Fairfield Trip information for Nov.19th

Since this is the Tournament of Champions, our last competition, we have longer practices this week. Make sure you have paid for your food and equipment!

Permission slips are due on Wednesday!
Twenty percent (20%) of student’s performance grade for this competition is deducted each day after Wednesday the form is late (20% Thursday, another 20% Friday).

Schedule for week of Nov. 14-18

Tuesday and Thursday – practice for EVERYONE from 3:00 – 5:30 pm. BE ON TIME!!!! Dress warmly if the weather dictates.
Friday --- practice from 3:00 – 6:00 pm. BE ON TIME!!!! Dress warmly if the weather dictates. After practice, follow the same loading procedure. It is YOUR responsibility to make sure your instrument is taken to the trailer.

Saturday – Competition Day!!

Students will have one hour on the bus when they can sleep. It’s important to use the restroom at home before coming to RHS.

Parents who are going to support the group – you will need to park in Kmart parking lot across the street from the school. Only the bus and trailer may park in the school parking lot.

5:55am --- NOTE EARLIER TIME!!! Call time. Come dressed in your bibbers, black socks and shoes. Your gauntlets & gloves are in your shako box, and baldrick is in your garment bag, which goes on the trailer. Put your name on your garment bag.
Guard – come in your uniform with hair and make-up done.
6:05am --- load bus. You can bring a pillow if you want. No one enters the bus until the trailer is completely loaded.
6:15am --- Leave RHS parking lot. We CANNOT wait for anyone because we are on a tight schedule.
7:10am (approx.) --- arrive at the bus parking lot. Inside trailer crew exits bus first. Unload trailer. Mrs. Wilmer will go to registration so follow the direction of the crews and instructors.
Percussion set up stands for warm-up. Students follow warm-up procedures.
You will get your plumes in the block.
Guard – get flags from crew& follow Mr. Moreno for warm-up.
8:25am – in block, plumes distributed.
8:35am – Formation area. It is on the street next to the school.
9:05am – Proceed to final warm-up zone, then quiet zone where we will do final block up for competition. In class D we are the third of 6 six schools.
9:15am – WE ARE ON!! Street competition! Let’s do it!
9:25am -- Percussion competition zone. Competition ends. Proceed to pictures.
9:45am -- Put away instruments, change and return your garment bag, shoe and shako boxes to the crews. Changing rooms are in the gym locker rooms on the west side of the quad.
Back at the trailer for breakfast burritos! Make sure to pick up your trash, first guard cleanup crew work with parents and EVERYONE thank the parent volunteers.

2:30pm -- Taco and burrito bar for lunch with goodies provided by Zaira's parents. After lunch, second guard cleanup crew helps parents. Load trailer.
3:45pm -- Proceed to the stadium for the awards ceremony. The group sits together. Mariyah, Sam and Derrick go to the south end of the stadium in your uniforms. You must be there by 4:05. I go to the north east corner. Parent chaperons stay with students.
4:30pm – Awards ceremony.
5:30pm (approximately) – End of awards ceremony. Proceed to bus for return trip. Make sure to use the restroom on your way back. We will leave as soon after the ceremony as possible.
6:45pm (approximately) – Return to RHS. Unload trailer. Take home instruments, garment bag and shoe box. Shakos and percussion equipment go into the room.

Thanks for a great day! Have a safe and restful Thanksgiving break. We will have a 7th period practice Monday, Nov. 28th from 3 – about 4:30 to go over scores, winter schedule to end of the semester and get basketball game information.

Lodi competition, Saturday, Nov. 5th

The next three weeks are the meat of the marching season. As stated in the syllabus, our three competitions are the next three Saturdays. The first is this Saturday at Lodi. It is critical we have ALL students at every practice. Please do not schedule any appointments on Tuesday, Thursday or Friday afternoons to Thanksgiving week.

