Hello Band parents! A HUGE congratulations to the SGS band on a fantastic concert this past week! I got glowing compliments from not only parents, little old ladies and gentlemen, but from Mr. Pittman and our superintendent, Mr. Oest who attended the program! I thought the band looked and sounded just GREAT and I am a super proud teacher! I am positive that the RGS band will peform similarly next week. I hope you are all as excited as I am!
For those of you who brought your children to the Band Buddies meeting a week ago, what did your bandling think? I have created a little survey to find out the children's thoughts. Click HERE for the survey and please encourage your child to take it. It will take only a few minutes. I think that next time I will have a set due date for forms to be back to me so that I can plan better for who exactly will be there. That way Mr. Stiles (the RB band director) and I can prepare the high schoolers better for exactly what they can be doing. We left it more open ended this time because there was concert music that could be worked on and then we wanted everyone to get to know each other.
How do you and the kids like their band t-shirts? I think they all look so great! A big THANK YOU to Mr. Miller from Sew Hot Threads for making them for us at such a low price!
Before break starts, I will be passing out some extra holiday music for the bandlings to practice over break, if they wish. At my house during the holidays, my parents always had me play Christmas songs. These little concerts really boosted my self-esteem and showed my that my parents like listening to me and thought that band was a good thing. Maybe your family gatherings this Winter break can be enhanced with a concert by your bandling. If you would like extra copies of the music for other family members (cousins, aunts, uncles,etc.) to be able to play along, I'd be happy to send those home too.
Have a wonderful winter break! And please remember to keep enouraging your child to stick with it! I'm a realist! I don't expect everyone to practice hard over break! But, a little nudging in the direction of the instrument and music once or twice during break would be greatly appreciated!
