using PayPal. Don't forget donations! We have a place for that now, too. Visit the HHS Band website at www.hillwoodband.com to see (and use) them.
* FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITIES:
1) Kroger cards (ongoing; contact Mrs. Marcie Allen)
2) Central Parking (ongoing; contact parking@hillwoodband.com)
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From Mr. Chester and Mr. Shepherd:
No comments today.
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No comments this week . look for more next week!
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February Calendar: |
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Feb 15 (Sun) |
- "Fair Share" payment due |
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Feb 16 (Mon) |
- Presidents Day (no school) |
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Feb 18 (Wed) |
- Jazz Band Rehearsal (3:00 PM - 4:30 PM) |
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Feb 20 (Fri) |
- Cluster Concert; composite pictures available 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM |
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Feb 25 (Wed) |
- Jazz Band Rehearsal (3:00 PM - 4:30 PM) |
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March Calendar: |
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Mar 3 (Tue) |
- Band Booster Meeting in the rehearsal hall (6:30 PM) |
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Mar 4 (Wed) |
- Jazz Band Rehearsal (3:00 PM - 4:30 PM) |
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Mar 15 (Sun) |
- Final "Fair Share" payment due |
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Mar 16 (Mon) |
- SPRING BREAK |
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Mar 17 (Tue) |
- SPRING BREAK |
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Mar 18 (Wed) |
- SPRING BREAK |
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Mar 19 (Thu) |
- SPRING BREAK |
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Mar 20 (Fri) |
- SPRING BREAK |
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Mar 25 (Wed) |
- Jazz Band Rehearsal (3:00 PM - 4:30 PM) |
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Mar 28 (Sat) |
- Possible Car Wash |
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April Calendar: |
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Apr 1 (Wed) |
- Jazz Band Rehearsal (3:00 PM - 4:30 PM) |
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Apr 4 (Sat) |
- Solo & Ensemble at Croft Middle (all day; select students) |
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Apr 7 (Tue) |
- Band Booster Meeting in the rehearsal hall (6:30 PM) |
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Apr 8 (Wed) |
- Jazz Band Rehearsal (3:00 PM - 4:30 PM) |
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Apr 10 (Fri) |
- HOLIDAY - NO SCHOOL |
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Apr 15 (Wed) |
- Jazz Band Rehearsal (3:00 PM - 4:30 PM) |
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- All-State Band (select students only) |
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Apr 16 (Thu) |
- All-State Band (select students only) |
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Apr 17 (Fri) |
- All-State Band Concert (select students only) |
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Apr 22 (Wed) |
- Jazz Band Rehearsal (3:00 PM - 4:30 PM) |
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Apr 29 (Wed) |
- Jazz Band Rehearsal (3:00 PM - 4:30 PM) |
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May Calendar: |
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May 4 (Mon) |
- Curb Youth Symphony Concert (Blair; 7:30 PM) |
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May 5 (Tue) |
- Band Booster Meeting in the rehearsal hall (6:30 PM) |
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- Nashville Youth Repertory Concert (Blair; 7:30 PM) |
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May 6 (Wed) |
- Jazz Band Rehearsal (3:00 PM - 4:30 PM) |
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May 8 (Fri) |
- Jazz Band Concert (7:30 PM) |
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May 9 (Sat) |
- Steeplechase Fundraiser (all day) |
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- HHS Marching Band auditions |
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May 11 (Mon) |
- AP Music Theory Test |
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May 15 (Fri) |
- HHS Band Spring Concert (7:30 PM) |
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May 17 (Sun) |
- HHS Baccalaureate |
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May 19 (Tue) |
- HHS Graduation; Libscomb Allen Arena |
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May 21 (Thu) |
- Nashville Symphony/Curb Youth Symphony concert (7:30 PM) |
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Websites of interest:
Hillwood High School Band <http://www.hillwoodband.com/ >
Hillwood High School < http://www.hillwoodhs.mnps.org/ >
Bellevue Middle School < http://www.bellevuems.mnps.org/ >
HG Hill Middle School < http://www.hghillms.mnps.org/ >
Westview < http://www.westviewonline.com/ >
Tennessean - Bellevue area <http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=MICRO0203>
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Email updates are provided by Hillwood High School Band Boosters.
Cindy Franco and Lisa Willoughby, Co-Vice Presidents Media and Community Relations | |
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Thursday, 12 February 2009
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Thursday, February 12, 2009
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Weekly News
* Next payment of band fees due February 15, 2009.
