Falls Band Beat A Tradition of Pride and Excellence through Music

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1 Fall 2016 A Tradition of Pride and Excellence through Music Dates to remember: Oct. 28 Band banquet reservations are due Oct. 31 Fall Concert Band concert, 7 p.m., CFHS auditorium Nov. 3 One More Time concert, 7 p.m., CFHS Auditorium Nov. 4 Band banquet, 6 p.m., CFHS cafeteria High School Corner Nov. 15 Mandatory trip meeting, 6:30-7 p.m., followed by IMP meeting In this issue: Jazz Ensemble 2 IMP President 3 Uniform Updates 4 Mark Your Calendars 6 Best Band Contest 7 For Cuyahoga Falls instrumental students in grades 6-12 Marching Band Updates We are thankful for many great performances this season, including 10 football games, our home band show, the Kent Roosevelt Band Show, Jackson Band Show, Massillon Band Show, the upcoming Copley Exhibition Performance, and other special events. While the regular season is winding down, we do still have two more exciting performances for the Tiger Band! Lake Erie Monsters Game We will perform at the Lake Erie Monsters game on Saturday, Nov. 19. While we are only permitted a certain number of students on the ice, we would love ALL marching band students to attend the game regardless of whether or not they get to march. If they haven t already, please have your freshman or sophomore student sign-up to go so we can reserve tickets. The ticket cost will be covered by the IMP. Continued on page 2

2 7 O Clock Jazz Ensemble Seven O Clock Jazz Ensemble is a group open to all band students in grades nine through 12. We perform at the high school band concerts throughout the school year, as well as at special events. The ensemble rehearses 7 to 7:35 a.m. before the school day starts, and we would love to see some committed individuals starting in November! In preparation for the December concert, the upcoming rehearsal dates are listed below. November/December 2016 Dates: McDonald s Thanksgiving Day Parade November is fast approaching and soon we will be marching in the Chicago Thanksgiving Day Parade! Those going on the trip should have $600 in their trip account at this time. On Tuesday, Nov. 15, from 6:30 to 7 p.m., there is a mandatory trip meeting for both students and parents of students going on the trip. This will be followed by the monthly IMP meeting. Departure time for Chicago will be at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 23. Students should plan to bring their luggage and necessary items for the trip with them to school on Wednesday. The projected return time is approximately 8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 26. For more trip details, please visit the band website, We are excited to offer the students this unique experience! OMEA Solo & Ensemble for High School Students Solo & Ensemble is happening early this year on Saturday, Jan. 20. Due to this early date, the deadline for all entries will be Friday, Dec. 2. The high school band directors will have entry forms for the students once concert band season begins. Students planning to perform a solo at this event should be taking private lessons unless other arrangements have been made with the band directors. Wednesday, Nov. 9 Friday, Nov. 11 Wednesday, Nov. 16 Friday, Nov. 18 Monday, Nov. 2 Wednesday, Nov. 30 Friday, Dec. 2 Wednesday, Dec. 7 Friday, Dec. 9 Monday, Dec Courtney Lambert High School Concert Band This year the Freshmen, Gold, Black, and Symphonic Bands will be performing at several high school concerts, as well as at OMEAsanctioned events. Students have already been fitted for a concert band uniform they are required to wear for each of the band s appearances. Under the uniform, we ask students to provide a white shirt with no writing on it and black shorts. Additionally, boys must wear black socks and the band shoe or black dress shoes, and girls must wear black flat dress shoes. Please see the required performance dates listed on page 6. --Courtney Lambert 2

