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All State Band Honorees

On Saturday, over 2000 students auditioned to be a member of the 2012 All-State Band. The band is comprised of just over 100 musicians and will perform at the Missouri Music Educators Convention in January.
It was a historic year for the LSWHS band program as it’s highest number of students were selected since we opened the school. Please congratulate the following for being selected:

Courtney Bingham, oboe (alternate)
Joelle Beusterien, 18th chair clarinet
Allyssa DeJarnette, 23rd chair clarinet
Josiah Bardy, 4th chair alto saxophone
Kayla Shaeffer, baritone saxophone (alternate)
Sawyer Harmon, 5th chair tuba
Dan Ratigan, 4th chair snare drum option
Dan Ratigan, 2nd chair timpani option

The following student was selected to the 2012 Missouri All State Jazz Band, which is comprised of the best 20 jazz musicians in the state. They, too, will perform at MMEA in January.

Isaiah Carter, 1st drum set

Also, two students were named Honorable Mention to the All State Jazz Band

Quinn Mosier, piano
Isaiah Carter, vibraphone

Congratulations to All!

Clifton D. Thurmond

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Titan Pride Update

Greetings! I hope your week goes well. The kids have been working very hard, so I’ve decided to give them ALL of Wednesday off. Have a great day, kids!

Some information for your reading:

Friday, November 30th
Band Banquet – Dinner served starting at 5:30pm. We are asking that all attendees follow a business-casual dress style for the event. More information to come out from Bret Fischer later in the week regarding cost, etc…

Saturday, December 1st
All-State Band and Jazz Band auditions. Columbia, MO at Hickman High School. We will not be providing transportation to this event, so parents and students will need to drive to Columbia. Times will be available next week. Participating students should be bringing $10 cash OR a check made payable to LSWHS for the audition fee. They are also bringing home a travel release form for the event. Please sign and return as soon as possible.

Tuesday, December 11th
Winter Concert, 6:30pm, LSWHS PAC, Symphonic Band, Percussion Ensemble, Concert Band, Jazz Band, Symphony Orchestra, Concert Orchestra
Females: Please make sure your dress has been altered properly before this date.
Males: Please make sure you have purchased your TUXEDO shirt and bow tie before this date. Boys SHOULD have possession of their tuxedo coat/pants/cumberbund at this point.
Call times will be announced at a later date.

Have a Blessed and Relaxing Thanksgiving.

Mr. Thurmond

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Titan Pride Update for Nov. 6th

Well…..the weather prevented us from performing last night, but fortunately, the team once again destroyed its competition, giving us another opportunity to showcase Aerodynamics.

THIS SATURDAY, we will have a home game starting at 1:30pm (earlier than I stated in my last email to you).
Students will need to report to get dressed at 12:15pm.
Weather permitting, we will perform our halftime show as was planned last evening.
This will be the last HOME game of the season, as the semifinal game will either be at Staley HS or Fort Osage HS. Therefore, please come cheer on the Titan Pride in their final home performance of the season.

Another note about the Band Banquet
The banquet, as previously stated, will be on Friday, November 30th.
The dinner line will start serving at 5:30pm with the “program” beginning shortly after 6pm.

Have a great day!

Mr. Thurmond

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2012 All District Band/Jazz Band

KC Metro All-District Band
Shayla Brown, 1st Alternate flute
Courtney Bingham, 2nd chair oboe
Courtney Bingham, 1st Alternate english horn
Joelle Beusterien, 1st chair clarinet
Allyssa DeJarnette, 7th chair clarinet
Abby Kaiser, 17th chair clarinet
Josiah Bardy, 2nd chair alto saxophone
Kayla Shaeffer, 2nd Alternate bari saxophone
Grant Fischer, 2nd Alternate French horn
Sawyer Harmon, 2nd chair tuba
Parker Sheridan, 2nd Alternate snare drum
Dan Ratigan, 1st Alternate snare drum
Dan Ratigan, 1st chair timpani

KC Metro All-District Jazz Band
Quinn Mosier, 1st piano, Gold Band
Isaiah Carter, 1st vibraphone, Gold Band
Josiah Bardy, 1st alto saxophone, Blue Band
Isaiah Carter, 1st drum set, Blue Band

KC Metro All-District Honorable Mention Band
Shayla Brown, 1st chair flute
Maddison Krause, 8th chair flute
Kayla Shaeffer, 2nd chair bari saxophone
Grant Fischer, 2nd chair French horn
Kenny Mott, 8th chair trombone
Parker Sheridan, 1st chair snare drum

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City Card Fundraiser

Hello,

I have more cards if your students have orders that need to be filled or would like to sale.

I will be at the school in a practice room tomorrow, Monday Nov. 5 from 1:30 to 2:45.

Then again from 5:00 till about 6:15.

