Taft High School Marching Band
DRUMS - MALLETS - WINDS - FLAGS
Santa Barbara Battle of the Bands
Saturday, Dececember 14, 2002
Class 1A-Gold
1st Place Band Award!
1st Place Percussion Award!
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Matt performing at Jefferson H.S. football game, Sept. 27, 2002.
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Table of Contents
People
Times
Calendar
Uniforms
$$$
Trips
Volunteer
Winter Drumline Clinic & Auditions
Toreador Escorts Queen
Candy Cane Lane, Dec.20
Santa Barbara Competition, Dec.14
Granada Hills Holiday Parade, Dec.8
Granada Hills Holiday Parade Lineup
LAUSD Competition, Nov.16
Granada Hills Competition, Nov.9
Rowland Heights Competition, Oct.5
Fall semester full calendar
Fall Musicians roster
Repertoire
Support the Taft Music Dept.
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Mr. Steve Burch, Band Director (818) 348-7171 x350
School fax: (818) 592-0877
Ext. Homework: 1670 1671-1676 from
http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Taft_HS/faculty.htm
The music room is F137 (building "F")
Mrs. Scribner knows schedules.
Ms. Linder knows fund raising.
Megan Calcheck's mom helped with uniforms.
Al is instructor for drum line (staff)
Jason, Hillary and Nat are also staff.
There are about
40 people in the band,
about 12-14 new people this year.
Band pictures from previous years
http://home.earthlink.net/~scnewman
Pierce College football game, Sept. 28, 2002.
Pierce vs. Santa Monica -- Pierce won 7-0
- Home games are done by 10pm
- Away games with LA Schools: Crenshaw and Jefferson
leave school at 1pm, back by 7pm
- Competitions leave Taft at 6am or 7am
Each group is up for 7 minutes.
High School Band Days, marching with either USC or UCLA.
Usually on a Saturday.
Tuesday after-school practices when school ends early
(minimum day, or teacher development day) Mr. Burch will start
practice 15 minutes after school's out, or 15 minutes
after he becomes available. For example if school is out
at noon, he may not be available for coaching until 1pm
September, October, November only.
Fall Semester - Marching Band
(* denotes key performance)
July 2002
Monday 8 Summer Marching Band Workshop, 1-5pm
Tuesday 9 Summer Marching Band Workshop, 1-6pm, 7-10pm
Wednesday 10 Summer Marching Band Workshop, 1-5pm
Thursday 11 Summer Marching Band Workshop, 1-6pm, 7-10pm
Friday 12 Summer Marching Band Workshop, 1-6pm
Monday 15 Summer Marching Band Workshop, 1-5pm
Tuesday 16 Summer Marching Band Workshop, 1-6pm, 7-10pm
August 2002
Monday 26 "hell week", 9am-noon, 1-4pm, 6-9pm
Tuesday 27 "hell week", 9am-noon, 1-4pm, 6-9pm
Wednewday 28 "hell week", 9am-noon, 1-4pm, 6-9pm
7:30-9pm parent meeting, music room F137
Thursday 29 "hell week", 9am-noon, 1-4pm
Friday 30 "hell week", 9am-noon, 1-4pm
2pm Class "A" uniforms handed out to kids.
Parents are welcome to come and help out.
BBQ dinner, $5.00
September 2002
Tuesady 3 School starts, 7:45am
Saturday 7 Pierce vs. San Diego Mesa, 3pm (not attend)
Thursday 12 After-school practice 3:30-5:30pm (rev. Sept. 10)
Friday 13 Football game @ Crenshaw 3pm -- 38-26 We Won!
1st away game
leave at 1pm, returned 7:35pm
Tuesday 17 1st After-school practice 3:30-6:30pm
Band Booster Club 7:30-8:30pm
Thursday 19 After-school practice 3:45-4:45 (rev. Sept. 18)
Friday 20 Football game vs. Carson 7pm -- 39-0 We Won!
1st home game
Saturday 21 Pierce vs. College of the Desert, 7pm (not attend)
Tuesday 24 After-school practice 3:30-6:30 Staff Dev. Day
Study hall from 2+pm to 3:30pm
Wednesday 25 Trip to Montebello "Happy Birthday" 2nd-5th periods
Thursday 26 After-school practice 3:45-4:45 (rev. Sept. 25)
Friday 27 Football game @ Jefferson 3pm -- 42-6 We Won!
leave at 1pm, returned 8:30pm
Saturday 28 competition (not attend)
Pierce College football game
be there at 6pm, game starts at 7pm
Band students get 1 credit at Pierce for playing.
Pierce vs. Santa Monica -- Pierce won 7-0
October 2002
Tuesday 1 After-school practice 3:30-7pm
bring $40 for candy sale deposit
bring uniform pants for fitting
Friday 4 Football game vs. Kennedy 7pm -- 35-0 We Won!
