Christmas is approaching!

It's hard to believe -- especially considering we still have Halloween and Thanksgiving -- but you should be hearing the sounds of Christmas at your home already!

Beginning band is currently working on Jingle Bells, Good King Wenceslas, Dreydl, Dreydl, and Holiday Sampler along with the first 12 pages from the book. If you're not hearing Christmas, encourage your students to practice!

Advanced band is also working on some Christmas songs. Theirs are Deck the Halls, Up On the Housetop, and Holiday Fantasy. Clarinets are also working on their upper register. If they keep working hard, they should be pretty confident on those higher notes in a couple of weeks. I'm also planning on introducing Beethoven's Fifth Symphony to the advanced band this week. I haven't decided yet if I'm going to give it to beginning band or not, but we'll see just how far they progress over the next few weeks.

Thank you for all you do to help this program succeed! Don't forget to pay tuition if you haven't yet. It's $200 for the year or $100 per semester.

Thanks! Mrs. Worthen