I will also be at the school Wednesday , Nov. 7 from 9:45 till around 12:30.

Remember that the kids make a 60% profit off of every card they sell.

If these times do not work for you or your student please contact me And we can work something out.

Thank you,

Andrea Kaiser

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November 1st Band News

Wow, what a game last night.  That means we get another opportunity to perform.  

THIS MONDAY, November 5th
Football game at home.  Students are to be in the music area at 5:45 getting into uniform.  We will be performing our halftime show this week.
If we win, we will have another game on Saturday, November 10th, and students will need to be in the music area at 12:45pm getting into uniform.

What an awesome opportunity we are getting to keep the 2012 marching season alive.  Hope to see you all there cheering on the Titan Pride and the football team.

ALL-DISTRICT AUDITIONS
If your child is auditioning for All-District Band or Jazz Band, please have your student at STALEY High School at least 30 minutes before audition time, dressed appropriately (interview style).

TODAY is the due date for the November payment for New York City.  You should be paid up to $1300 at this point, if not please take care of this immediately.

Many of the participants are behind one full payment, therefore owing $400 today.  Please catch up on these payments as we are currently paying bills for the trip and without the money in the account, we are finding ourselves in trouble making these payments to the vendors in NYC.

Friday, November 30th
Put this date in your calendar now as it will be the 2012 Titan Pride Marching Band Banquet.  We will celebrate a memorable season in marching band lore and thank our senior class for their dedication to the marching band over the years.  We will also be recognizing some underclassmen for outstanding achievement throughout the season.

Soon you will be receiving information about the meal for that evening and how family members and friends can attend. Stay tuned………

Have a great weekend!

Mr. Thurmond

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Costumes Tomorrow Night

Just clarifying logistics for the game tomorrow night.

  • Students should arrive in costume by 6pm.
  • Costumes cannot include masks of any kind. No student, staff, fan, or performer will be permitted into the game with a mask.
  • Costume of some kind is required. There should be no member of the band in street clothes. This means it MUST be an obvious costume. For instance, I do not want students dressed in their soccer uniform or in warmups calling themselves a basketball player. We need creativity here.

Thanks in advance for helping make this experience worth while.

Have a great day!

Mr. Thurmond

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New Fundraiser

We have another great fundraiser available for students.

We are partnering with City Sampler to sell coupon cards for Sheridan’s Frozen Yogurt and Papa Murphy’s Pizza. Cards sell for $10 each and students will make a $6 profit from each card sold. These cards are a great value. The Sheridan’s card offers savings of $60 and the Papa Murphy’s card has a value of $94. The cards are valid in Lee’s Summit store locations.

Students will sign out cards and will be responsible for any cards that they sign out. They will need to turn in $10 for each card sold or return any unsold cards by November 12 (in two weeks). The value of any unaccounted for cards will be turned into the office and a fine will be assessed to the student. All fines will need to be paid before the student can enroll for classes next year.

I will be at school on Monday, October 29, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. in a practice room to sign out cards to students.

Remember, all fundraisers are voluntary; students can choose which fundraisers in which they wish to participate.

Thank you for your continued support of the great kids in the music department.

Andrea Kaiser
LSW Music Fundraiser Liaison

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End of Season 2012

Well, we’ve come to the end of another great competitive season. The Titan Pride has made the school proud. However, we will still perform AT LEAST one more time. The football team has ended the regular season in smashing fashion by beating Truman High School 61-0. Therefore, we have home field advantage throughout the playoffs.

Our first home game will be on Wednesday, October 31st
We are asking the students to wear a halloween costume for the game (we won’t be wearing uniforms). The only thing we ask is that their costume is not one that prevents them from being able to play their instrument while in that costume (masks won’t work for wind players). More on this later……..

THIS MONDAY, October 22nd
This is our first day of Symphonic Band/Concert Band. Students auditioned back on September 25th for a spot in one of these two bands, and so our concert season begins.
Students should come to school on Monday with all of the necessary equipment for class, this includes:

a working concert instrument
all necessary items to play that instrument (three new reeds, cork grease, slide grease, slide oil, valve oil…….)
percussionists should have a COMPLETE stick/mallet bag (they will also be receiving guidelines for keeping this in good condition and adding to it this month)
a pencil that can be left in their folder for every rehearsal
a hard-working attitude
the desire to HAVE FUN! while making music

All-District Band Auditions, November 3rd, Staley High School
These are rapidly approaching. Students entered in these auditions will be playing music from their entire audition packet THIS WEEK. They will be signing up for a time on Monday that will be BEFORE school Tuesday through Thursday. Please make sure your son/daughter takes care of this requirement.
We will NOT be taking a bus to this audition, as students will have audition times ranging from 8:30am to 5pm. Please plan to take your son/daughter to Staley that day.

Hope you have a great weekend.

Clifton D. Thurmond