Next 2 weeks in band - Nov 29th

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving break.  Ours was busy, but at least we didn't wake up to alarm clocks.  Bliss!  One thing I did do with my oldest daughter was to go to the fall concert of the Armstrong Atlantic Youth Orchestra and the Lyric Youth Orchestra.  It was a fantastic evening of music and I was surprised to see how many of our students from Richmond Hill Middle School bands are members of this select group.  I was happy to recognize these students' names:

 

Maria Longoria- oboe

Cameron Brooks- clarinet

Emily Hollowell- clarinet

Darrin Williams- trumpet

Danny Park- violin I (he is a percussionist for the band)

 

If I missed anyone let me know.

 

This week in band the after school rehearsals will be at their normal time.  For those students auditioning for Honor Band this Saturday, please put the meeting time at the bandroom on Saturday morning as 10 a.m.  This is a tenetive time and I will be following up as Dr. Warnock receives our audition time information.

 

Next week we have 4 big happenings.  Tuesday, Dec. 7 all band students must report to the bandroom at 6p.m. for the Christmas Concert following the PTSO meeting at 6:30 in the Gym.  Wednesday, Dec. 8 is cookie dough pick up at the RHMS cafeteria from 3-5.  Thursday, Dec. 9 the Wildcat Winds will play a Christmas concert in the park with the High School band at JF Gregory.  The concert starts at 7p.m.  I am not sure of the report time.  We will also need some parent help to haul equiptment to the park and back.  Saturday, Dec. 11 the Wildcat Winds will be taking a program photo in their new concert uniforms.  Time is still TBD.  For all the concerts, all band students are asked to wear concert attire.

 

Your student should be coming home with a spiritwear order form today.  This is another band fundraiser.  If you would like any of these items for Christmas giving, please make sure your order is in by Friday, Dec. 3.  If interest is high, we may place more orders after Christmas. 

 

Keep checking your emails for the latest information.  We are in the final 3 week stretch before another break.  Hang it there.  There will be NO Band Booster meeting this month.

 

Kiersten 

Cookie Dough Orders until Nov 15th!

Band Parents and Students,   This is to remind you that your cookie dough order forms and money were due Nov 15th (Monday).  With the orders that came in today we have met half of our fundraising goal.  If you did not turn in your order form, please do so tomorrow.   If you are not interested in selling cookie dough but would like to help us reach our goal to meet our expenses for the Large Group Performance Evaluations we are accepting donations.  Just put your check (made out to RHWBB) or cash in an envelope and mark it "Donation".   Thank you,   Kiersten Scooler

Date: Nov 15th, 2010

This week in Band - Nov 15th

Parents,

Monday is a busy day for the band.  This Monday, Nov. 15 is the day we are collecting the cookie dough order forms and money.  Please make sure your student brings the order form and money collected in the envelope provided.  Your student's name and grade should be prominently written on the outside of this envelope.

 

I will be in the library at 10a.m. on the 15th to put together the materials for the Hat Day fundraiser that the Wildcat Winds is sponsoring on the 19th.  If you can come and help from 10-11 or so that would be great.

 

The band will be having their regular practices this week EXCEPT for the Percussion Ensemble.  The Winds will be having a special practice on Friday from 3-5 after school and will be using the bandroom.  If your student is in Winds and you have not yet RSVP'd, we would appreciate a heads up either way.  The Boosters will provide a pizza snack for the students and we need to know how much pizza to order.

 

Thanks for your help.

Kiersten

Booster Meeting Tonight!

Sorry Parents,   I didn't realize I missed including the date of the meeting in the body of the email.  It was in the Oct. minutes attachment, but I got ahead of myself.   The meeting is TONIGHT at 7p.m. in the cafeteria.  The Wildcat Winds will play and must report to the bandroom by 6:30p.m.   Attached to this email is the Basketball schedule.  If you have a student in the Pep/Jazz Band you will want to look at this.   Kiersten

RICHMOND HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL

ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT

2010 - 11 BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

DATE                                              OPPONENT                 LOCATION             TIME

Wednesday     December 1              Burke                             Burke                           4:15

Friday              December 3              Ebenezer                        Richmond Hill            4:15

                                                        

Wednesday     December 8              S. Effingham                  Richmond Hill            4:15

Friday              December 10            Bye

                                                                                                                             

Wednesday     December 15            Langston Chapel            Langston Chapel         4:15

Wednesday     January 5                  William James                Richmond Hill             4:15                            

Friday              January 7                  S.E. Bulloch                   S.E. Bulloch                4:15

Wednesday     January 12                Effingham                      Richmond Hill            4:15

Friday              January 14                Screven                          Screven                       4:15    

Wednesday     January 19                Region Playoffs – 1^st Round                             4:15

                                                        

Friday              January 21                Semi-Finals                    @  Langston Chapel   TBD

                                                        

Saturday          January 22                Championship Games    @ Langston Chapel    TBD

Minutes of Richmond Hill Wildcat Band Boosters - Oct 14, 2010

Minutes of Richmond Hill Wildcat Band Boosters

October 14, 2010

The meeting was called to order, by Kiersten Scooler, at 7:02pm.  Officers present were President, Kiersten Scooler; Vice-President, Amy Landers; Treasurer, Barb Smith and Secretary, Debbie DeMond. Directors present were Dr. Warnock and Mrs. Bowden.  RHMS Principal, Mrs. Herndon was also present.

