Please visit Green Street Tavern on Tuesday, February 7th, from 5pm to 10pm and present THIS FLIER! By doing so, proceeds from the sale will help benefit the instrumental music programs at the middle schools and high school.
The schedule is set for our Anchor Bay School District Pre-Festival Concert on Wednesday, February 29, 2011.
All performances are free to the public and will take place in the Anchor Bay HS Auditorium. To view the schedule (including call times), please CLICK HERE!
On Friday, February 10th, the ABHS Jazz Ensemble will be performing at the annual Central Michigan University Jazz Weekend. The performance is in the School of Music auditorium (time, TBA). The students will be leaving on Thursday (2/9), and returning on Saturday (2/11) in the morning.
Please click HERE for more information including the medical form and permission slip.
Friday evening, the band and chaperons will be attending the feature concert with guest artist, jazz trumpeter and composer, Bobby Shew.
Congratulations to the AnchorBayHigh School Marching Tars!On Tuesday, October 11th, the Marching Tars participated in the MSBOA District 16 Marching Band Festival at Port HuronHigh School.The Marching Tars were awarded a straight First Division rating from the panel of three adjudicators in the class AA division.The adjudicators judged the band in the categories of marching, music, and general effect.The ensemble earned A's in all nine subcategories!This marks the 13th consecutive year the Marching Tars have earned a First Division rating at this annual festival.
To listen to a live version of this year's show,CLICK HERE!
To order a DVD of the performance, please download THIS FORM and mail it to the information on the form.
Included in this document is our Calendar of Events for the upcoming year. There were a few incorrect football game dates in the document handed out on the first day of school. They are corrected in this document. Detailed and up-to-date calendar information can be found at http://www.anchorbaybands.org/calendar/.
The executive board and band directors encourage you to re-enroll for Kroger Community Rewards during the month of April. All participants must re-enroll for the program in April in order to earn funds for our group during 2011-2012!If you have recently signed up for the program (anytime prior to 04/01/11), you still MUST re-enroll in April to continue earning rewards for the period of 05/01/2011 through 04/30/2012.
It is easy for you to enroll or re-enroll in Kroger Community Rewards. Simply visit www.krogercommunityrewards.com, click on "Michigan" and click on "Enroll" or "Re-enroll." All participants must have a valid online account at Kroger.com and must sign up online to participate.Current online members should log-in as well. In addition to Kroger customers, the rewards program works for the following supermarket chains (owned by Kroger): Ralphs, Dillons, Smith's, King Soopers, Fry's, QFC, City Market, Hilander, Owen's, Jay C, Pay Less, Baker's, Gerbes, Scott's Food & Pharmacy.
Click "Re-enroll" if you were registered in the program last year.
1.Put in your e-mail.
2.Put in your password - (If you forgot the password you set up please go thru the "Forgot you password").
3.Find your organization by typing in your organization's NPO number - ours is 82352.
4.Click the "Select Your Organization."
5.Click the "Save Changes."
**OR**
Click "Enroll" If you have never been a part of Kroger Community Rewards.com, Kroger.com, or registered with the scan bar method last year.
1."Sign up today" (to the right).
2. Enter your zip code and click "Search."
3.Click on the arrow to display the list of stores in your zip code and highlight your preferred store.
4.Enter in your email and password.
5.Click "Next."
6.Key in you Kroger Plus Card Number (If it says that this card has already been used, please call the number on the back of your card).
7.Enter the security code (from the box above it).
8.Enter in your contact information.
9.Click on "next."
10.Verify that your account information is correct.Check the box for agreement of the terms and conditions and click "complete information."
11.Kroger will send an email that you entered earlier in the process (this can take up to 10 minutes).
12.Open the email that Kroger sent. Read the email and either click on the link within the email or copy and paste it into your browser.
13.Sign in: click on the "Click here" button and then type in your email and password.
14.Under Kroger Community Rewards Section at right, click "Edit Kroger Community Rewards Information."
15.Find your organization by typing in your organization's NPO number - ours is 82352
16.Click on the organization name that you want.Please make sure that you click on the circle to the left of your organization so that it becomes highlighted.
17.Click on "Save Changes."
18.Scroll over the page and make sure all information is accurate
You are now registered!