Schedule for 10/31 to 11/4

All week at lunch - eat and then attend your sectional. Schedule is on the board.
Guard - bring your uniform on Tuesday. All guard members' uniforms must be the same. We are graded on uniformity. Ask Mariyah any questions.
Tuesday and Thursday afternoonsALL 6th period students need to attend the after school class from 3-5pm. Most 6th period students need the credit going into the 1st quarter grade. Dress appropriately for marching.
Friday --- practice from 1:00 – 5 pm. Bring your lunch, refrigerator & microwave available. BE ON TIME!!!! Dress appropriately for marching.
After rehearsal - Put instrument in case; pick up shako box from ensemble room. Take both to the main room and follow the directions of the shako and instrument crew trailer. It is YOUR responsibility to make sure these items are in the proper place for the crew to load.
Percussion & Guard – make sure your harness, stand, flag, ID plus drum get onto the trailer.

Students need to pay their $20.00 for food. A receipt is given. The boosters serve the students a snack pre-performance and hot lunch post-performance. To make it work EVERY student must contribute. It is part of being in the group. If you plan to use your Brewfest funds for this fee, please let Mrs. Wilmer know, otherwise, please pay Mrs. Wilmer ASAP! Checks made payable to RHS Music Boosters.

Each student is assigned a job inside or outside the trailer helping get the equipment and group ready, putting items away correctly afterwards, or helping the boosters with food. The procedure should be efficient and quiet. Please check the schedule carefully for departure time and clothing information.

Saturday – Competition Day!!

All --Bring a change of clothes including DEODORANT, socks & shoes, and extra black socks in a separate bag AND bring a place to put your marching shoes that is NOT your garment bag. I suggest your shoe box. Come dressed in your bibbers, black socks and marching shoes. Your gauntlets are in your shako box. Your gloves & baldrick are in your garment bag. Put your name on your garment bag.
Guard – come in uniform with hair done.
6:25am --- Call time. We DO NOT have access to the music room. Give your garment bag/shoe box to the garment crew. Take your change of clothes onto the bus.
6:45am --- load bus. You can bring a pillow if you want. Seniors go on first. No one enters the bus until the trailer is completely loaded.
6:55am --- Leave RHS parking lot. We are on a tight schedule & will not wait.
8am (approx.) --- arrive at the bus parking lot. Seniors & inside trailer crew exit bus first & go to their job positions. Remaining students get in line to pick up garment bag, instrument and then shako box. Students must follow directions of crews once you receive your garment bag, instrument and shako box.
Get out instrument, put garment bag, and case where crew says and go to warm-up area. You will be called to get your plumes.
Guard – there are no changing rooms at the parade site to this point. Follow Mr. Moreno's directions. Get flags from crew when instructed.
9:00am --- go to staging area & block up.
9:05am --- staging.
9:35am --- warm-up.
9:45am --- it’s competition time!
9:53am --- percussion competition. Be flexible.
About 10:20am --- Pictures. I do not know the price or who a check is made to for payment.
Once done with pictures walk back to the bus.
Stand in line to return plumes, then get instrument case and shako box. Once instruments and shakos are in boxes, give to crew to place in trailer. Garment bags will be issued. Gentlemen stay at the trailer while the ladies go back to the bus to change unless I hear otherwise from the school. Once they are back, the men go to the bus to change. Crews that help set up the pop ups, tables, water and the boosters do that job first before changing.
About noon --- Lunch --- at the trailer. Be sure to thank the boosters!
About 1:30pm – proceed to Bear Creek HS for awards ceremony.
2:00pm --- proceed to stadium for awards ceremony.
2:30pm --- awards ceremony.
About 3:30pm --- return to bus for trip home. Make sure to stop at the restroom first.
About 4:45pm --- return to RHS. We may be able to get into the school. If not, please take home your instrument (except percussion) and your garment bag. We’ll then have to unload the shakos and percussion equipment sometime Monday.
Thanks for a great day!

Marching Band Schedule

The schedule for 7th period marching band is:

• Tuesdays - 3:00 to 4:45 p.m.
• Thursdays - 3:00 to 4:45 p.m.
• Fridays - 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.

