Wake up the echoes, Shake down the thunder - Aggies on the move!

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1 drumbeat BEAL CITY BANDS OCTOBER 2012 The Marching Aggies triumphant return to the field - September 7, 2012 Wake up the echoes, Shake down the thunder - Aggies on the move! What though the odds be great or small - Beal City s loyal sons and daughters are marching! It started with a couple of students asking, some investigation in class, and then the quiet resolve of 38 student musicians. Adjusting some calendars, learning the basics in early August, and following 26 hours of group rehearsal over three weeks, the Marching Aggies took the field on Friday, September 7. Our Pregame Show took inspiration from several universities and our own rich tradition. The new Aggie Fanfare is a brief restatement of our school song - the Notre Dame Victory March. Our pep tune was a fan and alumni favorite, The Rubberband Man by the Spinners. This selection will change from week to week to reach different parts of our audience. We hope to showcase a new alma mater honoring our school. Our halftime show is a throwback to the last time the Marching Aggies took the field - Disco Music. It is especially meaningful in light of the recent passing of disco music legends Robin Gibb and Donna Summer. In planning and writing the drill for Dim All the Lights, Mr. Lowe discovered in the conductor s score Mr. O Neil s horn movements from many years ago - which were incorporated as originally written at least 20 years ago! Maggie Kolb, Hannah Steffke, and Hannah and Hayley Neyer wrote the dance sequence during the Bee Gees Medley of Jive Talkin and Night Fever. On September 28, the Marching Aggies will complete the show with Donna Summer s Hot Stuff. Be certain to share your appreciation with any of our Marching Aggies for their hard work and commitment to resurrecting this great tradition! inside this issue: Practice Record Information 2 Central Foundation 3 Marching Aggies Photos 4 Supply Price List 5 Join us at our thoroughly entertaining monthly meetings Monday, October 8 Monday, November 12 Monday, December 10 Monday, January 14 Monday, February 11 Monday, March 11 Monday, April 8 Monday, May 13 All listed meetings take place at 7PM in the band room

2 BEAL CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL BANDS Try practicing with friends! Discover similar goals and have your partner give important immediate feedback makes practicing more effective! The PARENTS: purpose Please of this be chart certain is to to visually sign each demonstrate student effort toward specific goals. These goals may include sections of music, scales, technique drills, private lesson assignments, etc. Record daily minutes of practice record. Assignments will not be serious practice demonstrating your effort to improve and maintain your performance skills. To receive credit: accepted print without your name; a parent print signature. your goals for each day s practice; record minutes in the right column; add the total practice time for the week; and, get your parent to sign the record. STUDENT NAME PARENT SIGNATURE Monday Minutes Tuesday Wednesday ALL SIXTH, SEVENTH & EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS AND PARENTS: Practice Records are a weekly assignment for your student in band class. They serve as a record of practice for both parents and teacher, but also as a weekly progress report. These are important to each student s grade. Thursday Friday Saturday WARM - UP This helps Sunday Daily prepare Goal: the mind and body for your practice session. It is also helps get your instrument in tune. Think of it as DAILY GOAL Practicing is a good idea, but aimless practicing without a goal is often pointless and frustrating. Decide on your goal before you warm-up, 6 th Grade Students 10 Minutes/Day before or 70 Minutes/Week you get your 7 th & 8 th Grade stretching Students before running 15 Minutes/Day instrument or 105 Minutes/Week out. This will make High School Students in band! An important 20 Minutes/Day and your or 140 practicing Minutes/Week targeted and often overlooked essential! focused. REVIEW Always finish off your practice session reviewing some material - something you enjoy, something you play well. TOTAL It refreshes you and leaves MINUTES you energized for the next practice session!

