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Old Events and New Events

I bring to you sad news about our Christmas Concert firldtrip.  I am cancelling it for this year.  In the process of making all necessary arrangements to perform at the Mitchell Park Domes and the Milwaukee Art Museum I received a call from the art museum indicateing that they would no longer host public perfromances there.

The director of events was very sad for us because she knew we had conducted ourselves very well and sounded wonderful last year.  She spoke at length with me about how this did not reflect her opinion, but rather it was felt that the sound interfered with meetings and the like.

So, grades 5-8 will not go on any fieldtrip in December.  Our years of perfroming at the Domes is getting a bit old and I will not persue that venue this year either.

Now for the new event.

St. Paul's Parish School in Genesee Depot started a band program for the first time in their school's history this year.  Former and retired director of bands at Marquette University Dr. Nick Contorno who is a parish member there has been in cummunication with me for a couple of years now about how we structure and run our band program here at St. Mary's.

St. Paul's has invited our bands to visit thier school and perfrom a concert for their new and few band members.  Probably the entire student body aswell.  As Dr. Contorno put it, "We want you to show the kids what they could sound like in the future".  Needless to say how honored I am that we can be such an influence as music ministers to another parish school.

As we prepair for our "Showcase Concert" over January, February and March we will be looking to arrange a time for our performance at St. Paul's.  Probably in March.

It is my hope that I can arrange another demension to our fieldtrip to St. Paul's.  More later as details are arranged.

Vital Information

  •  Performance dates are as follows:

Christmas Concert                  Thursday December 18th          (includes 4th grade band)

Christmas Fieldtrip Concert     Canceled                          

Showcase Concert                  Thursday March 19th                (grades 4 through 8)

Spring Concert                        Thursday May 14th                   (grades 4 through 8)                                                   (All concerts at school begin at 6:30pm)  

  • Band rehearsals are as scheduled:

4th graded Cadet Band          Tuesdays 2:45–3:30pm, first rehearsal 12/02/08

5th grade Concert Band         Mondays 2:45–3:30pm, first rehearsal 9/15/086–8th grade Wind Ensemble   Wednesdays 2:45–3:30pm, first rehearsal 9/17/08(Thursdays are extra rehearsal days, to be arranged and communicated prior to rehearsals)Jazz Ensemble                        Thursdays 11:10 –11:30am, first rehearsal TBA
  • Guidelines: 
     Please communicate to the school office or to me directly any scheduled after school absences such as dentist appointments or the like.  Remember that I am responsible for the kids during these after school times, and knowing their whereabouts is very important.       Occasionally lessons are missed due to fieldtrips taken by homerooms or other ‘in school’ functions.  A good faith effort will be made to make up these lessons. 

     You may pay the entire year’s tuition all at once, or send your payment on the installment dates.  The option is entirely yours.  Timely payment is important.  Try not to be late.  I rely on your good efforts.  However, if any special circumstance should arise and paying the band tuition on time is not possible, please communicate with me right away.