AFM Weekly Newsletter                        Mar 24, 2011   
Wind Symphony - Saratoga High School - March 31st
CMEA April 15th and 16th  
Magic of Music, April 30 
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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


August Marching Band Calendar posted Online 

    

All Marching Band Families:  The dates and times for August Marching Band Camp and Meetings have been posted online.  Attendance is mandatory for Marching Band members; please note which groups are participating on each date, as listed in the calendar.  If you know incoming 9th grade students to the Marching Band, please share this information with their parents. 

 

From the first day of school through WBA finals (the weekend before Thanksgiving), Marching Band Rehearsals will be scheduled - in general -  for Tuesdays, 5 pm to 9 pm, and Saturdays, 10am to 6 pm.  There will be some exceptions to this schedule forthcoming.  The competition and performance schedule for the Marching Band is also yet to be announced.  Please stay tuned to this newsletter and the website.

 
   


Wind Symphony (2nd period) to perform at Saratoga HS on 3/31! Thank you to the many parents who have stepped forward to drive the band members to Saratoga HS next Thursday. At this time we have room for 56 out of 63 musicians.  If there are 1-2 more parents who are able to drive, it would be greatly appreciated.  Please see the schedule below for the evening:

 

3:00   Load carpool in Del Valle lot with instruments, music and concert dress

3:30   Depart for Saratoga HS

4:30   Arrive Saratoga HS/sound check on stage at McAfee Theater

5:15   Dinner with Saratoga HS band members

6:15   Change into concert dress

7:00   Concert featuring Wind Symphony and 2 bands from Saratoga HS

9:00   Approximate conclusion of program-carpool departs and returns to AVHS

 

Wind Ensembles I/II perform with Harvest Park on Tuesday 3/29  Come enjoy a fantastic and free night of music as both wind ensembles share the stage with Harvest Park's top band in the Amador Theater beginning at 7:00 pm. Amador students are to arrive to the theater in concert dress at 6:31 with instruments and music.  I am in need of 3 ushers for the program. You will be able to see the concert.  If you can help, please email me.

 

Congratulations to Amador's Winterguard!

Amador's guard keeps on rolling, taking 3rd place out of 21 guards in the WGI Regional held at James Logan HS this past Saturday.

 

Winterguard/Winter Percussion Friends and Family Night

Friday April 1  Kick off your spring break with a bang.  Held in Foothill High School's large gym, the show starts at 7:00 pm and is free of charge.  The showcase features winterguards from all 3 middle schools, the premier of the Harvest Park percussion ensemble, as well as guards and percussion groups from both high schools.  It is a night of fantastic entertainment not to be missed!

 
Jon Grantham
Director of Bands 


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! 


 

    

Celebrate! And Save the Music!

The second Annual Celebrate Concerts - celebrating music education in Pleasanton - are scheduled for April 27 and 28, 7 pm to 9 pm, in the Harvest Park Gym.  Tickets will be on sale at the door - $10 Adults/ $5Kids & Seniors. 

 

April 27:  Orchestra Performance Gala!  Elementary, Middle and High School Orchestra

April 28:  Band Performance Gala!  Elementary, Middle and High School Band and Band Ensembles

 

These concerts are essential fundraisers to preserve the Elementary Band and Strings programs, the critical introduction to instrumental music for our students.  Please attend - bring friends and family, and make donations to PSEE.