* Composite Pictures available for viewing February 20, 2009. The good folks that were scheduled to be at our December concert with the composite pictures will return February 20 for the cluster concert. Pictures will be available for viewing and immediate purchase from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM in the lobby.
* PayPal now accepted! Band fees can now be paid by using PayPal. Don't forget donations! We have a place for that now, too. Visit the HHS Band website at www.hillwoodband.com to see (and use) them.
* FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITIES:
1) Kroger cards (ongoing; contact Mrs. Marcie Allen)
2) Central Parking (ongoing; contact parking@hillwoodband.com)
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From Mr. Chester and Mr. Shepherd:
No comments today.
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Are you finished paying your band fees for this year? Would you like to get ahead on next year's fees? Well, several families have done both with the parking fundraiser. It's easy and you don't have to sell anything!
Volunteering for Central Parking is different from the Steeple Chase fundraiser. You don't direct cars to make-shift parking spots; you sell tickets for special events. Volunteers wear orange vests and stand at entrances to parking lots (mostly around the Sommet Center) and sell the tickets as people enter the lots. Volunteers under 18 wear the orange vests, but they don't sell tickets, they have orange flags and flag cars into the lots.
This opportunity is open to all Hillwood families. However, band members will need to be accompanied by a parent/guardian. Parents/guardians do not have to be accompanied by their band member. Each volunteer is paid a set rate and the money is paid directly to the HHS Band Boosters and credited to the band member's account. Because this is a volunteer event, you aren't an employee of Central parking and standard deductions are not taken - the full hourly rate is credited to your account.
To volunteer send an email to parking@hillwoodband.com to be put on the email list. Each month volunteer groups receive a calendar of events and, if more event help is needed, additional emails are sent. When you find an event you would like to work, send an email back to parking@hillwoodband.com with the dates and workers (and ages for the band students if they are working). It is best to give at least a 2-day notice so that the coordinator at Central Parking can get all the paperwork in order.
Central Parking sponsors this opportunity for organizations who have a 501(c)3 Federal Tax Exempt Status. It is open year-round.
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February Calendar: |
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Feb 11 (Wed) |
- Jazz Band Rehearsal (3:00 PM - 4:30 PM) |
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Feb 12 (Thur) |
- Festival of Winds & Percussion @ TTU (select students) |
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Feb 13 (Fri) |
- Festival of Winds & Percussion @ TTU (select students) |
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Feb 14 (Sat) |
- Festival of Winds & Percussion @ TTU (select students) |
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Feb 15 (Sun) |
- "Fair Share" payment due |
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Feb 16 (Mon) |
- Presidents Day (no school) |
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Feb 18 (Wed) |
- Jazz Band Rehearsal (3:00 PM - 4:30 PM) |
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Feb 20 (Fri) |
- Cluster Concert; composite pictures available 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM |
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Feb 25 (Wed) |
- Jazz Band Rehearsal (3:00 PM - 4:30 PM) |
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March Calendar: |
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Mar 3 (Tue) |
- Band Booster Meeting in the rehearsal hall (6:30 PM) |
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Mar 4 (Wed) |
- Jazz Band Rehearsal (3:00 PM - 4:30 PM) |
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Mar 15 (Sun) |
- Final "Fair Share" payment due |
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Mar 16 (Mon) |
- SPRING BREAK |
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Mar 17 (Tue) |
- SPRING BREAK |
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Mar 18 (Wed) |
- SPRING BREAK |
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Mar 19 (Thu) |
- SPRING BREAK |
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Mar 20 (Fri) |
- SPRING BREAK |
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Mar 25 (Wed) |
- Jazz Band Rehearsal (3:00 PM - 4:30 PM) |
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Mar 28 (Sat) |
- Possible Car Wash |
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April Calendar: |
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Apr 1 (Wed) |
- Jazz Band Rehearsal (3:00 PM - 4:30 PM) |
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Apr 4 (Sat) |
- Solo & Ensemble at Croft Middle (all day; select students) |
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Apr 7 (Tue) |
- Band Booster Meeting in the rehearsal hall (6:30 PM) |
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Apr 8 (Wed) |
- Jazz Band Rehearsal (3:00 PM - 4:30 PM) |
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Apr 10 (Fri) |
- HOLIDAY - NO SCHOOL |
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Apr 15 (Wed) |
- Jazz Band Rehearsal (3:00 PM - 4:30 PM) |
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- All-State Band (select students only) |
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Apr 16 (Thu) |
- All-State Band (select students only) |
