No real changes were made. Here is the final schedule for tonight’s recital. Schedules will be posted near performing spaces but not actual physical programs will be handed out tonight. Both PDFs below contain all info regarding the event.

Recital Night Schedule version 3 

Recital Night Basic Program

For Anyone New to SHS Band – “The Band Recital Night is a Band Concert… sort of.”

Students & Parents, our Solo & Ensemble Recital is Wednesday, February 27 at SHS at 6:00pm. All Bowmen Band, Concert Band, and Wind Ensemble members will be performing a solo or an ensemble piece at this recital. This will be a major event as we have approx. 110 performances throughout the course of the evening! We will have performances happening simultaneously in six separate spaces: 1) PAC, 2) Choir Room, 3) Media Center, 4) Classroom E10, 5) Classroom E13, and 6) Classroom E14.

Students are responsible for:

• Knowing Their Performance Location & Order.
• Communicating performance location & order to parents.
• Warming up prior to performance in the band room.
• Listening to at least 6 other SHS solo or ensemble performances throughout the evening.
• Wearing Concert Attire.
• Practicing & preparing their music to a high level so that it is enjoyable for the audience members.
• Signing up & participating in either the event setup process after school (25 minutes)  OR the cleanup process after the event (20 minutes).

Parents – It will be a great evening with lots of student-prepared music. CHECK WITH YOUR STUDENT SO YOU KNOW WHAT ROOM THEY ARE PERFORMING IN & WHAT ORDER THEY ARE PERFORMING. Each performance length is different; some students have 3 minute performances, others go as long as 9 minutes. Good advice would be to check in with your performance area early to see where they are at on the schedule. There will be performance orders and numbers posted outside each room indicating which musician(s) is/are currently performing.

PLEASE DO NOT THINK OF THIS AS A TRADITIONAL CONCERT. THINK OF THIS AS MORE OF A MUSICAL ART GALLERY. You are allowed to sample from room to room and come and go at an appropriate time that works for your schedule. Please enter and exit performing spaces only during transitions. It will still be a formal performance setting, just more along the lines of a true Solo & Ensemble Festival.

Swingin’ the Green Saturday at the Oregon Golf Club!

• 5:00pm – Jazz Combo Call Time
• 5:30 – Jazz Combo Performs
• 6:30 – Jazz II Call Time/Eat
• 6:40 – SMS performs
• 7:00 – Jazz I Call Time/Eat
• 7:15 – LRMS Performs
• 7:30 – Jazz II  Setup
• 7:45 – Jazz II Performs
• 8:15 – Jazz I Setup
• 8:30 – Jazz I  Performs
• 9:30 – Approx. end of set of Jazz I 

Students are responsible for transportation to and from the event. Students are responsible for transporting their instrument, music, mutes, etc. to the event. Students are free to leave as soon as performing responsibilities are over.

We are loading the small trailer at 8:00pm Friday, March 1st with the following gear needed for Swingin’:

• 2 Keyboards & Amps & Cables & Stands
• Guitar Amp
• Drumset
• 3 Solo Mics & Cables & Stands
• Vibes
• Extension cords for amps
• Music Stands (30)

Our solo & ensemble recital night is being rescheduled to Friday, March 1st from 6-8pm. The big shift OTHER than the date is that we will no longer be using the commons classroom as one of our piano rooms and instead will be using the Media Center space (Colorguard is using the commons to practice).

Recital Night Schedule version 2

Please make sure piano accompanists are updated on the changes. If they can’t make it, then you’ll have to go unaccompanied. Its not ideal but its better than nothing.

Here is the original message that went out a week ago regarding the event itself…

For Anyone New to SHS Band – “The Band Recital Night is a Band Concert… sort of.”

Students & Parents, our Solo & Ensemble Recital is Wednesday, February 27 at SHS at 6:00pm. All Bowmen Band, Concert Band, and Wind Ensemble members will be performing a solo or an ensemble piece at this recital. This will be a major event as we have approx. 110 performances throughout the course of the evening! We will have performances happening simultaneously in six separate spaces: 1) PAC, 2) Choir Room, 3) Media Center, 4) Classroom E10, 5) Classroom E13, and 6) Classroom E14.

