Attached are copies of the letters for the Christmas Festival on the 15th and also the Booths Music Day on the 19th.

Ensembles engagements

Xmas letter 2015

Also…

• please don’t forget to bring in some mince pies tomorrow or on Tuesday
• if anyone is able to donate any good raffle prizes we would be very grateful – we do have several already.  Any not used will be saved for the concert on May 7th
• the Wind Band shirts have arrived!! – students can collect them at the additional rehearsal tomorrow after school
• could members of Friends of UVHS Music please be at The Coro by 6.40pm on Tuesday so that programmes/raffle/DVD sales can be ready as the doors open at 6.45pm  –  if you have a Friends t-shirt please wear it
• I need some parent volunteers to hold buckets at Booths on the 19th  –  1 hour slots between 10am and 4 pm (2 people per slot).  If you are able to help please email me at rbu@uvhs.uk
• The Royal Marines have just confirmed a joint concert with the Wind Band on Sat 7th May  –  tickets will go on sale early Feb (there will be 1 day for pre-sale to parents)

The new ‘Austria 2016’ Wind Band shirt is now available to buy online through the following link.  If you are a new member of the band you MUST have a royal blue band shirt for the Christmas Festival on 15th December, whether or not you are going on the tour next July.  in order to get all the shirts by Friday 11th Dec you MUST order the shirt(s) before this Friday (27th Nov)

https://www.conistonshop.com/Ulverston-Victoria-High-School_169

Also available to anyone are ‘Friends of UVHS Music’ t-shirts and navy blue ‘supporter’ shirts (on the back of which you can have your name/nickname stitched).  The ‘VIth Form Music’ hoodies are only available to Year 11-13 students, and are also personalised.

SWING BAND  &  COMBO

Autumn Engagements

Swing        Saturday 28^th Nov               Market Cross, Ulverston

                                                                   Dickensian Festival

Arrive & set-up by:       3.50pm

Start:                              4.15pm

Finish:                            5.30pm

Wear warm clothes & gloves that you can play in.

Combo      Sunday 6^th Dec                     Bardsea Malt Kiln

                                                                   Private Engagement

Arrive & set-up by:       1.30pm

Start:                              2.00pm

Finish:                            4.30pm

Swing Band uniform

Swing        Friday 11^th Dec                     Coronation Hall

                                                                   Private Engagement (CGP)

Arrive & set-up by:       6.30pm

Start:                              7.00pm

Finish:                           8.30pm

Swing Band uniform

Combo      Wed 16^th Dec                        Coronation Hall

                                                                   Senior Prizegiving

Rehearsal ´Coro:  1pm – 2pm (minibus transport available)

Arrive & set-up by:       6.30pm

Start:                              6.55pm

Finish:                            9.00pm

Swing Band uniform

Please check the calendar for several new dates that have been added:  two events at Booths and one at the Hospice before Christmas; gigs at Water Yeat in Jan and Millom in May.

Tickets for this year’s Christmas Festival (15th December) will go on pre-sale to parents and subscribers to this blog this Friday and Saturday before going on sale to the general public on Mon 2nd November. The following password must be given in order to get tickets on pre-sale.

Password:  PERDIB

Remember: pre-sale tickets can only be purchased in person from the Box Office at the Coro.

UVHS Christmas Festival

Pre-Sale of Tickets

Tickets for this year’s Christmas Festival are only available from the Box Office at The Coronation Hall, and go on sale to the public on Monday 2^nd November (through internet booking, phone booking, postal booking or in person). We expect all tickets to be sold out within a few weeks.

However, parents of students involved have the opportunity to get their tickets early, through pre-sale, on Friday 30^th and Saturday 31^st October.  These are ONLY available in person from the Box Office and with a password (there is no maximum number of tickets one person can purchase).  The password will be published HERE before Friday 30^th October.

REMINDER:

Mack & Mabel

(THIS) Thursday 22^nd October – Manchester Opera House

• Bring a set of clothes to change into
• Bring some money for food and possibly a programme and/or a packed tea
• After school, change out of your school uniform (toilets or Drama Studio)
• Meet in front of school (in the bus layby) at 15:50, with your bags
• Coach leaves at 4pm
• We will stop on the way for you to get some food and there will be refreshments & sweets available at the Opera House
• Hope to return to UVHS at about 00:15 (although there might be a road closure on the A590 that forces a diversion)

We still have several tickets available to go and see the acclaimed 1974 Broadway hit musical, Mack and Mabel, starring the legendary Michael Ball, on Thursday 22nd October. This trip is open to students, staff and parents (and their friends).

This spectacular show is based on the real-life romance between Hollywood legends Mack Sennett and Mabel Normand and tells the story of a group of pioneering film-makers in the silent movie era of the 1910s and 1920s. Musicals’ star Michael will play legendary Hollywood silent screen director Mack Sennett. The show features an acclaimed score by Jerry Herman including musical hits I Won’t Send Roses and Time Heals Everything. The dazzling musical comedy is both a poignant love story and a riveting tribute to the grit and glamour of the era of silent movies. The show received eight Tony Award nominations when it opened on Broadway.

The tickets are for prime seats in the stalls at Manchester Opera House and the £54.10 cost also includes transport to and from UVHS – the coach leaves at 16:00hrs and there will be a food/refreshment stop en route.  We expect to return to school at about 00:15hrs.

Please email Mr Butler if you would like to join us: rbu@uvhs.uk

REMINDER:  there is a ‘Friends’ meeting tomorrow evening (5th October) at 6.30pm in the Memorial Meeting Room (old staffroom) in A Block.  All parents are welcome (shouldn’t last longer than 1 hour).  Posters for the Christmas Festival will be available (and will be given out at tomorrow’s rehearsals).