AFM Weekly Newsletter                        Mar 17, 2011   
Wind Symphony - Saratoga High School - March 31st
CMEA April 15th and 16th  
Magic of Music, April 30 
Quick Links...

AVHS Music Website
 

Tickets now on sale for Magic of Music!!!   










The Magic of Music, our one major fund raiser of the year, is just around the corner on April 30th at the Sunol Valley Golf Club. Our theme this year is American Bandstand, American Voices of the 50's, 60's and 70's.

It's not too late to make a donation for our auctions and wine pull.  Contact Brian Cavanaugh or Sally Baker to find out what we need and how to donate.  To donate wine, contact Sher Butler.

Now's the time to buy your tickets.  Find the link on the AFM web site and buy individual tickets or a whole table of ten.  It's going to be a fun filled evening, starting with vintage cars in the parking lot to greet you and memories of the 50's, 60's and 70's throughout.  After check in you'll be offered a glass of complimentary champagne and head in to the Wine Pull.  Select a bottle (or six!) of wine and be surprised by what you get and maybe win a prize too!  Keep going to the silent auction room to find appetizers, browse, bid and enjoy wine tasting with Morse/Il Gioillo wines.  Morse wines has donated our table wine and will donate 40% of wine tasting and bottle sales to AFM.  Both Amador Jazz bands will play throughout the evening and we may even have a special appearance of the Amador mixed vocal ensemble. 

It's not to be missed, see you there! 

eScrip Coordinator Needed  

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We are looking for a new eScrip coordinator.  It's a job that you can do from home, on your own schedule.  It takes just a couple of hours per month.  All you need is a computer and some minimal knowledge of Excel spreadsheets. Training will be provided until you are completely comfortable with the process.  Please contact Anne Gove at for additional details.

 

Thanks much,

Anne Gove
   


CMEA Band Festival @ California High School:  

CMEA band festival is the significant assessment of each of the four

concert bands from a panel of judges.  Students perform 3 prepared concert selections and then sight-read to test for music literacy skills.  This festival is the highlight of the 2nd semester thus far and showcases weeks of hard work to ready the ensembles for the festival.  Attendance is mandatory and parents are welcome to attend (and are responsible for transporting their child to/from the event.)

 

Friday April 15

Wind Symphony

4:30-6:00 pm

Wind Ensemble II

7:25-9:00 pm

Wind Ensemble I 8:50-10:30 pm

 

Saturday April 16

Symphonic Band

10:10 am-11:45

 

Do you have a child in 2nd period Wind Symphony?
If so, keep reading!  On Thursday March 31, all Wind Symphony members will be performing in a shared concert with musicians from Saratoga High School in the beautiful McAfee Theater on Saratoga's campus.  We have planned a pre-concert rehearsal and dinner for the musicians from both schools.  Students will need to arrive at Saratoga High School at 4:30 pm.  We are using carpools to get the kids to and from Saratoga for the performance. The planning for that needs to begin now so all 65 students have rides
arranged. Any parents who drive will have dinner provided for them by the Saratoga Music Boosters and of course all parents are invited to attend the concert at 7:30 pm. 

 

Thanks to the following for volunteering to drive to Saratoga!  We've got a 1/3 of the band covered already! Mark Garrett, Annette Buck, Nalanda Bowman, Justin Briggs, Meri McCoy-Thompson, Jody Harcourt, Debbie McManus and Marcia Ikeda.

 

Please e-mail me if you can drive students and let me know how many. Thanks for your help with getting this done early!

 
Jon Grantham
Director of Bands 

Update on the 7th Period Day  

AFM Message from the President  

 

As requested, we are repeating the names and email addresses of persons to whom you can direct emails with your support for the 7th Period Day. When writing your thoughts, it is most effective to be concise, offer suggestions and to even ask questions; some board members will respond to your questions.  Not only is that helpful, you earn the satisfaction that someone is listening!  

 

 

Please send your emails of support to:

 

Superintendent Parvin Ahmadi:  pahmadi@pleasanton.k12.ca.us

Trustee Valerie Arkin: Valerie@arkinhome.com

Trustee Chris Grant: chrismgrant@gmail.com

Trustee Jamie Hintzke: Hintzke@gmail.com

Trustee Jeff Bowser: Jeff.pusd@gmail.com

Trustee Joan Laursen: Laursen.joan@gmail.com

 

If you are not yet informed about the 7th Period Day concerns, please see a complete summary at the AVHS music website:

Will There Be a 7th Period Day in 2011-2012? 

 

Also, you may read local press coverage at these 3 outlets.  Responding to these stories, by way of Letters to the Editor or online comment, is also a helpful way of keeping the dialogue moving forward!

 

Online:  

Pleasanton Weekly  

Pleasanton Patch  

Independent:  Read in 3/10/11 Print Edition (sorry not online)

 

Thank you to everyone who has already spoken out or written in support of 7 periods for high school students in 2011-2012.  This is essential to thriving education in the arts!


Marilyn Palowitch,
AFM President.
Spring Musical   


Amador Valley High School and Foothill High School jointly present a spring musical - The Sound of Music.  Performances will be held at the Amador Theater on March 17, 18, 19 and March 24, 25, 26.  Tickets may be purchased through:   www.civicartstickets.org.   Please note tickets are selling quickly.