Bulldog band news. That gives us from now until then to pack everything up for the move!

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1 Bulldog band news December 3, 2017 That gives us from now until then to pack everything up for the move! It s official!! We have a moving date! Here is what we know: We will be moving everything but the large Furniture into the new space December 13-15, 2017 Lockers must be empties of all personal items by 2:25 pm December 12, Personal instruments must be taken home over the winter holiday. School instruments that are checked out and are the sole instrument as student has access to (i.e. no additional instrument at home) should be taken home over the winter holiday. This includes anything in the cabinets. If it is yours and it is in the band room, TAKE IT HOME! When do we need help? We will take any and all help during the day (7:25 am to 2:25 pm) December 13-15, We are inquiring about our ability to extend hours on the evening of the 14 th and will keep everyone posted. There is a lot of things to pack so please plan to come and help, even if it is only for a few hours. We are so excited to finally move into our new space and start the new year off strong. We don t have a lot of time to move and need everyone to pitch in and help. This is an exciting time for the music program! PLEASE NOTE: There will be NO band booster meeting this month. Our next booster meeting will be January 10, 2018 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. Please plan to attend as we have lots to discuss!! Oh, and we will be in the NEW BAND ROOM!!!!! See you there! Dates to Remember 12/4 Jazz Band The Cooperage 12/13-15 Moving days!!

2 Things you should know Solo & Ensemble Solo & Ensemble is coming up on April 14 th. That may sound like a long way off, but now is the time to express interest in performing a solo. This is a great way to grow as a musician and earn points towards your band letter. Sign up at (also found on the website under the Band Competition Information tab. Chamber Ensembles This is the final week for chamber ensemble rehearsals. Woodwinds: Monday 12/4 2:45 to 3:30 pm Zero Hour Group: Wednesday 12/6 6:30 to 7:15 am Brass: Wednesday 12/6 2:45 to 3:30 pm PRACTICE LOGS FINAL WEEK!! (for this semester) The expectation is 30 minutes/6 days a week, or 3 hours per week, divided as needed by the student. The most important part of the log is the reflective portion practicing with thought. Much more important that the time, is the thought. Hard copies will be provided Monday in class but are always available electronically on Ms. Stott s website! Last Log due 12/11/17!!! Chair Placements Symphonic Band Chair Placements for 2 nd semester will take place during our finals block (Wednesday 12/13) 9:30 to 11:30 am. Each audition will be timed to exactly 2 minutes and should consist of: 2 Octave Chromatic Scale (ascending & descending) Excerpts from All-State Etudes (first 8 bars of each) Congratulations to our All-State Musicians! Concert Band: Claire Kelly Theo Nichols If you need help with your audition, sign up for help on Ms. Stott s office door she will have time available M, W, Th, F after school this week from 2:45 to 3:45 pm, as well as zero hours fi scheduled in advance. Jazz Band: Claire Kelly Theo Nichols Will Crockett (alternate)

3 Symphonic Band Basketball Game #1 (only 1 this semester!!) Thursday, December 7, to 9 pm Winds, Drumline, and Drum set will be utilized, as well as welcoming and string players who would like to learn our tunes. Call time is 6 pm at Portable B-3 Warm-Up, tune, move over to gym Varsity game will begin at approximately 7 pm Student Dismissal/Pick-Up at 9 pm Wear green band shirts and blue jeans, khakis, or black slacks Ribbon Cutting Ceremony New Building Grand Opening Performance Tuesday, December 12, 2017 Student Call Time 4:45 pm Warm up in Band Room (Pep Band) Performance 5:30 to 6 pm Ribbon Cutting Ceremony 6 to 6:30 pm o Fight song at end Dismissal/Free to tour new building 6:45 to 8:30 pm Attire TBA Our last official day in the portables will be Friday, December 15 and when we return from Winter Break, we will begin meeting in our new rehearsal space!!! Barnes & Noble Fundraiser and Performance Saturday, December 16, 2017, 1-4 pm Coronado Center Student Call Time 1 pm We will wear black slacks and green band shirts for this performance. Holiday apparel and hats are allowed and encouraged. The Pep Band will perform first, 1-1:30 pm Chamber Groups will alternate performances 1:30 to 3:30 pm Pep band will finish out the performance block, 3:30 to 4 pm Dismissal 4 pm

