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April 21, 2010
This Week's News
- Solo & Ensemble Saturday, April 21. Select students will be participating in Solo & Ensemble this Saturday at Oliver Middle School. Gig sheets with more details WILL NOT be emailed, but will be personalized and sent home with your student.
Please arrive no later than one hour before your performance time so participants can find their rooms and have plenty of time to warm up.
- Annual Steeplechase Fundraiser Sign-up Time! Our annual fundraiser, parking cars at the Iroquois Steeplechase, will be held on Saturday, May 8th. We will report at 8:30am and work until 4:30 or 5:00 pm. Meeting place on the Steeplechase grounds will be determined at a later date. All monies earned at this event will go toward your fair share band account.
We still need volunteers to meet our minimum of 40 workers for the event. Please email Cindy Smith at smithra17@comcast.net and let her know if you are coming. She will also need your t-shirt size.
- Purchase your Band Banquet Tickets by Friday, April 23. The Band Banquet will be Sunday May 2nd 1:00pm to 3:00pm. We will have a luncheon setting and will be just as nice as last year. The attire is come from church clothes, nice dinner clothes or if you want to go formal that will be great also.
There is seating for 120 people. Tickets will be sold to ensure attendance. The tickets will be $10.00 for competitive band member and parents. For those who were not a competitive band member, the tickets will be $15.00 per member and per parent. Tickets may be purchased from Ms. Reeder at school. Checks will need to be written to the Hillwood Band Boosters.
Tickets need to be purchased by April 23 so we can get a final count to the Holiday Inn.
- Solo & Ensemble Saturday, April 21. Select students will be participating in Solo & Ensemble this Saturday at Oliver Middle School. Gig sheets with more details WILL NOT be emailed, but will be personalized and sent home with your student.
Please arrive no later than one hour before your performance time so participants can find their rooms and have plenty of time to warm up.
- New Board Members Elected! The new Hillwood Band Boosters Board was elected to office at last night's meeting. Two positions remain open, but will be filled in June when the new board convenes.
Co-President: David Crawford and Michael Carnes
Co-VP of Ways and Means: Cindy Smith and ___________
Co-VP of Media and Community Relations: Brooke Pinkerton
VP of Transportation and Logistics: Phillip ?Flip' Perry
VP of Uniform Maintenance: Nancy Brown
Co-VP of Student Services: Fariba Rafipour and Jane Kinser
Secretary: ___________
Treasurer: Lisa Gaeser
Parliamentarian: Jon Forlines
- Band Account Statements will be Sent in May. If you would like to know where you stand with your band account, statements will be sent again in early May.
- Now Accepted: Visa, MasterCard, Discover, AMEX, and PayPal. Band fees can now be paid by using a variety of methods through PayPal. Don't forget donations! We have a place for that now, too. Visit the HHS Band website at http://www.hillwoodband.com/ to see (and use) them.
- Fundraising Opportunities:
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Calendar
APRIL
Apr 20 (Tue) - Solo & Ensemble rehearsal (3:30 PM - 5:00 PM)
- Brass Choir rehearsal (3:30 PM - 4:15 PM)
Apr 21 (Wed) - Solo & Ensemble rehearsal (3:30 PM - 5:00 PM)
- Percussion Ensemble rehearsal (3:30 PM - 4:15 PM)
Apr 22 (Thu) - Solo & Ensemble rehearsal (3:30 PM - 5:00 PM)
- Woodwind Choir rehearsal (3:30 PM - 4:15 PM)
Apr 23 (Fri) - Solo & Ensemble DRESS REHEARSAL (3:30 PM - 5:00 PM)
- Jazz Ensemble rehearsal (5:30 PM - 6:30 PM)
Apr 24 (Sat) - Solo & Ensemble External Assessment (times TBA)
MAY
May 2 (Sun) - Band Banquet (1:00 PM - 3:00 PM)
May 3 (Mon) - Curb Youth Symphony Concert (7:30 PM, select students)
May 4 (Tue) - Nashville Youth Rep Orchestra (7:30 PM, select students)
May 6 (Thu) - Hillwood Cluster Arts Night Concert (select students/groups)
May 8 (Sat) - Steeplechase Fundraiser (tentative)
May 12 (Wed) - Curb Youth Symphony side-by-side rehearsal (TBA, select students)
May 13 (Thu) - Curb Youth Symphony side-by-side concert (TBA, select students)
May 15 (Sat) - Bellevue Picnic Performance (TBA)
May 20 (Thu) - Graduation Performance at Lipscomb University (TBA)
May 22 (Sat) - Marching Band 2010 Auditions (TBA)
May 25 (Tue) - Metro Half Day
May 26 (Wed) - Metro Half Day
May 27 (Thu) - Metro Half Day / Last Day of School
The Hillwood High School Band
400 Davidson Road
Nashville, Tennessee 37205
Phone: 615.353.2050
Email: bandboosters@hillwoodband.com
Email updates are provided by Hillwood High School Band Boosters.
Cindy Franco and Shirley Dansby,
Co-Vice Presidents for Media and Community Relations | 
