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HCB Message from Perla

Hello,
As most people may have already heard, our dear John passed away yesterday morning. As it is for most of us, music was a huge part of his life. I know he was so happy to be able to keep playing during most of his cancer journey and he was so grateful to all of us for, as he would put it “allowing me to keep on playing”. Currently nothing has been posted on social media from his family. I’ll do my best to provide any other updates regarding his service.
Thank you, Perla
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Thank you from Mark

Hello, everyone in the band. I want to thank you all for making my composition project a great success. It is very humbling to have such a large group of people do you a great service like this. It’s not just the actual performance, although that’s huge- it’s the time that individual players took to work on their individual parts for the greater whole You are dedicated players and there is no doubt that I owe you all a debt of gratitude. Thank-you all so much, really. I enjoyed this night immensely and you people made it happen. By the way, Cakewalk worked great too. Good steady tempo and individual section work was solid. I know that Dave will have some things to add. No more composing work for now. My car is working too well. However, I have at least one piece for Perla to belt out under construction now (Rescue Me- an R &B hit from 1965) and a Mary Tyler Moore medley going at the same time. Some good old pop stuff that should be fun next season. Cheers everyone and congratulations on a fine performance. Mark
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HCB IMPORTANT MESSAGE

Hi all,
I just received a message from Jane MacConnell that there has been a bomb threat at Halifax West high school and they have closed the school for today (Monday) and cancelled all events for the evening as well.
We have no choice but to *_cancel_* our dress rehearsal this evening at the West so I’m just going to make the decision that we perform tomorrow night at Kiwanis with a cold start.
We’ll spend a little more time on our warm-up chorales on the Seton stage and everything will be fine. I know that we’re ready for our performance.
Thanks and I will see you at Seton tomorrow evening at 6:15. Please note- our warmup rooms at the Seton Academic Centre for tomorrow night are now rooms 401 and 405.
Also, for Michael Klenavic, please call me asap on my cell at 902 266-3365 and we’ll figure out what percussion equipment needs to be collected from the West for our performance tomorrow. I’ll hopefully be able to pick that up when the school is open again on Tuesday.
Thanks Dave
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HCB Notes for Monday Apr 29 and Tuesday Apr 30

Hi all,
For our dress rehearsal on Monday, April 29th: 1) This will be in the band room at the West and will run from 6:00 to 7 pm. Please be ready for a 6:00 pm downbeat. 2) We will only be rehearsing Cakewalk and Chorale and Fugue in G Minor along with a few chorales for warm-up so please bring Assorted and Bride of Assorted for that.
For the Kiwanis performance on Tuesday night, April 30th, 2024: 1) We perform on the Seton stage at the Seton Academic Centre, Mount Saint Vincent University at 7:00 pm. The address is 166 Bedford Highway (see campus map for Seton Academic Centre) www.msvu.ca/en/home/aboutus/safety-security/campusmap.aspx
2) Meet time is 6:15 pm in the assembly and warm-up area (Rm 509) on the 5th floor of the Centre and the elevator and stairwell are to the left as you enter the lobby. When it is time to take the stage,we will enter the performance venue together through Door C.
3) It is my understanding that music stands will be supplied for our performance. As a precaution, please have your own music stand with you just in case.
4) Dress is formal concert black
5) The public is welcome to attend the performance and there is an admission charge of $5 at the door
6) Percussion-the Kiwanis Festival is providing a bass drum with stand, orchestral bells with stand and 3 timpani (29″, 26″ and 24″). Everything else will need to be brought to the performance.
Thanks, Dave