77 North is closed at Wilbeth. Firetruck is blocking the road. Traffic is backing up. Get off when you can. You can get a better picture if you look on ohgo.com
Carhy
77 North closed at Wilbeth
I just got a text from Leslie saying 77 North is shut at Wilbeth. Just trying to give ppl a heads-up.
Cathy
Adding Music for 6/6
Greetings,
I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend. Below is the music list for 6/6. I added two pieces as they just asked if we could play closer to 45 minutes rather than the original half hour.
*Thunderer
*Echoes of the Civil War
*Glenn Miller Salute/Tribute
*Liberty Bell March
*Voices of the Battlefield
*Marches of the Armed Forces (As originally written)
*God Bless the USA
*Sweet George Brown
*Zoot Suit
*Miller Time
*God Bless America
*Stars and Stripes
I know I’m giving you this information early. I will post it again next week, but FYI…. Saturday 6/6, we play at noon. You need to bring YOUR OWN CHAIR. Also, make sure you have a way to secure your music. You should arrive no later than 11:15. Come earlier if you want. We play outdoors, right next to Buzzbin’s. The parking lot is right behind it. Carpool if you can. The address is 952 Kenmore Blvd. Akron, Ohio 44314.
Please wear BLUE SHIRTS and BLUE JEANS (pants, shorts, capris or skirts).
See you on Thursday, 5/28 at FEC. Bring all of the 6/6 music with you.
Cathy
Great Performance and Moving On
If you were at Western Reserve today…wow, just wow!! Thank you for a great performance. I am SO HAPPY with how it turned out. All of your hard work is paying off and very appreciated.
We have three rehearsals before our performance on June 6th . Please attend as many of those practices as you are able. It really makes a difference. Below is the list of music we will be playing. The list is in concert order.
*Thunderer
*Echoes of the Civil War
*Glenn Miller Salute/Tribute
*Liberty Bell March
*Voices of the Battlefield
*Sweet George Brown
*Zoot Suit
*Miller Time
*God Bless America
*Stars and Stripes
Have a great Memorial Day weekend. See you next Thursday!!
Cathy
Friday 5/22
Arrive by 12:15
Seated on stage by 12:30
Wear BLUE shirts and BLACK pants
Location: Western Reserve Masonic Community
4931 Nettleton Rd Medina Ohio 44256
Music Order:
Knights of Destiny
With Valor and Honor
Star Spangled Banner
God Bless the USA
God Bless America
Thunderer
If you have any concerns about the roadmap of any piece of music, please refer to the email/hot news from 5/19.
Roadmap for each Piece
Hopefully this spacing looks better. Below is a road map for each of the pieces we’re playing on our next two programs. Please make sure your music markings match what I’ve written, so we don’t waste rehearsal time debating and hashing it out. Notice the changes in the Marches of the Armed Forces. We are reverting back to the original version. I have removed the inserted drum-breaks and removed the Semper Supra. I apologize for any weird spacing below. When I copied this from Google Docs and pasted it here some things shifted.
Cathy
Knights of Columbus
play as written
With Valor and Honor
beginning through measure 12
4 measures of percussion
Measure 53 to the end
Star Spangled Banner
Play as written
God Bless the USA
Play as written
God Bless America
Start at the beginning in 4/4 time
CHANGE to CUT TIME in measure 26
Take the first ending and repeat back to
measure 26 and finish out taking the
second ending which will be
in 4/4
Thunderer
Play as written
Echoes of the Civil War
Play as written
Salute/Tribute to Glenn Miller
Start at the beginning of Salute
On the repeat of measures 9-16,
Measure 16 will be conducted as two
¾ measures while we say 6-5-0-0-0-
Continue playing as written through beat 3
of measure 51. At the end of that third
beat, repeat back to beat 4 of measure
39.
Play through measure 68
Repeat back to 56
Play 56-68 again
Play 56 through 66 then jump to the
second ending
Play as written to the end of Salute
4 measures of drums in 4/4 time
Start Tribute a A conducted in 4/4
Letter E change to CUT TIME
Cezura // at the end of measure 76
Letter J is cut out…not playing those
measures
Two measures of drums in 4/4 time
before K
Play as written through measure 108
Repeat back to L
At N switch to CUT TIME
Play the rest of the piece as written:
When you get the DS al Coda at the
end of measure 158 go back to O.
Play through measure 149 and then
jump to the CODA ending at measure
159
We will stay in cut time until measure
164 where we change to 4/4
time to the end.
Voices of the Battlefield
Play as written
Sweet Georgia Brown
Play as written
Zoot Suit
Play as written
Take the repeat at the end of 36 back to
29 and take the 2nd ending
When you get to the DS at the end of
57, go back to 21
Take the repeat at 36 back to 29 again
At the end of measure 48 jump to the
CODA ending in measure 58
Matches of the Armed Forces
We are playing this old school.
Play exactly the way it was originally
arranged.
NO DRUM BREAKS (except what’s in
The original arrangement)
NO SEMPER SUPRA
Stars and Stripes
No repeat at 42A
It’s Miller Time
Play intro, A and B. At the end of B
take the 1st ending
Go back to B and take the 2nd ending
Play C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K
At the end of K go back to J
Repeat J and K then continue on through
L and M. At the end of M take the 1st
ending and go back go to M and take the
2nd ending.
