AF Band Update 2.17.12
The AF Bands are very busy preparing for several upcoming festivals and the students are working hard to perfect their parts. As you can see, the next few months are very packed and on top of all this we will have Pep Band at the Basketball playoffs! Here is a list of some of the events fast approaching:
Feb 18: Winter Guard competition at West HS. Details on the Charms Calendar
Feb 21 Band Leadership clinic 7am in band room. All future Drum Majors and Section leaders need to attend to discuss details of our leadership selection process.
Feb 21: SteelDrum Clinic in the Percussion Room 6-9pm. This is a clinic by a world famous steel drum player and we hope all our students will attend.
Feb 24/25: Peaks Jazz Festival at Westlake HS. Details on the band website
Feb 27: Leadership Mtg 7am // ASD Honor Band rehearsal @ AFHS
Feb 28 3-7 AF Solo/Ensemble Night. Every band student is required to perform a solo and a small ensemble at this festival. It is worth 100 points each. The complete schedule is attached to this mailing and can also be viewed on the band website.
Parents,
We need your help to work as door monitors at Solo and Ensemble at AFHS on Tuesday, February 28th! Please look over the attached schedule of performers and then go to www.charmsoffice.com and sign up to help during the time that works best for you!
Thank you so very much! We appreciate your willingness to help with this important musical opportunity for our students!
March 3: BYU Jazz Festival. Details on band website
March 5: Wasatch Winds Concert 7:30 in AFHS Auditorium
March 6: Leaderhip Mtg 7am
March 8: Region Jazz Festival @ Lone Peak HS. Both Jazz Bands will compete at the festival.
March 10: BYU Concert Band Festival. Symphonic and Wind Symphony will perform. Details on band website.
March 12: Leadership Mtg 7am
March 13: Region Solo/Ensemble Festival @ AFHS
March 17: P.A.S. (Percussive Arts Society) Festival
March 19: ASD Honor Band Rehearsal @AFHS
March 20 3-6: Drum Major Tryouts Details on Band Website
March 21 3-4: Section Leader voting
March 24: State Jazz Festival
AF Band Update 2.10.12
As always the band world always seems very busy and we are now in the Pep Band season as well as preparing for Solo & Ensemble Festivals and the Jazz and Concert Festivals are almost upon us. On top of all this we are in the design stage of next years marching band and it is looking very exciting. Following are some items of interest:
1. Pep Band tonight against Lone Peak. All Pep Band members should be in black and in the band room ready to play at 4:30. Because of the huge crowd expected the band will be in the gym at 4:45 and play for both games. The school will buy us Pizza. We need to make a lot of noise so come prepared to yell and scream as well as play some great music!
2. Winter Guard Family show Thursday Feb. 16. Come eat dinner at 6 and watch some amazing shows at 7:00 The Winter Guards are doing well and all 5 groups took first place at last Saturdays Competition at Westlake.
3. Steel Drum Clinic Tuesday Feb 21 at 6pm. Darren Bastian will be conducting a great clinic on Steel Drums and it will be held in our Percussion room. World famous Steel Drum artist Andy Narell will be the clinician and we hope every percussionist will attend. We need to revive our Steel Drum unit and this could be the start of something amazing!
4. The Peaks Jazz Festival will be Feb. 24-25. Because of the entry fee expense we are only taking our Advanced Jazz Band and a Combo but we hope all Jazz Band members will attend the clinics and concerts with us. Friday the concert starts at 7 and features Horaci Hernandez, Wycliffe Gordan and Ed Calle as well as the Crescent Super Band. Ticts are $7. Saturday our Combo plays at 9am and the Jazz Band plays at 10:50. All events are at Westlake HS
5. ASD Honor Band On Monday Feb 27th at 2:45 the band will have it's second rehearsal at AFHS
6. School Solo/Ensemble night Feb. 28 3-7 Students are required to perform a solo w/piano accompaniment and a small ensemble. The schedule will be posted in the band room and will be on our band website at www.afbands.org We need parents to sign up on Charms to help monitor the doors. Go to the Charms calendar and click on the helping hand on Feb. 28th. Students receiving Superior Ratings will advance to the Region Festival on March 13th.
7. Marching Band Contracts are due Feb 15. Check out the Marching Band tab on the band website for updates info on Marching Band. The black box is being removed so please follow these instructions for paying fees:
Log in to www.myschoolfees.com
Sign in with your email address and password
If you have never used the site before, you need register as a new user. Once registered follow the "Sign In" prompts.
The next screen will ask you a series of questions:
a) What State is your School in? Click on Utah
b) What District is your School in? Click on Alpine
c) Click "American Fork High School" on the next screen
#1 Student Payments
If your student's name does not appear on this screen, then you need to click on the button that says "click here to add a student"
Your student's name should appear in the box under the heading of Student Payments.
Once you see your student's name just click on their name.
If your student is not currently enrolled in a class at AFHS, you will need to click on the link
Public Payments. This side is for AFJH or MRJH School students, youth camps, clinics, etc.
Once you have chosen the fees you want to pay, then click on "add to cart" and then "check out"
There will be a button appear with lettering in green that says "continue to checkout". Click on that button.
You will then be asked to enter in the participant's name. Please enter in your child's name you are paying for and in the comment line please put in your student's school ID# and grade. This will enter them into our system at the high school and the next time that you pay online you will be able to start at step #1.
Pay with your choice of credit card (we do not accept American Express)
Print your receipt and take it along with your contract to Mrs. Carter in the Band Room at AFHS.
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