Coming Up This Week

Saturday 3/26 - Winter Percussion 9:00am-1:00pm

Monday 3/28 - JB Rehearsal 3:00pm-5:00pm

Tuesday 3/29 - Winter Percussion 6:00pm-9:00pm, Winter Guard 5:30 - 9:00pm @ Kastner

Wednesday 3/30 - CUSD Adv Band Festival (WS)

Thursday 3/31 - CUSD Beg/Int Band Festival (CB & SB), Winter Percussion 6:00pm-9:00pm, Winter Guard 5:30 - 9:00pm @ Kastner

Friday 4/1 - Hanford Jazz Festival, SJVCGPR Championships @ Clovis North High School

Next Week(s):

Monday 4/4 - JB Rehearsal 3:00pm-5:00pm, Parent Meeting 7pm

Tuesday 4/5 - CMEA @ Washington Union HS (WS, SB, & CB)

Wednesday 4/6 - JB Rehearsal 3:00pm-5:00pm, Chipotle Dinner Fundraiser 4:00-8:00pm

4/9-4/18 - Spring Break

See’s Candy 1:30 on Friday 3/25

See’s Candy has arrived and is waiting to be sorted in the band room. We are in need of several parent volunteers to sort orders so that they can be picked up tomorrow after school. If you are able, please contact Jen McDougal at jenmcdougal@sbcglobal.net and plan to come sort candy in the band room beginning at 1:30pm tomorrow.

Parent Meeting - Monday April 4, 7:00PM

We would like to hold a parent meeting on Monday 4/4 at 7pm in the band room. This meeting will detail some plans for the summer (including things like Disney) as well as some opportunities for parents to become more involved with assisting our program. We really would like to see parents from every instrumental music area (guard, orchestra, jazz, concert band) as well as marching band parents. We have a lot of opportunities, and would like to engage with as many of you as we can.

CUSD Band Festival March 30 & 31

This upcoming week, the Clovis Unified School District Concert Band Festival will be held at the Paul Shaghoian Concert hall on the Clovis North Campus. On Wednesday, the Wind Symphony will be released from class at 11:30am, ride a bus over to CN, watch performances by other CUSD schools, and perform at 2:00pm. Students will be done at approximately 4:30pm, and will be available to be picked up at that time- there is not a bus to return to CWHS. Similarly, on Thursday the Symphonic Band & Concert Band will be released from class at 11:30am, ride a bus over to CN, perform at 1:00pm, and watch performances by other CUSD schools. Students will be done at approximately 4:45pm, and will be available to be picked up at that time- there is not a bus to return to CWHS.

CMEA Band Festival at Washington Union High School

On Tuesday April 5, the Wind Symphony, Symphonic Band, and Concert Band will perform at the California Music Educators Association Festival held at Washington Union High School. Students will report to the band room at approximately 11:15am, then ride a bus over to Washing Union.

1:25pm Concert Band Performance
3:05pm Symphonic Band Performance
4:05pm Wind Symphony Performance

Following the performance and clinic of the Wind Symphony, students in all performing groups will ride the bus back to CWHS, arriving at approximately 6:45pm.

Hanford Jazz

Jazz students will be participating in the Hanford Jazz Festival on Friday 4/1. Students should report to the band room at the conclusion of first period. Students will perform at 11:05. After the student performance/clinic, students will have an opportunity to eat lunch at Superior Dairy before returning to Clovis West at 2pm.

PE Testing

If you are currently NOT taking a PE class as a result of completing Marching Band for at least two semesters, you will need to report to zero period on Monday April 4th to complete mandatory district PE testing. If you have questions please reach out to Mr. Chesi or Mr. Castro.

SJVCGPR Volunteers Needed for Show #5 (Championship Finals)

Clovis West Instrumental Music is co-hosting the SJVCGPR (San Joaquin Valley Color Guard and Percussion Review) competition on the evening of Friday, April 1st at Clovis North High School. As a co-host we provide volunteers to help the event run smoothly and for this we share in the profits. This is a very profitable fundraiser for our instrumental music program.

At this competition, we are in charge of staffing the small gym, where the Jr. High Percussion and Color Guard competition will take place. Adult and student volunteers are needed. No skills are required. And this is a great way for you to get involved and meet some new people while experiencing another area of our instrumental music program that you might not be familiar with. And every volunteer receives a free entrance pass to check out the performances.

Volunteer opportunities include ticket and merchandise sales, staffing entrance and exit doors, and assisting with spectator traffic flow. Since the funds raised from hosting these events benefit the entire CW Instrumental Music program, we strongly encourage everyone to participate – band families, orchestra families, jazz band families, and of course, percussion and color guard families.

Chipotle Dinner Fundraiser- Wednesday April 6 4:00-8:00pm

Wednesday April 6th from 4-8pm Chipotle will donate ⅓ of proceeds to our program. You must present our flier for your purchase to qualify. Please share this link with your friends and family. Click Here to share this fundraiser on Facebook. You can download and print a flier by clicking on this link.

San Joaquin Valley Concert Band Invitational UCLA Concert Tickets

Friday April 22nd Wind Symphony students will be participating in the San Joaquin Valley Concert Band Festival. Their performance is at 2:50pm. Following the participant performances, there will be a Gala Concert at 7:30pm. This concert will feature the Clovis North Wind Ensemble, and the UCLA Wind Ensemble. Tickets for this performance are normally $10 but can be pre-ordered here for $5. All orders must be in by 3/31. Payment can be in the form of check or cash in the band room box. Please contact Mr. Chesi at bryanchesi@cusd.com if you have questions.

Link to pre-order tickets

Amazon Wishlist

Our Wish List is back and we need your help! We will update this list periodically with things that the program needs and can use. If you see an item that you would like to purchase for the program, please do! After the order is placed, it will be automatically shipped to Clovis West and will be put straight to good use improving the music experience for our students! We have recently added many items. We do want to give a big thank you to all the families who have supported us already by purchasing items on our list!

Please view our wish list at http://a.co/0Ydb9Dd

CWAIM Wishlist

In addition to the Amazon wishlist above, we have a shared list of other items we intend to purchase in the future. If you would like to support us by purchasing an instrument or other item best not purchased through amazon, please check our list at:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1A_wv1mhzLOeS9KhnGLv-MZQ3lJgsBFuYsEEtlNs0Lvg/edit?usp=sharing

CWAIM Handbook

Our 2021-2022 handbook is available online by visiting bit.ly/CWAIMHandbook2021. Please visit this link and read up on our policies and procedures. Students were provided a signature form at the beginning of the semester, but if you didn’t receive it you may download a digital copy by visiting this link or printing the attached file.

CB: Concert Band • CG: Colorguard • CO: Chamber Orchestra • JB: Jazz Band • MB: Marching Band • WP: Winter Percussion • SO: String Orchestra • SB: Symphonic Band • WS: Wind Symphony