Dear HCHS band and orchestra students,
Welcome to a new school year!I am excited to get to make music with you this year! I hope you are enjoying these beautiful summer days.
Mr. VB
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Here are some opportunities and important information. Let me know if you have any questions.
1. We are looking for student volunteers for a folder-filling party on Thursday, Aug. 15 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. We would love to have you join us. There will be ice cream and a chance to get a sneak peak at what we are playing this year. Reply to this email if you can join us for all or part of the time.
2. We are looking forward to Friday, October 11 (evening) and Saturday, October 12 (morning) at Camp Geneva for our band/orchestra retreat. Plug this into your calendars. It is a fun time for good food and hanging out--you won't want to miss it! We can be flexible so that we can include kids who have other activities and practices going on those days.
3. 10th-12th grade students are eligible for this year to have participation in symphonic band or symphonic orchestra become a credit for Honors Symphonic Band or Honors Orchestra. This would show up as an honors course on your transcript and be counted as an honors course for your grade point average. You would continue to be a member of the same class that you signed up for, but would have the opportunity to engage music more deeply and have it show up on your transcript. Many of you were already participating in the things that would make you eligible for honors distinction. Check out the information here on how to make this happen.
*For those who are wondering, there will be no summer work this summer for 10th-12th graders who would like to get honors credit for band or orchestra. I will give you more details when we are together in class.
4. Throughout the year I will post important band and orchestra information for this school year at this location: http://vandenbergnotes.blogspot.com/. It would be a good idea to bookmark this page. I will always send you an email when I update the blog with new information. I posted all of the information from this email on the blog.
5. On the right side of my blog page is a link to the band and orchestra calendar if you want a sneak peak of instrumental music events for this year. Did you know you can subscribe to this calendar and events will show up in your google calendar? We will also have a listing of events for each of the groups ready for you soon. https://hollandchristian.org/arts/band-orchestra/
6. It wouldn't hurt to get your instrument out in the next couple weeks to make sure the instrument still works and to get yourself back in shape for music making. :)
I am looking forward to seeing you!
2. We are looking forward to Friday, October 11 (evening) and Saturday, October 12 (morning) at Camp Geneva for our band/orchestra retreat. Plug this into your calendars. It is a fun time for good food and hanging out--you won't want to miss it! We can be flexible so that we can include kids who have other activities and practices going on those days.
3. 10th-12th grade students are eligible for this year to have participation in symphonic band or symphonic orchestra become a credit for Honors Symphonic Band or Honors Orchestra. This would show up as an honors course on your transcript and be counted as an honors course for your grade point average. You would continue to be a member of the same class that you signed up for, but would have the opportunity to engage music more deeply and have it show up on your transcript. Many of you were already participating in the things that would make you eligible for honors distinction. Check out the information here on how to make this happen.
*For those who are wondering, there will be no summer work this summer for 10th-12th graders who would like to get honors credit for band or orchestra. I will give you more details when we are together in class.
4. Throughout the year I will post important band and orchestra information for this school year at this location: http://vandenbergnotes.blogspot.com/. It would be a good idea to bookmark this page. I will always send you an email when I update the blog with new information. I posted all of the information from this email on the blog.
5. On the right side of my blog page is a link to the band and orchestra calendar if you want a sneak peak of instrumental music events for this year. Did you know you can subscribe to this calendar and events will show up in your google calendar? We will also have a listing of events for each of the groups ready for you soon. https://hollandchristian.org/arts/band-orchestra/
6. It wouldn't hurt to get your instrument out in the next couple weeks to make sure the instrument still works and to get yourself back in shape for music making. :)
I am looking forward to seeing you!
Mr. VB
 | Scott Vanden Berg | Director of Instrumental Music Holland Christian High School 950 Ottawa Ave, Holland, MI 49423 school: 616.820.2805 cell: 616.212.8867
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