POINSETTIA SALE – Shae Lowery
CHRISTMAS POINSETTIA pickup is Tuesday. Thank you for your support of this fundraiser.
If you have any questions, please contact me at sclowery@jacksonacademy.org.
DIRECTORS’ REPORT – Bruce & Cammie Carter
The JA Band Program Christmas Concert will be this Thursday, December 10, beginning at 7:00 in the JA Library.
Percussion section members should report to the Band Hall by 6:15 Thursday to move equipment to the Library
Sixth Grade Band members should be in their seats in the library by 6:45. Attire for the concert will be Sunday dress up (coats and ties for the boys, pants or skirts knee length or longer for the girls).
High School Band members should be in the Library by 7:00. Attire for high schoolers is black for the boys and dark pants or skirts knee length or longer for the girls.
The concert will begin with the 19-member Sixth Grade Band giving its premiere performance with several traditional Folk and Christmas classics. The High School Concert Band will be performing a few "new" Christmas classics from film, radio and TV, including music from Home Alone, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, selections from A Charlie Brown Christmas, a crazy version of the James Brown classic retitled Santa’s Got A Brand New Bag, and the premiere of a modern/ jazzy arrangement Silent Night for Brass and Percussion by JA Alumnus Corey Carter.
The program will conclude with the always popular High School Jazz Band, performing fresh arrangements of pop standards such as Santa Baby, Baby, It’s Cold Outside, and a hard swinging version of Jingle Bells.
Please join us to get in the holiday spirit. Come early – it will be crowded in the Library – and plan to stay late, to enjoy plenty of current and unusual holiday music.
John Humphreys traveled to USM Saturday to participate in the "Trumpet Day" with high school trumpet students from across the state as well as the USM Trumpet studio. It was a day of concerts, clinics, discussions, and lessons for trumpets only.
John Humphreys traveled to USM Saturday to participate in the "Trumpet Day" with high school trumpet students from across the state as well as the USM Trumpet studio. It was a day of concerts, clinics, discussions, and lessons for trumpets only.
The JACKSON INDEPENDENT WINTER GUARD had a wonderful first week of preparation for their season. The girls learned the drill for the entire show and most of the equipment work during their rehearsals Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday.
Thank you to Kate Bowman for preparing a spaghetti dinner for 20 on Friday and delivering it to the rehearsal.
The Winter Guard rehearsal schedule for this week:
Tuesday, December 8 – Weapons only, 4:00-6:00
Thank you to Kate Bowman for preparing a spaghetti dinner for 20 on Friday and delivering it to the rehearsal.
The Winter Guard rehearsal schedule for this week:
Tuesday, December 8 – Weapons only, 4:00-6:00
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