Happy Holidays from The Airmen of Note

Just a fun "flashmob" performance by the United States Air Force top Jazz Ensemble, The Airmen of Note.  Enjoy!

https://www.facebook.com/USAFBand/videos/10153179846701121/

Soloists
Vocals - Technical Sergeant Paige Wroble
Clarinet - Master Sergeant Tyler Kubler (also former professor at SIU-Carbondale)
Drums - Technical Sergeant David McDonald
Guitar - Master Sergeant Geoffrey Reecer
Bass - Technical Sergeant Cameron Kayne

Craft Show a Success!

Thanks to one and all for a successful craft show.  A very special thank you to Mr. Gordon and Mrs. Fredericks for heading up the show this year.  (Parents, we need volunteers to run the show next year!)

Wonderful performances by the students as well!

Happy Holidays!

Excellent performance tonight by the band in the Frosty & Friends Parade to help kick off Westmont's Holly Days Celebration.

Parade Details

Just a reminder to all band members that we will be meeting at the Westmont library at 4:15 in full uniform, instruments out tomorrow night, 11/28!

Also, we found out that the WHS mini-bus is out of action.  I will be at the high school at 3:15.  Any help you can give in getting our percussion and sousaphones to the library would be appreciated!

Great week for the WHS Bands!

This has been a busy, but wonderful week for the bands.  Wonderful rehearsals all around for the Symphonic Band as they prepare for the concert and upcoming Holly Days Parade.

We had a marvelous performance by the WHS Jazz Ensemble as they opened for The Shout Section Big Band at Coopers Corner on Thursday.  Mr. Vaughan and a couple of students were also able to sit in with the pros that night!

Thank you to all the parents and friends that came out to support live jazz in the suburbs.

In "Alumni News" Chloe Marshinski ('13) and Adrian Gonzales ('13) auditioned and won a spot for a stand alone feature in The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade with the Marching Illini!  

Finally, today Lauren Verdera is representing Westmont as one of the top musicians in the state at the ILMEA District 1 Senior Band Festival, hosted by Elmhurst College. 

Jazz Band Thursday night at Coopers Corner!

The Jazz Ensemble will be performing at 7 PM at Coopers Corner in Winfield on Nov. 18th .  We will play for about 30-45 minutes, and will be staying to hear the first set from The Shout Section Big Band before heading back to WHS, arriving at approximately 9:15 PM.

Come join us for some great jazz in the suburbs!

Shout Section Big Band -  http://www.shoutsection.com/

Coopers Corner

27W150 Roosevelt Rd, Winfield, IL 60190 (630) 690-2668

Craft Show and WP Sales!

Parents & Students,

 First a reminder that the forms for the wreath sales are due back no later than Monday.  Many of your students are involved in Snowball and are running out of time to sell.  Please encourage them to get a few more on the list and remember to turn the form in on Monday.

The craft show needs your help.  Below is a link to the sign up genius.  This is our biggest fundraiser of the year, and we need your help to make it happen.  Please help where you can!

www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C044EADAE2FA4FB6-2015

Wreath - Poinsettia Forms

The forms for the fall fundraiser went home last week, and are due back to the high school no later than November 16th!  All items will be delivered to the high school on November 23rd, and should be picked up after school by the students.

The order form is also posted on the right side of the blog under "MUSIC AND DOCUMENTS".  If you need more space, or did not receive a form, please print another.

Our next event is for the Jazz Ensemble on November 19th at Coopers Corner in Warrenville at 7 pm.  More details on directions, departure time, and arrival back to WHS will be forthcoming.

Senior Night

Great night one and all.  Congrats on another spectacular marching season!!!!

Great week!

It's been a busy week for us, but a great one!

Congrats to all who auditioned for ILMEA.  Regardless of the results, which we will find out next week, you all should be proud of the work you put in to make yourselves better musicians.

Wonderful performances by all involved in the Fine Arts Cafe on Wednesday as well.  The Jazz Ensemble has been asked to open for "The Shout Section Big Band" on November 19th.  This is a great step forward for us.  Excellent job!

Next week we have our final football game, senior night, on Friday.  Come ready to support our team one more time this year.

If you have any doubts that you can make a difference, click on the link below and read the article about the Oklahoma band.

http://newsok.com/article/5453621?utm_source=NewsOK.com&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=ShareBar-Facebook

Thanks again for all you do!!!

-Mr V.

