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1 April 2015 Booster Meeting: Monday, April 27 th, 7pm, SPHS Music Area Volume 43 Issue 6 From the High School Podium As you read this newsletter, we wish you a happy SPRING BREAK! We hop it provides a pleasant change of routine and sense of rejuvenation! When you return, we are into the homestretch. Congratulations to all students who qualified for the State Solo/Ensemble Festival held at UW-Whitewater on Saturday, April 25 th. Just a reminder that families will be responsible for their own transportation to state. Best of Luck to all students at State!!!! We will also have information on how to order both district and state medals in the next newsletter. Students have been busy with SOSP beginning thanks to all students for a great start! See other areas of the newsletter for more information on SOSP. We invite everyone to attend the final performance of Jazz II and III as well as a couple of our combos at the Spring Jazz Concert to be held on Tuesday, April 8 at 7:30pm in the SPHS PAC. Jazz I will also perform a short set at this concert as well. Also, Jazz I is working toward their goal of a great performance in New York at the Essentially Ellington finals. There are 12 new members in the band this year so this will be a new experience for 2/3 of the band. The Jazz Ensemble will perform several concerts in preparation for this capstone event. April 7 Spring Jazz Concert, 7:30pm, SPHS PAC, Jazz I, II, III and combos April 22 J@LC clinic with Chris Crenshaw 8-noon SPHS Band Room May 3 Possible final New York send-off concert 7:30pm at the CHUM Auditorium. This Concert will feature the tunes that the band will be competing with in New York as well as other special surprises. Jazz I is also in the midst of selling raffle tickets (see website for list of prizes ) and their latest CD entitled, Old School Swing The CD features a sampling of live Jazz I performances from the past seven years. CD s cost $10 and can be purchased via the website ( ) Sun Prairie Band Boosters 1 Play from your Heart

2 April 2015 Volume 43 Issue 6 Launchpad, sponsored by WSMA will feature 15 area high school garage bands will be held in the SPHS PAC on Friday, April 10 th and run from 3:30-9:30. Admission will be charged. Concessions will be sold by the SPHS band boosters and jazz parents. Don t forget Band O Rama will be held here in the SPHS Field House on Monday, April 13 th beginning at 7pm. The Sun Prairie Community Band will play pre-concert music beginning around 6:30pm. Admission is Free and there will be a donation jar for Jazz I as well as CD sales and Raffle Tickets available. All SPHS bands had very good tour experiences. The Concert and Symphonic Band travelled to UW-River Falls and heard a coffee concert featuring quarter tone music presented by a professional saxophonist from the Netherlands very interesting. That was followed by extensive clinics by UW River Falls music professor, Kristin Tjornehoj. The day was capped off by a visit to Action City in Eau Claire where students enjoyed competing with each other in various games. The Wind Ensemble traveled to the St. Charles and Evanston, Illinois area. We heard a wonderful band at Neuqua Valley HS in Naperville, Illinois. The Wind Ensemble was also instructed by the Neuqua Valley Wind Ensemble conductor, Charles Staley, who did a fantastic clinic with the band. We also heard their Wind Ensemble play as well. The band next traveled to St. Charles East HS where Mr. Kull, director of bands at St. Charles, gave us insight on the Japanese techniques to teaching a learning music. The trip concluded with a concert by the Northwestern University Symphonic Band and a clinic by Northwestern band director, Dan Farris, the next day at Northwestern. It was a great tour and the students represented us in a very positive way. Thank you for all you do, batten down the hatches, here we go!!! Steve Sveum High School Band Director Sun Prairie Band Boosters 2 Play from your Heart

