If your child plays alto sax, it is in a soft case and s/he has brought it home tonight, please check it is actually theirs! One of the yr13s brought her sax in this morning but it was not in the storeroom after school when she came to band practice.
Just a reminder that we could really do with donations of mince pies from as many performers in the Christmas Festival as possible and … if you are able to do so, some raffle prizes (if we get too many we will hold some over to the Marines concert).
Thank you!
The first band call for Hairspray is next Friday (21st December) from 12.35-1.30pm in the Stoller Suite. Please bring lunch to the rehearsal.#
We will try to play through:
Prologue, 1, 2, 14a, 18, 20 and 22/23.
Tomorrow’s Swing Band rehearsal is cancelled – first rehearsal of 2019 will be Friday 11th January in preparation of the concert in Broughton on Saturday 26th Jan.
Merry Christmas to all the band members!!!!!
This letter began being distributed yesterday (Junior Band) and will be given out today to choir and on Monday to Wind Band. Please read.
The password for tickets for the Massed Bands concert on Sat March 2nd is “Blues and twos”.
Ideal Christmas presents for relatives!!!!!!!!!!!
Tickets can only be purchased in person from The Coro Box Office between 10am and 1pm this Saturday (8th December). They will then go on general sale to the public on Monday 10th December.
Tickets for the Massed Band joint concert on 2nd March (Wind Band with the Royal Marines) go on general sale next Monday – 10th December.
ALL members of the Wind Band will be playing. Order of programme is:
UVHS Wind Band – Royal Marines Band – Massed Band Finale
Up to 35 members of the Wind Band (mostly senior players) will be invited to play alongside the Marines in the Massed Band Finale.
HOWEVER – THERE WILL BE ONE DAYOF PRE-SALE TO PARENTS and STAFF (and those in the know!) THIS SATURDAY – 8TH DECEMBER. ON THIS DAY TICKETS CAN ONLY BE BOUGHT IN PERSON FROM THE CORO HALL BOX OFFICE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 10am and 1pm.
Prices: £18 balcony; £12 (£4) front stalls; £9 (£4) rear stalls
A password will (as usual) be required, and this will be published here by Friday.
We had intended to hold the next Friends of UVHS Performing Arts meeting on Tuesday 4th December. However, due to date clashes this cannot now happen, and there is no other space in the next 2 weeks to hold the meeting. Therefore the next meeting will be on TUESDAY 8th JANUARY: please could we have some support?
However, we do have to make arrangements for the Christmas Festival on Wed 19th December – for this we need parents to help with both programme and raffle sales on the night. Please email Mr Butler (rbu@uvhs.uk) if you are able to help – people need to be at The Coro before the doors open at 6.40pm.
We also need donations of some quality raffle prizes – please help if you can (items can be brought to the Performing Arts office).
Finally – attached below is an open letter from the treasurer of The Friends of UVHS Performing Arts. Please take a minute or two to read it.
Just a reminder to the Chamber Choir that we are performing at St Marys Catholic Church (opposite the kiosk) this afternoon.
Meet by 3.50pm – jumpers and smart trousers/skirt.
Finish by 5pm
Both tomorrow’s Wind Band rehearsal and Friday’s Swing Band rehearsal will finish at the earlier time of 4.30pm.
All other rehearsals will be on as normal in preparation for the Christmas Festival, the Primary Pantomime and the school production of Hairspray.
PS – Advance tickets for the Marines joint concert (on March 2nd) will be on sale to parents & friends on Saturday 8th December ONLY: 10am-1pm at The Coro Box Office. The password to obtain these tickets will be posted here during the previous week.