Lee's Summit West High School's Band, Choir, and Orchestra Programs
Good Evening Everyone,
To start lets keep our fingers crossed for no rain tomorrow for the Ice Cream Social!
I am attaching a form for t-shirts or hoodies. We have a new design this year.
Orders are due Friday 9-19. Turn orders in the drop boxes in the band room or choir room. Please make sure that its in an envelope marked Spirit Wear.
Order forms will be at our merchandise table tomorrow night.
Thank you,
Andrea Kaiser
LSW Music Fundraiser Liaison
Dear Parents:
We are looking forward to the Ice Cream Social tomorrow evening! The kids have been working really hard and are excited to share with you what we have been working on this school year.
If you’ve looked at the weather forecast, it certainly looks like there is a probability of rain tomorrow night. If there is rain, the entire event will go on as scheduled but will be moved inside. The performances will happen in the PAC, and the Ice Cream Social portion will happen in the commons. If we end up inside, it will be important for everyone to listen to the announcements made in the commons so you know when performances will take place in the PAC. Also, the formation of lines will be tight inside, so please watch for the signs, and be as patient as possible as our music parents will be working as hard as they can to pull off such a large event inside.
Your student has been given specific “call” times on when to arrive. The performances will begin at 6:00 p.m. and will happen in the following order:
We are looking forward to a fantastic evening of music tomorrow night. Rain or shine, we’ll see you there!
LSW Music Staff
Happy September, hope all is well with your family.
LOTS of information here, so make sure you read everything that applies to you and your child.
Tuesday, September 9th
Ice Cream Social
Thursday, September 11th
Evening rehearsal for full band. Rehearsal begins on the parking lot at 6:30pm
Friday, September 12th
Football Game vs Rock Bridge.
Saturday, September 13th DRUMLINE ONLY
Drummit at the Summit
(See attached file: Drummit at the Summit.doc)
Other Items for future reference:
Thank you so much for all you have done to support the band so far this season. It is shaping up to be our best yet! The kids are doing AWESOME!
Clifton D. Thurmond
Good evening,
Thank you to all those that attended the music parent meeting, it was great to see so many new faces. I’ll have the agenda, financial summary and meeting minutes on CHARMS inside the folders shortly. The music program is in full swing with many great things going on.
Nancy Shaeffer has already sent out a couple things that we need volunteers for, please help as you can. Parent activity is essential for our students to succeed in the music program. There are over 700 parents in the music program, imagine the difference we can make in the students success if we each volunteered for a few hours.
News and notes:
– Ice Cream Social — This has been talked about but a couple of highlights. Food will be served at 5pm with performances starting at 6pm on Sept 9th. Anyone that is eating is required to pay, either purchasing tickets early or paying at the event. Please let me know if you have any items that you’d like to donate for the live auction.
Order of performances will be Orchestra, Marching Band, entire music program, auction followed by the Choirs.
– We’re in need of parents to step into open vacancies, be part of the committee or begin shadowing departing members of the music parent officers group.
– Marching Band, Choir and Instrumental uniform. We’ve had a few step up to be part of a group effort but could use more help and also someone in the coordinating position. Currently Yvonne Bechtold is helping us even though her student graduated last year and she has no students active in high school. Thank you Yvonne!
– Volunteer Liaison — Nancy will have her daughter graduating this year and we could use someone or multiple people willing to learn what she does for the music program.
– Marching Band — Buttons will be passed out prior to the next home game. If you’re a senior parent then we could use your help; banners will need to be hung and taken down at each home game and we need a volunteer for this.
– Trailer sponsorship and wrap. If you’re interested or know of companies that would be interested in having their name on our trailers that would be great.
– Fundraising — Cookie Dough fundraisers will be coming out on September 15th with the deadline to turn them in on September 29. All orders will be delivered October 20th.
Upcoming dates:
September 5 — Tuxedo fittings (9:00am-1:30pm)
September 8 — Tuxedo fittings (6:30pm-8:30pm)
September 9 — Ice Cream Social
September 12 — Football game
September 13 — Drummit at the Summit (Drumline)
September 20 — KC Preview of Champions in Blue Springs (Marching Band)
October 2 — Homecoming parade
October 2 — LSWMP Meeting
October 3 — Homecoming football game
You can follow updates from the music program on twitter @LSW_Music. The music parents are on facebook also.
Go Titans!
Brent Grigsby
LSWMP President
Hello! Una Voce is off and running this year. What an EXCEPTIONAL group of kids we have in this choir! I am really looking forward to seeing what this group can accomplish this year. They are already working at a very high level and we are only 2 weeks in:)
Attached to this email is the Fall Calendar. I wanted to bring everyone’s attention to the weekend of Nov. 21-22-23 as that looks to be a very busy weekend for Una Voce. We have been invited to a Chamber Choir Invitational at Webster University in St. Louis. I’m working out the details on this, and as soon as I have more information, I’ll get that to you.
