We Want You!

 Hello band and orchestra students and parents,

Orchestra has a concert tomorrow, invite your friends! Early marching practice starts on Tuesday for band members. Please note this info in the last blog post.

1. We need volunteers. Please sign up here if you are willing to help out with handing out programs, taking offering, and welcoming people for our choir/orchestra Oratorio concert on Friday, April 25.

 

2. The HCHS bands are in need of someone to drive the HC van/trailer to Kollen Park for the Thursday parade. It would happen at about 1:00 p.m. Please let me know if you can help out.

3. Here is the youtube link for Friday's Oratorio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGOxUSfxt7I

4. We are looking for volunteers to be part of a Florida parent team for our 2026 trip. We will need some people who are chaperons and/or people who help to put together details for the trip. I would love to plan on meeting once this spring. Let me know if you might be interested!

5. Here is a reminder of upcoming events (because I had one time error last week, please note times of May 12, 13 concerts)

-Friday, April 25 at 7:00 p.m., HCHS symphonic orchestra, concert orchestra, and choirs perform Mendelssohn's Elijah at West Ottawa Performing Arts Center

-Thursday/Saturday, May 8 and 10 at 2 p.m., HCHS symphonic band and concert band marching together in Tulip Time Parades

-Monday, May 12 at 7:30 p.m., HCS 4-12 Orchestra Spring Concert at the Jack H. Miller Center for the Musical Arts

-Tuesday, May 13 at 7:30 p.m., HCHS symphonic band, concert band, jazz orchestra concert at Jack H. Miller Center for the Musical Arts

-Monday, May 26 at 9:30 a.m., HCHS symphonic band and concert band marching together in Memorial Day Parade

Thank you!

Mr. VB

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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 blog: http://vandenbergnotes.blogspot.com facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musichchs/ "Equipping Minds and Nurturing Hearts to Transform the World for Jesus Christ"

Oratorio, marching practice, and lots of performances!

Dear band and orchestra students and parents!

Welcome to the sprint to the end of the year!

Here is some important information.

1. Please sign up here if you are willing to help out with handing out programs, taking offering, and welcoming people for our choir/orchestra Oratorio concert on Friday, April 25. 

2. A note that the choirs and orchestras will rehearse at West Ottawa High School's new Performing Arts Center on Friday, April 25. Students will all ride the bus to rehearsal and come back from rehearsal before the end of the school day. Here is the schedule.

12:20 p.m. depart HCHS

rehearse at WOHS

2:00 p.m. rehearsal ends

bus returns to HCHS

6:30 p.m. call time for students to be at WOHS PAC

7:00 p.m. concert

3. Since our HS bands march together for Tulip Time, we will have 3 early morning marching practices to prepare. The dates are Tuesday, April 29, Thursday, May 1, Tuesday, May 6. See details of these practices and times linked here.

4. Here is a reminder of upcoming events.

-Friday, April 25 at 7:00 p.m., HCHS symphonic orchestra, concert orchestra, and choirs perform Mendelssohn's Elijah at West Ottawa Performing Arts Center

-Thursday/Saturday, May 8 and 10 at 2 p.m., HCHS symphonic band and concert band marching together in Tulip Time Parades

-Monday, May 12 at 7:30 p.m., HCS 4-12 Orchestra Spring Concert at the Jack H. Miller Center for the Musical Arts

-Tuesday, May 13 at 7:30 p.m., HCHS symphonic band, concert band, jazz orchestra concert at Jack H. Miller Center for the Musical Arts

-Monday, May 26 at 9:30 a.m., HCHS symphonic band and concert band marching together in Memorial Day Parade

Thank you!

Mr. VB
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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 blog: http://vandenbergnotes.blogspot.com facebook: https://www.facebook.com/musichchs/ "Equipping Minds and Nurturing Hearts to Transform the World for Jesus Christ"