Announcements

I just received word that the Cadets will be performing at the WTSBOA Concert Festival at 10:30 am on Thursday, March 13, held at Ridgeway Middle School. We will be taking charter buses and stopping for lunch somewhere after the contest. Details and timeline to go out next week.

I am in need of a few chaperones to accompany us, please let me know if you would like to chaperone.

Students will NOT be wearing marching uniforms. They will need to wear the following for contest, and should come to school dressed for contest:

BOYS - black dress pants, white button up shirt (w/collar) and long tie, black socks and dress shoes
GIRLS - Black dress or pant-suit (with sleeves or sweater), black hosiery/socks, black shoes.

The schedule for the entire contest is below:

High School Band Festival

Ridgeway MS (Memphis)

Thursday 3/13/08 Grade Warm-up Performance Sight-Reading
Southwind 3 8:00 8:30 9:00
Mitchell 3 8:30 9:00 9:30
Kingsbury 3 9:00 9:30 10:00
Covington 3 9:30 10:00 10:30
Cordova High 5 10:00 10:30 11:00
Houston 2 10:30 11:00 11:30
Houston 3 11:00 11:30 12:00
Houston 4 11:30 12:00 12:30
Overton 4 12:30 1:00 1:30
Germantown 4 1:00 1:30 2:00
Craigmont 4 1:30 2:00 2:30
Arlington High 4 2:00 2:30 3:00

Friday 3/14/08 Grade Warm-up Performance Sightreading
Bolton 3 9:00 9:30 10:05
Whitehaven 3 9:30 10:00 10:35
Ridgeway II 3 10:00 10:30 11:05
Collierville 4 10:30 11:00 11:35
Bolton 4 11:00 11:30 12:00
Millington 3 11:30 12:00 12:30
CBHS 5 12:30 1:00 1:30
Collierville 5 1:00 1:30 2:00
Ridgeway I 5 1:30 2:00 2:30
Overton 5 2:00 2:30 3:00
2:30 3:00 3:05

Congratulations Capella Winterguard

The Capella Winter Guard (formerly known as Cordova Independent) took first place in the WGI (Winter Guard International) REGIONAL competition in Nashville this past weekend.

Capella members consist of high school and college students, including CADETS Sara Woodard, Madison Stewart, Seidi Lopez, Midori Eng, Bre Henriksen, former Cadet Megan Stewart, and Cadet Alumni Emily Anderson. Cadet Alumni Sara Abramson is one of the instructors.

Currently, Capella is ranked number one in the world in their class (Independent A), an extremely prestigious honor which they will continue working on hard to maintain! These young ladies and one gentleman, work very hard at their art and their 2008 show THE SHADOW WITHIN is simply beautiful! They have several competitions left in their season (Atlanta WGI Regionals, SCGC Championships in Chattanooga, WGI World competition in Dayton, Ohio). If you have the opportunity to see them in action, I strongly suggest you do it!

I am very proud of our Cadets and wish them continued success this season!

February 19, 2008

WTSBOA Solo and Ensemble Contest Information

WTSBOA Solo and Ensemble Contest will be held Saturday, April 12 at Cordova Middle School.

Students who are interested should see Mrs. Zwissler for a registration form. The form and entry fee (cash only) is due to Mrs. Zwissler on or before Feb 29.

Students who do participate in solo and ensemble WILL receive extra credit. While it is not mandatory for students to participate, they are strongly encouraged to. This is a wonderful opportunity for students to be critiqued and judged on the solo/small group level by highly qualified judges. Participating in such events also looks very good on college entry resumes.

Performance times will be released a few weeks prior to the event, which I will forward to you.

