Orchestra Concert, Volunteer and Donation Opportunity, Congratulations, Advanced Planning

 Dear band and orchestra students and parents,

I hope you are doing well and staying healthy.

Here are a few reminders and announcements.

1. We are so excited for our orchestra concert on Saturday is at 7:00 p.m. in the HCHS gym! Student musicians should arrive by 6:30 p.m. 

2. We look forward to welcoming our concert attendees on Saturday evening. We will have volunteers to check you in so that we are within our 4 guests per performing student limit. Masks are required and we will be leaving plenty of space for social distancing between family groups. There will be an offering bucket at the check in table for donations to help support the music department at Holland Christian.

This concert can also be viewed via livestream at youtube.com/hclive

3. We need volunteers to help us out Saturday evening. Please sign up here if you are willing to help.

4. Congratulations to the Holland Christian High School Symphonic Band and Symphonic Orchestra! These two groups received straight one's at the virtual MSBOA Band and Orchestra Festival. This is the highest possible rating and is an achievement in a normal year, even more so in the midst of a pandemic! Excellent work!

6. A reminder that students are invited to Saturday, April 24 - band/orchestra bonfire, 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. - a local, socially distanced, masked, outdoor, fun event. Sign up here if you are willing to donate items for this evening. Location instructions coming soon.

7. I wanted to pass along some advanced scheduling information for 2022. We are planning a trip for our concert band, symphonic band, and orchestra to Florida with performances at Disney World and are so excited! After so many delays and cancellations this will be a wonderful celebration.

We will hang out in the parks, perform on the Disney Concert Stage, and take part in a workshop where we will record portions of a Disney soundtrack synced to the movie with the help of professional Disney musicians and technical staff.

We are planning on departing Holland on Wednesday, March 30 and wrapping up our trip with a worship service on Sunday, April 3. Our return trip will bring us back into Holland on Monday, April 4. Some families travel to Florida and have their children stay with them at the end of the trip rather than ride the charter bus back to Holland, MI. We have lots more info to come, but thought it might be nice to pencil the date in your calendars.

Thank you!

Mr. VB

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Scott Vanden Berg | Director of Instrumental Music Holland Christian High Schools  950 Ottawa Ave, Holland, MI 49423  school: 616.820.2805 cell: 616.212.8867 blog: http://vandenbergnotes.blogspot.com facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musichchs/ Equipping Minds and Nurturing Hearts to Transform the World for Jesus Christ