4 pm Ribbon Cutting Ceremony New Building Grand Opening Performance Tuesday December 12, 2017 Student Call Time 4:45 pm Warm up in band room (the new one!!) Performance 5:30 to 6 pm Ribbon Cutting Ceremony 6-6:30 pm: Dismissal/Free to tour new building 6:45 to 8:30 pm Call time 5:30 pm Jazz Concert Itinerary Arrive dressed in Concert Black Black slacks or skirt Black dress shirt or polo (no additional colors or designs) Black dress shoes Green or black tie optional Bring the following: Your instrument (trumpets, flute, clarinet, alto saxes) and accessories (mutes, reeds, brushers, sticks) Your music A booklight if you have one o We intend to play on i{ads but having a Plan B is key! Barnes & Noble Fundraiser and Performance Barnes & Coronado Center Friday, December 15, 2017 Student Call Time 5 pm We will set up in the atrium, warm up, play a full set, take a 20 minute break, then play a second set, for a total time commitment of approximately 2.5 hours. We will wear black slacks and green band shirts for this performance. Holiday apparel and hats are allowed and encouraged. 5:30-6 pm unload the truck and set the stage 6-6:15 pm warm up and tune 6:15-7 pm Concert Performance 7-7:30 pm Concert performance 7-7:30 pm Load the truck 7:30 pm Dismissal, students free to join families for dinner, etc. The Cooperage is located at 7220 Lomas Blvd, NE, just east of Louisiana. A full menu will be available for your dining pleasure. Dismissal approximately 7:30 pm

5 A great big THANK YOU to all the students that brought baked goods to the Prism Concert on Thursday night. It was a huge success! We made over $1200 that night!! WOW! Thank you to all of the students and parents that helped set up before the concert and sell items afterwards. It was wonderful to see everyone work together to make it a success. If you have not put your name on the sign up sheet on the website, please do so as soon as possible. That is the only way to credit students for their participation. Don t worry about the price range, just make sure your student s name is on one of the sheets so we can credit the account. We were also lucky enough to sell the remainder baked good on Saturday at the Monte Vista Mercado and made over $200. Thanks to the volunteers that helped with that event (Nora Aragon-Gallegos, Dovya Friedman, and Mary Favero). We want to give a shout-out to Tortuga Gallery (and Janet Harmon for setting up the opportunity) for allowing us to sell baked goods during their gallery opening this weekend as well. If you haven t had the chance, check out an art show at the gallery. It is located at 901 Edith Blvd SE. Thanks to Janet Harmon, Silvia Avalos, Gwendy Brawley, Kimberly Brawley, and Kaia Bigej-Nunley. Wreaths should be arriving this week. As soon as we have a definite date, we will send out a notice to let students know when to pick them up. They will need to be picked up from the Fox s house. Candle orders have been submitted. As soon as we have a delivery date, we will let you know! Keep your eyes on your for important delivery information. If you have any pistachio order forms out still, please send them in to school by Tuesday so we can get them ordered!! You can a copy of the form to the band . Don t forget to promote our HoneyBaked Ham fundraiser! Students get the full 20% earned on card sales. Get creative on promoting these cards! Have any good fundraising ideas? Want to help organizes fundraisers? Contact Michelle Fox at ahsnews@gmail.com or Shop on Amazon? Use Amazon Smiles when you shop and they will donate to the band. Just select Albuquerque High School Bulldog Band Boosters as the organization and then shop as you would normally. Every little bit helps.

6 Calling all Photographers Do you have pictures from this year? Well, we are looking for all of your photographs! At the end of the year performance, we show a photo montage and would love to include your photos. Here is how you can get them to us: Login to Snapfish.com ID: ahsbandnews@gmail.com Password: Bedtime17 Look for a folder that already represents your pictures (March-a-thon, Summer Band, Football games, etc.) Don t see the right folder? Just start one and then everyone can add pictures to it too! Add the pictures shortly after the event, if possible, since we work on the slideshow all year long. It can be done in one night, but then we are REALLY tired!! Band Assessment Costs (or BACs for short) We now have another option to pay your BACs. At any event where we are selling items, you are welcome to use your credit card to pay your student s BAC. We now use Square to process credit card payments. Please be aware that there is an additional cost of 2.5% added to your payment to cover the fee that Square charges the account. We are always looking for easier ways for families to pay their BACs and wanted to be sure you were aware of this option. Dee and Peter Burton (pokadotdee@msn.com) work hard to ensure that the BACs are correct, but please don t hesitate to ask if you have any questions. Do you have any questions? Trouble uploading pictures? Just sent us a message to the band . PAYPAL Are you paying your BACs through PayPal? If so, we need your help. When you make a payment, please put your student s name and what the money is for in the comment section. This helps us accurately credit your account. Another thing to keep in mind when paying via PayPal is that PayPal charges 2.5% of the total that you send to the band. So, if you send $100 to the band, we only receive $97.50 and that is what we are going to credit to your account. Please keep this in mind when using PayPal. If you have made a payment this way, and it has not shown up on your BAC, please ahsbandnews@gmail.com.

