Welcome to Nieman Elementary Bands
March 26th- additional band announcements
Band students, please vote for the band nominees for the 2024 Spring Court. Use this link and please do so by tomorrow, Wednesday, March 27th 3:00PM. Students, please use your SMSD account when voting. Here’s the link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeNRtoXwzoPhvznqCP-7kl2HQ5Bo8Jz0aTyV939bCiWKLn5TQ/viewform?usp=sf_link
Everyone, two date changes to the Spring calendar:
Booster meeting Monday, April 1st at 5:45PM (instead of April 2nd)
Spring Concert will be Wednesday, May 8th at 7:00PM in the auditorium (instead of May 7th).
That’s it for now. Thank you!
Mr. Reed
final March 4th Kauffman details
Monday:
Students need to arrive to school with their instruments, black shirt/dress uniform, concert black shoes (no sneakers), music and instrument.
Students are then dismissed from block 7, to change into uniform and prepare for the bus.
Our bus situation has challenges because of conflicting school bus routes. The plan is as follows:
Bus 1 will leave at 2:15pm- Bus 1 is ALL BAND students- drop off at Grace and Holy Trinity
Bus 2 will leave at 3:15pm- Bus 2 is ALL ORCHESTRA VIOLINS- drop off at Grace and Holy Trinity. Ms. Beasley is chaperoning this bus.
Bus 3 will leave at 3:45pm- Bus 2 is ALL ORCHESTRA CELLOS/VIOLAS/BASSES- drop off at Kauffman. Cook is on this bus.
Please see bus rosters. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1A24TlevXu1xo7DrnE8_zJCGVuWp0o4DIetlZR7ZNMhE/edit#gid=0
The issue we had is that Kauffman won’t allow students to enter before 4:30pm.
Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral downtown has graciously allowed our bus 1 and 2 students to be dropped off there where they will be able to eat, use restrooms and rest before reporting to the Kauffman. Bus 3 will report directly to the Kauffman.
These are one-way buses. All students are expected to depart the Kaufman center with a parent or another mode of transportation, we will not have a bus to take students back to North. For safety reasons, construction on Broadway, and liability of instruments, administration has made it clear that ALL students need to ride the bus to the Kaufman center and not provide their own transportation there. Cellos/basses, please make a plan for transporting your instrument.
Students will be provided a sack meal via SMN cafeteria. Bus 1 and 2 will eat their meal at Grace and Holy Trinity. Bus 3 will need to eat before departure from SMN or on the bus to the Kauffman. The “sack dinner” is being provided by the school (free of charge), which includes PBJ sandwich, carrots, cheese stick and milk. You’re more than welcome to bring something else.
At 4:30pm, Bus 1 and 2 will walk down with Mr. Reed and Ms. Beasley (SMN Band directors) to the Kauffman, where we will meet up with Bus 3. We will enter Kauffman all together, as there is a check in process that starts at 5pm sharp.
Students will get checked in with their instrument/school group, go to their warmup space and drop off instruments before finding their seat in the Kauffman before the concert begins at 6pm.
Tickets:
I have received many emails of people still needing more tickets. After speaking with the organization, they have released the following statement:
The ticket links may start showing “sold out.” This is beyond our control as KCPA dictates which sections they make available when the concert is GA. That said, no concert will be truly sold out, as many people reserve more tickets than they need. Please encourage parents of your students and anyone else to show up for the concert even if they don’t have a ticket reserved. KCPA will release any unclaimed seats with plenty of time before the concert starts, so don’t worry – everyone will get a seat.
The concert begins with Youth Symphony of Kansas City Repertory Orchestra, followed by Staley High School band. SMN band is expected to take the stage by 7:20pm, and SMN orchestra by 8:10pm.
This is a concert festival where students will receive written and audio feedback from clinicians who are in the audience. This is also a huge opportunity for our students to make wonderful memories performing in one of the premiere concert halls in the world. THANK YOU for being so supportive of your student in music. Please let me know if you have any questions!
band announcements Feb. 26-March 4
Hello everyone-
This Friday (3/1) both jazz bands and Hocker Grove jazz band will host our annual Spring Swing! We’ll play 2 hours of dance music. This isn’t so much a concert as it is a party. We will also have appetizers and other food items. The event is in the North cafeteria from 6:30-8:30PM. Adults are $15/ea and students are $8/ea and everyone should pay at the door. This is the biggest fundraiser of the year for the jazz program. Again, you will have a great time, we hope to see you there!
Here’s the link to donate food items for this Friday’s (3/1) Spring Swing: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084EA4A92DA5FEC52-48156249-spring#/
Here’s the link to help volunteer for this Friday’s (3/1) Spring Swing: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084EA4A92DA5FEC52-48163054-spring#/
This is a really fun event, thanks in advance for everyone’s help!
Symphonic bands, our final Monday night rehearsal is today/tomorrow (2/26) on the stage, from 6:30-8:30PM. Our Kauffman performance is next Monday, March 4th. Here’s the link. To get your free tickets, we’re performing during the 6PM performance: https://tickets.kauffmancenter.org/22231?queueittoken=e_waitingroom5~q_152695c3-e539-4914-8da2-a732118c5823~ts_1708899682~ce_true~rt_safetynet~h_c392395fa9cf88d9d7b26e4f750af833858eead6206eb7d672384e2238c9e72b
March 4th Kauffman free tickets link below
Hi everyone-
Although many of us are headed off to Wichita tomorrow for the state music convention, including a Jazz Ensemble performance this Friday, at 4:25PM in in the Wichita Hyatt Regency ballrooms, I wanted to get ticking information out for the March 4th Kauffman performance.
The SM North Symphonic Band will perform at the Kauffman on Monday, March 4th at 6:00PM. Tickets are free! However, you need to use the link below to receive your tickets.
Again, please reserve your tickets and spread the news to EVERYONE you know, this is going to be a very special night! Here’s the link: https://tickets.kauffmancenter.org/22231
We are performing at the 6PM concert.
Between Pancake dinner, KMEA convention, Kauffman, spring swing, all within 4 weeks of each other…wow!
Mr. Reed
band announcements Feb. 5th-March 4th
band announcements Jan. 30th-Feb. 9th
NAB fest. & IMPORTANT fundraising info
band announcements, Dec. 11-18
fund raising/sym. band/calendar info. Nov. 2023