Many thanks, also, for your support and help making our Citrus Day a success. Thank you to Ms. Rindone and Mrs. Aoukar for coordinating the volunteers and food donations and to all who so generously donated supplies, food items, or your valuable time to help make this day a success!
Special thanks to Mrs. Cabral, Mrs. Federico, Mrs. Kiklowicz, Mrs. Mahanna, and Ms. Rindone for volunteering your time on Citrus Day – helping us keep our logistics organized and keep the day flowing.
There are extra citrus boxes available: gift boxes of navel/apple/pear and pecan/mandarin. $25 each. If you are interested, please e-mail Ms Kluga.
Our next major event is the fun and fabulous Swing Dance Concert! Please save the date: Saturday, February 10th 2024 from 7-10:30pm in the YHS Gym. All YHS Band students are required to attend.
Now in its 15th year, the Swing Dance Concert is an eagerly anticipated, well-attended and fun evening for our entire Yorktown community (each year we have many senior citizens and community members attend and enjoy the evening with us!).
We are in need of parent volunteers, please, to help us plan this event. Roles include: securing raffle prizes, creating raffle baskets, planning logistics, and working the raffle table, admissions table, and buffet table the evening of the event. Our next committee meeting is Thursday 1/11/24 from 6-7pm in the YHS Band Room. Please let Ms Kluga know if you would be able to help – we would love to have you join our team!
Each holiday season we are proud to participate in Operation Santa, using part of our band fundraising proceeds to purchase clothes and gifts for a needy child. Thank you to the Band Officers for purchasing and wrapping our gifts, and to the band families who so generously sent in additional items. Maimuna is a 3 year old pre-school student in the Bronx, and we hope that she will have a very Merry Christmas!
New music, recordings, and an assignment will be posted and reviewed this week. No rehearsal this Thursday. We will resume next Thursday 1/4/24 from 6:50-8:30pm. Happy practicing!
That concludes the final update for 2023! Wishing our YHS Band Family a very happy and healthy holiday season, and all the best for 2024!
This is the only time Tech Crew is available to work with us. It is important to have everyone present at this rehearsal so that the tech crew can set our levels.
Students! Help will be needed on Monday and Tuesday folding programs and decorating the stage. Please stop by during your lunch, study hall, or free periods. Extra credit!
§ Our YHS Band Winter Concert will take place Tuesday, December 12th at 7pm in the YHS auditorium. Students will be asked to arrive by 6:30pm (Jazz Band at 5:45pm) for sound check.
§ Students are asked to wear “Concert Black,” which is all black professional, dressy attire.
o Ladies: Black dressy shirt. No sleeveless shirts or spaghetti straps. Appropriate necklines, please. Black dressy pants or skirt (below the knee when you sit down) and black dress shoes.
o Gentlemen: Black dressy button-down long-sleeved shirt with a collar. Black dress pants. Black dress shoes. Black socks.
o Jazz Band: add a white tie
To celebrate our student’s performance, we will host a reception in the cafeteria. Check out our SignUp Genius for ways you can help. Thank you – your donations of time and reception items are so appreciated! (And, thank you to Mrs. Rindone and Mrs. Aoukar for creating the signup!)
Your student is responsible for picking up their entire order on 12/14 between 2:30 and 7:00pm at YHS, and then delivering to their customers.
Student and parent volunteers are needed, please, to make this day run smoothly. Our citrus truck will arrive at 7am to be unloaded, we will spend the day stacking and organizing our 500+ boxes, and then distribute orders between 2:30-6:30pm.
This is a tradition (and logistics!) that we are still bringing back from COVID. Please consider donating your time and/or supplies.
Parents, check out the SignUp Genius for ways you can help (thank you to Mrs. Rindone and Mrs. Aoukar for creating the signup!)
Students, please sign up in the Band Room.
Today, 375 tuba and euphonium players participated in the 50th anniversary Tuba Christmas performance at Rockefeller Center. Congrats to YHS junior Sharik Bose (tuba) and my daughter Lindy (euphonium) for braving the elements to be part of this fun event!
Again this year, the YHS Band program is sponsoring a needy child for the holidays. Her name is Maimuna and she is 3 years old. Using part of the funds we have raised through our Tag Sale and Citrus Sale, the Band Officers will purchase items from her list to Santa. If you are interested in donating additional items, please contact me. Maimuna wears a 7c toddler shoe, and size 4T shirt/pants. We are interested in all clothing items (pj’s, winter outfits, socks, and shoes), and a few toys/treats. All items are needed by Friday 12/8.