February/March Music Calendar

February  27th - Band Quad Concert - 7pm
February  28th - Orchestra Quad Concert - 7-8pm
March 3rd        - DeMiero Jazz Fest
                             Mello-aires/Dorian Choir - Edmonds Center for the Arts
March 6th/7th - SKMEA Band Festival
March 8th        - SKMEA Choral Festivial - Mukilteo, WA
March 10th      - Orchestra Trip to WWU - 7:30am - 9pm
March 30th      - Hot Java Cool Jazz - Paramount Theater - 7pm

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Athletic Boosters Auction - March 17th
- Music Boosters Parents are Needed to Help That Evening
We need 3 or 4 parents that are willing to attend the Athletic Boosters Auction at the Lynnwood Convention Center on March 17th.  We will be helping with registration and some other tasks.  Athletic Boosters will then be helping us at our Gala in April. Please volunteer to help - it will be a fun evening for all of us! Contact Sarah at sdemun@comcast.net if you like to help out that evening.

Music Boosters needs a Craft Fair Chairperson
- This is a Great Fundraiser!
Wendy Burson, our Craft Fair chairperson for the past two years, is ready to pass on all of her wisdom and files to someone that would be willing to take on this great fundraiser for next December. She has everything you need to be sucessful! We need one parent or a small groups willing to take this on so - Please contact Sarah at sdemun@comcast.net.

Table Captains Needed for the Gala - Please don't make me ask again!
The Gala is in dire need of parents to volunteer to be Table Captains - we still need about 15 more parents that would be willing to give it a try.  A Table Captain finds 6 people to join them at their table for the April Gala evening. Even if you can't find enough people to fill your table - we'll help you! It's easy to be a captain and so very important to the success of the major Music Boosters fundraiser. Please volunteer! - contact Deb Anderson at morosi93@hotmail.com;  or Sarah DeMun at sdemun@comcast.net

Band Quad Concert Information
Monday, Feb 27 – all band students will be excused from advisory and period 3 to attend a mass band rehearsal for quadrant concert.  Please plan ahead to keep up on what you miss in class.  On the evening of Feb 27, EW band students should arrive to EW by 6:30 and dress in Black Pants and Green Polo Shirts (with black shoes and socks).  Quadrant Concert takes place in the Gym and will begin at 7:00 PM.  All bands plus Jazz Ensemble I will perform.  Students need to practice daily as the music is challenging.  Quadrant Concert will include Moorside Suite III – March as well as Hook.  We will also play Pirates of the Caribbean with the mass band of combined elementary and middle school musicians.

DeMiero Jazz Fest - March 3rd
The DeMiero Jazz Fest will be at the Edmonds Center for the Arts from March 1st thru 3rd. The Mello-aires and Dorian Choir will be performing on March 3rd. The choirs need parents to help with chaperoning that day. If you can help anytime from 8am to 5pm - please let Ms. Reese know.
Festival Information

SKMEA Band Festival - March 6th & 7th
-Tuesday, March 6 – Concert Band and Symphonic Band will need to plan to arrive to school by 6:45 AM.  We are the host school for the annual SKMEA Band Festival and we will perform first.  Our buses will depart EW at 7:00 AM.  We will warm up on stage at the Edmonds Center for the Arts at 7:30am and perform at 8:00AM.  Families may need to make special arrangements to be sure your student is at EW on Tuesday morning at 6:45.  Students should plan to be at contest for the entire day and will need to pack a sack lunch.  We will plan to play the 1st and 3rd Movements of the Holst Moorside Suite.  Attire will be concert polo shirts, black pants, black shoes, socks, etc.
-Wednesday, March 7 - the Wind Symphony will leave EWHS at 9:45am to head to the Edmonds Center for the Arts.  We will be gone for the whole school day, returning around 2:00 PM.  Pack a lunch, wear your concert black all day.