Finish out the piece
Road Map for Each Piece
Below is a road map for each of the pieces we’re playing on our next two programs. Please make sure your music markings match what I’ve written, so we don’t waste rehearsal time debating and hashing it out. Notice the changes in the Marches of the Armed Forces. We are reverting back to the original version. I have removed the inserted drum-breaks and removed the Semper Supra. I apologize for any weird spacing below. When I copied this from Google Docs and pasted it here some things shifted.
Cathy
Knights of Columbus
play as written
With Valor and Honor
Beginning through measure 12
4 measures of percussion
Measure 53 to the end
Star Spangled Banner
Play as written
God Bless the USA
Play as written
God Bless America
Start at the beginning in 4/4 time
CHANGE to CUT TIME in measure 26
Take the first ending and repeat back to
measure 26 and finish out taking the
second ending which will be
in 4/4
Thunderer
Play as written
Echoes of the Civil War
Play as written
Salute/Tribute to Glenn Miller
Start at the beginning of Salute
On the repeat of measures 9-16,
Measure 16 will be conducted as two
¾ measures while we say 6-5-0-0-0-
Continue playing as written through beat 3 of measure 51. At the end of that third
beat of 51, repeat back to beat 4
of measure 39.
Play through measure 68
Repeat back to 56
Play 56-68 again
Play 56 through 66 then jump to the
second ending (measure 69)
Play as written to the end of Salute
4 measures of drums in 4/4 time
Start Tribute a A conducted in 4/4
Letter E change to CUT TIME
Cezura // at the end of measure 76
Letter J is cut out…not playing those
measures
Two measures of drums in 4/4 time
before K
Play as written through measure 108
Repeat back to L
At N switch to CUT TIME
Play the rest of the piece as written:
When you get the DS al Coda at the
end of measure 158 go back to O.
Play through measure 149 and then
jump to the CODA ending at measure
159
We will stay in cut time until measure
164 where we change to 4/4
time to the end.
Voices of the Battlefield
Play as written
Sweet Georgia Brown
Play as written
Zoot Suit
Play as written
Take the repeat at the end of 36 back to
29 and take the 2nd ending
When you get to the DS at the end of
57, go back to 21
Take the repeat at 36 back to 29 again
At the end of measure 48 jump to the
CODA ending in measure 58
Matches of the Armed Forces
We are playing this old school.
Play exactly the way it was originally
arranged.
NO DRUM BREAKS (except what’s in
the original arrangement)
NO SEMPER SUPRA
Stars and Stripes
No repeat at 42
It’s Miller Time
Play intro, A and B. At the end of B
take the 1st ending
Go back to B and take the 2nd ending
Play C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K
At the end of K go back to J
Repeat J and K then continue on through
L and M. At the end of M take the 1st
ending and go back go to M and take the
2nd ending.
Finish out the piece
Week of 5/18 – Things to Know
Monday 5/18
5:00-6:00
Lessons with Leslie
Strings with Cathy (Essential Elements Method books)
6:00-7:00 sectionals
Low instruments and percussion upstairs with Leslie
High instruments downstairs with Cathy
7:00-8:00 Full Ensemble
Thursday 5/22
2:30-4:00 Full Ensemble at MAPS
We will run everything that will be played on Friday.
*Knights of Destiny
*With Valor and Honor
*Star Spangled Banner
*God Bless the USA
*God Bless America
*Thunderer
Friday 5/22
Memorial Day program at Western Reserve Masonic Community
4931 Nettleton Rd. Medina, OH 44256
Call time 12:15 (come earlier if you want)
Seats 12:30
Program/performance 1:00
Wear BLUE SHIRTS and BLACK PANTS
Things to know for tonight, 5/14
Greetings:
We are going to try something different tonight during the 6:00-7:00 time slot. We are going to break up into groups, by parts. All low parts will be upstairs with Leslie and all higher parts will be downstairs with me.
Low parts: Tuba, Euphonium/Baritone, Trombone, Tenor Sax, Bass Clarinet, Cello, Bass, Drums
High parts: Flute, Clarinet, Trumpet, French Horn, Alto Sax, Oboe, Violin, Viola.
If I accidentally did list your instrument, you are not off the hook. Ask and we will point you in the right direction!
Please bring the Liberty Bell March with you and remember there is jazz class from 5-6 for those who are interested.
See you tonight!
Cathy
Correcting my error
I accidentally omitted Knights of Destiny from the May 22 music list. Here is the corrected music order for Friday, May 22 and Saturday, June 6. Please bring all of this music to every rehearsal. Thanks!!
May 22:
*Knights of Destiny
*With Valor and Honor
*Star Spangled Banner
*God Bless the USA
*God Bless America
*Thunderer
June 6:
*Thunderer
*Echoes of the Civil War
*Glenn Miller Salute/Tribute
*Liberty Bell March (if we can make it sound good)
*Voices of the Battlefield
*Sweet George Brown
*Zoot Suit
*Miller Time
*God Bless America
*Stars and Stripes
Thanks,
Cathy
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