Thank you for your continued support of the Anchor Bay Bands!
You can now download digitally mastered albums or individual songs from the three performances of the Anchor Bay Bands at the prestigious Michigan Music Conference. Please follow the links below to view in iTunes!
On Sunday, January 2, 2011 Jazz at Lincoln Center and Wynton Marsalis were featured on the CBS News “60 Minutes” news program. In exclusive interviews, Marsalis and members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) discuss the mission of Jazz at Lincoln Center – inspiring and growing audiences for jazz and its utilization in bringing people together around the world. The Emmy award-winning news program traveled with the JLCO with Wynton Marsalis on its residency at the Barbican Centre in London and a first time visit to Havana, Cuba.
If you plan on visiting a building during the school day to help-out/volunteer, please fill out an ANCHOR BAY SCHOOLS VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION FORM and turn it in to the main office.
Students in Cadet Band, Concert Band, Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble are issued a ?Concert Uniform? at the beginning of the school year. The uniforms are worn for the Winter Concert, the Pre-Festival Concerts, the MSBOA District 16 Band Festival, and the Spring Concert.
The girls? uniform consists of an ankle-length skirt.This skirt may need to be hemmed.If you are having difficulty getting your garment hemmed, Diamond Laundry in ChesterfieldTownship will hem the skirt at a very reasonable price.A black blouse and black dress shoes (with an approximate 1" heel) are required.The girls in Wind Ensemble are issued an ankle-length black dress.The shoe requirement is the same.
All boys are issued a 4-piece tuxedo: pants, coat, cummerbund, and bow tie.The pants may need to be hemmed.Like the skirts, Diamond Laundry in ChesterfieldTownship will hem the pants at a very reasonable price.A white tuxedo shirt and black dress shoes are required.
These concert uniforms are very expensive and must be treated accordingly.Do not leave your concert uniform at school.Your uniform will be clean when it is received.If you get your uniform dirty, it is your duty to have it cleaned.AnchorBay Bands work with Diamond Laundry in ChesterfieldTownship.
The uniforms will be returned for cleaning and summer storage.In most cases, the students will receive the same uniform next year (depending on growth).
Thanks for your help in making our concert ensembles look and sound their best!
In 2006, Governor Jennifer M. Granholm signed into law one of the most comprehensive sets of high school graduation requirements in the nation called the Michigan Merit Curriculum (or MMC). This law is a result of a partnership between the Governor, the State Board of Education, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Legislature, and numerous education associations who worked together to better prepare students for greater future success.
Please read the FULL STORY on the next page for information on how this affects students who will be signing up for a band class in high school.
We have also included pages with informative links including:
Debbie Bilinski will be organizing the AB Band Booster apparel orders this year. If you would like to purchase something to show your pride at games and other events, please contact Debbie at apparel@anchorbaybands.org. If you wish to speak in person, her phone number is 586.477.8408
There was a nice article about some Macomb County marching bands in the 9/25/08 edition of the Macomb Daily. The Marching Tars were featured, throughout!
Those with More Education and Higher Household Incomes are More Likely to Have Had Music Education
Music education Influences Level of Personal Fulfillment for Many U.S. Adults
Whether it?s chorus, band, or just violin lessons, music impacts Americans? lives. While singing in a chorus or playing an instrument is fun, it can also provide important skills like creative problem solving that can help lead to higher education and incomes as well as personal fulfillment.
The researchers concluded that...
One thing is clear, music education is an important part of people?s lives and it definitely has an impact on their later lives. It also prepares people differently as we see that those who had more music education are more likely to be better educated and also have higher household incomes. It is also not just music education in general, specific types of music seem to almost ?wire? people to think slightly differently about their music experiences overall, as well as what they can get out of music education.
Vocal lessons and garage bands are the two categories which drive people to think more strongly about what music education provides. The time spent in music is also important. While all people who had music education may think about it in a certain way, those who participated for more than five years are more likely to say how influential it was to their current level of personal fulfillment. These people are also more likely to be better educated and have higher household incomes as well. The bottom line of this is that those who have music education and who spend more time with whatever type of music they participate in, even a garage band, are more likely to have more education and to have higher incomes - definitely, two very good reasons to instill music in children?s lives.
To read the complete article and research, CLICK HERE!
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