Band Parent Meeting

Something to add to your calendars: the next band parent meeting will be on November 2nd at 7 pm in the high school band room.

We are still looking for crafters for the 2015 craft show.  If you have anyone who might be interested, please email Mr. Vaughan.

East Coast Bound!

Great news.....We have the numbers for the NYC trip!

It's not to late to sign up, in fact we are encouraging more to do so.  I'll keep you all posted on more details as they come in.







Wonderful job by one and all Friday night at the Homecoming game!

The March on New York

Parents and Guardians,

  I wanted to help streamline the registration process for the New York Trip.  All the information is on the right of the blog, at the top of the page under "New York Information".

  To register quickly....

  1 . Go to the following link:  http://ips.bobrogerstravel.com

  2. Our trip ID is:  IL004200028

Follow their instructions, enter your information, and you will be registered for the trip!  We are getting close to our goal, and again, we ask that you all register no later than Sunday afternoon.

The first payment will be withdrawn on Oct. 9th, 2015.

Homecoming Parade and more!

Parents & Guardians,

  My apologies...the homecoming parade for Thursday was not on the calendar!  Times are posted now, and hopefully students have made you aware as well.

  Also, please begin signing up for the New York Trip as soon as possible.  We would like to have our "definite" numbers signed up by Sunday afternoon.  The first payment will be credited on October 9th, but we need to know numbers ASAP.

 

NYC Meeting

Parents,

  For any of you that were unable to attend last weeks meeting, we will be have a second meeting regarding the NYC trip tomorrow night, Sept. 28th at 7 pm.  If you were able to attend the first meeting, there is no reason to attend again unless you have further questions for Bob Rodgers Travel.

  Please begin signing up for the trip!  We have a few already, but we would like to have an idea of numbers by next weekend.  This will help us finalize the cost, and know the instrumentation we will have available to us!

Lisle game cancelled. Heading home.

The game has been cancelled.  Thank you all for your flexibility.  We will be home about 6 pm, and put an end to a long day.  Great attitudes today by one and all!!!!

LISLE - FINAL INFO

The game has been moved to 5 pm still at Benedictine University.  Per Mr. Baldermann, band, football players, cheer, etc, are released at 2 pm from classes if they need to go home, eat, and/or get their equipment/uniform parts.

CALL TIME IS NOW 3:30 - IN UNIFORM.  Our estimated arrival time home should be approx. 8 pm if weather cooperates and we stay for the entire game as planned.  If there is inclement weather, we will leave for home earlier, and will update the blog.

Mr. Vaughan

LISLE UPDATES

There is a POSSIBILITY the game tonight may be moved to 5 PM.  This would put our call time at the high school at 3:30 PM.  THIS IS NOT ESTABLISHED YET!

This is beyond our control, and we will do our best to feed the students if this is the case.

I will update you as soon as I have the complete information, but please prepare for any contingency.

Thank you!!!

-Mr. Vaughan

Gameday at Lisle

The call time for the band is 5 pm in the band room, in full uniform.  Please do not call the band room asking if we are canceling due to weather.  Any changes to our itinerary will be posted here on the blog by 4:30 PM.  Our plan is to go to the game if it is being played.  We will make accommodations for woodwind instruments if needed.

As always we plan to stay for the entire game.  If weather dictates we are leaving early, we will post here, and have students contact parents.

The March on New York!

Parents, Guardians and Students,

  Monday night, September 21st we will be having our first band parent meeting.  One of the main items on the agenda will be the New York Trip.  Brennan Stamps from Bob Rodgers will be in attendance to speak on the trip, pricing, and answer any questions you may have.

  Please plan on joining us this coming Monday (21st) at 7 pm in the high school band room!

  Also, please remember the call time for Friday's road trip to Lisle is 5 pm in the band room, in full uniform!

  Looking forward to seeing you all soon!

-Mr. Vaughan

Great opening night

Great opening performance for the band tonight!  Halftime looked and sounded fantastic.  Tough night for our team, but the band had great night.  Looking forward to Lisle next week...

Heading home...

We are on our way back, and should arrive home about 1:40!

Approaching game time.

Great weather so far, and we are ready for NU's pregame show.

Ready for halftime!

Great morning rehearsal.

So proud of how our students 

are representing WHS this morning!

On the road!

We are on the way to Northwestern.  First a rehearsal, and game time 11:00.  Tune in for the halftime show on ESPN around 12:00.

Jazz Band begins!