Also, the majority of the group has expressed interest in All-District Choir, All-State Choir auditions, etc. and those are coming up quickly.
I love your kids so much, thank you for sharing them, working with them is the most joyful part of my day!
Sincerely,
Amy Krinke
The rest of the All District Jazz audition music can be found by following this link to a shared Google Drive folder. You must be logged in to your @LSR7 account to access the folder. Please contact Mr. Harrel if you have any problems.
The music in the Google Drive folder represents half of the audition music, and the remaining files can be found at the MOAJE website.
The 11th annual LSWHS Ice Cream Social will be from 5:00 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 9 in the Lee’s Summit West Courtyard . Tickets for a meal are $5.00 and includes a hot dog or hamburger, chips, and a drink. Tickets for a dessert are $5.00 and includes a water, ice cream and assorted desserts.
The Concert Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra, Titan Pride Marching Band, Freshman Women’s Choir, Men’s Choir, Women’s Choir, Una Voce, and Concert Choir will be featured at the event. The performances will begin at 6:00 p.m.
Hello there! You are receiving this week’s update a day early, mostly because a couple of items would be too late if I waited until tomorrow.
Rehearsal TONIGHT and Music Parents meeting TONIGHT
All marching band members are to be on the parking lot, ready to rehearse at 6:30pm. Several students have been showing up late recently and we’d like to eliminate that. My favorite quote to them about this is "On time is late!"
The first Music Parents meeting is TONIGHT from 7 to 8pm in the band room. This is a meeting for ANY/ALL parents of a student in the music program at LSWHS (not just officers). Please consider attending and getting involved in this wonderful support organization. There are several needs and opportunities for you available this year, and tonight is the night to get acquainted. Hope to see you all there!
Concert Season Uniform
ALL male members of the band (Percussion Class, Concert Band, and Symphonic Band) will be renting a tuxedo from us. This will be worn at every performance outside of marching band this year. Boys were given the tuxedo sizing form (attached to this email) and were told to have it back (completed) by tomorrow, Friday, with a check made payable to LSWHS for $22 or cash.
All female members of the band that are new to the program (Percussion Class, Concert Band, and Symphonic Band) will be purchasing a dress in hopes that is will fit for the duration of high school. These girls were given the dress information form (attached to this email) and were told to bring a check made payable to LSWHS for $80 or cash tomorrow, Friday. During class, some mothers will be here at school to help your daughter try on a dress so we can order the right size.
Marching Band Scheduling Update
We had a schedule swap occur for a rehearsal in October. We now have a rehearsal on Tuesday, October 7th, NOT Thursday, October 9th.
Here is an updated schedule, just in case.
Additional Performance
I apologize for the added event. I fully understand that some conflicts may be unavoidable and that is fine, please just communicate them to me via email.
The band has been asked to participate and perform in the annual Dig for the Cure volleyball match, which will be played OUTSIDE in Titan Stadium this year (interesting, huh?).
We will play at this game in a pep band format on Wednesday, September 17th. More details to follow as we grow closer.
NEXT WEEK
Sectionals
Brass and Woodwinds will meet again on Tuesday morning at 6:45AM.
Drumline will meet again on Tuesday evening at 5pm
Rehearsals
Again, we have a rehearsal at 6:30 on Tuesday and Thursday of next week.
ALL students should have ice cream social tickets in their possession at this time. We encourage them to sell all 10 tickets before next Friday. They are responsible for turning in the money AND any unsold tickets by this time.
Since we don’t have school Monday, please make note of having your son/daughter at school for sectionals Tuesday morning.
Have a great weekend!
Clifton D. Thurmond
Hello Concert Choir families,
All students enrolled in Concert Choir can audition to sing the National Anthem as a soloist at LSW home athletic events. Auditions for the Fall Season are tomorrow, August 28th, after school in the Choir room. Singing at athletic events is a great way to showcase the talent of our LSW vocalists. Students can sing in any style, and in any key they choose. Please help me encourage your student to audition!
Thank you,
Amy Krinke
Hello Parents and Students:
Today, your student was given a dress form and or a tuxedo form in class. I have attached both forms in one file to this email for your information.
ALL MONEY FOR DRESSES AND TUXEDOS IS DUE THIS FRIDAY, AUGUST 29TH. We understand that this turn-around is really quick. Please contact me if you need more time etc.
Please read the forms carefully as they give all information that you will need to know.
BOYS: Please get sized and turn in your money by Friday
GIRLS: Mrs. Pabst will begin sizing you upstairs in the music library on Friday of this week.