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School News

• School resumes 8/24

• DM Camp Finished  6/29...see NewsBriefs
• Band Camp August 10-14 6-9pm
• CG Camp August 17-21 5-8pm

Color Guard now has their own page....click on color guard in the main menu.

FREE SUMMER LESSONS  We are going to have a very talented, but very inexperienced   Warrior Band next year. One way we can overcome that is by having as many students as possible take FREE summer lessons. All you have to do is have a parent call one of the teachers listed below, tell them you are from SMS, and make arrangements for days and times. They will make arrangements with me for payment. The more lessons you can take, the better!!! BUT, even if you can only fit in just a few lessons this summer, you and the band will benefit!   Jeremy Martin (clarinet)  … Ben Horton (sax)  … Rhonda Martin (flute)  …. Brad Pickett (trumpet)  …  I am trying to find a low brass teacher, but for now call Mr Pickett … I can not pit their phone numbers online, email Mr W and I will send it to you!    AS of 6/21  things are looking better and better... 4 trumpets and a baritone are taking lessons. Four saxes have started (and maybe one more) and I hear from Mr Martin that at least 4-5 clarinets and maybe a bass clarinet are taking lessons.  How about flutes??!!! If you are a flute and are taking lessons, email me and let me know!

Beginning Band News .....

Go to the Beginning Band Page (UPDATED 6/1) for final test taking list

For INCOMING (NEW) beginning 6th graders, see "Beg. Band Info for Incoming 6th Graders"  from the main menu. There are a near-record 94 6th graders signed up for beginning band for the fall!!!  The record is 100.

*** THIS N'THAT, from Mr W, updated7/4........ 96 magnets and counting ........ Fog never did go away entirely yesterday, made navigating home late last night after the Tattoo extra exciting..... On may way farther north this morning once I get more awake...... FOG is extra thick this morning, so trying to find the right road will again be tricky, on the way to Sydney (no not Austalia).....Tattoo last night was fantastic, A great 3 hour show  ........7/3... Have a gret view of Halifax from a 6th floor window, except I can't see anything due to fog ........ Except for a few minutes here and there, it is actually been awhile since I have seen the sun! ........ Off to see the tattoo this evening, should be a blast, and no I am not off to see somebody's body art! ........7/2 ... drove up Nova Scotia to its capital city of Halifax, trying to figure out the speed limits in my head is giving me a head ache - they are all metric! .... really understand more about Acadians now, after stopping at Grand Pre' ....7/1........ Happy Canada Day! (sorta like our Independence Day)........ took in lots of historic Canadian sites today, all for free due to Canada Day ...... Listened to an adult community band this afternoon, and their finale was Mallet Maniacs!! Played much slower than we do it .....6/30 ... Would you believe McLobster in Mcdonalds in Nova Scotia, Canada? McReally!!!!........ No dollar bills in Canada, just Loonies!.........6/29 .... yep have splurged on Maine Magnets, up to 84 total magnets now ....... actual rain added to fog and mist, it is a lot like a Bakersfield WINTER! ....... another laundry day on the road (my third) ..... would you believe a lobster museum, including an actual BLUE lobster ....... Drove up Cadillac Mtn (no, not named after the car), highets point in Acadia Natrional park and along the east coast ( awhopping 1500 ft tall) and could not see anything around the mtn due to the thick fog!...... tomorrow, ferry to Nova Scotia, Canada  .........6/28.... a little bit strange being up and typing when almost everyone you know is still soundly snoozing....... anyone out there actually reading this?????? ........6/27.. No real rain, lot of fog and mist, saw sun for only couple of hours ...... Would you believe 2 days in a row without getting a magnet? Saving myself for a giant Maine splurge? ........ about 5 miles of walking and hiking today, little too much for my aching feet ...... another brass week concert, this one outdoors at 5:30pm, sorry to tell those of you baking in the bake, I was shivering with my long sleeve shirt and a hoodie on! .......6/26... Maine, no rain! but cold and fog, especially after sun down ....... No magnet today, but 71 total ...... Who knew? This is brass week in Bar Harbor ...... first taste of lobster, just a snack tho ........6/25... a day without rain is like.. A DAY WITHOUT RAIN! (but it was warm and very humid instead) ..... visited two Vermont land marks today (B&J's factory and the TRAPP family lodge and one landmark yesterday (Bennington battle monument) ...... finally in Maine, which was my next goal after Columbus ........6/24... 2 states- MA and VT and more rain today and more magnets, 67 total .... Ended up tonight just one mile from the ben and jerry's factory ......  Have now driven over 5000 miles on this trip ... 6/23.. I can now honestly say that I "went" to an Ivy league school (and I have the CORNELL Tshirt to prove it), campus is very majestic up a hillside, with several buildings that look like castles overlooking the valley below ..... 59 magnets  .........6/22 .. Visited my mom's roots in Wayne NY...... Stopped by Corning NY, as in corning ware, nice glass museum plus unexpected Museum of the American West.... ended up the day in Ithaca, home of Cornell U ........ 6/21...  Nice visit (despite pouring rain all day) with my aunt who lives here, my sister who lives in Bakersfield, and my Uncle and his wife who live in Virginia - all here in NY at the same time yesterday ...... nice visit and walk along the edge of Niagra Falls today, that is after I spent morning doing laundry! ......... 6/19 .. 8am in Columbus Ohio and it is pouring rain with thunder and lightning, 8pm in Victor NY and it is calm and cool! ....... 6/18 .. only 1/2 day left in Columbus, then I hit the road for upstate New York ........ 6/17... About 1/2 way through the workshop. I am the only non-Ohioan here and everybody knows somebody else except me. And they don't seem to want to talk to a Californian too much!  ....... 6/15...arrived Columbus, Ohio for 4 day band director workshop...... about 40 magnets picked up along the way........continuing to practice evety day, how about you??? ....... 6/13.. Traveler tummy trouble today, luckily after the daily drive ..... Saturday night means laundry nite on the road ........ 6/12... No internet access for 2 days in Minnesota stunk! ........ But lots of good magnets! ....... now actually somewhere i have never been before, extreme northern Michigan ...... actually dry and mild here ............ 6/9... Snow in June for 2 days at Yellowstone ...... Rain rain rain in Montana and N Dakota for 2 days, maybe "the sun will come out tomorrow . . " ....... I have now played my French Horn in one national historic site and 2 national parks!!!    ........6/6 .. Wind and rain and lightning and vERY HEAVY downpour to drive in today at times ....... Almost 1000 miles and 3 states in 2 days and NONE on the Interstate ....... 2 days and only 1 post card, 3 magnets and 1 t-shirt, I must be slowing down in my old age!!! ....... Practicing my horn 30-40 minutes each day on the side of the road, hope everyone else is finding some practice time as well ..........6/5 .. On the road at last, no more gardening and/or bleeding for awhile ....... Great temps for a long drive thru desert today ......... Manzanar should be visited by more people ...........

COMMUNICATIONS: band phone is: 392-2130,ext 5133 (you can call directly into the band room after hours and on Saturdays by simply entering the extension number when prompted by the recording

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