3 April 2015 Volume 43 Issue 6 Eighth Grades Bands at Kalahari FROM THE CHUMS On Friday April 24th, 8th Grade Bands will participate in the Kalahari Band Festival. Students will have the opportunity to perform for renowned music educators, participate in clinics, attend other bands performances, and enjoy some welldeserved free time at the water or theme park. Basic Itinerary - Friday 4/24/15 7:40am - arrive at CHUMS, report directly to band room, depart for Kalahari AM - Performances & Clinics PM - Lunch (pizza & soda lunch included) & free time at parks 6:00pm - Arrive Sun Prairie Chaperones - We are need of chaperones on that day, please contact Mr. Melrose if interested. Final Concert Wednesday May 20th, 7:00 at Cardinal Heights Come join us for our final concert of the year and enjoy some great music by all bands. Students have made tremendous progress this year and it will be a great celebration of all their work. Performance times will be the same as our March Concert: 7:00pm - 8th Grade Bands (6:30pm warm-up) 8:00pm - 9th Grade Band & Wind Symphony (7:30pm warm-up) We are excited to welcome composer, Dr. Kim Archer, as our guest that week. All of the Cardinal Heights concert bands will perform a work composed by Dr. Archer. The Eighth Grade Symphonic Band will perform In the Gathering Dark, the Eighth Grade Concert Band will perform Awakenings, and the Ninth Grade Band will perform In the Hour of Wolves. The Wind Symphony will be premiering a new work by Dr. Archer as part of a composition consortium (several schools join together to commission a new piece of music). The title of the new work is Tides. Things to turn in at Concert 1. Uniform - on a hanger, please (students should bring change of clothes, so they can turn in the uniform after the concert) 2. Home Practice Instrument Volunteers Needed: We could use 8 volunteers to help get uniforms turned in after the concert. Please contact Joe Mesner ( or jrmesne@sunprairieschools.org) if interested. Thank you to everyone for your efforts on behalf of Cardinal Height s students. We are very proud of all of the growth and great accomplishments by band students this spring. We can t wait to see what students will do on the final concert! Thank you, Joe Mesner Ian Melrose Sun Prairie Band Boosters 3 Play from your Heart

4 April 2015 Volume 43 Issue 6 Prairie View Band Room Banter Encourage your musician to practice every day. We like to tell them to practice every day they eat. It s also critical that students set goals for every practice session and have a long term set of goals in mind. Growth happens every time they sit down to play. Ask them to share with you their goals for the day, week and month. Listen to them play often and offer whatever encouragement you can! It means the world to them to have a parent recognize their hard work! We have several performances scheduled and other events in the next month or so. Here is the "short" list! Band O Rama Looking forward to another fun evening with our entire band program on April 13 th at the high school! This evening is an overview of all that is band in Sun Prairie and a favorite for students every year! 7 th grade Band will going to Creekside, Westside and Horizon on Friday, April 10 th. The students are looking forward to showing their elementary schools how far they have come in the last 2 years! They also grow as they are responsible for set up and tear down at each school. They need to get ready to play with little direction and cleanup must happen in much the same way. Everyone grows up a little on the tour. Our final concert of the school year is Tuesday, May 12 th. We will begin the 6 th grade portion of the concert at 6:30 pm (warming up at 6:15) and 7 th grade will be playing at 7:30pm (warming up at 6:45). It s a great way to cap off the school year! We will be rehearsing for the Memorial Day parade on Saturday, May 16 th from 9-noon at the high school. Students from the Sound of Sun Prairie will be there to march side by side with our 6 th and 7 th graders that are marching in the parade. We need to know if your child will not be marching in the parade ASAP! Please one of us with that information. The Memorial Day Parade is Monday, May 25 th. We will be meeting at CHUM by 9:30 for a 10am step off. Start doing the good weather dance now! We want to honor our vets by marching!! Keep practicing and check that lesson schedule every week! Mrs. Sederquist and Mr. Quagleiri Sun Prairie Band Boosters 4 Play from your Heart