Saturday 5 Field show competition - Rowland Heights *
be at Taft 10am, return 11:15pm
Click here for competition schedule
Monday 7 Evaluation report of 3 competition groups due
Tuesday 8 After-school practice 3:30-6:30pm Staff Dev. Day
Study hall from 2+pm to 3:30pm
Thursday 10 Back-to-school-night, 2:05pm dismissal
No after-school practice
Friday 11 Football game vs. San Fernando 7pm -- 55-34 We Won!
After-school practice 3:15-3:45pm
5-week progress reports
Saturday 12 competition (not attend)
Monday 14 Field trip permission slips due
for Nov. 9, Nov. 16, Dec. 8, Dec. 14
Tuesday 15 After-school practice 3:30-6:30pm Staff Dev. Day
Study hall from 2+pm to 3:30pm
Band Booster Club 7:30-8:30pm
Thursday 17 Football game @ Chatsworth 7pm -- 41-0 We Won!
West Valley League opener, televised on Fox Sports Net!
Call time 4pm; bus leaves 4:30pm; returned 10:15pm
Tuesday 22 After-school practice 4-6:30pm
Thursday 24 Minimum day 12:35pm dismissal
No after-school practice
Friday 25 Football game vs. Cleveland 7pm -- 50-7 We Won!
Call time 6pm
Return tear-off notice on candy sale/fund raising/trip
After-school practice 3:30-4:30pm or -5:30pm
Saturday 26 Pierce vs. Santa Barbara, 7pm (not attend)
Tuesday 29 After-school practice 3:30-6:30pm
Thursday 31 Halloween fund raiser, in uniform, call time 5pm
November 2002
Friday 1 Homecoming * (revised Oct. 27)
Pep rally 4th period
Call time 5:30pm
Homecoming Parade 6pm
Football game vs. El Camino 7pm -- 49-0 We Won!
Saturday 2 Pierce vs. West L.A., 7pm (not attend)
Farmers' Market booth fund raiser
Monday 4 After-school practice 3:30-5:30pm (rev. Nov. 4)
Tuesday 5 NO after-school practice (rev. Nov. 4)
Wednesday 6 After-school practice 3:45-7pm (rev.Nov. 4)
Thursday 7 After-school practice 3:45-5:15pm (rev. Nov. 6)
Friday 8 Football game vs. Granada Hills 7pm -- 42-0 We Won!
After-school practice 3:45-4:45pm or later (rev. Nov. 6)
Call time 6pm
Saturday 9 Field show competition - Granada Hills *
Call time 8am, return 3:15pm
Click here for competition schedule
Monday 11 Veterans Day holiday
Tuesday 12 Evaluation report of 3 competition groups due
After-school practice 3:30-6:30pm
10-week report cards mailed
Wednesday 13 After-school practice 3:30-5pm
Mid-term eligibility date
Thursday 14 After-school practice 3:30-5pm
Friday 15 Football game @ Birmingham 7pm -- 30-6 We Won!
Possible after-school practice
Call time 5pm
Last game regular season - West Valley League Champions!
Saturday 16 LAUSD field show competition *
Call time 6:30am, return 2pm
Click here for competition schedule
Monday 18 Band Booster Club 7:30-8:30pm (rev. Nov. 13)
Evaluation report of 3 competition groups due
Tuesday 19 NO practice, 1:43pm dismissal, Staff Dev. Day
Thursday 21 Professional Latin Jazz Group, Taft Hall, 11:30-12:30
Football playoffs Round 1: vs. Banning of Wilmington -- 42-14 We Won!
at Taft, 7pm
Saturday 23 Pierce vs. L.A. Southwest, 7pm (not attend)
Sunday 24 Farmers' Market booth fund raiser bake sale
Tuesday 26 After-school practice 3:45-6:45pm
Thanksgiving Concert, Taft Hall, 7-8:30pm
Wednesday 27 Football playoffs Round 2: vs. Dorsey * -- 30-6 We Won!
at Taft, 7pm
No school Nov. 27, 28, 29th - Thanksgiving holiday
December 2002
Tuesday 3 After-school practice 3:30-6:45pm Staff Dev. Day
Thursday 5 After-school practice 3:30-5:30pm
Friday 6 Football playoffs Round 3: vs. Venice -- 31-13 We Won!
at El Camino HS, 7pm. Bus leaves Taft at 5pm.
Possible after-school practice.
Sunday 8 Granada Hills Holiday Parade *
Call time 10am, return 5:15pm. Bring sack lunch!
