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Holiday Gift Ideas

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

I have many ideas, if you would like to give a musical gift to your child this Holiday.  Please, contact me with any questions you have.

Grade 6 Holiday Concert

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

The six grade band will present their Holiday concert on Monday December 21st.  There will be both a day and a night time performance with the day time event beginning at 1:45 PM and the night time presentation beginning at 7 PM.  Attendance is mandatory for both performances.
Day Time Concert Dress:  Nice casual clothes.  No [...]

Congratulations 8th grade DY Marching Band Members!

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

A big congratulations to our 8th graders who marched with the DY marching band this past fall!  We had members of the tenor sax, flute, percussion and color guard who contributed well to this award winning ensemble.  The group ended the season at the Northern States Finals held in Allentown PA where they finished 6th [...]

Grade 7 & 8 Holiday Concert

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

The 7th and 8th grade band will perform both a day and night concert on Thursday, December 10th.  The day concert will be held at 1:30 in the afternoon and the evening concert will begin at  7 PM and end at approximately 8:15.  Attendance is mandatory at both performances.
Day Concert Dress:  Nice casual clothes.  No short [...]

Seaside Festival Parade

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

All 7th and 8th Grade Band
Sunday, October 11th
ZooQuarium Parking Lot at 10:45
Parade Begins at Noon
Parade Ends at Lawrence C. MacArthur School 1 PM
Mattacheese White Shirt, Tan/Kahki/Light Brown pants or shorts, gym shoes
NO FLIP FLOPS OR SANDALS

Concert Dates!

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

October 11th                           Seaside Festival Parade     Grade 7 & 8
December 10th                      Holiday Concert Grade 7 & 8
December 21st                       Holiday Concert Grade 6
March 23rd                              Spring Concert Grade 7 & 8
March 31st                               Spring Concert Grade 6
May 31st                                   Memorial Day Parade Grade 7 & 8
June 8th 0r 9th                      Final Concert Grade 6
June 15th                                  Final Concert Grade 7 & 8

Mattacheese Band Blog Address

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

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

Welcome to Open House

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

With time at a premium during open house, this blog will help you find all the information you need for the school year.
To the left of this post ,there are a number of pages pertaining to each grade level.  There you will find information on:

the concert schedule for the year
course work to complete
grading
supplies sold by [...]

Sememster One 2009 Begins!

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Welcome back all returning band students! I hope all of you had a wonderful and exciting summer and are ready for another year of band. Almost all of your schedules are set and I am looking forward to seeing you during class and rehearsal.
An important note. On your schedule the band rehearsal [...]

All Cape and Islands Junior Band Workshop

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

On Wednesday, February 11, 20 members of the 7 & 8 grade band will travel to Barnstable to participate in the C.C.M.E.A. middle school band work shop.  Traveling with members of the Wixon band, these students will spend the day rehearsing with 90 other musicians from middle schools across the Cape.  Following these rehearsal, they [...]