5 April 2015 Volume 43 Issue 6 April PMMS Band News As we head into spring, we have a lot of preparation and exciting things happening in the Patrick Marsh Band Department! Elementary School Tour The 7th graders will be traveling to a few of the elementary schools in the area, on April 8, to showcase what band, orchestra, choir, and jazz is all about. This is a great opportunity for our 7th graders to share their music with future PMMS students! ************************ Band-O-Rama On Monday, April 13, at 7:00 PM in the High School gym, bands grades 6-12 will be performing at Band-O-Rama. This is a great experience for younger musicians to hear what their peers at different schools and different age levels are working on. All groups will perform America the Beautiful and On Wisconsin together, and each group will perform one piece they are working on in band. This is truly an experience you won t want to miss. Who: All band students 6-12 grade When/Where: Monday, April 13th, Concert Starts at 7:00 PM in the High School Fieldhouse All PMMS band members meet in HS Orchestra Room by 6:30 PM to warm-up. Uniform: Black band shirt, black pants, black socks & shoes Other: Bring instrument in marked case and music. ALL students are responsible for bringing their own instruments to and from this performance. Student s using school instruments should bring their home instruments unless they make arrangements to check out a school instrument with Mr. Gleason. Percussion should plan to bring their bell sets to the performance as well. Mr. Gleason and Mrs. Haraldson will only bring large percussion needed for the performance. Sun Prairie Band Boosters 5 Play from your Heart

6 April 2015 Volume 43 Issue 6 WSMA Middle Level Honors Band Auditions On Friday, April 17, from 4-9 PM, Patrick Marsh will be hosting one of the audition sites for WSMA Middle Level Honors Band Auditions. Over 1,500 middle school band, choir and orchestra students audition each year for 300 spots. Patrick Marsh has hosted one of the six statewide auditions for the past seven years. To be eligible to audition a student must currently be in grades 6, 7 or 8 and from a WSMA school. The students preregister for this audition each year in January. The audition consists of a Class A or B solo, 4 scales memorized, and sight-reading. If selected, the student would rehearse and perform with the group next October at the Wisconsin State Music Conference. We are excited that twenty-two students registered to audition. We wish them all the best of luck! **************** Spring Concert Info On Tuesday, May 12, at 7:00 PM in the High School Performing Arts Center the 6th and 7th grade bands will share their hard work with friends and family. The concert will feature the world premiere of Mr. John Mackey s piece, Lightning Field, written for our 7th grade students. The night before the concert, Monday, May 11, both 6th and 7th grade students will have a chance to work with Mr. Mackey. 6th grade will work with the composer from 2:50-4:00 pm and the 7th grade from 6:30-8:30 pm. Who: 6th and 7th grade bands What: Spring Concert and WORLD PREMIERE of Mr. Mackey s commissioned piece Where: Sun Prairie High School Performing Arts Center When: Tuesday, May 12 at 7:00 PM Uniform: Normal band uniform (black band button up, black pants, tall black socks, and black shoes) Can t make it? LIVE STREAM the concert online at livestream.com! ******************* Congratulations To: Devin Ruplinger, Destini Tetzlaff, Pierre Tan, Ann Tess, and Anastasia Rockmans who performed at Barnes and Nobles on March 19 to celebrate Music in Our Schools Month and to benefit the Wisconsin School Music Association (WSMA). All jazz students who performed at the Swing Into Spring Extravaganza on March 14. Those students who participated in the Panther Pep Band performance at the student vs. staff basketball game on March 27. Sun Prairie Band Boosters 6 Play from your Heart

7 April 2015 Volume 43 Issue 6 What to look forward to: Extra 7th Band Rehearsal: In order to be ready for Mr. Mackey we will rehearse on Sunday, May 3 from 6:30-8:00 pm. Rehearsal with Mr. John Mackey on Monday, May 11 in the Patrick Marsh Band Room. 6th Grade - 2:50-4:00 pm and 7th Grade 6:30-8:30 pm. Spring Band Concert on May 12 with a WORLD PREMIERE performance of Lightning Field. Rehearsal with Sound of Sun Prairie on Saturday May 16 to help prepare our students for our Memorial Day performance. Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 25, at 10:00 AM. You will have an opportunity to watch your student march down Main St. in Sun Prairie during the Memorial Day Parade. Maggie Davison, Student Teacher Chris Gleason and Sharon Haraldson, Band Directors Sound of Sun Prairie News! We are so excited for SOSP to get started again this season. Highlights have included learning some great music - thank you Rick Kirby & Ben Pyles! Cindy has led us through a new fitness and stretch routine - a good challenge!! Awesome to see so many returning faces joined by new members that bringing a great energy SOSP!! Parent groups are also off to a great start thank you for everyone who has volunteered to help out. If you are still interested in helping out go to our website, spbb.org, and go to the Band Boosters tab to see how you can help out. Forms & Payment At this point all forms and first payment should be in. We may be contacting you soon if there were minor errors to correct. Absences Thank you for all your efforts to keep absences at a minimal we know this can be really tricky during the spring. If you do have an unavoidable absence (appointment, game, performance, etc ) please director, Ian Melrose, as soon as possible. This helps us plan rehearsals for the benefit of all students. Additionally, students are responsible for knowing what they missed so they are caught up as quickly as possible. Sun Prairie Band Boosters 7 Play from your Heart

