4/4/10 UPDATE

Congratulations to the JA Concert Band for a fine performance on Thursday at the MAIS Concert Band Festival. The band received all superior ratings and many positive comments from the adjudicators and audience members. Thank you to the parents who were able to attend the performance.

Special thanks to Betty Commarato, who helped throughout the day, and to the members of the Sixth Grade Band who served as band guides and judge runners and helped with stage setup. Thank you as well to Martha Ray and Kristal Golden for organizing box lunches for students and staff.

Here are a few other photos from the festival:

Some of the sixth grade helpers:

Waiting for warmup:

The JA Concert Band on stage:

JA JAZZ BAND

Saturday, April 10 - The JA Jazz Band will perform at the Township Jazz Festival at the Township at Colony Park in Ridgeland. The JA band will play from 12:00 - 12:45. Click on the logo above for more information about this event, spearheaded by prominent local musician Raphael Semmes. The Festival has announced that the headliner this year will be Mose Allison, known as the "William Faulkner of Jazz". Please visit Mose's official website for more infomation about this influential musician.

Jazz Band members should be at the stage of the festival (near the Fusion Coffeehouse) at 11:30 on Saturday. Attire will be black pants and shirt.

JA COLOR GUARD

All JA Guard members are strongly encouraged to attend the Jackson Academy Dance Camp June 1-4, from 12:00 - 5:00 each day. The flyer for the camp is linked under CAMPS to the right. If you have questions about the camp, contact Cammie at crc38@aol.com.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Tuesday, May 4 - JA Band Program Spring Concert, PAC, 7:00
Thursday, May 13 - JA Band Program Banquet

JA Dance Camp - June 1-4, 12:00 - 5:00 each day

Capital City Jazz Camp - June 7-11, 1:00 - 5:00 and 6:30 - 9:00 each day

BAND CAMP - July 26-30 and August 2-6, JA campus, 8:30 - 5:00 each day