Thanks for a Great Season!

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To all Cascade Winds Musicians: Thanks to all of you for pulling together, and pulling off, good spring concerts.

Specifically, of course, a huge THANK YOU to Sue for hanging in there through all the absences and missing parts and rough spots and bringing us up to a level at times we didn’t think we would be able to achieve.

Many thanks to Lorene Judd for “orchestrating” the wonderful intermissions refreshments. And Thank You also to Helen Loeffler, our “official” meeter, greeter and program distributor. And to Dan Judd for being our liaison and facilitator at Summit High. It’s SO great to have someone in the band connected to the performance venue. And many, many thanks to the entire percussion section for all the lugging back and forth and set up and tear-down. They have a bit more to deal with than the rest of us as we leave with our clarinet in its case!

I am assuming I got everyone’s music back last night. If that isn’t the case, PLEASE let me know ASAP.

Our audiences were appreciative, although small. If any of you are interested in helping develop a marketing plan, figuring out methods of promotion, soliciting more donations, getting the Bulletin to actually write a story about us sometime, etc., please be in touch. Or if you know someone with this kind of expertise that isn’t in the band, we would sure like to talk with them.

Some of you have been asking about Summer Band. For various reasons, there will be no COCC sponsored summer band this year. We do hope, of course, to see you all in the fall: first rehearsal is Thursday, September 25.

Regarding director selection, Michael will be checking with the candidates to determine if they are still interested in the position. Then all band members who played under ALL of the candidates will receive one more overall evaluation via e-mail. Michael will then make the selection.

Thanks again. It was a good year in so many ways. If you see Dave Sime, Dan Judd and/or Sue Mudge be sure to say THANK YOU once again.

See many of you in the fall.

JanTuckerman
jan@cascadewinds.org

Interested in Playing in the Cascade Winds?

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Dear potential Cascade Winds Symphonic Band member:

This is message is going out to everyone who has played or would like to play with the Cascade Winds Symphonic Band. The Winds strive for quality, consistency and balance. To that end the Director, Dan Judd, needs to know well in advance what players are interested in performing this term so that he can best achieve that balance and select music to complement those players.

Therefore, please read and respond, if you are interested in playing with the Winds, to the message below. PLEASE NOTE that you need to reply with your intent to play NO LATER THAN 12 days before the first rehearsal (first rehearsal is on Sept. 22, so make sure you let us know that you want to play before Sept. 10). Feel free to pass this e-mail on to potential players with whom you are acquainted

Thank you for your prompt attention,

Jan Tuckerman, President, Cascade Winds Symphonic Band.
jtuckerman@chamberscable.com

Are you interested in performing with the Cascade Winds Symphonic Band? Great! We are a community band, performing under the auspices of Central Oregon Community College. Our goal is to present the most challenging and entertaining wind band literature in a fashion that will thrill our community, challenge our players, and promote the band movement in general.

Membership in the Cascade Winds is based upon:

  • 1) Application to the band President at least 12 days prior to the first rehearsal of the term. [September 10, 2009 for fall term]
  • 2) Individual confirmation that attendance requirements for rehearsal & performance will be met according to band policy. [See rehearsal and concert dates below] It is expected that you attend all rehearsals. Anticipated absence must be approved in advance (before rehearsals begin) by the Director.
  • 3) Director confirmation that individual membership is consistent with group instrumentation and balance needs and performance standards.

Band membership will be distributed via e-mail one week prior to the first rehearsal.  Only those players listed will be included in the first rehearsal.

To apply for membership in this dynamic group, contact band president Jan Tuckerman. jtuckerman@chamberscable.com [593-1635]

REHEASAL & CONCERT DATES:
Rehearsals: Tuesday evenings, Summit HS, 7:00-9:30 p.m. starting September 22

EXCEPTIONS: Thursday, October 8 instead of October 6, NO rehearsal November 24,
FINAL rehearsal, Saturday, December 5, 7:00-9:00 p.m.

Concert: Sunday, December 6, 2:00 p.m. Summit High School.

Concert Updates and Schedule Reminders

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Remember: The rehearsal next week which was originally scheduled for Wednesday is now back
to THURSDAY because there is no longer a conflict with
symphony.
 
REMEMBER to get that extra
rehearsal on your busy calendars for Saturday, March 1, 7:00-9:30 p.m.
at SUMMIT HS.


There were POSTERS to pick up at
rehearsal but it doesn’t look like very many people picked them up. If need be, you can print some up here.

  • High school students: Take at least one and post it in your band room at
    school and give one, or more, to your parents to take to their work.
  • Adults: Take them to your place of employment
  • Everyone: Take them to your church, the local grocery store, the local book
    store, the library, etc.
Attached is the PRESS RELEASE for the concerts, both a
short blurb and the full release. Pick one and send it to your many friends and
relatives.
 
Call for the concert on Sunday will be 1:00 p.m.

CONCERT DRESS: Just a
reminder:

  • Women: black, black and black. Long sleeves, pants or
    skirts, black hose, high necks; i.e. the less white skin showing the
    better.
  • Men: Black tux or black suit, white shirt, black tie,
    black shoes, black socks.

If you have any questions about dress, make sure you get
them answered on Thursday.

 
Here’s the list of band set-up assignments for the rest of
the term. Thanks so much to the saxophones (and others) tonight:
  • Feb. 20: Trombones, Tubas
  • Feb. 28: Baritones, Horns

Cascade Winds March 2008 (Short Blurb).doc
Cascade Winds March 2008 (Full PR).doc

Updates For Band Members

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Thursday we will for sure work on Purple Heart and
Can-Can. Remember that in the Pines we are doing just the last movement,
starting at the pick-up to the 5th measure after 17 with the clarinet solo. And
work on everything else, of course. Only 4 more rehearsals!
 
We are planning to list all the players in this next
program with their occupation and where they live. Something like:
Jan Tuckerman (math teacher) Sunriver

We don’t need to know what company you work for but just a
general category. The idea is to give our audience a more personal feel for the
fact that we are just regular people who love to make music.

SO…what I need from each of you is what you do (banker,
student, rocket scientist, etc.) and what town you live in. If you could e-mail
that to me, great. I will also have a sign-up sheet on Thursday for people to
fill in.

If you think your boss, your company, your great Aunt
Bertha, etc., would be interested in being a band donor (with full recognition
in the next program) please send Tim Lynch their contact information (Tim: timlynch1992@gmail.com)


The sooner we reach our $12000 goal in the capital
campaign, the sooner we can get started on the tuition fund for the
band.
 
REMEMBER to get that extra rehearsal on your busy
calendars for Saturday, March 1, 7:00-9:30 p.m. at SUMMIT HS.
REMEMBER that rehearsal NEXT week is on the Wednesday,
February 20, not Thursday.
 
We will have posters to pick up on Thursday (or you can print them up from here). Be thinking
of places to put them.
 
Here’s the list of band set-up assignments for the rest of
the term. Thanks so much to the flutes (and others) last week.
Feb. 14: Saxophones
Feb. 20: Trombones, Tubas
Feb. 28: Baritones, Horns
 
Clarinets & Bassoons will get the first rehearsal of
the spring term.
 
That’s all I had written down but that’s
enough!!
 
Jan