Sequoit Bands Director: Patrick Hayes Instrumental Music Home |Instrumental Music Educators at ACHS  |  Instrumental Ensembles  |  Instrumental Music Documents  | AMPS  |  Choirs Home For Permission Slips, Absence Requests, etc: click on the "Instrumental Music Documents" link Congratulations to: Ross Houslander, Tenor Sax for making IMEA District 7 Jazz Reading Band II Aiyana Emsun, Trombone for making IMEA District 7 Band Thank you to all who auditioned!!! PLAY-OFF INFORMATION : SATURDAY, NOV 22   The marching band will NOT be travelling to this game.  Students are encouraged to attend the game on their own, if they are available.  We wish our musicians best of luck at the District 7 Jazz IMEA festival (happening the same day at Barrington HS), and encourage you to hear the IMEA Jazz concert.   Improve your sightreading/rhythm:     http://www.practicesightreading.com/ Do you support what these students do?  If so, consider becoming a "Fine Arts Patron".  Donation forms available here: Fine Arts Patron DONORS_FORM.doc Upcoming Events                                                          November 2008 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 16 17 Quarter 2 – Scale Test 18 JB 4-6 19 Half Day 20 21 22 Mr. Z’s pick-up          IMEA Jazz Festival at Barrington High School 23 24 25 JB 4-6 26 Early Release 27 NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving 28  NO SCHOOL 29 30 December 2008 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 JB 4-6 3 4 JB - Holiday Café Dress 5 Holiday Café Set-up Field Trip: Jazz Band Performs for Baxter 1-4? pm 6 JB – Holiday Café, 5 pm, 8 pm 7 JB – Holiday Café, 1:30 pm 8 Financial Aid Night 7 pm AMPS 7 pm Lakes Area Community Band Holiday Concert 7:30 pm 9 Patron of the Arts DUE! JB 4-6 Holiday Concert Dress Rehearsal 6-9 (exact times TBD) 10 11 Holiday Concert 7 pm (Band and Choir) (6pm call for Band) 12 Pep Band Girls Wauconda 7:30 Game, 6:30 pm Call required for SB & WE 13 14 15 16 17 Finals Quarter 2 – Etude tested for Playing Test Final 18  Finals Quarter 2 – Etude tested for Playing Test Final 19  Finals Quarter 2 – Etude tested for Playing Test Final 20 21 Tuba Christmas in Antioch at District Office 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 PEP BAND ASSIGNMENTS: The ACHS Pep Band performs at varsity boys and girls home basketball games.  The Pep Band is the community service extension of the band   Any student who attends 7 of the 8 games will receive a “pep band” patch at the end of the year.  The dress is school colors (ex: marching band t-shirt or something from Sequoit Pride). You are assigned a required 4 out of 8 games that are part of the band grade.     Date Opponent Team Call Time Game Time Required for 12/12 Friday Wauconda Girls Varsity 6:30 pm 7:30 pm WE & SB 1/9 Friday Warren Boys Varsity 6:30 pm 7:30 pm AWE 1/23 Friday Round Lake Boys Varsity 6:30 pm 7:30 pm AWE 1/31 Saturday Belvidere North Girls Varsity 5:00 pm 6:00 pm WE & SB Vernon Hills Boys Varsity 7:30 pm WE & SB 2/3 Tuesday Warren Girls Varsity 6:00 pm 7:00 pm WE & SB 2/6 Friday N Chicago Girls Varsity 5:00 pm 6:00 pm AWE N Chicago Boys Varsity 7:30 pm AWE 2/7 Saturday Lakes Girls Varsity 2 pm 2:30 pm Dress Code Infraction Only! Private Lesson Teacher List:[Image:Private Instructor List.doc]Private Instructor List0.doc 0Link to Smartmusic:  www.smartmusic.com    --------------- "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." -Aristotle