·         Minutes from the September 9^th were approved.

·         Treasurer, Barb Smith reported a balance of $5,331.40.

·         Tutoring – Only those students who are auditioning for Honor Band/All-State are invited to stay after school on Mondays until 4:00pm.

·         Pep Band – We are waiting to hear about a possible playoff game on October 20th.  If it is a home game we will play.  Jazz Band will replace Pep Band practices between football and basketball seasons. Basketball season begins in early December.  Practice is after school on Wednesdays until 4:30. 

·         Percussion Ensemble – Open to anyone interested in playing a percussion instrument.  Practice is held after school on Fridays until 4:00.

·         Cookie Dough Sale – Largest general band fundraiser will begin in November with delivery in December.  Cindy Glasscock is looking for parent volunteers from each grade level to help.

·         Spirit Wear – Information coming soon.

·         Wildcat Winds – Winds will perform from 12:30-1:00 at the Seafood Festival.  There will not be a bus to transport students.  Students should report to J.F. Gregory Park at 11:30 am.  Volunteers are needed to load and unload the instrument truck.

·         Wildcat Winds – Clinic on Saturday November 13th. (tentative)

·         Wildcat Winds – After the uniforms arrive, a photo needs to be taken of the Winds for the program being made for the GMEA performance.  December 11th is a tentative date for this. 

·         Band Pictures for all band students - Pictures (group and individual) will be taken on January 6^th.  Students must wear uniforms.  Watch for information to come.  All orders must be pre-paid.

·         District 1 Honor Band/All-State Auditions are on December 4, 2010.

·         PTSO Meeting and Winter Concert will be held on December 7, 2010 at 6pm.  Student need to arrive at 5:15 pm.

·         Next Booster meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 9^, 2010.

Meeting was adjourned at 7:38 pm.

Respectfully Submitted,

Debbie DeMond-Secretary RHWBB

Date: Nov 8, 2010

Band Happenings this week

Attention parents, In addition to the practices that normally happen after school, there are some other happenings. First, there is a Band Booster meeting in the cafeteria at 7p.m.   The Wildcat Winds will be performing at this meeting.  If you have a student in Winds, please have them in the band room in white shirt/black pants &shoes by 6:30.  There still will be Winds practice after school until 5. This is the final week of cookie dough sales.  All forms will be collected on Monday, Nov. 15th.  Uniforms for the Winds students should begin arriving tomorrow.  We will distribute them as they arrive.  There are currently 13 vests on back order. That is all for now.  We hope to see all of you at the meeting. The Booster Board Nov 5, 2010

Cookie Dough Sale Schedule

Hello RHMS Band Parents- Our Cookie Dough Sale is finally underway! Good Luck selling. Now the even better part- we need to make final plans to receive the student orders on Nov. 15th and again for delivery of the cookie dough on Dec. 8th. Any help is appreciated. Please call or email us with your availability. We need some help on Monday, Nov. 15th at the end of the school day. ( Around 5 parents would be ideal) Let us know if you are available, and then please plan to meet in the Band Room after school. We will need to sort orders by grade, open envelopes and verify that payments are included for each order. Any orders turned in earlier will already have been entered into the Great American POS ordering site in advance. Last, we need to enter the orders received on the 15th into the Great American POS web site to place our final order. Most likely the web work will be done by me that evening from my home. I imagine the sorting and opening of orders will take about an hour or two at the most. On Wednesday, Dec. 8th the order will arrive "sometime" that morning ( I love specific information, don't you?) I will place a call to any available volunteers as soon as the order comes in. If you can be "on call" to help sort please let me know and send me your best contact phone number. We will need to assemble in the Lunch Room after lunch time is over ( around 1:30 pm) to sort the orders by grade. Pick-up will take place from 3-5:30 pm. With that said, if you can only help at the student /parent pick-up please plan to meet in the Lunch Room by 2:30 pm- we must finish deliveries/clean-up by 5:45 pm. Ideally, we will have 2 parents per grade to check off and hand off the orders. The orders are supposed to come in pre-grouped by seller to make our distribution part easier. Please email me at rjglassco@aol.com or call my cell at 344-8874 if you have questions. Thanks, Cyndy Glasscock Parent Volunteer Nov 4, 2010

