2023-2024 EVENTS
LOOKING FOR CHAPERONES! Text Mr. S on Bloomz if you are available.
SEPTEMBER 2023
OCTOBER 2023
OCTOBER 24 Fall "Informance" Performance - OMS Gym
OCT 30-NOV 1 Fall Conferences - OMS
NOVEMBER 2023
November 11 - Veterans Day Parade
WHEN: 9:30am-11:30am
WHERE: Wells Fargo Bank (the route heads south on Chelan, head East on Orondo, and north up Mission back to WFB)
WHAT: performing "March America" arranged by Dave Baldock; dress is USA colors, dress for weather
WHY: Honoring our national and regional military veterans
HOW: Parent Transport. The band hall will open from 9-9:15 for students to grab instruments, if necessary. Will reopen at 12:00PM to return instruments. Park in the small lot along Orchard St near the playfield or along the bus ramp.
DECEMBER 2023
December 8 District Mariachi Concert at WHS Auditorium
JANUARY 2024
JANUARY 11 WINTER CONCERT at WHS Auditorium
FEBRUARY 2024
February 5-9 WENATCHEE JAZZ WORKSHOP
February 29 Mariachi Large Group Adjudications
MARCH 2024
March 14 Middle School Band Large Group in Manson
March 21 Strings Large Group and Evening Concert
March 22 District MS Band Concert at WHS Auditorium
March 26 Middle School Choir Large Group
Northwest Mariachi Festival
March 27-39 - WORKSHOP DAY 1
APRIL 2024
MARCHING BAND
AFTER SCHOOL MARCHING BAND PRACTICES
DATES IN APRIL TBD
FROM 3:45-5:45PM
Saturday, April 27th - Keyes Fibre Youth Parade at starting at Triangle Park (OMS Marching Band & Drill Team)
PDF: Apple Blossom Youth Parade participants packet
WHERE: Triangle Park (along Miller St.) at 9:45 AM dressed and ready to play.
DRESS: Wear your BAND POLO SHIRT, fully-black shoes, black pants
ENDS AT: 5th and Mission.
The Band Hall at Orchard will be open from 9:00-9:15 am so that large instruments, banner, etc., can be retrieved. Please be prompt. I must leave promptly at 9:15 so I can walk up to the park by 9:30.
Orchard is #64 out of about 70 entries.
We will be taking our annual picture with Saddlerock in the background. Please be attentive and assist me in order to make that time be used efficiently and effectively.
Dress for rain. It won't be much, but you should be prepared just in case.
Those with long hair should put them in hair ties.
Text me on Bloomz with any questions.
This is in partial fulfillment of our district performance standard:
Music (Inst./Choral) - Effective Performer
Student performs and produces work and/or performances for others.
Washington State Standard
4.1 PERFORMING
Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.
PARADE ROUTE
OMS MUSIC AT THE FOOD FAIR
Monday, April 29th - Jazz in the Park - Memorial Park
(Orchard Jazz Band)
(Orchard Jazz Band)
- 11:30am Orchard Jazz Band
- 12:00pm Pioneer Jazz Band
- 12:30pm Foothills Jazz Band
Itinerary
Depart April 29, 2024
Pickup at OMS 10:30am
Depart at 10:45 am
Travel to Memorial Park
Return April 29, 2024
Pick up/Load - 1:45pm
Depart Memorial Park - 1:55pm
Arrive at OMS - 2:00 pm
Dress: Blue polo, black/dark pants and shoes
Tunes:
Celebration
Uncle Milo's Side Show
Uncle Milo's Side Show
Twist and Shout
Elvis
Watermelon Man
La Bamba
La Bamba
Mariachis to perform at Memorial Park (Apple Blossom Food Fair)
Monday, April 29th
WHERE: Arrive at Memorial Park at 4:00 PM. 8th Grade Mariachi will perform 3-4 songs:
Songs to be determined
DRESS: Black shirt/shoes/pants and bow tie
Bring money to buy food, if you want.
MAY 2024
Friday, May 3rd - Classy Chassis Parade in East Wenatchee (Bands 7/8 & Drill Team)
4:15pm Arrive at Orchard MS
4:30pm Depart BY BUS for East Wenatchee
5:00pm Arrive at Eastmont Community Park 4-plex Little League Baseball Field
6:00pm Parade Starts
7:00pm-ish Parade ends near the Douglas County PUD
7:15pm-ish Depart for Orchard
CLASSY CHASSIS PARADE, MAY 5, 2023:
**Band and drill team members need to meet at Orchard by 4:15 for a prompt departure at 4:30. We will be traveling to Eastmont Community Park at 5:45 p.m. on ball field #3. We will be dropped off on the corner of 3rd Street and Georgia where where we will walk across the park to the staging area.
The parade will end at Douglas County PUD this year. With traffic being quite a difficulty, it will be more convenient for us to bus all the students back to Orchard promptly after the parade. Text Mr. Sandberg on Remind if you would like to make arrangements to pick up your child at the end of the parade.
BAND DRESS ATTIRE:
ALL Band members are to wear their blue band polo. Feel free to dress in dark-colored (bluish) shorts and tennis shoes. You are also encouraged to wear a hat and sunglasses, as the first half of the parade is directly into the sun.
**PLEASE DO NOT BRING ANYTHING THAT WILL NEED TO BE CARRIED BY ANOTHER PERSON.
Parents / guardians, please fill out the proper forms (available at the Orchard main office) if you plan on picking your child up at the end of the parade.
PARADE ROUTE --->
JUNE 2024
June 1st - Spring Concert at Wenatchee High School Auditorium
Schedule to be announced
May??? - FMS, OMS, PIO Jazz Bands at Pybus
5:30pm Parent transportation - Arrive at Pybus; set up
6:00pm Concert Starts. Concert order TBD
8:00pm Concert ends.
Mr. S' Easy Checklist for the Day:
Permission slips
Health needs
Lunch & Dinner for your students
Water bottle
Music, instrument, pencil --- students must turn in music after the concert
Folding music stand - labeled with School & Full Name
Percussion - bring your own mallets, & your own crash cymbals - label with school