Coming Up This Week
Thursday 5/12 - Percussion - Battery and Front Ensemble Workshops / Auditions 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Friday 5/13 - 12:45pm - 2pm Kisling Celebration Music Rehearsal, Disneyland permission slips and payments due / All candy bar sale $$ due
Monday 5/16 - JB Rehearsal 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Tuesday 5/17 - CG Dance Recital Rehearsal 3:00pm - 5:00pm, Percussion - Battery and Front Ensemble Workshops / Auditions 3:00pm - 6:00pm, Spring Concert and Awards Recognition 7:00pm @ Shaghoian Concert Hall
Wednesday 5/18 - JB Rehearsal 3:00pm - 4:00pm (Kastner Spring Concert approx 7pm)
Thursday 5/19 - Percussion - Battery and Front Ensemble Workshops / Auditions 3:00pm - 6:00pm, Kisling Celebration @ Clovis Veterans Memorial District Arrival Time TBD
Friday 5/20 - Senior Instrument and equipment turn-in
Next Week(s):
Monday 5/23 - JB Rehearsal 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Tuesday 5/24 - CG Auditions 5:30pm - 9:00pm, Percussion - Battery and Front Ensemble Workshops / Auditions 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Wednesday 5/25 - JB Rehearsal 3:00pm - 5:00pm, JB 5:30pm - 6pm Performance at Senior Scholarship Night, CG Dance Recital Rehearsal 3:00pm - 5:00pm,
Thursday 5/26 - CG Auditions 3:00pm - 5:00pm, Percussion - Battery and Front Ensemble Workshops / Auditions 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Spring Concert and Awards Recognition- Tuesday 5/17, 7:00pm @ The Paul Shaghoian Concert Hall
All instrumental music students will be expected to be in attendance Tuesday at 7pm for our Spring Concert and Awards Recognition. We are expecting everyone to arrive no later than 6:45 unless it has otherwise been communicated in ensemble classes (Chamber Orchestra 6:30pm, Kisling Celebration of Life participants 6:00pm). All performing students should wear appropriate concert attire. Guard should be in formal attire. Doors will open to the public at 6:45pm.
Color Guard Invitation!
Join us May 24th and 26th in the CW MPR from 5:30-9pm! Come out to make new friends and be a part of an awesome team! If you love to perform and dance and want to learn how to toss a flag, rifle or sabre then the Clovis West color guard is for you! No experience is necessary, we will teach you everything you need to know. Come dressed in workout clothes and athletic shoes.
For more information contact jenniferharrington@cusd.com
Senior Photo Board Collage
One special part of our End of the Year Awards includes Seniors assembling a photo collage. These can be placed in the PAC lobby beginning at 6pm. This will be a special time to recognize the accomplishments of those in the music program this year and to honor our seniors one last time. We are asking each senior to create a poster board photo collage (no larger than 24" x 36") that will be displayed at the awards. You can make it as simple or elaborate as you wish. It can include lifetime photos with family and friends or just band photos - whatever you would like. Make sure that your name is somewhere on the front of the poster. We have found that the stiff foam-core boards display on the music stands best but we make poster boards work just fine. The posters should be brought to the concert hall BEFORE the concert so we can set them out for display. We would love to have a poster from every senior. All of the families have such a wonderful time looking at the posters. They create lots of smiles, conversations and reminiscing.
Seniors - Music Survey and Equipment Return
Seniors - in preparation for the spring concert and awards recognition next week, and for our records, please fill out the survey at this link: https://forms.gle/CgoMejJH4Gk3C7yA9
We would like to have all this data collected by Friday. Please take a moment to let us know what your plans are moving forward.
One additional reminder - seniors you must turn in any equipment / instruments / books / other property assigned to you (this includes sound innovations books, and any other printed / published music). Please make sure you are ready to turn these in by Friday May 20th unless you have made other arrangements!
Parking Lot Closures
This Friday the back parking lot will be closed to public parking due to swim competitions happening on our campus. This could pose some logistical challenges. Please plan accordingly.
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. Funds from the sale of these chocolate bars will directly support the students trip credit for the upcoming school year.
Students who have checked out a box of chocolate need to turn in $60 by tomorrow, May 13th. 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