Have you heard the familiar strains of holiday music coming from your child's practice sessions? If you haven't, just wait, it's coming within the week! We have started to prepare for our first concert and the bandlings are so pumped up! Things are really starting to get into a groove in the band room (groove, get it?) The students are coming on time, most of them have their practice records filled out and signed and some of the issues we were having with note-reading or embouchures are improving! Time is all it takes. Some of the students were getting so frustrated with themselves after the first few weeks when things started to get harder. As with any new skill, there are periods of rapid improvement and times where things seem to plateau for a while. It's OK! I've been telling them all that next year, full band is every day and the amount of material that we cover in one quarter of the school year is easily covered in less than 2 weeks when they are in middle school. This equals RAPID improvement. Please just continue your child to keep practicing.
CHANGE TO SCHEDULE NEXT WEEK:
Schedules for November and December came home this week. PLEASE NOTE!!! I will be at RGS on TUESDAY next week (11-6-12) and I will be at SGE on WEDNESDAY next week (11-7-12) The SGE 5th graders are going on a field trip on Tuesday, 11-6-12, so I'm switching days so that I don't miss them for lessons and full band.
PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES:
Please come by my room and visit during Parent-Teacher conferences next week! The band room at each school is in the cafeteria. I will probably have music playing, so follow the music! I would be happy to discuss your child's progress in band and show you a demonstration of the program we've been using called Smart Music. The bandlings really like playing with the program and the instant feedback and support is gives is hard to replicate. It would be so great if Santa brought subscriptions to this wonderful program to as many bandlings as possible! I will be at SGE on Wednesday night from 4-8pm and at RGS on Thursday from 12:30-8pm. If you will not be at your child's school during those same times, please call or email and we can work something out.
Have a great weekend! Remember to change your clocks on Sunday. How many bandlings will have an extra hour of practicing in their practice records this week? HA HA, I'll keep dreaming!
Mrs. Storer
815-678-6726
www.mrsstorersbands.weebly.com
astorer@nsd2.com
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