BraeLincViniOak Beginning Band

Things are getting busy around here.  Spring means concert season is upon us.  For you, spring means that all of that stuff about the fall is already flooding your inboxes, RSS Feeds, Facebook, Pintrest, Mailbots, Eblasts, Wikis, Blogs, Webpages, mailboxes, fax machines, telegraph room, carrier pigeon coops and smoke signal interpretation note pads.  At my house, we have sorters for the kid classrooms and corkboards with stuff pinned to them.  We ran out of room, so now we are just tapping things to the walls.

I would like to offer you some relief from all of this, but instead I’m going to add to it <insert maniacal laugh here>!

Next week, the students will see the bands and orchestras perform at their elementary schools. After this performance, the Edgewood Creative Arts Enrollment form will be handed out for students to take home.  We have changed how the schedule works at Edgewood next year, so please forget everything you know about how it works now.  Here are the key points you and your student need to know:

• Band, orchestra and chorus are part of the school day.  If you enroll, you will go to them just like any other class.  We meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays every week (there is no more block rotation for these classes)
• Band and orchestra still will have lessons during the week where they are pulled from regular classes.  This sounds scary, but take a look sometime at how many of the band and orchestra kids are on the honor roll!
• If you enroll in band, orchestra or chorus, you will not miss any other creative arts classes.
• You can participate in any combination of band, orchestra and chorus, however be aware that you are taking on more responsibility and will need to practice that much more.