8 April 2015 Check Off Responsibilities As we get closer to the summer, individual student goals become more pressing. Each week members have one part of their show, parade, or fundamentals routine to show they have it accurately memorized and performed. We suggest they find practice buddies (and meet some new folks!) to work on this task, physical conditioning, or anything else SOSP related. Working together is always more fun and hopefully productive! If students get behind on their responsibilities, we may ask them to come early or stay during lunch to get caught up. Staff members associated with each section will make these arrangements with students. Upcoming Dates In April we being our 9-9 s which are broken into 9 noon, 1:30 4:30, 6 9pm April 11: 9-9 April 12: 1-5pm (we will be coordinating drill & music for the first time today!) April 18: 9-9 (Eau Claire Jazz Festival - HS) April 25: 9-9 (State Solo & Ensemble) May 2: 9-9 (Spring Play) May 9 & 10: Overnight Camp Weekend until 3pm (Mother s Day) May 16: 8 noon (MS Bands & Prom Weekend) May 23 & 24: Overnight Camp Weekend #2 May 26: Memorial Day Parade Performance AM only May 30: 9-9 June 6: 9-9 June 14: Summer Season Begins! SOSP List If you haven t already, you may also want to sign yourself up for the SOSP list to receive future SOSP information: LOVE THAT SOUND! Ian Melrose Director ipmelro@spasd.k12.wi.us Sun Prairie Band Boosters 8 Play from your Heart

9 April 2015 Band Boosters and the Bernie Powers Band Foundation Meet Thank you to everyone who showed up for the Band Booster Meeting on March 23 rd. Even if you showed up for only part of the meeting your involvement is recognized and appreciated. Important topics are covered at the meetings so please try to attend. One of the agenda items covered at the March meeting was the joint meeting between the Band Booster Executive Board and the Bernie Powers Band Foundation Board. At this meeting both of the organizations shared accomplishments from this year and goals for the next year. The Bernie Powers Band Foundation (BPBF) is a separate nonprofit, 501(c) 3 organization dedicated to ensuring the long-term success of band music education in the Sun Prairie Area School District. The Foundation aspires to encourage private donations and bequests that will be used for special programs and scholarship needs that go beyond the normal operating expenses of the Band Booster organization. The goals of the Foundation are: To raise $250,000 for a principal endowment fund to support, sustain and grow the foundation. It will provide long term funding and stability to support the programs supported by BPBF. This fund would provide for the Sun Prairie Band Program if the need arises. To support Music Mentors which will provide the fundamentals of music instruction to all of the students in our band program, at the discretion of the band directors. This offers an additional layer of intensive music education for students whom band directors feel need it the most. Music Scholarships Music Advocacy. To foster greater support for music education in the broader community, the Music Advocacy program will create a network of willing advocates to promote, support, educate and inform the public on the values of a music education. For more information, please visit the BPBF website at Sun Prairie Band Boosters 9 Play from your Heart

