Weekly Updates Nov 26-30

Dear Parents,

We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving break! 

All Orchestra students are rehearsing Holiday music as we prepare for our December concerts! Our December concerts are Wednesday, December 12 for 6th Grade, Fiddlers, and Cello Choir, and Thursday, December 13 for 7th and 8th Grade. Both concerts are at Durham with a student arrival time of 6:30pm and a concert start time at 7pm.

6th Grade: Your child should have ordered and received a gray polo shirt for their Orchestra concerts. If they did not, please let us know right away. Their concert uniform for the rest of their concerts is the Durham polo, black dress pants (no jeans) or a floor length long black skirt, black dress shoes (no tennis shoes), and black socks/tights (if applicable).

7th Grade: We just received the second order of boys uniforms and the girls size corrections late this afternoon. Hopefully, we have taken care of all uniforms at this point. PLEASE notify us ASAP if your child does not have a uniform by tomorrow night!!

8th Grade: A $200 Universal payment was due Friday before the break. Please make sure you have made this payment either via check to the school or online on My Payments Plus if your child is attending the trip. Please also make sure your child's uniform fits, and let me know right away if it does not!

There is NO FIDDLERS REHEARSAL this Thursday due to many members being away at the Beta convention later this week. Best wishes to the Durham Beta students as they compete this week! We will have Cello Choir rehearsal tomorrow at 8am.

Fundraiser: The Fundraiser delivery is projected to happen on December 10th. Please note that this is a tentative date, and it may be sooner! We will let you know as soon as we have a concrete date from the company.

Playing tests will be assigned soon for all grades. Please continue to encourage home practice to prepare for their upcoming concert, and we will let you know once playing tests have been assigned. :)

Thank you all for your continued support!

Jennifer Aikey

Weekly Orchestra Updates Nov 5-9

Here are our updates for the Week of Nov 5-9:

THANK YOU to all the parents who volunteered Friday afternoon for our fundraiser celebration and to all who participated in our fundraiser. We had a record breaking number of sales as a department! We are so excited to be able to further enhance your child's music education through clinicians/sectionals and supplies. THANK YOU!!! :) The items are scheduled to be delivered the first week of December. We will let you know when we have an exact date. 

All Orchestra students are rehearsing new music as we prepare for our December concerts! Our December concerts are Wednesday, December 12 (6th Grade, Fiddlers, and Cello Choir) and Thursday, December 13 (7th and 8th Grade). 

Ms. Sanchez and I are steadily catching up on grades, so look for more updates this week on your child's grade on ParentVUE. 

Thank you again parents for your support of the Orchestra program!

Jennifer Aikey