12-11-23 Newsletter

Announcements

Jr. and Sr. High Honor Band Results

Congratulations to several of our Haynes Band students who were selected by audition to the District Six Honor Bands!

Representing Haynes Academy in the Junior High Honor Band are:

Flutes:

Jasmine Henry

Alyvia Xie

Radhika Alapure

Radhika Roy

Oboe:

Valerie Gaffney

Clarinet:

Ben Shaya

Alto Sax:

Philit Jin (first chair!)

Vedant Ramesh

Tenor Sax:

Mason Wu (first chair!)

Trombone:

Bryce Davis

Baritone:

Gavin Reyes (first chair!)

Percussion:

Ella Cao

Representing Haynes Academy in the Senior High Honor Band are:

Flute:

Angel Ma

Clarinet:

Sophie Yeon

Jack Giles

Alto Sax:

Cooper Belletto

Bari Sax:

Mason Bond

Trumpet:

Ian Anderson

Dan Nguyen

They will be joined by All State musicians Nischay Pothineni, Zoe Heim and David Russo in January for the District Six Honor Band clinic and concert at Tulane University!

Elementary Honor Band Auditions

This year's Elementary Honor Band auditions will be held Saturday Dec. 9.  Auditions times are posted here:

https://www.district6.band/honor-band-audition-schedules

Holiday Performances at Sunrise

We had a great experience performing for our neighbors at Sunrise Assisted Living Facility!  All of our groups looked and sounded great, and our neighbors were very appreciative of us!  (The cookie cakes were good, too :). We are looking forward to returning to play for them in the Spring!  We extend a special THANK YOU to Mr. Martin for bringing his students to perform with us!  They also looked and sounded great, and we enjoyed sharing the spotlight with them!

Holiday Ornaments for Sunrise

To help share some joy and happiness with our new friends at Sunrise Assisted Living Facility, a few of our middle school students have decided to create some Christmas ornaments to add to the Sunrise Christmas tree.  We'll be collecting these ornaments in the front office through Thursday, and Mr. Phelan will walk them over immediately after dismissal.  We invite all students and grade levels to join us in this fun and festive endeavor!  And, we congratulate our wonderful young students (Ella and Valerie) for their compassion and generosity in coming up with this wonderful idea!

Holiday Performance at Lakeside Mall

Our High School Band will be performing Saturday Dec. 9 at Lakeside Mall!  We'll be set up near the Vets skylight, and we have been working hard on several fun holiday tunes.  Our students should wear 'Sunday Best' this day.  We invite everyone to come out and help us spread some holiday cheer!

9:00 students arrive and unload

10:00 perform

11:00 load

11:30 dismiss

Haynes Band Media Folder

If you have any pictures or video from any of our performances or activities, please share them to the folder linked here.  Thanks!

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/139ORTm-6tqc_vL1GdumZ90XxyRvkqVlY?usp=sharing

Taste and Tunes

We're already working on this year's Taste and Tunes performance, and WE NEED YOU to help make it the best one yet!  Learn more on our Taste and Tunes web page, and check back often as this page will be continually updated.

Taste and Tunes web page 

Band Fee

The Haynes Academy Band charges a $30 annual fee, which covers the purchase of music, transportation, etc.  This fee has been posted to student accounts.  Please contact Mr. Phelan with questions or concerns.

Band Camp 2024

That's not a typo -- we're already looking ahead to Band Camp next July!  In order to help everyone plan their summer vacations (and to hopefully increase our Band Camp participation!) we have tentatively scheduled Band Camp 2024:

July 22-23 (Monday and Tuesday) = Percussion Camp

July 24 (Wednesday) = Drum Corps at USM in Hattiesburg

July 25-26 (Thursday and Friday) and July 29-31 (Monday-Wednesday) = Full Band Camp

We have no other details yet, including location or times, but we ask that you make every effort to have your students at Band Camp on all of those days.  Thanks in advance for your cooperation!

Marching Band Pictures

Our Marching Band pictures should be delivered any day now -- we'll send them home as soon as they arrive!

Band T-shirts and Sweatshirts

Haynes Band T-shirts and Sweatshirts have arrived!  We'll pass them out Monday and Tuesday during our classes.  Please send payment ASAP so we can send yours home.  We did order a few extras, so contact Mr. Phelan to get your student the most stylish shirts on campus!

High School Band

After school practices (Tuesday and Thursday)

We will not have after-school practices this week, but will resume on Tuesday Jan. 9.  Spring practice will run until 5:30, so we may be prepared for parades and festivals.  We will shortly be releasing a bona fide Attendance Policy, to further encourage our students to organize their time efficiently.  Thanks to our parents for helping to get our students to all scheduled practices and performances!

Jazz Band

Our Jazz Band continues to practice every Wednesday until 5:00 pm, as we begin to prepare for the Bill Evans Jazz Festival at SLU in Hammond.

Middle School Band

7th and 8th Grade Winds

We had a great performance at Sunrise!  The residents were very appreciative, and we enjoyed ourselves!

7th and 8th Grade Percussion

We are exploring new music, including Carol of the Bells.  We are beginning to work toward our Spring performances, including Taste and Tunes and one of the Band Festivals.

Beginning Band

We had a fun time Tuesday singing at Sunrise, and we are looking forward to returning soon!  We spent most of our Thursday class exploring improvization -- it was fun!

Beginning Percussion

We are beginning to explore improvization, and are having fun as we refine our technique daily.

Closing

Please visit our Calendar for all the latest updates, and feel free to contact Mr. Phelan at any time with questions or concerns.  We look forward to seeing everyone soon!

Mr. Phelan