FYI – THE PROGRAM ORDER IS POSTED IN THE BAND ROOM. 

Students are responsible for:

• Knowing Their Performance Location & Order.
• Communicating performance location & order to parents.
• Warming up prior to performance in the band room.
• Listening to at least 6 other SHS solo or ensemble performances throughout the evening.
• Wearing Concert Attire.
• Practicing & preparing their music to a high level so that it is enjoyable for the audience members.
• Signing up & participating in either the event setup process after school (25 minutes)  OR the cleanup process after the event (20 minutes).

Parents – It will be a great evening with lots of student-prepared music. CHECK WITH YOUR STUDENT SO YOU KNOW WHAT ROOM THEY ARE PERFORMING IN & WHAT ORDER THEY ARE PERFORMING. Each performance length is different; some students have 3 minute performances, others go as long as 9 minutes. Good advice would be to check in with your performance area early to see where they are at on the schedule. There will be performance orders and numbers posted outside each room indicating which musician(s) is/are currently performing.

PLEASE DO NOT THINK OF THIS AS A TRADITIONAL CONCERT. THINK OF THIS AS MORE OF A MUSICAL ART GALLERY. You are allowed to sample from room to room and come and go at an appropriate time that works for your schedule. Please enter and exit performing spaces only during transitions. It will still be a formal performance setting, just more along the lines of a true Solo & Ensemble Festival.

Dear Parents & Students, We will be rescheduling tonight’s solo & ensemble recital night to either Thursday or Friday depending on facility/accompanist availability.

This is an important event not only because it is an important part to our curricular focus in band, but also because it provides the only prep experience for those performing at the solo and ensemble festival on Saturday at West Linn HS.

If you have a piano accompanist, please keep them in the loop. I will post more info once it becomes available. I expect to know within the next few hours what the plan will be.

Band Members – The boys basketball team has made the playoffs and we are looking to put together a basketball band for tonight Tuesday, February 26th. Come support our team and school culture by contributing your talents! Call time is 6:10pm and Game Time is 7:00pm.

Good evening Band Families and Supporters!

Bidding is now open for EVERYONE! Even if you can’t attend swingin the green, this is a great way you can support the band program.

The Online Auction is NOW OPEN!  Check it out http://www.charityauction.bid/swinginthegreen

With over 50 great online auction items to choose from, you won’t want to miss out.  Even if you are not attending the event, you are still welcome to bid!  Click the link above to register.

LIVE AUCTION AT THE EVENT – Item #1- VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE.  Want to bid on this car but won’t be attending the event?  No problem, click the link above and choose “Register”.  Follow instructions to request a PROXY bidder.

GOLDEN TICKET RAFFLE– Choose your own adventure.  Tickets are $25.  Visit the link above, choose “RAFFLE ITEMS” from the menu.  The winner chooses between these trips:  1) Final Rounds Grass Pass for US OPEN GOLF 2019  2) 3-nights at Edgewood Taho Resort  3) 5-nights at Kalidria Hotel & Thalasso SPA in Castellaneta Marina, Italy.

ONLINE AUCTION – From the link above click on “BID ON AUCTION”:

Item # 45 – Senestraro Family Orthodontics – $1,500 gift card plus waterpik

Item #35 – Three separate $500 gift cards to Ravishing Photography.  The highest (3) bidders win.

Item #25 and 26 – Two night’s stay at the Embarcadero in Newport

Thank you for supporting our band programs.  We couldn’t provide amazing musical opportunities and experiences without your continued support.

Lennae Bishop

Band Booster President

Band Members – The boys basketball team has made the playoffs and we are looking to put together a basketball band for Tuesday, February 26th. Come support our team and school culture by contributing your talents! Call time is 6:10pm and Game Time is 7:00pm.

The girls team also made the playoffs however their game is on Wednesday, during our solo and ensemble recital night. Because of this we will not be putting a band together for that playoff game. That is also a heads up that our parking lot might be a little busier than normal for this Wednesday evening’s performance.