3 Quarter notes Alumni Band Pride Alumni officers include the following: President - Mark Bowers Vice President - Steve Meitus Treasurer - John Walk Secretary - Mike Price --Mark Bowers, President The Pride Alumni One More Time We need your help! Any volunteers interested in helping at the One More Time Performance (on Thursday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m.), please contact me at kitkkkr@aol.com. Thank you in advance! --Kittie Borton Car washes pave the path to Chicago Thank you to everyone who helped with the car washes this summer. The kids and the parents worked hard, but also had a lot of fun too. Together, we raised $4,629, which will be applied towards the total cost of our trip to Chicago. --Terri Criss aka, Bubbles McGee A word from our president Hello Band Family, Welcome to the Cuyahoga Falls Band Family! There has been so much activity since June with the Tiger Band. A new class of musicians has joined the high school band, and we are so glad to have all of the new students join us. We are also welcoming a new class of musicians in the sixth grade. It is so exciting to start playing an instrument, and, before we know it, they will be playing songs familiar to all of us at their first concert in December. Marching band has been working hard since June, but the season is quickly coming to an end. There have been band shows, football games, and other events throughout the summer and fall. The students have been working hard, and, as a result, the kids look amazing this year! Please consider coming to the One More Time concert on Tuesday, Nov. 4, to see them perform all of the music from the 2016 season. Another great event will be at the Lake Erie Monsters game on Nov. 19. Juniors and seniors will be marching on the ice after the first period of the game. Please see the flyer for more details and ticket information. For each ticket sold, the band will receive a portion of the sale. Be sure to tune into WGN on Thanksgiving Day for the Thanksgiving Parade where our own Marching Tiger Band will be performing. We are excited to share their talents with the people of Chicago and beyond. The Fall Concert Band has been working together since the start of the school year and will be performing at the high school on Monday, Oct. 31. I hope to see a lot of the band family there to support these talented musicians. In December, we will have the opportunity to hear all of the bands from middle school and high school during the Holiday Concerts. It takes so many volunteers to make a program of our caliber successful. We had more than 60 volunteers help for the Preview of Bands band show in August. The rain held off, and we had a great show. I was so proud of the freshmen who had never performed the show in front of an audience until that night. There were a lot of nerves, but they did it! In September, we had our annual Tag Day Fundraiser and more than 80 volunteers helped make it a huge success. The 2016 Tag Day was the most successful ever, and we 3

4 could not have done it without the volunteers. In addition, I want to recognize and thank another large group of volunteers, the parents who help with uniform fittings. Marching Band fittings took place in July and Fall Concert Band in September. The uniforms have to be fitted, tailored, and sized to fit all 250 students. This is no small feat, and I want to thank all of you who have helped this season. We have a few ongoing fundraisers to help the program. Although the 2017 Entertainment Book sale is over, I do have some books still available for those interested. I have both the Cleveland and Akron area books, and each is $30. If interested, please or contact me and I would be happy to get a book to you. We also are collecting Acme receipts through the end of December. The Community Cash Back was a great success last year and, with your help, it can be again. Please save your receipts and ask family, friends, and neighbors to also save their receipts for us. Simply send them in with your student and place them in the Acme receipt boxes in the band rooms. We are also recycling computer ink cartridges. The small ones that most of us use at home are actually the best to recycle, but we take all ink cartridges. The company does not recycle toner so ink cartridges only please. Cartridges can be dropped off in the band rooms and there are also yellow recycle bins in the water closet at the high school. Finally, we are having our calendar fundraiser for the Marching Tiger Band. This is a 2017 glossy calendar including professional pictures of all of the sections. Please see the flyer for more information. A sample will be available at the IMP meeting, One More Time concert, and the band banquet. The deadline to order your calendar is Friday, Nov. 5, at the Marching Band Banquet. I hope you are enjoying the instrumental music program and would like to see you at the Instrumental Music Patron (IMP) meetings. The meetings are the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the high school band room. (Due to the holidays, there is no meeting held in December.) There is always a lot of great information shared at these meetings, and we would love to see you get involved. We have a lot of fun and make many lifelong friends through our children. I hope you have been enjoying our kids as much as I do. They bring a smile to my face every time I am with them and watch them perform. I am so proud to be a part of this family. Have a wonderful holiday season! --Trish Enos Recycle your ink cartridges into cash for IMP IMP is collecting used printer ink cartridges. We receive money back from Cartridge World to go toward our general fund. Please drop off your used cartridges by the marching band water closet (across from the band room). The small ones from personal printers actually yield the highest return, but we ll also take your printer cartridges from work. Please encourage friends, co-workers, family, and neighbors to participate. It s good for the music program and the environment. Any questions? Please text me at Thank you to everyone who has dropped off cartridges already. I ll be heading over to Cartridge World soon! --Susan Spinner

