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Do you still have your music folder? Please check the contents and remove anything that is not in the following list:
Assorted Chorales Bride of Assorted More Assorted Son of Assorted
Anne of Green Gables Ballet Parisien Praeludium Poet and Peasant Overture Prairie Sketches They Hung Their Harps in the Willows Three Ayres From Gloucester Waltz in the Old Style We Want It All
Debbie McGuire, our trusty librarian, will be collecting folders at our first band rehearsal in September. If you are not returning to band, please contact Debbie [ d3bbi3mcguire@gmail.com ] and arrange to get the folder to her.
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Hi All I have seen videos of our concert on Facebook ( www.facebook.com/groups/9222020154 )and I believe that Marilyn Mullen ( www.youtube.com/channel/UCd2_aXFGkF5s_84LDad_cVA )may have posted a few. Please let the membership know that I have posted 2 videos on my YouTube channel ( www.youtube.com/channel/UC10_y0CokgxlIyZkX3Ex75g )as well. Simply open YouTube and search Mark Cuming (not Kent Steerwell). I posted my march and my waltz. There are also a lot of works of varying sound quality from days of old (when knights were bold), including Star Wars, the Marches, which, incredibly, have 10s of thousands of views! Thanks very much. Mark C.

Hi all, I’m just getting ready to go out the door for a road trip to Cape Breton but wanted to make sure to send this email out to everyone to let you know how happy and proud I am of everyone’s work and performance last night at the Spring Concert. In so many ways, we achieved the things that we were all rehearsing for and the performance standard was as high as we could have asked for. I hope you feel good about that. For those that could not attend last night, we missed you and please know that your contributions were essential to our performance, well before we hit the stage. I love it when the energy of performing live clicks in and that happened last night with lots of fine musicality and a strong connection with our audience. For all of our new members, I am so pleased that you have decided to join our group. This is what your band directors were talking about….coming back to your music and making it part of your life, hopefully for life! I hope you all have a great summer and we’ll see you all in the Fall for our new season. There will be emails about all of that later so stay tuned and stay safe. Take care. Dave

Hi all,
Our dress rehearsal on Monday, June 6th will be in the band room at the West starting at 6:30 pm. We will run all pieces in concert order with no particular points of rehearsal unless required to secure a section. At the end of the rehearsal we can run any parts by request if time allows.
The concert on Tuesday, June 7th is on the stage of the Bella Rose Theatre (located next to the West band room) and will start at 7 pm. Any members who have volunteered to help set up the stage and move equipment are asked to be set to do that by 6 pm with all remaining members asked to *arrive no later than 6:15.* Dress for the concert is all black and also, a reminder to bring a clip-on stand light if you so desire.
Our rehearsal will be: 1 Chorales- from Bride of Assorted Chorales 1, 2, 3 and 4 2 Warm-up Piece- Gloucester #2 (Tuning) 3 Curtain Call 4 Childhood Remembered 5  Lincoln 6 Sea Songs 7 Waltz in the Old Style 8 Prayer for Ukraine 9 In Their Honor 10 Star Trek Through the Years 11 Jump in the Line 12 We Want It All
Thanks and see you Monday at 6:30 Dave

Hi all,
Our next rehearsal will be on Tuesday May 31, beginning at 6:30 pm, in the Band room of Halifax West HS.
Our concert is scheduled for Tuesday June 7, beginning at 7 pm in the Bella Rose Auditorium of Halifax West HS. We will have an extra rehearsal on Monday June 6, beginning at 6:30 pm, for those who can attend.
Here are the notes for our rehearsal. We will be running the pieces in order as they appear on the June 7th concert program.
1) Chorales-Bride of Assorted # 1, 3 and 4 2) Warm-up Piece-Prayer for Ukraine 3) Tuning 4) Curtain Call 5) Childhood Remembered 6) Lincoln 7) Sea Songs 8) Waltz in the Old Style (Prayer for Ukraine) 9) In Their Honor 10) Star Trek 11) Jump in the Line 12) We Want It All
Thanks and see you on Tuesday. Dave

This list was sent with the last rehearsal notes. In case you did not notice it before, here it is again.
*_Prayer for Ukraine _* Global markings (dynamics, tempo, articulations and rehearsal numbers) (*extra percussion markings-see below)
M1  mf M3 crescendo symbol (mf to f) M4 decrescendo symbol (f to mf) M5 mf M8 crescendo symbol (mf to f) accelerando M9 mf (subito), piu mosso, add rehearsal number “9” (9 enclosed in a square box) M11 mp M17 mf, a tempo, add rehearsal number “17” M19 crescendo symbol (mf to f) M20 decrescendo symbol (f to mf) M23 decrescendo symbol (mf to mp) M24 mp and crescendo symbol M25 f, add rehearsal number “25” M26 mp M27 mf and crescendo symbol M28 f M29 pesante, accents over both half notes, add rehearsal number “29” M30 accent over 1st eighth note or 1st quarter note M32 crescendo symbol M33 ff, add “slight rit” M34 fermata symbol
*cymbal part is fine as marked except all crescendos should increase volume to the next level (ie.-p to mp). Also, timpani part at M15 and 16 is mp, M 28 is mf crescendo to f (M29), M32 is f crescendo to ff (M33).