On Saturday 17th December, Booths have invited us to play music all day and do a bag-pack.  The timetable for the ensembles is:

10.00am                   Clarinet Choir                                  1.00pm         Chamber Choir 10.45am                   Chamber Choir                               1.45pm         Sax Ensemble 11.30am                   Flute Choir                                       2.30pm         Brass Ensemble 12.15pm                   Brass Ensemble                               3.15pm         Clarinet Choir                                                                                               4.00pm         Chamber Choir                         Be ready to play 5 mins between the time and in Wind Band uniform

We also need parents (and Year 13s) to volunteer for bag-packing in 90 minute shifts between 10am and 4.00   –    10, 11.30, 1 & 2.30.  Preferably, at least 6 in each shift.  Please email Mr Butler if you can volunteer to help  –  rbu@uvhs.uk.

This is a copy of the letter being given out this week to all students performing in the concert on 13th December.  It details all the arrangements for the rehearsal at The Coro on the day as well as instructions for the evening.

christmas-letter-2016

A reminder that there is a Friends of UVHS Music meeting tomorrow evening at 6.30pm in the Meeting Room of A Block.  All are welcome.

Also  –  Swing Band have their first public outing of the year on Saturday at the Dickensian Festival.  Theatre Street Stage from 4pm – 5.20pm  –  please come and support them.

Unfortunately, the Friends meeting postponed from last week to tomorrow (15th Nov) will have to ne postponed again due to ill health  –  many apologies.

The meeting is now scheduled for Tuesday 22nd November at 6.30pm in the Meeting Room (old staffroom) of A Block.  As usual, all are welcome to attend.

Unfortunately, Mr Butler will not be in school on Tuesday or Wednesday this week, however, all rehearsals are still going on as normal with the exception of Wind Band which will be taken by Mrs Heginbotham and finish earlier than usual at 4.30pm.

Jazz Combo will finish at 4.45 on Wednesday

Evening All!!

Just a few things:

1. Coniston Embroidery have just announced that they will be putting all prices up for uniform items from 14th November, so if your child is in the Wind Band and still needs to get a shirt for the Christmas Festival (Rhine Valley, 2017), if your child is going on tour and might want another band shirt and/or ‘supporter’s shirt’ (with their name/nickname embroided on the back), or if your child is in Year 11/12/13 and wants a VIth Form Music Hoodie, then please take advantage of the lower prices this week if you can:        https://www.conistonshop.com/Ulverston-Victoria-High-School_169/school/index.php
2. Tickets for the Christmas Festival are going well  –  499 sold in the first week, so just over 100 left. If you haven’t got yours yet don’t leave it too long!!
3. Unfortunately, I am having to postpone the Friends meeting scheduled for this Tuesday (8th Nov) until the following week  –  Tuesday 15th November at 6.30pm in the school meeting room.  All are welcome: we will be discussing the management of the Christmas Festival (and then putting out the usual plea for raffle prizes and mince pies), the music day at Booths, the Wind Band tour to name but three things.

Tickets for this year’s Christmas Festival (13th December) goon pre-sale to parents & staff this Friday and Saturday (28th & 29th October).  On these two days, they can ONLY be obtained in person from The Coro Box Office (no phone sales or online sales), and you must quote the following password:

ITBAT16

Tickets go on general sale to the public on 31st October.

The live calendar on this blog has just been updated – please check that you have recorded relevant dates.  There will be more Swing Band engagements as well as a possible chamber concert in Spring and a Royal Marines weekend at the end of May.  Meanwhile…

If anyone would like a DVD of the Swing Band performing at The Coro for the International Music Festival in early June, please let me know asap. £8 each (cheques payable to ‘Friends of UVHS Music’).  Either email me rbu@uvhs.uk or text me if you have my number.

Mr B

Welcome back to the new school year (my 22nd year at UVHS – get less for murder!). Ann and myself hope you all had a great Summer and that students and parents alike are geared up for the new year.  We would especially like to welcome Mr Vogler to the Performing Arts Department as Head of Drama – he already has great plans for lessons, trips and shows (‘Me and My Girl’ at the end of March!!!).

Also – congratulations to all those who took their GCSEs and A Levels. A lot of hard work went in across many subjects.

A few notices:

• Swing Band re-starts THIS Friday at 3.30pm in the Main Hall (finish at 4.35pm), just to get those cobwebs out of the instruments!!
• All rehearsals begin from Monday 12th (Wind Band is on Tuesday from 3.30-5pm) – the schedule will be published later this week.
• If you did not manage to see the recordings, photos and blogs from tour, copy and paste this link into your browser:

http://www.uvhs.uk/about-us/news/wind-band-tour-2016

• We have just produced 15 new canvas photos for the Music/Drama corridor featuring Wind Band, Swing Band and the production of ‘Carousel’ and will therefore be getting rid of the canvases that have been displayed for the last 3 or 4 years.  If any of them feature your children and you would like them, then they can be yours for a small donation to Friends of UVHS Music.
• The first ‘Friends of UVHS Music’ will be on Tuesday 20th September from 6.30pm-7.30pm in the meeting room at school.  All parents are welcome (don’t be afraid!) – we could do with some new members, but don’t worry – it’s not an onerous task!!
• Information on this year’s tour will be coming out in the next couple of weeks

See you all soon, and all the best for the new school year.