5 Updates from the Uniform Moms Marching Band The uniform parents would like remind marching band kids to take spats, gloves, and socks home for cleaning. A fresh, white appearance adds very nice details to the uniform. It is also recommended that you keep an eye on those shoes. Mud streaks and clumps are part of the season, but kids can clean them outside with a brush to loosen stuck mud. We do have black shoe polish once the shoes are clean. Please remember tall white socks, band t-shirts, spats, and white gloves. We do continue to sell these items in the hallway before performances. Concert Band Fall Concert Band: The first performance is at the end of the month. Just a reminder: Boys are in tuxes and need all-white t-shirts, calflength black socks, and all-black shoes for each performance. Girls in Freshman, Gold, or Black bands should wear all-white t-shirts, athletic shorts, and black flats (black soles, please). The girls will put their blouses and long black skirts on over top. Girls in Symphonic Band should wear a scoop-neck t-shirt, athletic shorts, and black flats (black soles, please). We ask that the girls are in black flats for their own safety because they are moving up and down stairs, carrying instruments, and music folders...any heel will make this dangerous. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us or have your student find us at closet 10. We would also like to thank the directors/parents who step up and help the kids look as good as they sound. This includes bleacher cleaning(!), organizing, and inventorying uniforms after cleanings or rain events, moving racks of uniforms, label making, and more. It does take a community of help, and we are always grateful. --The Uniform Parents IMP Officers Trish Enos, President trishenos@gmail.com Kalli Alvis, 1 st Vice President kallalvis@gmail.com Therese Dunphy, 2 nd Vice President tldunphy@neo.rr.com Tom Anderson, Treasurer imptreasurer@yahoo.com Susan Spinner, Secretary u sspinner@fortiscollege.ed Keep track of your Acme receipts Be sure to save your Acme receipts. The deadline for this year s earnings is Dec. 31. You can turn in receipts at any band room. Or, you can turn them into me at a Thursday night practice or an IMP meeting. --Kathy Emnett Carol Hillyer: chillyerfive@gmail.com Cheryl Warren: cherylr8@yahoo.com Mary Beth Alspaugh: docmb@att.net

6 Band Director Directory Mrs. Jennifer Culver Department Chair, Fall Concert Band, Black Band, Gold Band, Music Theory, Music History, Adaptive Music Appreciation , x Mr. Dustin Harris Marching Band, Symphonic Band, Gold Band, Pit Orchestra, Pep Band , x Ms. Courtney Lambert Marching Band, Freshmen Band, 7:00 Jazz Band, Percussion Ensemble , x Mrs. Amy Bertleff Bolich Middle School , x Mr. Jim Lang Roberts Middle School, Gold Tones Jazz Orchestra , x Mark Your Calendars! The following is the list of required performances for CFHS Concert Bands. Monday, Oct. 31 Fall Concert Band Concert 7 p.m. CFHS Auditorium Thursday, Nov. 3 One More Time 7 p.m. Marching Tiger Band, CFHS Auditorium Tuesday, Nov. 15 Mandatory Trip Meeting 6:30-7 p.m. All band students (and parents) going to Chicago CFHS Auditorium Monday, Dec.12 CFHS Holiday Concert #1 7 p.m. High School Concert/Jazz Bands TBA CFHS Auditorium Tuesday, Dec. 13 CFHS Holiday Concert #2 7 p.m. High School Concert/Jazz Bands TBA CFHS Auditorium Monday, Dec. 19 Bolich M.S. Holiday Concert 7 p.m. Bolich 6 th, 7 th, & 8 th Grade Bands CFHS Auditorium Tuesday, Dec. 20 Roberts M.S. Holiday Concert 7 p.m. Roberts 6 th, 7 th, & 8 th Grade Bands, CFHS Auditorium Wednesday, Jan. 18 All-City Band Concert 7 p.m. All Bands in the Cuyahoga Falls District CFHS Auditorium Saturday, Jan. 20 OMEA High School Solo & Ensemble 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Select Individuals & Groups Specific Times TBA, Firestone High School Tuesday, Feb. 28 Pre-Contest Concert #1 7 p.m. High School Concert Bands TBA, CFHS Auditorium Wednesday, March 1 Pre-Contest Concert #2 7 p.m. High School Concert Bands TB, CFHS Auditorium Friday, March 10 OMEA High School Large Group 2:40-11 p.m. All High School Bands Specific Time TBA, CFHS Auditorium Wednesday, March 15 All-City Percussion Dress Rehearsal 6-9 p.m. Percussion Only, CFHS Auditorium Thursday, March 16 All-City Percussion Concert 7 p.m. Percussion Only, CFHS Auditorium

7 Vote for CF Marching Tiger Band In case you ve missed the social media deluge, our marching band is in the final round of The Plain Dealer s Best Bands in Northeast Ohio competition. Go to bereamidpark_vs_cuyahoga_fall.html#incart_s pecial-report and cast your vote. You can vote once per hour, per device, through Wednesday, Oct. 19, at 7 a.m. To help inspire you, here are some of the many great memes posted by our band parents. (Great job folks!) This is a great way to share the contest on social media as you continue to ask friends, family, and community to support the band. Go Cuyahoga Falls Marching Tiiiiiger Band! --Therese Dunphy

