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Parents and Students, read carefully!
1. Any student who has an outstanding band uniform should have turned it in last week before the game. Failing that, you should have returned it immediately on Monday, however about 12 uniforms are still outstanding. How about showing some consideration for Mrs. Evans and her committee and bringing it in right away?

2. This is a message from Mrs. Zimmerman:

I wanted to remind all of you that we are selling poinsettia plants for the holiday season. This fund raiser serves a dual purpose, providing decoration for the stage at the winter concerts and making a small amount of profit for the music programs. the plants are quite large - 3 plants per pot, 7.5 inch pots and 15-18 blooms per pot. I have ordered them in all red, but if you would like another color I could arrange that. The plants will be in a gold foil pot cover and the cost is $18.00. If you are interested, please call or e-mail me by Friday when I have to turn in the order to Walnut Springs Nursery. At the moment we only have about 8 plants ordered and we usually have about 20 plants on the stage. Please don't forget that Sat. is our fruit and muffin delivery day. Frozen cookie dough will also be available for sale. We need students to unload the truck at 7:00 and there is a sign up sheet on the easel in each classroom. We will also need students later in the morning to help customers load their fruit. Pam is trying to end the pick up as close to 11:00 as possible, so please be prompt in picking up your fruit and muffins.

3. I am requiring students who wish to receive a Band Letter to attend two hours of fruit delivery days. I also encourage you all to start selling the December sales. I imagine that more December forms will appear in the band room very soon, and you can take them and arrange for delivery in December. I am taking 6 cases to Virginia when I visit next weekend. I also am delivering the fruit to my son's customers rather than having them pick it up from River Hill, a HUGE selling point. Don't let the lack of money keep you from the New Orleans trip when you have the opportunity to
raise it!

4. LOCKERS Parents - This is the biggest enduring problem in the band room. I require students to bring a combination lock, register it, and KEEP ONLY MUSIC RELATED MATERIALS IN THE LOCKERS. Not only are the unsecured doors an invitation for theft, but several people, including myself, have hit their heads on the opened doors of lockers. I have begun to place MY locks on some of the lockers so that the students have to see me to get their stuff. Some students have larger lockers than they need and I will not hesitate to reassign lockers after this Friday. Tell your child they will be "evicted" if they do not comply!

5. Uniform fees are so overdue! Some people are still behind from marching season!

6. PRACTICE CHARTS ARE HERE! Each student is expected and required to practice a minimum of 60 minutes a week PER ensemble. This means a student in percussion ensemble and band needs 2 hours per week. And yes, Jazz Band is an ensemble.

7. Absences have been a big problem this fall. I wish to make it clear that concerts and rehearsals are a part of the curriculum. WORK is NOT an excused absence, nor a reason to leave early or come late. Missing extracurricular rehearsals such as Jazz Band I or Jazz Band II will result in removal from that ensemble. These are predictable rehearsal times and performances are posted well in advance in the handbook.

8. Tiny Tots Stuff -

I am looking for student volunteers from Symphonic Band, Percussion Ensemble or Guard for the following positions:

A. Guys dressed up in suits like the Gingerbread man, etc.
B. People to lead guys dressed like the Gingerbread man, etc.
C. Elves and Snow sprites to help with seating and management of the kids
D. Narrators - read the script and intro the songs.

You MUST be present for all of the events or not at all. Dates are
December 4-5 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 and Saturday, December 8 from 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM.

For those of you unfamiliar with Tiny Tots, they are concerts with Kid Appeal, shorter songs, seasonal tunes and educational as well. This year they are going to meet the music of Louie Armstrong and Duke Ellington, hear a couple of Hanukkah Songs and a couple of Christmas Songs, get introduced to the instruments and see caricatures of Louie and Duke drawn by our own Erin Swann and the Art Club. We'll get a lot of use of the caricatures for future concerts, I think!

9. Winter Concert Reminders -

December 11 - Symphonic Band
December 14 - Wind Ensemble
January 10 Jazz Ensembles/Percussion Ensembles

10. Seating Auditions must be performed by Friday for Wind Ensemble!

11. The End - Whew!

Enjoy the Thanksgiving Break!

Mr. Wampler



Steven Wampler

Valerie Wampler