Reminder: the first jazz band rehearsal is tomorrow morning, September 1st at 7 am in the high school band room.  Everyone who plans to audition should attend.  We will be reading through the audition music.  Please be on time, and ready to play!

Great first week!

Awesome job today finishing the picture in under 40 minutes.  A special thank you to Mrs. Thomas for coming back and taking the pictures for us!!!

Please make sure you have sent your section leader your t-shirt size so we can get them finished ASAP.

Have a great weekend!

Thursday's Rehearsal

Click on the image to expand.

Good looking band!  Keep up the hard work everyone!

First day on Monday!

Please remember to bring your "concert band" instruments on Monday for the first day of classes!

PICTURES ARE CANCELLED

The pictures scheduled for today have been cancelled.  The photographer the school contracted did not show up for any of the sports teams or us today.

We will work together to get a picture on our own time.

THERE IS STILL REHEARSAL THIS EVENING AT 6:30

Greetings from Montreal!

Austin approves!

Several of the band members and Mr. Vaughan are along on the 2015 Canada trip with Mr. Landreth.  First day consisted of a visit to a drum circle, and a jazz club (with Jake and Elwood on top no less) so we thought it would be appropriate to post here!

As a reminder to all the parents, band fees are due on August 12th at our next rehearsal (6:30 PM).  Please remember to send a check with your student that night if you haven't done so already, as we need to order our items for the fall semester.  Again, if there are any financial troubles, please contact Mr. Vaughan and we can work it out.  No student will be denied participation based solely on financial hardship.

Looking forward to seeing you all again soon!

Great week!

Wonderful work this week at camp one and all.  Thank you to all the staff for their time and energy, and thank you to all the parents for your help with the potluck and getting your students back and forth to the school.

Our next event is a rehearsal at 6:30 on Wednesday night, August 12.  Please continue to be on time with instruments out in the band room.

Rest and relax this week, but take some time to review your music and drill so you don't forget it all by the 12th.

Potluck Performance

Great performance by the band today for the annual band camp potluck dinner.  Reminder rehearsal runs from 8 AM until 12 PM tomorrow (Friday).  We are off tomorrow afternoon.

Thanks again to Mr. Josh Lipe, and Mr. Tom Scheu for all their help this week!

Looking forward to finishing strong tomorrow with Mr. Lencioni and Ms. Fischer!

Day 3!

Third day a success!  Over half the opener is on the field, and we are right on track with what we want to accomplish this week.

Tomorrow (Thursday) is the potluck dinner and performance for the parents.

Due an excessive number of conflicts on Friday, we will only rehearse from 8-12, and will use our time to clean the music for our performance at Northwestern on September 5th.

Day two is in the books!

Wonderful work on the field in sectionals.  Tomorrow we begin putting drill together for the opener.  It will be another day of high temperatures.  Please bring sunscreen and stay hydrated!!!!

Remember the potluck is on Thursday night this year!

Great First Day!

Wonderful first day of camp today!  We were able to play through all the show music, the Star Spangled Banner, Fight Song, and a few stands tunes, as well as get some basic marching commands under our belts.  Tomorrow we meet on the practice field at 8 AM sharp, and continue marching fundamentals.

For the Annual Band Potluck on Thursday....YES Thursday!

Seniors - Main Dish
Juniors - Side Dish
Sophomores - Drinks
Freshman - Cups, Plates, Silverware, & Napkins


(We will give you time as a class on Tuesday to work out details!)

Final Preparations

Today your student leaders finished some final preparations in the band room.  Just a reminder, camp starts in just a few days.  Keep practicing, bring your music, and come prepared to work and have fun next week.

Camp starts at 8 AM sharp on Monday July 27th.  To be early is to be on time, to be on time is to be late.....

Drum Major Camp

Our drum majors have arrived at EIU for the Smith-Wallbridge Drum Major camp in preparation for beginning our 2015 WHS band camp on July 27th!

New Music!!!

Drumline, you now have a new cadence in the MB music folder.

All members, you will have more music posted next week.  Please keep practicing!

Band Camp 2015!

Parents and Students,

  On the right side of the blog, you will see two documents.  One is the welcome letter for camp, and the other is the band fees for this season.  Please take the time to read these, and also check out the schedule for the 2015-2016 season.  This schedule is complete with the exception of pep band basketball games which will be added shortly.

  Looking forward to seeing you all two weeks from today!

Mr. V.