Cumberland Bands Newsletter – 11/1/16

Happy November, everyone!

Tons of information today:

==Marching Band==

Super congratulations to the marching band for their inaugural competition performance last Saturday at the Powhatan Fall Classic marching band competition.  The show was well received by both judges and the crowd – who gave them a standing ovation.

The marching band’s final performance will be this friday, 11/4, at the last home football game.  This week, we will ONLY have game-day practice on Friday.  We will NOT have practice either today (Tues, 11/1) or Thurdsay (11/3).

For the few of you who have not yet paid for your shoes, please get your money in as quickly as possible.

==Cookie Dough Delivery – Wed, Nov 9th==

Cookie dough orders will be delivered on Wednesday, November 9th, from 2:30pm – 4:00pm.  Any student who sold more than just a few items will probably need to be picked up after school with their orders for delivery.  Since many of these products are frozen, please make sure all items are delivered that afternoon.  Thanks!

==Yankee Candles!==

The band program is now selling Yankee Candles for the Holiday season.  I’ll be posting a link shortly to purchase online, but if you want to purchase a Yankee Candle for someone during the season, we’d love for you to buy it from us.  While we have fliers available to anyone interested for buying or selling.  Have your gift needs covered and help the band at the same time!

==Santa Breakfast at CMS/CHS – Saturday, December 3rd==

This is a fundraiser for the band program.  Santa Claus will be hosting a breakfast in our cafeteria!  There will be food, music, the NJHS Holiday Bazaar, and so much more!  Visit one-on-one with Santa Claus, himself!  Details to follow, but mark calendars now!  We’ll be calling for some help shortly, so keep an eye out!

==Winter Concert – Thursday, Dec 8th @7pm at CMS/CHS==

The 2016 Winter Concert is Thursday, December 8, at 7:pm in the CMS/CHS cafetorium.  All band classes are participating.  More details to follow.  This is looking like it’s going to be a bigger evening than we originally thought, so be sure to mark your calendars and come join us!

==Christmas Parades!==

12/4/2016 – Farmville Christmas Parade
12/11/2016 – Cumberland Christmas Parade

The marching band will be in both parades on the respective Sunday afternoons listed above.  I have had a number of students who aren’t in marching band ask if they can march the parade.  The answer is a qualified ‘yes’.  We are marching in uniform, so I have to limit it to students who can fit into the uniforms I have left, and every marcher must have completely black shoes for the parade.  If it is not a band marching shoe, then I do need to approve them ahead of time.

Also, to march in the parade, each student must attend parade rehearsal.  There will only be a couple, and I’ll have that schedule out shortly.  We will be performing the same material we performed in last year’s parades.

Keep in touch, y’all!

Scott