How's your Quarantine?

Hey Sixth Graders!
I don't know about you, but I am sure getting bored! I miss seeing all of you in school, and I'm looking forward to this strange situation being over so that we can get back to making music together.
In the meantime, I hope you're able to practice your instruments at home. Keep making progress forward in the method books!
If you've got access to a computer, a really great resource is SmartMusic.  Just go to https://www.smartmusic.com/
They've made this free until the end of June since so many kids are out of school, which is awesome! You can create an account and it will help you play along with the exercises in your book. It will even tell you which mistakes you made AND how to fix them. For example, if you play F natural instead of F sharp, it will light that note up in red and even give you a picture of what the fingering should look like. Isn't that cool? It's almost like having me sitting next to you in lessons, minus the hilarious jokes. :)
I'll be in touch with all of you next week, but I wanted to just encourage you to keep working hard and say that I miss you all and we'll be back together soon!
Mrs. Schenk

Veteran's Day Performance

The sixth grade bands and orchestra will be combining our talents for a one-of-a-kind Veteran’s Day performance! We will perform Fanfare and Fireworks together as part of our school Veteran’s Day assembly which will be held at 10:30am on Friday, November 8. While I understand it’s difficult for many parents to attend an assembly during the school day, it is open to the public if you should choose to attend. I’ll try to get a video of the performance, so if you’re unable to attend and would like to see it you can check back here after the performance time.

Marching Band Performance - HOMECOMING!

The sixth graders are very excited to perform for you this Friday as part of our Homecoming Football Game!  The 6^th Grade Marching Band will perform at 6:30pm before the football game. Warm ups will begin at 6:00 at the high school. Please have students there on time as the schedule for game day is very tight. Students should wear BV Spirit Wear- anything red or black is fine. ALL students must wear tennis shoes for marching. As a reminder, this is a graded performance. Immediately following our performance, students will be released to their parents. If you plan to stay for the game, please make arrangements for where to put your child’s instrument. There is NOT a secure location to store instruments during the game. Students who do want to stay for the game may sit with a parent or in the BVIS student section. Students are not required to attend the game.

Students performing will be admitted free to the game, but parents and spectators will have to purchase admission to the game even if you don’t plan to stay for the whole game. Activity Passes are accepted.

We will travel to the High School to rehearse during the day on Friday. This will be our only rehearsal opportunity at the field, and I will be showing them important locations for that evening’s performance at that rehearsal. If you have not already completed your student’s verification, please do so ASAP so that they can travel with us.

Welcome Back! I'm excited for a great year!

Concert Dates 2019-2020

September 27 - Marching Performance @ Homecoming

December 10 - Winter Concert (PAC)

March 10 - 5/6 Band Concert (HS Gym)

April 6 - District Band Night (HS Gym)

April 21 - District Percussion Night (HS Gym)

May 18 - Spring Concert (PAC)

 All performances are required.  Please put these dates on your family calendars today to avoid future conflicts.  Thank you!

Supplies for 6^th Grade Band

Tradition of Excellence Book 2

Band Binder with Page Protectors & Pencil

Instrument with supplies (reeds, oil, etc.)

*Percussion – see alternate list provided by Mrs. Schenk

Questions?

Please contact me anytime!

Laura.Schenk@k12.sd.us