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Hello everyone,
Our concert is quickly approaching! I’d like to thank Dave for running our rehearsal last week. The Norovirus came with quite the force to our house that had us down and out all week! I have included the poster for the concert once again, please feel free to share this around! Our rehearsal, Tuesday, May, 26th, will go as follows (time permitting):
– Chorale Warm-Up – Mercer’s March – Nimrod – Themes from an Outdoor Overture – How to train your dragon – First Suite in E flat – Curtain Call – Earhart – Summer – Beatles – Hockey Night in Canada (I decided to bring this back into play – Go Habs Go!)

*Upcoming Dates:*
– Tuesday, June 2nd – Rehearsal – *Monday, June 8**th** – Would we like to do a dress rehearsal the night before?* – Tuesday, June 9th – Concert at The Bella Rose Theatre – Tuesday, June 16th – Potluck get together
For the Beatles song, please note once again the following score changes and make sure they are marked in your music:
At the end of measure 124, jump directly to measure 179 (Rock, “Sgt. Pepper” section). Continue playing through to the end to measure 202 (with the fermata). After the fermata, jump back to the pick-up into measure 127, and we end at measure 178.
Please note: the pick-up into “Hey Jude” is a quarter-note pick-up for oboe and horn.
Thanks everyone, and see you Tuesday,
Holly

Hello everyone,
Our concert is a few weeks away! I have included the poster for the concert, please feel free to share this around! Our rehearsal, Tuesday, May, 19th, will go as follows:
– Chorale Warm-Up – Mercer’s March – Nimrod – First Suite in E flat – Themes from an Outdoor Overture – How to train your dragon – Summer – Beatles – Curtain Call
All of the above songs plus Earhart will be the songs for our Spring Concert. We have decided to not do Egmont Overture for this concert.
*Upcoming Dates:*
– Tuesday, May 26th – Rehearsal – Tuesday, June 2nd – Rehearsal – *Monday, June 8**th** – Would we like to do a dress rehearsal the night before?* – Tuesday, June 9th – Concert at The Bella Rose Theatre – Tuesday, June 16th – Potluck get together
For the Beatles song, please note the following score changes and make sure they are marked in your music:
At the end of measure 124, jump directly to measure 179 (Rock, “Sgt. Pepper” section). Continue playing through to the end to measure 202 (with the fermata). After the fermata, jump back to the pick-up into measure 127, and we end at measure 178.
Please note: the pick-up into “Hey Jude” is a quarter-note pick-up for oboe and horn.
Simple, right? Haha
Thanks everyone, and see you Tuesday,
Holly

Hi everyone,
Although you may have seen this posted earlier today, I wanted to share the link to our annual road safety survey: www.halifax.ca/home/surveys. This is a shortened version of last year’s survey that will provide us with our KPI results. We plan to do the longer survey every five years which will also involve mail-out invitations like last year.
Please spread the word through your networks and I hope you can all participate individually as well.
Thanks, *SAM TRASK, P.ENG (**SHE/HER)* *SUPERVISOR, ROAD SAFETY & TRANSPORTATION* *TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT | PUBLIC WORKS*

Please be aware that there are school concerts tonight. They are student string concerts, one at 6 and one at 7. Parking wasn’t too bad last night but with one group leaving and one arriving it can be chaotic. Thanks
Debbie

Hello everyone, and Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms, grandmas, aunts, and all parents in our group!
Thank you all for being so accommodating last rehearsal and coming to my school to rehearse. The nighttime caretaker thoroughly enjoyed the music as he worked throughout the school haha.
For our rehearsal this Tuesday, May 12th we will be playing the following songs:
– Chorale Warm-up – Mercer’s March – Egmont Overture – Earhart – Summer – Beatles – How to train your dragon – Curtain Call
Just some reminders to keep in mind:
*Soundtracks:* I have updated the YouTube playlist to include more of our current songs. Please take a listen here
*A few dates to keep in mind:*
– June 9th: Concert date at the Bella Rose Theatre – June 16th: Potluck get together
Thanks everyone,
Holly

Hello everyone,
A reminder of our upcoming rehearsal on Tuesday, May 5th. We will be rehearsing at my school, instead of Halifax West:
*Leslie Thomas Junior High* 100 Metropolitan Ave Lower Sackville, NS B4C 2Z8
The front doors will be open at *6:00 PM *(with a 6:30 start as usual). When you enter, go down the stairs directly ahead of you, then turn left—you’ll find the band room. (Or simply follow the sound of the group!).
A quick note about the space: it is smaller, with lower ceilings and brick walls, so it will be noticeably louder. Please adjust as needed. Keeping cases under your chairs (Not the tubas obviously) and jackets on the backs of chairs will help absorb some of the sound. There should be enough stands for everyone, so no need to bring anything extra!
I’ll be there around *5:45 PM* to starting setting up. If you’re available to help, feel free to arrive anytime after 6:00.
Our rehearsal will go as follows:
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Chorale warm up – Nimrod – Mercer’s March – First Suite – Themes from an Outdoor overture – Summer – Beatles – How To Train your Dragon
If we have time, we will do some parts of Egmont Overture
Thanks, and see you there!
If you have any questions, please reach out: holly.leader@outlook.com Holly