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Apr 17 (Fri) |
- All-State Band Concert (select students only) |
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Apr 22 (Wed) |
- Jazz Band Rehearsal (3:00 PM - 4:30 PM) |
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Apr 29 (Wed) |
- Jazz Band Rehearsal (3:00 PM - 4:30 PM) |
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May Calendar: |
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May 4 (Mon) |
- Curb Youth Symphony Concert (Blair; 7:30 PM) |
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May 5 (Tue) |
- Band Booster Meeting in the rehearsal hall (6:30 PM) |
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- Nashville Youth Repertory Concert (Blair; 7:30 PM) |
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May 6 (Wed) |
- Jazz Band Rehearsal (3:00 PM - 4:30 PM) |
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May 8 (Fri) |
- Jazz Band Concert (7:30 PM) |
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May 9 (Sat) |
- Steeplechase Fundraiser (all day) |
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- HHS Marching Band auditions |
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May 11 (Mon) |
- AP Music Theory Test |
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May 15 (Fri) |
- HHS Band Spring Concert (7:30 PM) |
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May 17 (Sun) |
- HHS Baccalaureate |
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May 19 (Tue) |
- HHS Graduation; Libscomb Allen Arena |
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May 21 (Thu) |
- Nashville Symphony/Curb Youth Symphony concert (7:30 PM) |
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Websites of interest:
Hillwood High School Band <http://www.hillwoodband.com/ >
Hillwood High School < http://www.hillwoodhs.mnps.org/ >
Bellevue Middle School < http://www.bellevuems.mnps.org/ >
HG Hill Middle School < http://www.hghillms.mnps.org/ >
Westview < http://www.westviewonline.com/ >
Tennessean - Bellevue area <http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=MICRO0203>
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Email updates are provided by Hillwood High School Band Boosters.
Cindy Franco and Lisa Willoughby, Co-Vice Presidents Media and Community Relations | |
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Tuesday, 03 February 2009
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Weekly News
* PayPal now accepted! Band fees can now be paid by using PayPal. Don't forget donations! We have a place for that now, too. Visit the HHS Band website at www.hillwoodband.com to see (and use) them.
* Band Booster Meeting February 3, 2009 at 6:30 PM in the rehearsal hall.
* Wind Band Participants: SRA's have been handed out to students; they are responsible for having these signed by their teachers. Also, the $85.00 in by Wednesday, Feb. 4th, 2009.
* Next payment of band fees due February 15, 2009.
* FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITIES:
1) Kroger cards (ongoing; contact Mrs. Marcie Allen)
2) Central Parking (ongoing; contact parking@hillwoodband.com)
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From Mr. Chester and Mr. Shepherd:
No comments today.
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No additional comments today.
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February Calendar: |
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Feb 2 (Mon) |
- SLC Late Arrival Date |
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- Band Booster Meeting (6:30 PM) |
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Feb 4 (Wed) |
- Jazz Band Rehearsal (3:00 PM - 4:30 PM) |
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Feb 5 (Thu) |
- Wind Band Conference @MTSU (select students) |
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Feb 6 (Fri) |
- Wind Band Conference @MTSU (select students) |
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Feb 7 (Sat) |
- Wind Band Conference @MTSU (select students) |
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Feb 11 (Wed) |
- Jazz Band Rehearsal (3:00 PM - 4:30 PM) |
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Feb 12 (Thur) |
- Festival of Winds & Percussion @ TTU (select students) |
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Feb 13 (Fri) |
- Festival of Winds & Percussion @ TTU (select students) |
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Feb 14 (Sat) |
- Festival of Winds & Percussion @ TTU (select students) |
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Feb 16 (Mon) |
- Presidents Day (no school) |
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Feb 18 (Wed) |
- Jazz Band Rehearsal (3:00 PM - 4:30 PM) |
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Feb 25 (Wed) |
- Jazz Band Rehearsal (3:00 PM - 4:30 PM) |
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Websites of interest:
Hillwood High School Band <http://www.hillwoodband.com/ >
Hillwood High School < http://www.hillwoodhs.mnps.org/ >
Bellevue Middle School < http://www.bellevuems.mnps.org/ >
HG Hill Middle School < http://www.hghillms.mnps.org/ >
Westview < http://www.westviewonline.com/ >
Tennessean - Bellevue area <http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=MICRO0203>
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Email updates are provided by Hillwood High School Band Boosters.
Cindy Franco and Lisa Willoughby, Co-Vice Presidents Media and Community Relations | |
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2010 MTSBOA Concert Performance Assessment:
Performance: 1
Sight Reading: 1
Marching: Superior
SWEEPSTAKES!!!
For more awards, visit the About Us section of this website.
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