S/E Instructions

Location: 180 S. Livernois, Rochester, MI

Final Instructions: Link
Final Schedule: Link

Dress nicely

What time should I leave?

It will take a little over an hour to get to Rochester HS

It will take at about 15 minutes to get from parking lot to warm-up room

You should be in your warm-up room at least 30 minutes prior to performance time

Therefore, leave about 2 hours prior to your first performance time

Get a map at the desk just inside the doors you enter

When you arrive at school, stop by headquarters and look for blue the PHN originals crate

Take originals from the envelope

If you are sharing a score with another event, instructions are on the envelope

Return envelope to crate

There is a pencil in the envelope if you still need to number the score

Go up to performance room

Put one number in every measure of the score without regard to repeats, etc.

Go to warm-up room, check-in with adults

Make sure score is numbered

Warm-up when instructed

As you leave room, hand original to warm-up room worker

Play your event, listen politely for feedback from judge

Return to room, put instruments away (load large instruments on truck?)

IMMEDIATELY RETURN SCORE/PENCIL TO ENVELOPE IN THE CRATE (if sharing score, follow instructions)

Get rating, get medal.

If you have a problem, make sure you find me in performance 9 through 14

Good Luck!

HS S/E Schedule

HS Schedule <- click this.

MMC Performance travel itinerary

               I hope you will find the following helpful as you get ready to send your child to MMC in Grand Rapids on Thursday.  If you have any more travel questions you can give me a call tomorrow evening.·        There is a pool, so students may want to bring their suits.·        If your child takes medication he/she will need to hand the medication to the bus captain.  Medication must be in an original container that includes dosage information.·        Students may want to plan to change clothes after their performance.  They may want to put clothes in their hang bags and bring it with them to the DeVoss Hall.·        CHAPERONES:  You will need to check in on one room at about 10:00 Thursday night to make sure everything is all right.   (In most cases it is your child’s room.)Becky Kohanov 

3:30       Leave Northern
6:30       Arrive Rivertown Crossing Mall for dinner at food court (Students will receive $10.00 for dinner.)
8:00       Arrive at hotel.  Check in.  Swim or relax in the lobby or balcony area.  (Holiday Inn South, 6569 Clay Avenue SW, Grand Rapids (616-871-9700)
10:00     In rooms.  Chaperones will be around to say Good Night.  Get a good night’s sleep, big day 

Friday.
6:15       Students eat breakfast. 
7:00       Bus leaves for DeVoss Performance Hall (303 Monroe Avenue NW, Grand Rapids) Students perform and watch other performances.
11:40     Board bus
12:00     Lunch at Carrabba’s (4061 28^th Street, Grand Rapids)4:30       Arrive at PHN


1. We leave at 3:30
2. We will divide kids in half for each bus.  (This will be helpful for medication distribution.)
3. Pick-up their dinner money and itinerary from their bus captain.  (Busone Mrs. Croteau and Bus two Mrs. Smith.)
4. Kids who have medication need to give their medicine to their bus captain.  Medication needs to be in an original container that has dosage information.
5. Our first stop will be the mall for dinner.  Kids will have $10.00 in their envelope.
6. Kids need to be at our meeting spot to get back on the bus at 7:50.
7. Then off to the hotel.  Mrs. Kohanov will have the keys for you in the lobby.  
8. There is a pool in case they want to swim.
9. Students will need to be in their own rooms at 10:00.  
10. Eat breakfast between 6:15 – 6:50, and be on the bus ready to leave at 7:00.  We will not be returning to the hotel.
11. Students may want to bring a change of clothing in their garment bag with them to the concert so they can change before we go to lunch.
12. We will need to board the busses at about 11:40 for lunch.
13. Our lunch will be served Family Style, but there will not be refills.  Be considerate of others when helping themselves to the food.  Everyone should get a serving of each dish.  Ask group before taking seconds.
14. We will probably be back at Northern between  4:30 & 5:00.


CONCERT BLACKS!  (colored highlights!)Black shoes, socks!
Extra $$$ for Thursday at mall, if you want...













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Northern Winds Pre-conference performance.

Monday, January 13, 7:30 PM in the Northern PAC.  

Concert is free, light refreshments afterwards.

Members please be in band room ready to go by 6:30.

Dresses and skirts are permitted, but must wear black tights without patterns (sheer is fine).  Also accent with something royal blue.

Gentlemen, tuxedos.

Wednesday 3rd hour rehearsal

Thank you so much to all of the people that gave up a little of your bonus day to play with the ensemble. I think most people felt like it was worth the trouble.

As you already know, classes are called for Wednesday, As well.  I would like to run an additional rehearsal, this time from 10 AM - 12 Noon, and we will serve you Jimmy John's lunch immediately afterwards.

Thank you so much to all of you!  We have *6* school rehearsals left!

Tuesday 3rd hour rehearsal!

I hope you all had a wonderful and restful break!  

What a neat bonus to get a few extra days’ rest.

Thank you to the woodwinds that made the extra effort to come in and work over break, we got some important work done.

Thank you to the trombones and tubas that came in to work near the beginning of break!

Thank you to the trumpets that came in late last week to polish things up.

I am hoping that you took the recommendation to play through the music a few times a week while you had the time.  

This performance is upon us in only 11 days.  It will be unlike anything else you have ever experienced.  I want you to get the most out of it and walk away from it with no regrets.

I am being given, with Mr. Mossett’s permission, the ability to ask that anybody that is available to come in and run through the music a few times on Tuesday.

I want you all to be able to sleep in, but hopefully, nobody will be scheduled to work!

If you are at all able, please meet us to run through the music at 11 AM tomorrow.  We will rehearse for about an hour, take a break, then rehearse for another 45 minutes.

As bright as any of us are, there is no amount of “understanding” the music that can replace time actually doing the task.  Nothing replaces dribbling the ball, swimming the strokes, running the miles.  Performing music is unique, though, because it is a nearly balanced combination of physical, intellectual, and emotional effort.

I am excited to see and hear the work you have all accomplished, and I am looking forward to showing all of you off at the performance next monday night and next Friday.

Thanks you again to all of the people that have invested their own time and effort into making yourselves and the band better.