7 Student Entrepreneurs Kenna McNeil Kenna is selling delicious pies of various flavors (pumpkin, apple, pecan, lemon meringue, and others) for the holidays. They are delicious!! They sell for $15 each and she is taking orders. If you are interested in purchasing one (or three) just the band newsletter. Kaia Begij-Nunley Kaia has beautiful oreo truffles for sale. They are $8 per box or two boxes for $15. If you didn t see them at the Prism bake sale, you missed seeing how beautiful (and tasty) they are. Contact her through the band . Crista Candelaria Crista and her dad make amazing tamales. They sold like hot cakes at the Prism concert. She is selling chicken with green chile and pork with red chile at $15 per dozen. Order yours through the band . We have several students that are paying their way to Chicago by selling food items. I have tried items from all three girls, and their stuff is delicious! I will be buying more items from each of them for the holidays. If you are interested in purchasing from them, please contact me at the band and I will pass their contact information on to them. If you are a student that wants to sell food items, contact me at the band and give me details on you product and pricing and I will include you in next week s newsletter. Thanks! Winterguard Winterguard starts this week with fundamentals workshops: Tuesday 12/5 4-5 pm Strength and Conditioning/Intro to Dance Wednesday 12/6 4-5 pm Flag Fundamentals o Bring black and white electrical tape Thursday 12/7 4-5 pm Rifle Fundamentals Friday 12/8 4-5 pm Sabre Fundamentals We have not finalized the schedule for rehearsals yet, but will communicate the full season schedule in full when locked in! Thank you Kiegel Family for hosting our bag folding night!! It was a great time and we got them all folded!

8 Volunteer Ever wondered how you could help? Well, this page is dedicated to all of the volunteer opportunities available. While this week may have many marching band volunteer needs right now, there will be many more opportunities to help. All sign-ups are on the band website: new.ahsmightybulldogband.org. HELP NEEDED TO MOVE THE BULLDOGS Please consider helping with packing and moving the band room on December during the school day. We need all the help we can get! There will be a sign-up sheet on the Volunteer page (sign up before or after you help). HELP NEEDED FOR THE FAROLITO RUN We need student and parents to sign up for the Farolito Run on Dec. 16. We will be sanding bags that morning and manning the course that afternoon/evening. It is a fun event and they hand out hot chocolate and pozole. Plus, Santa will be there. We need drivers with trucks to help set up the farolitos and pick them up later. Sign-up at the Volunteer Sign-Up tab on the website. THANK YOU Cammie Nichols for manning the BAC box at the Prism concert and The Jazz Band Concert. HELP NEEDED FOR BARNES & NOBLE We still have slots that need to be filled for the Barnes & Noble fundraiser Dec This is an easy event to work and earn some money for the BAC and the band. We will be handing out balloons, manning a bookmark making table, and encouraging shoppers to mention us at checkout so we get a portion of their sales. Sign-up at the Volunteer Sign-Up tab on the website. Opportunities

9 Support Albuquerque High School Music this holiday season by purchasing a HoneyBaked Ham gift card. Purchasing is as easy as 1, 2, 3 1. Visit 2. Select gift cards in increments of $10, $25, $50, or $100. Buy as many as you like and pay online. They will be mailed directly to your house. 3. If you know a student in the music program at Albuquerque High School (Band, Orchestra, or Choir) designate them in Donation Credit section at Checkout. They will appreciate your support!! Don t know any students in the music program but want to support us anyway? Just leave that section blank and we will apply it to the general fund. AHS Music program has a goal of $10,000 in gift cards sold for this fundraiser and appreciate your support of our program. Gift cards can be used to purchase items from the HoneyBaked Ham catalog too! Make your Holiday dinner a little easier with delicious food from HoneyBaked Ham! Order today!! Fundraiser ends December 15, 2017 so order now!

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