3 Concert Schedule Your chance to hear the combined work of our talented musicians Sunday, October 28 - Band-Tastic! First concert of the year featuring all of our ensembles - even our 6th graders! Sunday, December 9 - Carols & Candy Canes Treat yourself to some holiday tunes performed Sunday, February 24 - Festival Winds Each ensemble performs with a clinic afterward, preparing them for MSBOA Band Festivals in March 6th Grade 4:00 PM Middle School 5:00 PM Concert Band 6:00 PM Sunday, May 19 - Spring Awards Concert Join us as we celebrate the best of our great program with capping off this year s theme of British Music! All Concerts in the Elementary Gymnatorium at 4PM unless stated otherwise. Talent Show The Annual Beal City Be A Star Talent Show will occur on Wednesday evening, October 24. Students or community members interested in participating should contact Ms. Gigowski. Auditions are October 8th - 12th by arrangement. Stop in and see her or call or her to set up an audition or to ask questions. Dr. Mark Cox and members of the CMU Central Foundation Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble perform for High School Band on Friday, September 21 A Visit from Central Foundation Another special performance experience availed itself to students in High School Band and 8th Grade Band on Friday, September 21. Central Foundation, the premier tuba-euphonium ensemble at Central Michigan University, performed for our students accompanied by their gifted professor, Dr. Mark Cox. Each member of the quartet gave brief lectures on the history of the instruments, the use of mutes, the pervasive nature of singing in all music as well as some of their experiences that led to choosing a music major in college. They performed a variety of music for our students, ranging from Mozart and Glière to Henry Mancini as even a cover of Bohemian Rhapsody! Our students discovered the wide playing range of the tuba and euphonium as well as the important difference between a euphonium and a baritone. The presentation was engaging and educational for all involved, as most of the CMU students have not been in a small school band environment. We did welcome back last semester s midtier teacher - Mr. Thompson! Hope to have more experiences like this for our students form the talented students at CMU! Classroom Windows - The View from our Student Officers CONCERT BAND Hey everyone, I'm Maggie Kolb, President of this year's Concert Band - our Vice-President is Melanie Schafer and our librarians are Brendan Carrick, James Kolb, Apollo Schafer and Patrick Schafer. Lately, we've been taking our classroom and performances OUTSIDE for the return of our very own Marching Aggies! Our first performance was on Friday, September 7 at the home football game against Evart where we busted out some groovy moves to go along with our disco themed music. Our band has been working very hard to get the fans on their feet! Join us September 28th, home football versus Lake City, and at Homecoming on October 5th! Hope to see you there - and at our Band-Tastic! Concert Sunday, October 28! 7TH GRADE BAND Hey everybody, this is Nick Freeze here and I am President of 7th Grade Band. Our Vice- President is Kenny Myers and our librarians are Alex, Kotecki, Catie Matthews, Max Nelson and Alli Peak. Our chair placements just got done and everybody did very well. We're really looking forward to our Band-Tastic concert in October and our holiday show in December! Hope you all can make it - and keep on reading! Bye!

4 Photos courtesy of Jared Moore

5 TEMPO CLUB EXECUTIVE BOARD PRESIDENT: SECRETARY: TREASURER: UNIFORMS: TRUSTEES: Jane Clark Denise McBride Kathleen Schafer Vickey Newman Nancy Bogart Veena Cole Donna Horsley Chris Neyer Amy & Ron Schafer TEMPO CLUB MEETINGS Second Monday of each month in the Band Room at 7:00PM. All interested parties are welcome. Monday, October 8 Monday, November 12 Monday, December 10 Monday, January 14 Monday, February 1 Monday, March 11 Monday, April 8 Monday, May COMMANDMENTS OF CONCERT ETIQUETTE Following these ten simple rules can make your concert-going experience more enjoyable for you and others. THOU SHALT NOT 1. TALK The first and greatest commandment. Stay home if you aren t in the mood to give full attention to what is being performed on stage. 2. ARRIVE LATE OR LEAVE EARLY It is unfair to the artist and the public to demand seating when one is late or to fuss, apply make-up and depart early. Most performances have scheduled times; try to abide by them. 3. USE THY CELL PHONE OR PERSONAL PAGER While what your conversation might be incredibly important to you, the audience does not wish to share in it. Turn your communication devices off before entering the concert hall. 4. RUSTLE THROUGH THY POSSESSIONS Leave any purse, briefcase, camera bag or what you have unlatched during the performance. 5. OPEN CELLOPHANE WRAPPED CANDIES OR LOZENGES Next to talking, this is the most general serious offense to auditorium peace. If you have a bad throat, unwrap your throat-soother between acts or musical selections. If caught off guard, open your sweet quickly. Trying to be quiet by opening a wrapper slowly only prolongs the torture for everyone around you. 6. ALLOW THY CHILDREN TO WANDER While your children are undoubtedly sweet and kind, they are most definitely yours. Please do not allow them to disturb neighbors trying to enjoy performances; audience members are not your system of daycare. 7. CHOMP THY GUM IN THY NEIGHBOR S EARS The noise is completely inexcusable and usually unconscious. The sight of otherwise elegant ladies and gentlemen chewing their cud is one of today s most revolting and anti-aesthetic experiences. 8.SIGH WITH BOREDOM If you are in agony, keep it to yourself. Your neighbor may be in ecstasy which should also be kept under control. 9. READ This is less an antisocial sin than personal deprivation. To listen means just that. Notes should be digested before or after the music not during. It may, however, be better for those around to read instead of sleeping or snoring. 10. HUM, SING, WHISTLE, OR DANCE The musicians don t need your help and your neighbors need silence. Learn to tap toes quietly within shoes. It saves a lot of annoyance to others and is excellent exercise to boot. SUPPLIES Reeds Clarinet $1.75 Alto Sax $2.25 Tenor Sax/Bass Clarinet $2.75 Baritone Sax $3.00 Oils Valve Oil $2.00 Blue Juice $3.50 Slide Cream $2.00 Percussion Drum Sticks $8.00 Mallets $12.00 Something else? Inquire with Mr. Lowe for other items needed for your music education. He can get them at school discount pricing! BEAL CITY BANDS 3180 WEST BEAL CITY ROAD MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN TEL: EXT 328 FAX: