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NEWS AND NOTES:5/20/18 Whirlwind Week
Congrats to the 6th and 7th Grade Bands on a fantastic Spring Concert! You guys rocked it! Congrats to the West members of the Shelby County Honor Winds, who competed in a band competition this Friday evening at St. Louis. The band earned a score of 94, earning 1st place in their class and the highest score of any instrumental performing group at the competition. Awesome work, band! 5/14/18 End of Year Notes - Our Spring Concert is Thursday, May 17th at 6:30 PM in the West Gymnasium. - Tumblers are in from our Spring Fundraiser. Any missing tumbler orders should be reported to Mr. Etienne ASAP so they can be ordered. - Shelby County Honor Winds leaves West at 10:00 AM on Friday for St. Louis. Remember your All Black for the performance! 4/16/18 Sixth Grade Honor Band Congratulations to Adara, Kennedy, Chloe, Rylee, Jessica, Conner, Jacob, Erick, Sam, Gavin, and Eli for representing WMS at the KMEA Sixth Grade Honor Band! Thank for you your hard work and excellent behavior this weekend! 3/13/18 CONGRATULATIONS!!! A huge congratulations to the 7th Grade Concert Band on earning Distinguished ratings from all four judges at KMEA Festival Assessment! Thank you for all of your hard work this semester! You rocked it! 3/4/18 7th Grade Festival Assessment: Our 7th Grade PreFestival Concert is Monday, March 12th at 6:30 PM at Collins High School. Come out and support our students prior to their annual performance assessment. We hope to see all friends and family there! On Tuesday, March 13th, the 7th Grade travels to North Oldham High School for assessment. They perform at 12:00 PM. The performance is free and open to the public. 1/16/18: Blaze Night The Shelby West Band has secured another Blaze Fundraiser in Middletown for the evening of Thursday, February 1st. Plan to come on out, enjoy pizza, and 20% of your purchase will go to the Shelby West Band! 1/16/18: SnoGo Plans Shelby County Public Schools are on a Sno Go Day today. Students are expected to continue to work on their concert pieces or assigned lines out of their book. Please contact Mr. E via Schoology if you have questions. Shoot a video or audio recording if you would like feedback on your performance. 11/26/17: Fundraiser Delivery/ Pep Band Our cookie dough and other fundraiser items will be delivered this Wednesday, November 29th. Please make plans to pick these items up so they can be delivered in a timely manner. We we have been asked to play at the East/West Boys Basketball Game this Thursday, November 30th. We will form a voluntary pep band that will rehearse after school Thursday until the game begins at 5:30 and then play and cheer on our Warriors! 11/5/17: All District Help/ Fundraiser Forms Mr. Etienne will be staying at West in Monday and Thursday afternoons until 4:45 PM to help give students additional help on KMEA All District Music or any other music students may like assistance on. Fundraiser forms are due tomorrow, November 6th. Reminder: money is not due tomorrow, but should be collected when items are delivered. More details to come. 10/24/17: Fundraiser/Calendar Updates Our Fall cookie dough fundraiser kicked off yesterday. Our instrument inventory is nearly maxed out and we are hoping to use the money raised with this cookie dough to pay for new instruments. Calendar has been updated with several important Enrichment events. Check out the Shelby County Honor Winds Auditions and the KMEA All District Band Audition dates! For more info on each of these excellent opportunities, look at our Events and Enrichment tab. 9/24/17: Blaze Night On October 2nd, Blaze Pizza in Middletown Commons will be donating 20% of all proceeds made between 5 and 8 PM to the Shelby West Band. Students will be bringing home flyers this week. Just present those flyers at check out to prove you are with our program and help us raise money for updated instruments! 8/29/17: Fees There are still some band members who owe their Fair Share Fee of $40. Due by September 2nd. Please remember to submit this by the due date. Contact Mr. Etienne for any questions. 8/6/17: Band Fair Share/Rental Fees - Band Handbook forms are due by Wednesday, August 9th! If you need to rent an instrument from the West Middle School Band, please submit the rental agreement and your rental fee ASAP! General Band Fees are due Sept. 2nd. Contact Mr. Etienne if you have any questions. 8/2/17: Sign Up for Remind! Stay in the know and get text updates about our band program. 6th Grade Band - text @shelbywes to 81010 7th Grade Band - text @betie to 81010 7/29/17 All District Honor Band Audition Music All District Music has been added to the Events and Enrichment page under KMEA District V Honor Band. Download the folder and you can print off your instrument's audition excerpts. Auditions will be held December 2nd. More information can be found on the Events and Enrichment page. 7/26/17: Reminder- New Band Member Camp is August 5th, from 1-4 PM. Meet in the Shelby West Band Room. It is our goal to get all new band members off to a great start in band by allowing them time to be introduced to their instrument by a trained professional. This camp will include an introduction to instrument assembly, instrument cleaning, breath support, tone production and basic note reading. It is so important that every new band member be there for this camp to get you all started off on the right foot. 7/11/17: Links - Several new links have been added to the Resources page. A new page detailing area events and enrichment activities aimed toward our students has been created. Check out the new Events and Enrichment tab. 7/10/17: Summer News - Welcome to the brand new Shelby West Bands website! We are so excited to bring our band into the 21st century by establishing and maintaining a web presence. Please use this site to stay up to date on news and events throughout the year, and check back frequently after concerts to view pictures and videos of our distinguished band program! |
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Shelby West Middle School Bands
Brandon Etienne Band Director
Kevin Osborne Director, Collins High School
Lorri Stivers Principal
Shelby West Middle School
100 Warriors Way, Shelbyville, KY, 40065
Shelby West Middle School
100 Warriors Way, Shelbyville, KY, 40065