10 April 2015 Online Payment & Ledger System-CHARMS We are moving to an online system you can check on SOSP balances & student ledger balances. To access Charms Office Assistant: Log on to and click the ENTER/LOG IN link at upper right Locate the PARENT/STUDENT/MEMBERS LOGIN section of the web page Login to your child s ledger account using the following School Code: SunPrairieASBand This will bring up the main parent page When you enter your child s Student ID NUMBER as a Student Area Password, another more detailed screen appears with even more options to view your student s uniform assignments, financial records, and inventory. Once you have first entered this ID number, you may create your own, unique password by clicking on the lock (Change Password) icon. Update Personal Information you may help make changes to your child s student information page (such as updating phone numbers and addresses if they change) to help the teacher communicate with you more effectively. Click the Personal Info button. While we do not currently use that info in Charms, we will be in the very near future and your help there would be awesome. Please feel free to update it. If you are a parent that does not fund raise, this will also be very useful to you. You will find your child s fees, shoe, glove and shirt purchases and other things that you may need to pay for. The balance due will be updated frequently so you can go here to get information quickly. Sun Prairie Band Boosters 10 Play from your Heart

11 April 2015 Student Ledger Policy! The table below outlines all of the different ways in which you can use fundraising dollars to help your student in band! Policies on how SPBB Student Account Ledgers are used: - Accounts are to be used within 1 SPBB Fiscal year (October 1 - September 30) - All Student Ledger funds not used within fiscal year, are transferred to SPBB General Fund on October 1 of following fiscal year Use of Student Ledger Funds Costs listed are estimates Meals may not be included 1. Band field trips/clinics a. HS Wind Ensemble Spring-?? b. HS Symphonic Band Spring-$100 c. HS Concert Band-$TBD d. CHUM Wind Symphony/9th Grade-$90 e. CHUM 8th Grade-Kalahari-$40 2. HS Jazz Groups Festivals/Clinics a. Generally $30-$40 per day plus meals b. $100 overnight plus meals c. New York- fundraising and TBD 3. Other trips TBD 4. Sound of Sun Prairie a. Fee of $700-$800 b. Uniform Parts and Accessories c. Shoes, Gloves d. Extra parade shirts beyond the one included with their fees e. Other uniform parts as determined by the director 5. Summer music camps a. Providing proof of registration b. Submit the bill to the Band Booster s secretary for payment directly to the camp c. If you do not attend the camp, you will need to reimburse the Boosters the cost of the camp 6. Honors Ensemble tuition, if excepted. This includes WI State Honors Ensembles, WYSO, Winds of Wisconsin a. Providing proof of registration b. Submit the bill to the Band Booster s secretary for payment directly to the camp c. If you do not attend the camp, you will need to reimburse the Boosters the cost of the camp 7. Private Lessons (Pilot program for ) a. Lesson teachers must be approved by SPASD Band Director b. Maximum of $500 use per fiscal year (October 1-September 30) c. 2 weeks before payment is needed, send request to SPBB Vice President (vicepresident@spbb.org) and they will send you a form d. Check will be made out to the private lesson teacher and can be picked up from CHUMS band director, Ian Melrose (ipmelro@sunprairieschools.org) Sun Prairie Band Boosters 11 Play from your Heart

12 April 2015 Band Director Contact Information Sun Prairie High School Steve Sveum Dave Rush Cardinal Heights Upper Middle School Joe Mesner Ian Melrose Patrick Marsh Middle School Chris Gleason Sharon Haraldson Prairie View Middle School Ann Sederquist Matt Quaglieri SPBB Executive Committee President Kris Tazelaar Vice President Steve DeWitt Treasurer Cindy Bortmess Secretary Tracie Ruether SPHS Band Director Steve Sveum CHUMS Band Director Ian Melrose Sun Prairie Band Boosters 12 Play from your Heart

13 April 2015 SPBB's General Committee Information GENERAL and/or BAND SPECIFIC SUPPORT Jazz Tim and Julie Keal Newsletter Tracie Ruether Publicity OPEN Varsity Awards Tammy Weiss FUNDRAISING SUPPORT Concert Host John Clawson Concessions Judy McCafferty Culver s Share Night OPEN Entertainment & Bucky Bks Steve DeWitt CouponBooks@spbb.org Fruit Sale Ann & Bill Nelson FruitSale@spbb.org The Booster Beat is published monthly during the school year, except for the month of December. This newsletter will be delivered electronically. If you prefer to receive this newsletter via US Mail, please send an to the editor at Newsletter@spbb.org. In your , please list your name, your child s name, and which band they are in. If is not an option, please contact your child s band director. Sun Prairie Band Boosters 13 Play from your Heart