Cumberland Bands Newsletter – 11/19/19

Hello fabulous band people!

Boy, do we have a lot happening to wrap up the calendar year. Hold on to your hats and be sure to read everything!

===FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2019
===FARMVILLE TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY

We’ve been invited to join with both the Prince Edward HS band and the Fuqua School band to play carols for the tree lighting. We’d be playing from around 5:30pm until just after 6:00pm.

DUE TO THE NATURE OF THIS PERFORMANCE AND THE LIMITED ABILITY TO GET PUBLIC-DOMAIN MUSIC, THIS THREE-SCHOOL COMBINED BAND WILL BE MADE UP OF WIND INSTRUMENTALISTS ONLY. All three school percussion sections will have the night off.

Farmville Christmas Tree Lighting
(7th -12th grade wind instruments)
Schedule for Friday 11/22

STAY AFTER SCHOOL – MEET IN BAND ROOM
3:45p – We will provide a quick bite of supper
4:30p – Depart for Farmville
5:00p – Arrive at tree lighting in Farmville
5:30p – Begin playing
6:15p – Playing concludes, load the buses
7:00p – Return to CHS Band Room

===SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2019
===FARMVILLE CHRISTMAS PARADE

Marching band! The parade starts at 2:00pm. We’ll tentatively meet at CHS around 12:30pm and will be home by around 4:00pm. I will confirm these details soon. THIS IS THE SUNDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING, so please plan accordingly.

===TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2019
===CUMBERLAND BANDS/CHORUS WINTER CONCERT

This is for ALL classroom band students, 5th – 12th grade (and chorus students). They’ll stay after school, and I will feed them supper. The concert begins at 7:00pm in the CMS/CHS Cafetorium and will last about 45 minutes. Please plan for transportation home from the event, as this is a REQUIRED PERFORMANCE for all band class students.

===SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2019
===SANTA BREAKFAST FUNDRAISER

I’ll have more information on this shortly. The band program will have its annual Santa Breakfast on this morning at the CMS/CHS Cafetorium. We’ll need lots of help. Details will be to you next week.

===SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2019
===CUMBERLAND CHRISTMAS PARADE

Marching band! The parade starts at 2:00pm. We’ll meet at CHS around 1:00pm and will be done by around 3:30pm. I will confirm these details soon.

===BE SURE TO DOWNLOAD AND JOIN THE “BAND” APP.===

We’re going to be leaving the Remind.com messaging program at the end of the 2019-2020 school year. For this year, we are going to be using both the BAND app and the Remind.com program. Do take the time to download this app and join our groups. Instructions below:

Google Play (for Android): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nhn.android.band

Apple App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/band-app-for-all-groups/id542613198

We have three groups you can join. You can join all three, and we recommend you at least join the MAIN GROUP. You can either search for a group name in the BAND app or click the links below.

EVERYONE SHOULD JOIN THE MAIN GROUP – Cumberland (VA) Bands MAIN GROUP – Open this invite link below on your iPhone, Android, or desktop: https://band.us/n/a1ae1aMaI3ab4

IF YOU HAVE A CHILD IN MARCHING BAND, or want to keep up with marching band-specific information, then ALSO join this group – Cumberland (VA) Bands – Marching Band. Open this invite link below on your iPhone, Android, or desktop: https://band.us/n/aaa817MeI3BeB

IF YOU HAVE A CHILD IN WINTER GUARD, or want to keep up with winter guard-specific information, then join ALSO this group – Cumberland (VA) Bands – Winter Guard. Open this invite link below on your iPhone, Android, or desktop: https://band.us/n/a5a81aMeI2B5z

I hope the info above works for you. Let me know if it doesn’t. 🙂

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