I have copied and pasted the exact information about the event from the WTSBOA website:

WEST TENNESSEE SOLO AND ENSEMBLE FESTIVAL

SECTION 1. General rules, procedures, and regulations

A. Eligibility

1. Grades K-12

2. Bonafide members of a member school band or orchestra only

3. Wind, string, or percussion students excluding guitar

B. Fees Entry fee is $7.00 per person per event and is not refundable.

C. Registration

1. Registration forms must be completed and postmarked by the deadline of March 7.

2. Entry forms and fees should be sent the event chairperson at the site you wish to attend. (Director will do this)

3. Entry forms will be provided according to which site the director chooses to attend.

D. Procedures

1. Solos do not have to be played from memory.

2. Solos and ensembles may be played with or without accompaniment.

3. Solos and ensembles may not exceed 5 minutes playing time.

4. Any one student may enter no more than three (3) different events.

E. Music

1. Solo and ensemble music may be selected at the discretion of the director and will be judged according to suitability and musical value and must be at least 32 measures in length including repeats.

2. The number of persons for ensembles will be determined by the requirements of the composition not to exceed one player to a part, except for divisi parts where two players may be used.

3. One originial copy of all solo and ensemble scores with measures numbered consecutively is required for the judge. Directors are individually responsible to see that all current copyright laws are followed. Failure to provide such above score will result in disqualification or the performance will be for comment only.

4. All ensembles must meet full instrumentation in order to receive a rating.

F. Ratings

1. Each judge shall indicate on the official ballot a rating for each participant, which shall be his estimate of the quality of the performance.

2. The five ratings to be used are:

DIVISION I SUPERIOR

DIVISION II EXCELLENT

DIVISION III GOOD

DIVISION IV FAIR

DIVISION V POOR

G. Awards. Medals are awarded for a I and II Division rating

February 8, 2008

BAND Calendar – Spring 2008
Jazz Band: Mondays 2:30-3:45 pm (through April)
Concert Band Sectionals: Tuesdays 2:45-5 pm (through mid March)
Winter Drum line: Wednesdays 2:30-3:30 pm
Drum Major Help Sessions: Wednesdays 2:30-3:30 pm (March and April)
Fall Drum Line/Front Ensemble/Color Guard Help Sessions: *SOON, tba!!

Special Events Calendar:
Feb. 29 – Deadline to register for WTSBOA Solo and Ensemble (details tba)
March 4 – CHS 8th Grade Orientation/Open House (Jazz Band plays 5-6 pm)
March 10 – Concert Band Dress Rehearsal 2:45-4 pm (Auditorium)
March 11 – Concert Band Performance 7 pm (Auditorium)
March 13 or 14 – Concert Band performs at Concert Festival
*during school day, at Ridgeway Middle School, will take buses, time tba
March 15-24 – SPRING BREAK
April 12 – WTSBOA Solo and Ensemble at Cordova Middle School
April 21 – Tentative date for Rookie Night Dessert 7 pm (café - pep band plays)
April 22 – 2008 Marching Band DRUM MAJOR/COLOR GUARD Auditions
April 24 – 2008 Marching Band Section Leader Packets Due
May 3 – BAND AWARDS BANQUET at St. Francis of Assisi Church
May 5 – JAZZ BAND Concert 7 pm (Auditorium)
May 12 – Concert Band Performance 7 pm (Auditorium)
*this date has been moved back a day from the original!
May 21, 22, 23 – CHS Final Exams
May 25 – CHS Graduation (full Orchestra plays)

TENTATIVE SUMMER MARCHING DATES
June/early July – Marching Music Rehearsals Tues/Thurs 6-8 pm
July 14-18: Marching Band ROOKIE Basics band Camp (5-9 pm daily)
July 17-18: Vet Basics Camp (5-9 pm daily)
July 21-25: BAND CAMP (entire marching band) 8 am – 9 pm daily
July 29, 31, Aug 5, 7: POST BAND CAMP (4-9 pm)
August 11: School Starts

IF YOU ARE A NEW CADET AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE MASS EMAILS, PLEASE FOLLOW THE LINK ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE WEBSITE TO SIGN UP FOR THE YAHOO GROUP EMAILS.

IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR PASSWORD AND ID FOR THE MEMBERS ONLY PAGES, PLEASE CONTACT THE WEBMASTER ASAP. divinemsem@aol.com

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