May 1, 2024
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Director Notes
It was great to see so many families at our Tuesday meeting. The energy in the room was Awesome. Thank you parents! We had a really productive rehearsal on the field that night also. A HUGE Shout out to our Board that evening for running a great meeting and sending out the minutes to the community. If you are able to help with some of the items below please connect with the Band Boosters by replying to their email and also please put in for one of the Board positions. They may be sending out their own google form for this, but I will forward and share any names of parents that fill out the form provided below. Thank you.
Jason Edwards! Thanks for recording our FHS Band concerts. If you are available we would love to have you record our Awards Concert on May 16th at 7:00pm. Also, Jason asked if we can upgrade our SoundCloud account to have enough space to continue to add recordings. We are out of free space unfortunately and I am in favor of this idea and hope LBB is on board to support that. Having recordings to listen back to for our community is great!
April 30th Marching Rehearsal. ALL BANDS on the Franklin Field! 7PM
May 3rd Wind Ensemble Rehearses with the Portland Wind Symphony 6:45pm Call time 5:15pm
May 5th Wind Ensemble W/ Portland Wind Symphony @ Franklin 3:00pm Call time 12:00pm. Come See us Play @ 3pm!
May 7th Marching Rehearsal. ALL BANDS on the Franklin Field! 7PM
May 11th FHS Bands Movie Night! 6:30 to 9:30pm All Bands
May 14th Marching Rehearsal. ALL BANDS on the Franklin Field! 7PM
May 16th Dress Rehearsal for Awards Concert- During 4th period- All Bands
May 16th Awards Concert 7pm- Franklin Auditorium. Concert Program Draft Here
*For More Dates please look at the Full Franklin Bands Calendar Link*
Encourage your Musician to practice and play at home
Please take the time practice and play at home and outside of class. With our marching performances coming up and our final concert performances there is a lot to work on and practice. Don't let your musician convince you that they don't need to practice. Everyone needs to Practice.
Senior Music Award Voting
Senior Music Award Voting
ALL BAND STUDENTS can vote on who will receive the following awards this year.
John Phillip Sousa Band Award
Frédéric Chopin Piano Award
Louis Armstrong Jazz Award
Senior INFO For Concert Program Needed
Senior INFO For Concert Program Needed
Seniors- please fill out this second google form to be featured in our end-of-year concert program:
Spring Trip to Victoria BC, Canada- Saturday,
May 18th through Monday, May 20th.
Important reminders as we prepare to travel
Make sure you look over all the required forms to turn in for Canada. These are located at the bottom of this section of the newsletter and have been handed out to the students. If you will be traveling with medications please also fill out the medication forms below also.
Fill out the google form with the passport # of your traveling student, or Birth Certificate # if your student is 15 or younger during travel.
Make sure your travel accounts are all paid up!
There is a Packing List added Below
THANK YOU Kelly Becker for coordinating our supplies for the Canada Trip and getting us a new MARCHING WAGON!!!
We are going to need cases of water, lots of snacks, and quick energy food and maybe some larger non-perishable items. Also having some first aid supplies, like moleskin bandages for blisters will be helpful. Contribute to group supplies list for the band trip to Canada: LINK HERE
IMPORTANT LINKS: DEADLINE FOR ALL TRAVEL FORMS:
MAY 7TH
Required Forms to turn in for Canada
Enter your Passport # or Birth Certificate # to Travel
Medication Forms- If you are traveling with medications
Please Make any last payments Here.
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FHS BANDS MOVIE NIGHT For
FHS Band Families
Saturday May 11th @ Franklin High School.
PRINCESS MONONOKE
7:00 PM START TIME
REMINDER! MARCHING PLAYING TESTS START THIS FRIDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
THESE WILL BE DONE WITHOUT SHEET MUSIC AND WITH OR WITHOUT A PARTNER- YOUR CHOICE.
WITH THE RECORDINGS!
YOU CAN DO IT!!
PLAYING TEST SCHEDULE:
Concert Band: Fri 5/3 Shuffle Thurs. 5/9 Canzon Mon. 5/13 You and Me
Symphonic Band: Fri 5/3 Shuffle Thurs. 5/9 Canzon Mon. 5/13 You and Me
Wind Ensemble: Mon. 5/6 Shuffle Fri. 5/10 Canzon. Tues 5/14 You and Me
Drum Line: 5/6 Shuffle Fri. 5/10 Canzon. Tues 5/14 You and Me
FHS LIGHTNING BAND BOOSTER POSITIONS
ARE OPEN
2024-2025
Parents!
Put your name in for a 24-25 Board position. We can all work together to continue to build this band program.
FHS SUMMER BAND CAMP
The Franklin Band Department will have its Annual Summer Band Camp connecting our Middle Schools with the Franklin High School Band Program August 19th through the 21st at the Franklin campus. Camp will take place Monday through Wednesday 9:30 a.m. to 3:00p.m and is open to all incoming 7th through 12th graders in the Franklin community. This camp is for musicians planning on attending Franklin High School and participating in the band program. Instrumental Coaches and Franklin High School musicians will be mentoring younger musicians throughout the three days. The Franklin Band Camp is an opportunity to strengthen musical skills and our music community. The cost for the week camp is $75. We will also be providing snacks each day.
Congratulations to all our State Qualifying Chamber Musicians and State Solo Musicians!
State Solo Championships @ Portland State University
Opal Rockett- Cello & Trey Owens- Tuba
FHS BANDS has 4 chamber groups representing FHS at the Chamber State Championships!
Support Franklin Bands and Receive AD space for your Business.
Sponsors would get an advertisement in the program for the spring awards concert (May 16), promotion on the social media pages (Instagram and Facebook), a lovely tax deduction for supporting our 501(c)(3), and of course the glow of knowing that they are supporting young musicians. Prices are according to this image -- a 1/2 page ad is $275, 1/4 page ad is $150, 1/8 page $100, and 1/16 $75. We are only planning on doing one page of advertising, so wanted to open things up to the band community first. If you or someone you know might be interested in being a sponsor, please let us know!
Please contact Lightningbandboosters@gmail.com for more info and to get your ad in our Program!
Jason Owens
Director of Instrumental Music
Franklin High School
jowens2@pps.net
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