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9 INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PATRONS OF CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO 2016/ IMP Patron Form The purpose of IMP is to provide money and support for instrumental music in the Cuyahoga Falls public schools. All parents of children in any instrumental music program are members of IMP: however anyone interested in maintaining and improving the quality of the music program in our schools may become a member. The IMP benefits all Falls public school bands by the purchase and care of uniforms, instrument repairs, scholarships, purchasing new music, school instrument repair, social and recreational activities, and providing chaperones and other necessities that the Board of Education is unable to provide under Ohio State Law. The IMP supports the 800 plus band students in our program through a variety of fundraisers, including, this Patron Program, Band Shows, Tag Day, Patron Drives, Car Washes, sales of Entertainment Books, ipad Raffle and various other events throughout the year. We need both your time and financial support to help maintain the high standard of excellence for which the Tiger Band Is known. Join us or send your contribution or Patron check to IMP today! Become a sponsor of the IMP and reserve a place in our programs for recognition of your support. Music students who have graduated less than 4 years ago may become an Alumni Patron for $ The following levels of support will be included in our printed music programs: $25.00 Patron, $50.00 Gold Level Patron, $75.00 Black Level Patron, $ Honor Level Patron, $ or more Director s Level Patron. Your donation is tax deductible. Patrons in the Honor Level will receive a pass to enter all IMP musical events free of charge. Patrons at the Director s Level will receive 2 passes to all IMP musical events. Free events must be sponsored by the IMP. Other non-instrumental groups such as the M&M s, Spring Musical and band shows at other locations are not included. Sincerely, Trish Enos, President Instrumental Music Patrons Music students who have graduated less than 4 years ago may become an Alumni Patron for $ The following levels of support will be included in our printed music programs; $25.00 Patron, $50.00 Gold Level Patron, $75.00 Black Level Patron, $ Honor Level Patron, $ or more Director s Level Patron. Make checks payable to the IMP. Mail to: Instrumental Music Patrons (IMP) Cuyahoga Falls High School C/O Mr. Dustin Harris th Street Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio Name: Address: City, State, Zip: Phone: Alumni Patron Gold Black Honor Director

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11 Date: Fri. Nov. 4 Time: 6 PM CFHS cafeteria Cost per person $10.00(including students/band members) To reserve tickets return form with payment to Kalli Alvis, th St, CF Buffet Menu Stuffed & Oven Roasted Chicken Breast, Baked Penne Marinara, Roasted Red Skin Potatoes, Green Bean Almondine, Italian Pasta Salad, Fresh Rolls & Butter, Beverage Service (menu may change slightly) *As it is tradition please bring a dessert to share. *Don t forget your Squad gifts NAME How many per person will be having dinner Total Amount. Cash or check (please put students name on the memo line on the check if your last names are different) Checks payable to the - IMP Check here if you will only be enjoying and sharing dessert with us RETURN this form with your payment by Fri. Oct, 28th to Kalli Alvis, th St, CF or Cut form along line, place invite and payment in the locker 10 in Schools Band Room Any questions call or alvistg@sbcglobal.net

12 Cuyahoga Falls Night with the Cleveland Monsters! Join us for the game and cheer on the Cuyahoga Falls High School Marching Band performing! Saturday, November 19 th, 2016 at 5:00 PM Quicken Loans Arena-Cleveland, OH SPECIAL OFFER! Discounted tickets for all friends and family of CFHS! $18.00 per ticket o Portion of proceeds will benefit Cuyahoga Falls High School Marching Band What s Going On? Cleveland Monsters vs. Milwaukee Admirals Postgame Skate presented by Hudec Dental Kids Day Castaway Bay Pass for 1 st 1,000 kids (14 and under) Cuyahoga Falls High School Marching Band performing on the ice during the 1 st intermission! To Order Tickets: Please visit Questions? Call Jessica Kelly at the Lake Erie Monsters at (216) All orders are subject to availability. No ticket required for children under the age of two. Video cameras are not allowed in Quicken Loans Arena. Offer and discounts not available at arena box office. No refunds or exchanges. Tickets will be delivered via Flash Seats! Jessica Kelly W: E: jkelly@theqarena.com