Week 11

BRONCO BAND NEWSLETTER  

WEEK 11 (11/13/17 – 11/17/17)

Support the Bronco Band by:

• • donating items for Middle School Solo & Ensemble – Sign Up Genius link here
  • using “Amazon Smile” for your Holiday shopping!
• Search “Coopersville Bronco Band Boosters”
• volunteer to hem high school uniforms – ladies dresses and men’s pants
  • Please send an email to directors@coopersvillebands.org if you are willing and able to hem. Hems need to be done prior to the first concert!
    

5TH GRADE BAND

PRE-CONCERT ASSIGNMENT – Teach an adult attending the concert “Hot Cross Buns” (pg. 8 #19)

• Extra copies of the assignment are available on the website under 5th grade band
• Concert Numbers: #17, #18, #19, #20, #27
• First 5 notes of the Bb Scale (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

5th Informance Concert – Thursday, November 30th –  7:00pm (Students report @ 6:45)

MIDDLE SCHOOL BANDS

PRE-CONCERT ASSIGNMENT (Grades 6, 7, 8) – Due Monday 11/20

• Extra copies available on the band website
  

6th Grade Band – Christmas Fanfare, First Winter’s Sleigh Ride, Up on the Housetop, Diary of a Grumpy Elf, Winter Wonderland

6th Grade Holiday Concert – Tuesday, December 5th – 6:30pm (Students report @ 6:00pm)

7th GRADE BAND – Fanfare for the Season, December Sky, Dazzling Drummers, Sleigh Ride

7th Grade Holiday Concert – Tuesday, December 5th – 7:30 (Students report @ 6:30)

8th GRADE BAND – Flourishing Noels, O Come, O Come Emmanuel, Goin’ on a Sleigh Ride, A Holiday Sing Along

8th Grade Holiday Spectacular – Friday, December 8th – 7:00pm (Students report @ 6:30)

MS SOLO & ENSEMBLE (7th/8th grade) – Saturday, December 2nd – CMS

• Students received copies of their time & it will also be emailed.
  

HIGH SCHOOL BANDS

We will continue to fit freshmen and new band members for uniforms on Tuesday (11/21)

• Parent volunteers needed between 10:15 – 11:15 on 11/21 to help finish fitting students

Symphonic Band –  Salvation is Created, Christmas on Broadway, Russian Christmas Music

Wind Ensemble – Christmas Festival, A Winter’s Carol, Greensleeves

Jazz Band – Moanin’, Big Noise from Winnetka, Birdland, Four Brothers, Song for My Father

High School Holiday Concert (Symphonic, Wind Ensemble & Jazz)

• Tuesday, December 12th 7:00PM

We are in need of a few parents who could help with uniform fitting for the freshmen during the day on their seminar time (B days).

We are also in need of parents that could hem the girls dresses and the boys tux pants.  If you can help with hemming please email us at directors@coopersvillebands.org and let us know when you could pick some up.  We’ll have roughly 60 hems that will need to be put in.

The following link is a SignUpGenius for Uniform Fitting

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080a49a5ad2eabff2-concert