Cookie Dough Sale Begins

Parents, Your student will be coming home today with the order forms for our cookie dough sale.  Please ask your student for theirs.  Participation is voluntary, but the funds we raise are so necessary. Just so you know.  The state of GA does not fund music education in our state.  The Bryan Co. Board of Education provides the funds in their budget for music teachers' salaries with little left for purchasing instruments, stands, music scores, etc.  We are lucky to have the support of Ms. Herndon who finds a way to help where she can and is very supportive of our fundraising efforts.  This is where the Cookie Dough Sale comes in. Every year Dr. Warnock takes all 3 grade level bands to the Large Group Performance Evaluations sponsored by the Georgia Music Educators Association in the spring.  The school donates the transportation.  We must come up with the entrance fees and the money to cover the purchase of participation medals for every student.  This fundraiser pays for this event.  All the leftover monies are put back into the band program by purchasing instruments, stands, music, etc.  Our children gain so much when they watch other bands play and can perform in a more public venue themselves.  They have always made us proud with their performance and their conduct. I hope you will decide to support our fundraising efforts.  A parent reminded me that donations directly to the band program are just as good.  We would appreciate either.  Thank you, The Band Boosters Date: Nov 3, 2011

Wildcat Winds Fundraisers

Don't worry, this is great news!   I have arranged with Ms. Herndon that the Wildcat Winds will have 3 Hat Day fundraisers at school before the Atlanta trip in the spring.  Our first Hat Day is Nov 19, the last day of school before Thanksgiving.  The next two will be in Jan and Feb.   Do any of your families have small stickers you can donate to the Winds?  We need to assemble a zip lock baggie with stickers for each homeroom class at the MS.  The students who pay $1 to wear a hat will put the sticker on their hat to show they supported Hat Day with a donation.  I would also like to get a group of volunteers together on Monday Nov. 15 at 10 a.m. to assemble the baggies.  If you can donate your time or supplies that would be greatly appreciated.   Hat Days generate about $300 a shot for very little invested on our part.  Please support this fundraising effort.  It will make a difference in the cost of the Atlanta Trip.   Thank you, Kiersten

Update Winds Parents

Winds Parents,

 

First of all, I wanted to let you know that the uniforms are expected to arrive this week.  I will distribute them to the students as soon as they arrive.  If you have a daughter in the band, please have her try on the dress with her black flats and hem the dress to the top of the foot without a break in the skirt.  We have a few moms from the band that can help with this or you may use a professional seamstress.

 

Doc has cancelled the Nov. 13 clinic but has scheduled an afterschool practice on the 19th from 3-5.  Please reply to this email if your student will participate since the Boosters will provide a pizza snack.  Thank you.

 

Finally, a student that lives in Richmond Place is in need of a ride home from Winds practice.  If you can help this family out, please reply to this email.

 

This is alot of information, but thanks for your time.

 

Kiersten

 

Date: Nov 1, 2010

Cookie Dough Sale/Weekly Schedule

Parents,

 

We are assembling the cookie dough order forms after school today in the band room starting at 3 p.m.  Cyndy Glasscock, cookie dough fundraiser coordinator, is still looking for at least 2 volunteers from each grade level to assist with collecting and colating orders as well as passing out the cookie dough next month.  If you can help out please reply to this email.

 

Please be looking out for the order form to come home with your student tomorrow from school.  This is the fundraiser for the band every year and this is how we pay for the entrance fees to the Large Group Performance Evaluations in the spring.  Any left over money is put to the improvement of the band program at large.  Your support is appreciated.

 

The after school band schedule is on it's normal schedule this week.

 

Kiersten

 

Date: Nov 1, 2010

Email from Dr. Warnock regarding the November clinic

Winds Parents,

Below is an email from Dr. Warnock regarding the November clinic, an additional practice on the 19th and a performance at the booster meeting on November 9th.  The boosters will be providing a snack of some kind for the Nov. 19th practice.  Please mark your calendars with all of these changes.

 

Kiersten Scooler

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Hi Kiersten,

 

I have three things I wanted to share.

 

1.     I wanted to let you know that I would like to cancel the Saturday, November 13^th rehearsal. Being that it’s a long weekend, the guest conductor doesn’t feel he needs to rehearse his piece, and also students are being reunited with returning military parents, I think we should just cancel it.

 

2.     So, I would like to have a rehearsal on Friday, November 19^th, from 3:00 until 5:00. Maybe we could have pizza and soda/or water for the kids. It would give us a little more practice before the long Thanksgiving break. (We would also have our regular Tuesday and Thursday rehearsals that week.)

 

 

3.     I would like to have the wildcat winds perform on the booster meeting, Tuesday, November 9^th. We have our bagpiper guest soloist coming down that day from Milledgeville, GA to rehearse with the band. This is a good opportunity to try and perform this piece and others early on so we can become better prepared for January.

 

Thanks,

 

Emery

Oct 25, 2010