Thursday, May 19, 2011

SPRING CONCERT 2011

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Event:SPRING CONCERT
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Date:
Thursday, June 2, 2011
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Times:

Night Concert:
6:00 PM
[CALL TIME (when performers are to arrive):
5:15 to the cafeteria]
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Day Concert:
TIMES TO BE ARRANGED
There will be an amended school schedule for that day.
Times are to be arranged and I will notify students when I get the specifics.
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Place:
GRANADA MIDDLE SCHOOL
OUTSIDE STAGE IN FRONT OF THE CIRCLE AREA
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What to Wear at the Evening Concert:
(Purple ties to be supplied)
GIRLS:
Plain dark skirt or pants/white blouse (preferably with collar)

BOYS:
Plain dark pants/white shirts (preferably with collar)
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DRESS REHEARSAL:
TUESDAY, MAY 31, 2011
6th Period 12:32-1:15
Teachers of all student participants for this rehearsal will be notified of the students that may be excused from Period 6 for this day only. Students must make-up all work missed. Any teacher may determine if a student is not eligible to be excused for this rehearsal due to classroom obligations.
DRESS REHEARSAL DIRECTIONS:
PERIOD 4 STUDENTS:
Set-up chairs and music stands, pass out music booklets, etc. according to directions to be handed out.
Get instruments from behind the stage where we left them on Friday.
Leave cases in the cafeteria.
Find assigned seats (see seating chart).
Sit quietly and wait for tuning.
Practice songs in performance order.
At the end of period 4, students not in Room 43 homeroom, will put away their instruments and place their cases backstage in the cafeteria.
Students who are in Room 43 homeroom will remain on the outside stage for practice
Before being dismissed for lunch put away instruments and place cases backstage in the cafeteria.
PERIOD 5 STUDENTS:
Pick-up instruments from behind the stage where we left them on Friday.
Leave cases and backpacks in the cafeteria) and go to seats for practice.
Stage area should already be set-up from Period 4
Find assigned seats (see seating chart)
Sit quietly and wait for tuning.
Practice songs in performance order.
PERIOD 6:
Period 5 students remain seated.
Students from the Period 4 and Homeroom classes (and soloists) will join the period 5 class on the outside stage for practice.
Students from Period 4 and Homeroom are to pick-up instruments from behind the stage.
Leave cases and backpacks in the cafeteria.
Find assigned seats (see seating chart).
Sit quietly and wait for tuning.
Practice songs in performance order.
After the bell rings:
All students are to each take their own instrument, chair, and stand back into the cafeteria behind the stage.
Period 5 students to help put away remaining equipment according to the direction hand-out.
AGAIN: All instruments are to be put away in cases and stored behind the stage for Wednesday’s rehearsal.
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PLEASE BE PREPARED TO BE A FEW MINUTES LATE
BEING DISMISSED TO GO HOME
CONCERT SONG ORDER:
DAY (SCHOOL) CONCERT:
(Due to limited concert time we will play only 5 songs but will play all of them for the evening concert.)

01. “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” ……….Greenday
02. “A Year With Out Rain”……….Toby Gad, Lindy Robbins Gad
03. “Imagine”……….John Lennon
04. “Numb”……….Linkin Park
05. “Paparazzi”……….Lady GaGa

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EVENING (PARENT) CONCERT:
01. “21 Guns” ……….Greenday
02. “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” ……….Greenday
03. “Cielito Lindo”……….Traditional Mariachi
04. “Las Mananitas”……….Traditional Mariachi
05. “A Year With Out Rain”………. Toby Gad, Lindy Robbins Gad
06. “Pachelbel Canon”……….Johann Pachelbel (Piano Solo: Cara Gleich)
07. “Imagine”……….John Lennon
08. “Numb”……….Linkin Park
09. Dear You……….Haru (Piano Solo: Joselynn Gosse'tte)
10.Hoedown”……….Traditional/arr. Endriss
11. “Legends of the Fall”……….James Horner
12. “Paparazzi”……….Lady GaGa
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*****PLEASE REMEMBER*****
PARTICIPATION AT THE CONCERT IS MANDATORY FOR THE 4TH and 5TH PERIOD STRINGS CLASS AND IS A MAJOR PART OF THE MUSIC GRADE. NON-PARTICIPATION WITHOUT A PARENT OR GUARDIAN SIGNED/WRITTEN LEGITIMATE EXCUSE WILL MEAN THAT THE FINAL GRADE WILL BE LOWERED OR A MAKE-UP ASSIGNMENT WILL BE REQUIRED TO AVOID THE LOWERING OF THAT GRADE.