Arrive: 6.15pm @ The Coro
Dress: Formal Swing Band uniform
Playing time: 6.30pm – 7.15pm
Set List:
| Vocals: Jaden—Feelin’ Good Jaden—You’re Just Too Good To Be True Jaden—Straighten Up & Fly Right Jaden – Beyond The Sea Briony—American Boy Briony—Skyfall Briony—I will Survive Briony—This Love Briony—Isn’t She Lovely |
This term’s Performing Arts extra-curricular timetable is below. Lunchtime rehearsals start at 12.55pm (so students usually need to bring a packed lunch or order a grab-a-bag from the canteen); after-school activities finish at 4.30pm unless otherwise stated.
Apologies – no Swing Band rehearsal this Friday, we will start next Friday (13th Sept). Instead the Little Big band need to rehearse both tomorrow and Friday from 3.30-4.45pm in order to be ready for Saturday’s engagement at Lowick Show.
Hello everyone and welcome back to a new school year!! We get back into gear straight away with the Little Big Band playing at Lowick Show on Sat 7th Sept (players and parents should have received an email from Mr B.) – therefore there will be rehearsals on Wed 4th and Thu 5th Sept after school. Swing Band will start on Fri 6th Sept after school and Wind Band on Mon 9th.
Once the calendar for this term has been uploaded there will be a message both here and on the Music Dept’s Facebook page (if you haven’t started following it yet please do so – (2) Facebook
Finally – and this is breaking news!!!!!!! An anonymous supporter of UVHS Music has approached us offering to subsidise a tour to Italy in July 2025 – we had not planned a tour next year due to funding/cost, but the amount being offered would mean that we could got to Italy on an 8-day tour with the Wind Band and one or two other groups with the cost to parents being similar to the £600 cost of last term’s 5-day tour to Belgium – individual subsidies would also be available. This very generous person wishes us to be able to take students on concert tours every year as it is so valuable to both their musical and social/emotional development. If the tour does go ahead it will be departing at 8am on the morning of Thursday 10th July and return on the evening of Thursday 17th July. More details will follow…..
Help!!! We need to get the van unloaded at school tomorrow and there is a LOT of gear from the Summer Concert. If you can spare 30mins of your time at 2.30pm tomorrow afternoon please meet us at school.
Well done to all the students involved in last night’s Summer Concert – some fantastic performances from all of the groups. Mrs H. and Mr B. are proud of each and every student and wish all of the leavers the very best of luck in the future.
Slight change to rehearsals next week:
Monday 8th Wind Band 3.30-5.15pm
Tuesday 9th Swing Band 3.30-5.00pm
Thursday 11th Wind Band 3.30-5.15pm
Friday 12th Wind Band 3.30-5.00pm (including packing all the equipment)
Saturday 13th TOUR!!!!!!
A big box of uniform orders from Coniston Embroidery is in my office. If you need items for tomorrow’s concert please collect before 1pm tomorrow.
We have struggled with attendance at both choirs since the exam season started, but with the Summer Concert on Friday we desperately need well-attended final rehearsals this week.
Full Choir: ALL yr7-13 members of the Choir in A11 Friday lunchtime from 12.55-1.25pm. This includes yr11s and 13s coming in to school for this rehearsal.
Chamber Choir: ALL yr12-13 members on Thursday from 12.45-1.25pm. This includes yr13s coming in.
Fantastic rehearsal this evening as well as a good turn out – our final rehearsal before the Summer Concert is tomorrow (and we have still not managed to play through 2 of the pieces without having to stop) so please could everyone make EVERY effort to be there?
Next week’s rehearsals are for everyone going on tour and will be on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. If things are going well by the end of Tuesday’s rehearsal we may well cancel Thursday’s and change it to a Swing Band rehearsal. Full attendance at all please.
As usual we will be holding a raffle at the Summer Concert. If you are in a position to be able to donate a prize (bottle/chocolates/flowers/a cake) please send it in to the Music Dept before Friday 5th.