Mattacheese Band

December 9th  -  The 7th & 8th grade Band, Chorus and Orchestra

Dress:  Khaki pants or skirt with Mattacheese (white) shirt.  Boys will wear a tie.

December 21st – The 6th grade Band, Chorus and Orchestra

Dress:  Khaki pants or shirt, white shirt or blouse.  No sleeveless blouses and the boys will wear a tie.

Time:  students arrive at 6:30PM, concert begins at 7PM

There will be morning concerts for all groups, on the same day.

Kudo’s to the six Mattacheese  marching band members who just returned from a wonderful trip to Disneyland.  While there, these eighth grade students enjoyed the Magic Kingdom, Epcot and Hollywood Studies.  The high point of the trip was the DYHS marching band performance in the Main Street Parade at the Magic Kingdom.

Hello parents and students.  Yes, this Sunday is the fantastic Seaside Festival Parade.  All 7th and 8th grade band members are required to attend and perform in this wonderful community event.

Meeting Place:  Zooquarium

Time:  10:15-10:45  (At some point they will close the access roads)

Parade Start:  Noon

Dress:  Khaki pants or shorts, white Mattacheese shirts and sneakers!  No Flip flops or sandals.  In case of cool weather, add layers under the shirt.

Pick-Up:  John Simpkins elementary school around 1 PM

The end of the term if fast approaching and we have begun our playing tests this week.  The following is the grading scale for Semester One Assignments:

Chromatic and Major Scales, Rhythmic Flash Cards/Concepts-

98 -100 (students perform with no mistakes and good tone qualtity)

94-97 (students perform with no mistakes and average tone quality)

90-93 (students perform with one mistake)

87-89 (students perform with two mistakes)

84-86 (students perform with two mistakes and poor tone quality)

80-83 (students perform with three mistakes)

77-79 (students perform with three mistakes and poor tone quality)

70-76 (students perform with four mistakes)

60-69 (no understanding of the concept)

It’s not too early to be thinking of gift ideas for Christmas and I have many ideas for band members.  If you would like to give a musical gift to your child this Holiday.  Please, contact me for ideas or if you have any questions.

A big congratulations to our 8th graders who are participating with the DY marching band this fall!  We have members of the alto sax, flute, clarinet and trumpet lines who are contributing greatly to this award winning ensemble.

Way to go Gianna M. (clarinet), Emily C. (clarinet), Bethany B. (clarinet), Adam H. (clarinet), Brooke B. (flute), Emily C. (flute), Kaylee H. (trumpet), Melissa R. (trumpet), and Hunter P. (alto sax).

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Or you can find it on the Mattacheese district web site under Library.

Congratulations to Alex Zahn and Colin Kelley. They are the proud owners of new professional grade instruments.  We are all looking forward to the great sound to be produced on those horns.

Today’s family is faced with many decisions, concerning the activities their children participate in.  Soccer, hockey, DI, baseball and family vacations  are just a few of the clubs and activities that children participate in, after school and on the weekends.

It is most certainly up to the parent when tough decisions need to be made, concerning conflicts between these events.  School concerts enter into this process as well.  Your decision might be more informed with the following information.

Concerts are the culmination of weeks of ensemble practice and individual work.  This work is graded as is participation in the concerts.   When a member of the ensemble is absent, it most certainly affects the rest of the group as well as the individual grade.
Please take all of this into consideration when making your decision and as always, please let the school know if your child will not be attending the event.

I apologize for the absence.  It has been awhile since I last posted and much has happened.  Following, will be updates on all that has transpired since December.