Coming Up This Week
Friday 4/29 - MB - Spring rally 2nd period (MB Winds & Perc CW instrumental music t-shirt)
Saturday 4/30 - Percussion - PAS Western Region Day of Percussion All Day @ PAC
Monday 5/2 - JB Rehearsal 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Tuesday 5/3 - JB CW & Kastner Spring Jazz Concert 7pm (Soundcheck 5:15-5:45pm), CG Dance Recital Rehearsal 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Wednesday 5/4 - JB Rehearsal 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Friday 5/6 - Final day to turn in candy bar $$ for Disney trip credit, JB @ Law Day (Yosemite National Park) 6am-3:30pm
Saturday 5/7 - ALL - Pancakes and Performances! 8:00am - 11:30am
Next Week(s):
Monday 5/9 - Band audition music distribution, JB Rehearsal 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Tuesday 5/10 - CG Dance Recital Rehearsal 3:00pm - 5:00pm, Percussion - Battery and Front Ensemble Workshops / Auditions 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Wednesday 5/11 - JB Rehearsal 3:00pm - 5:00p
Thursday 5/12 - Percussion - Battery and Front Ensemble Workshops / Auditions 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Friday 5/13 - Disneyland permission slips and payments due / All candy bar sale $$ due
April Parent Meeting Recap
If you missed our early April parent meeting outlining ways you can be more involved with the instrumental music program, the slides from the presentation are available here. We are hoping to meet with as many committees as possible in the upcoming weeks to get set for the next school year. If you are interested in working with some amazing parents and helping some amazing students continue to be successful, please indicate your interest by filling out this form. We will contact parents at the end of next week to schedule a time to chat with their committees about upcoming needs.
FMCMEA Jazz Auditions
FMCMEA Jazz auditions are open through this Saturday. Any student interested in having more playing opportunities should apply and audition. Information is available at FMCMEA.org. Results should be posted next week. Auditions cost $20, and if a student is selected the cost to participate is an additional $15. If any student wants to participate and needs financial assistance please contact Mr. Chesi.
Spring Jazz Concert
Kastner and CW Jazz students will be presenting their spring concert of the year on Tuesday May 3rd at 7pm. CW Jazz students should be at the PAC Tuesday at 5pm for a 5:!5 soundcheck and will be released at 5:45. Students will need to return by 7pm. Please come support our students in their last concert hall performance of the year.
Pancakes and Performances
The event will take place on Saturday, May 7th from 8:00 – 11:30 a.m., in the Kastner Intermediate MPR. As always, the morning will be full of great performances and a delicious breakfast of pancakes and sausage. We will also hold an event raffle with fabulous prizes!
Students are asked to sell 10 event tickets, which were distributed this week.
Students selling event tickets and returning the funds to the band room mailbox by Wednesday, May 4, will receive $5 of trip credit for each ticket sold. Trip credit can be used for any future travel costs including the CWAIM Disneyland trip on June 4th!
Tickets are $15. Raffle tickets will be sold at the event so remember to bring cash. We encourage everyone in the Clovis West Instrumental Music Program to get involved in making this spring fundraiser a great success! All ticket money and extra tickets need to be returned to the band room no later than Wednesday, May 4.
Volunteers are urgently needed for this event. Please follow the link below to sign up: https://www.charmsoffice.com/charms/volunteerR.asp?s=clovwhsb&v=5349622
All students should arrive at Kastner no less than 30 minutes prior to their scheduled performance time. On arrival they can drop off their belongings and spectate / eat if purchasing a ticket. Every performer should be prepared to warm-up/perform 15 minutes prior to their performance time.
Performance Schedule:
8:00am Wind Symphony
8:20am Symphonic Band
8:40am Concert Band
9:10am String Orchestra
9:30am Chamber Orchestra
10:10am Color Guard
10:40am Jazz Band
PAS Western Region Day of Percussion
All Clovis West Percussion students should plan to attend the PAS Western Region Day of Percussion at Clovis North High School in the PAC on Saturday April 30th. This will be a great educational experience filled with clinics and masterclasses. The $20 registration fee will be waived as we have enrolled percussion students into student PAS memberships. Percussionists should check their email to activate their student PAS account and should have registered for this event already in class. See Mr. Chesi for assistance with this if necessary. Please plan to attend this event - Full Saturday Schedule.
Signature Chocolate Box Fundraiser
Chocolate Boxes are still available for selling! Students are able to check out a box of 60 candy bars, each of which sell for $1. Students who check out a box of chocolate will be expected to turn in $60 by May 13th. If a student would like to apply trip credit to the June 4th Disneyland trip, money must be received by May 6th. Boxes will only be checked out one at a time, students will need to turn in $60 before checking out the next box to sell. All proceeds from this fundraiser will go towards the student’s individual trip ledger which can be applied to travel like our Disneyland trip! The final day to turn in sale monies is May 13th.
Disneyland Trip
Students who signed up for the Disneyland trip were either added to a bus and received an official email from Mr. Chesi stating this. If you did not receive an email your student was placed on a waiting list. Parent chaperones will be selected based on interest, need, and available space. Parent chaperones are also asked to submit a $310 payment by May 13th. We are planning on connecting with parents who indicated an interest in chaperoning soon. If you have not yet indicated your interest in chaperoning when submitting your student’s form, please contact us at cloviswestmusic@gmail.com.
Trip payments and permission slips are due by May 13, 2022. In order to retain your spot on the trip, this must be completed by that time. Failure to return a printed, signed permission slip and payment either through charms/paypal, cash, or check by May 13 will result in a student being moved to the waiting list, and a student on the waiting list who has completed these tasks moving into a bus spot.
Again - you must submit a PRINTED signed permission slip (available by clicking this link). If you are in need of a printed copy we can provide them in the band room.
Credit card payments are now available through paypal/charms. If your student is on the waiting list we recommend you submit a permission slip and postdated (May 13th) check for the trip cost. In the event bus spots become open we will take waiting list students in order of time their initial form was received ONLY IF we have received all other forms/payment.
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 wish list 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