Click here for parade schedule
Tuesday 10 After-school practice 3:45-6:45pm Staff Dev. Day
Wednesday 11 After-school practice 3:30-5pm
Thursday 12 After-school practice 3:30-5pm
Friday 13 Pep rally 4th period; wear red Taft Music shirts
Possible after-school practice
Football Championship: vs. Birmingham -- 7-35 Birmingham won
at the Coliseum, 8pm
Bus leaves Taft at 5pm; returns 11:30pm
Saturday 14 Field show competition - Santa Barbara *
Call time 9:30am; return 6pm; wear red Taft Music shirts
Click here for competition schedule
Monday 16 15-week progress reports
Tuesday 17 CANCELLED: Band Booster Club, 7:30-8:30pm
Wednesday 18 Winter Concert, Taft Hall, 7pm *
Call time 6:30pm; wear black slacks, white shirt
Tickets $3.00 at the door, $5.00 per family
Bake sale fund raiser at the concert
Friday 20 Open house & potluck dessert on Candy Cane Lane, 7-10pm
Candy Cane Lane performance call time 6pm
Sunday 22 Universal Parade
Call time 9am at Taft; drive to Universal Studios $7.00 park
Call time 3:30pm parking lot; parade 5:45pm if no rain
8pm park closes meet at parking lot; drive back to Taft
Return 9pm Taft
Monday 23 Winter Recess Dec. 23 - Jan. 10, 2003
January 2003
Monday 13 School resumes
Golden State Exams begin
Tuesday 14 Winter Drumline Clinic, 3:45-5pm
Band Booster Club, 7:30-8:30pm
Wednesday 15 Report due - 5% of your grade
Thursday 16 Winter Drumline Auditions, 3:45-5pm, band room
Monday 20 Martin Luther King Jr. holiday
Tuesday 21 LA Philharmonic rehersal trip reservation $5.00
Thursday 23 LA Philharmonic rehersal trip
College night for 11th grade, 5-9:30pm
Tuesday 28 1:43pm dismissal, Staff Dev. Day
Pasadena hotel performance "Wild, Wild West" fund raiser
Wednesday 29 Minimum Day, 12:35pm dismissal, final exams 3&4
Thursday 30 Minimum Day, 12:35pm dismissal, final exams 1&6
College night for 9th & 10th, 6:30-8pm
Friday 31 Minimum Day, 12:35pm dismissal, final exams 2&5
Final Mark Reporting
Golden State Exams end
There are formal (Class "A") and informal (Class "B") uniforms.
For competitions students must wear the Class "A" uniform.
Class "A" uniforms are about $350 each.
Reponsible for keeping it in good condition,
and altering it if necessary.
Informal uniforms are red dickie, white shirt, black pants and
special black shoes.
Band shoes are available at Peacocks in Anaheim, about $25.00
Kids are not expected to go out and buy any of these items.
They are supposed to get measured and Mr. Burch will order them.
The Drum Line will have a different set of uniforms.
There are 9 people in the Drum Line.
There is a parent committee to select Drum Line uniforms.
But the cost of those uniforms will be spread over the entire group
of all of us (including non-Drum Line musicians).
Shortly Mr. Burch will ask each student for about $250.00 based
on a break down of upcoming band costs.
It will be in installments, the first installment will be $50.00
There will be fund raising. The purpose of this is primarily to
get money for the March trip.
He has some parent volunteers and when he gets offers in the mail
to sell merchandise etc. he will give it to them and they'll decide
whether or not to do it. Last year one of the parents came every
Friday to Taft at Nutrition time and handed out boxes of cookies to
sell and collected the money.
We will have a booth at the Sunday Farmer's Market. (rev. Oct. 23, 2002)
We will have a Halloween fund raiser event. Students wear uniforms.
(rev. Oct. 24, 2002)
We need to raise about $140 per student.
Kids can sell 5 boxes of candy to raise $140.
Or attend other fund raisers as the semester goes on.
Or write a check for $140.
Due end of Fall semester. (Oct. 15th parents meeting)
The Las Vegas performance trip during Spring Break has been cancelled.
He has done trips with the Heritage Company, and the MusicLand Company.
He prefers the Heritage Company.
In the past, trips to San Diego, San Francisco, Las Vegas.
The cost of the music performance trip to Las Vegas is about $325
of which $100 deposit is due the last week in November.
At that time we will make a decision about whether the trip is a viable
option.
If it is determined that we should not take the trip (for example if there
are too few deposits taken), all trip funds will be returned.
If we decide to go ahead with the trip, the deposit becomes non-refundable
and is credited to the student's trip account.
(Oct. 15th parents meeting)
Need a volunteer to attach wheels to the director's platform;
will be reimbursed for out of pocket expenses, cost of parts and materials.
The information on this page was gathered or inferred from
the parent meeting Wednesday, August 28, 2002 in room F137.
It was augmented with information from
Marching Band Syllabus distributed September 3, 2002,
the Taft High School Calendar
http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Taft_HS/calendars/calendar.html
updated 26-Dec-2002,
Taft News, Nov. 2002,
and the monthly parents meetings.
02Mar2003
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