Required Sectional rehearsals:

• Percussion - Tuesdays and Thursdays - 4:45 to 6:45 p.m.
• Color Guard - Thursdays - 3:00 to 4:45 p.m.
• Marching Block - Winds - Fridays - 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.

Wolverine Marching Band Camp, Aug 29-Sept 2, 2011

To all in Wolverine country who signed up for Marching Band this fall, thought you did, or think you might find it fun, our band camp is just around the corner!   We're looking for woodwind and brass players, percussionists, and those interested in joining our flag color guard.

For new members, it's a week filled with making new friends, learning new skills, and finding out about new adventures. Yes, a competition in Napa is cool! Check out our pictures and video page!

For our returning members, you can hook up again with old friends, refine those marching skills to dominate at drill downs, and discover what new events are in store for us this fall.

The dates are Monday, August 29th  thru Thursday, September 1st, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., working around orientation. Bring a lunch and drink; we have a refrigerator and microwave available. On Friday, September 2nd we'll meet from 9 am to noon, then meet back up at 6pm for our first home football game against Franklin of Stockton.

See you there!

Disneyland Trip Photos

Check out the Disneyland trip photos!

The Essence of Rosemont and Winter Percussion

The Essence of Rosemont is April 8th. The students are manning a carnival game from 4:30 to 7:30pm, and selling music bracelets. Ms. Martinez requests that the winter percussion perform their show to open the event and also directly prior to the movie.

January Music Notes

A new year and upcoming events …..

Our Winter Concert is Wednesday, January 19th at 7PM in the large Theater. The groups performing are the string orchestra, concert and symphonic bands, and marching band. The general meeting for the RHS music boosters will be interspersed between groups. Sign in, warm-ups and tuning start by 6:30PM. We anticipate the concert lasting about 90 minutes. Please note the Theater Etiquette on the reverse side adopted by the RHS Arts Dept. and approved by administration. Everyone is welcome.

It is a required concert, as stated in the syllabus/handbook, including staying for the entire concert. Since the concert is a culmination of the semester’s work, it comprises 30% of each student’s final semester grade. Students do not get full credit unless they follow the sign out procedure at the concert’s conclusion. This policy allows each group to have a full audience. Plus, each student completes a written evaluation of every group, which is a national standard for music and one reason my classes are designated college prep.

In addition to the concert, students will perform in-class an etude or exercise out of their book. The order of performance is selected at random and begins January 20th. A written assignment centered around a given article focusing on their instrument will be due at the end of their final. Typed papers are appreciated! Students will also have a written reflection assignment done the day of their final.

Concert attire is ready for pick up and hemming. Students have instructions concerning future cleaning and tack hemming the pants and dresses. Please remember that both the ladies’ dress and men’s pant hem is at the ankle bone and that the men’s pants should be at least tacked down at the seams and pleats (the four corners). Men must make sure their pants are at the waist. NO SAGGING!!! Do NOT use tape or machine to hem because both are impossible to take out for the next person’s use. The concert attire will be used for several spring activities and returned in June on the hanger used for distribution.

All students need to return their Disney form ASAP; there are additional copies available. I need to know from each class how many students are going to set the instrumentation, plus plan the motel rooms, chaperones, and bus costs. The group deposit on the first night motel stay is due at the end of this month. I cannot reserve rooms for students I don’t know are going! Plus, I must get out chaperon information. The January deposit of $45.00 is due. If you need to return your form with a positive answer but without the deposit, please send the form in right away with additional information about your payment schedule plans. Checks are made payable to Rosemont High School, given to me and a receipt written.

The RHS student Music Club will be sponsoring an electronic waste collection (e-waste) as a fundraiser. It will be on a Saturday in the RHS front parking lot. Date is still to be determined. Please support us by donating old electronics and get them out of your way at the same time! Items with a screen, like televisions, laptops, and computer monitors, are the things that earn money, but all electronics are accepted.

Thank you for your support of the RHS music department. Keeping music alive!