3-25-24 Newsletter

Congratulations to our Middle School and High School Bands on their performances at the LMEA Large Ensemble Assessment this week in Chalmette. Both groups looked and sounded good, and we are continuing to improve as we work toward our upcoming performances at the Jefferson Parish Superintendent's Assessment (details below).

Taste and Tunes Planning Meeting (again)

We will hold a brief meeting to discuss Taste and Tunes Wednesday April 3 at 6:00 pm. We encourage everyone to come out and support our amazing students! (Hopefully we won't have another water issue on campus :)

District Jazz Honor Band weekend

Congratulations to Ian Anderson, Cooper Belletto, and Livy Best, who will be performing this weekend with the LMEA District Six Senior High Honor Jazz Band! We invite everyone to join us for the Jazz Honor Band Concert, Sunday March 24 at Noon, at the New Orleans Jazz Museum on Esplanade Avenue. This is a great venue with a wonderful family atmosphere, and we hope to see you there!

Upcoming Dates

We have added several performance opportunities to our Calendar for the Spring semester:

Jefferson Parish Superintendent's Assessment (High School Band)

(Band Festival) - March 25 at West Jefferson High School. Here is our tentative schedule:

9:00 -- depart Haynes

9:45 -- arrive West Jefferson HS

10:00 -- warm up

10:30 -- perform

11:15 -- load and depart

12:00 -- arrive Haynes and unload

We encourage students to wear their "Sunday Best" this day.

We are in need of chaperones to join us for these events, too! Please let us know how you are able to help by completing this form. Thank you in advance for supporting our amazing students!

Jefferson Parish Superintendent's Assessment Chaperone Sign Up Form

Jefferson Parish Superintendent's Assessment (Middle School Bands)

(Band Festival) - March 26 at West Jefferson High School. Here is our tentative schedule:

9:00 -- depart Haynes

9:45 -- arrive West Jefferson HS

10:00 -- 6th grade warm up

10:30 -- 6th grade perform

11:00 -- Percussion warm up

11:30 -- Percussion perform

12:00 -- 7/8 wam up

12:30 -- 7/8 perform

1:00 -- load and depart

1:45 -- arrive Haynes and unload

Please note that Middle School performance times will be flexible this day. We encourage all of our supporters to arrive EARLY, in case your favorite student plays earlier than expected.

We encourage students to wear their "Sunday Best" this day.

We are in need of chaperones to join us for these events, too! Please let us know how you are able to help by completing this form. Thank you in advance for supporting our amazing students!

Jefferson Parish Superintendent's Assessment Chaperone Sign Up Form

Special Olympics

April 5 at Pontiff Playground (high school Band)

Jazz Band at Lakeside Mall

April 6, music starts at 10 am at the Veterans Skylight

Spend a Day with the LSU Band

April 13, Current high school band students in grades 10 - 12 on eligible instruments can experience the unique opportunity to perform in Tiger Stadium with the LSU Tiger Marching Band during the annual LSU Spring Football Game.

https://www.lsu.edu/cmda/bands/events/spring-game/index.php

Taste and Tunes

April 14 in the Haynes Gym (all Band students)

LPO Academy High School Collaboration

As part of our partnership with the LPO, our High School students are eligible to participate in this year's Collaboration with the LPO! Our students will be able to perform with the LPO at their City Park concert on Wed. April 24. Details and music have ben posted to google classroom. Students should contact Mr. Phelan immediately to be a part of this event. We encourage all of our young musicians to take advantage of this opportunity to perform alongside some of the best professional musicians in our area!

LPO Academy Middle School Performance

Details are still being finalized, but all of our 6th and 7th grade students are invited to participate in this event, tentatively schedule for Saturday April 20 at City Park. Let Mr. Phelan know if your student is interested.

Graduation

May 11 9:00 am at the Alario Center (high school Band)

We hope to see you at any or all of these events!

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!

We ask everyone to visit our Taste and Tunes Involvement Form. Please volunteer for one or more positions, so we can get things moving!

We will hold a brief meeting to discuss Taste and Tunes Wednesday March 20 at 6:00 pm. We encourage everyone to come out and support our amazing students!

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

Other Information

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!

Football Schedule 2024

We've added some TENTATIVE dates to our Calendar for next fall's football season. Please remember that these are all TENTATIVE and subject to chenge, but at least we have an idea of when and where we'll be playing this fall -- we hope to see everyone there! Thanks to Coach Powell for getting that information out early!

Band T-shirts and Sweatshirts

Haynes Band T-shirts and Sweatshirts have arrived! 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)

Spring practices will run until 5:30, so we may be prepared for parades and festivals.

We are shifting toward an Attendance Policy for all rehearsals, to further encourage our students to organize their time efficiently. Please note that COMMUNICATION IS KEY when resolving scheduling conflicts. Parents, we ask that you help your students to plan ahead, and to address conflicts as soon as they arise. This is a great skill for "the real world"!!!

Absence Request Form (Updated!)

Jazz Band

Our Jazz Band will continue practicing this Tuesday until 5:30 pm, as we begin to prepare for the Bill Evans Jazz Festival at SLU in Hammond.

Our Jazz Vocalists will practice this Monday March 25.

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