Taft High School Band
BRASS - DRUMLINE - WINDS - COLOR GUARD
Marching Band
Call time for Friday football games is usually 6pm for home games (6-10pm) and 4pm for away games (4-11pm). "vs" means a home game, "@" means an away game.
Sectionals once a week from June 27th to August 15th.
June 2005
Monday 27 rehearsal 1-5pm
July 2005
Tuesday 5 rehearsal 1-5pm
Monday 11 rehearsal 1-5pm
Monday 18 rehearsal 1-5pm
Monday 25 rehearsal 1-5pm
August 2005
Monday 1 rehearsal 1-5pm
Monday 8 rehearsal 1-5pm
Monday 15 rehearsal 1-5pm
Tuesday 16 last day of summer school
Monday 22 Marching Band Camp 8am-8pm THS
Tuesday 23 Marching Band Camp 8am-8pm THS
Wednesday 24 Marching Band Camp 8am-8pm THS
Fall Pre-Registration 12th grade
A-G 8:00am
H-N 9:00am
O-S 10:00am
T-Z 11:00am
Thursday 25 Marching Band Camp 8am-8pm THS
Fall Pre-Registration 11th grade
A-E 8:00am
F-I 9:00am
J-L 10:00am
M-R 11:00am
Break 12-1
S-T 1:00am
U-Z 2:00am
Friday 26 Marching Band Camp 8am-8pm THS
Pizza dinner 7pm $5
Fall Pre-Registration 10th grade
A-De 8:00am
Di-Her 9:00am
Hi-Me 10:00am
Break 11-1
Mi-Ror 1:00am
Ros-Z 2:00am
Monday 29 California Admissions Day observed (school closed)
Tuesday 30 Fall Pre-Registration 9th grade
A-De 8:00am
Di-Her 9:00am
Hi-Me 10:00am
Break 11-1
Mi-Ror 1:00am
Ros-Z 2:00am
Wednesday 31 Hell Week 9am-6pm
September 2005
Thursday 1 Hell Week 9am-6pm
Friday 2 Hell Week 9am-6pm
Monday 5 Labor Day holiday (no school)
Tuesday 6 1st day of instruction
Jazz Band starts zero period 7am
Thursday 8 Football vs Crenshaw at Canoga Park HS 35:34 We won!
Friday 9 California Admissions Day (yes school)
Saturday 10 AYSO performance at THS 8am
Friday 16 Football @ Carson 44:6 We won!
Tuesday 20 Staff Development Day - 1:43pm dismissal
Wednesday 21 "A Taste of Taft" 12:30-1:15pm
Thursday 22 Senior Parent Night 7-8pm
Friday 23 Pep rally at lunch
Football vs Monroe 59:0 We won!
The Lopez's have invited the band back to their home after the game.
Saturday 24 field show rehearsal 9am-2pm?
Tuesday 27 Staff Development Day - 1:43pm dismissal
Wednesday 28 sectionals 3:30-4:30pm
Friday 30 Football @ Gardena 48:0 We won!
October 2005
Saturday 1 JF Kennedy HS Field Show Tournament (Anaheim) call time 8am
photo shoot after, Culver City; return to THS 6pm
Monday 3 listen to Anaheim tapes, lunch hour, Mr. Pease's room
Tuesday 4 Rosh Hashanah (no school)
Friday 7 Football vs Narbonne 38:6 We won!
Saturday 8 SAT testing
Monday 10 Columbus Day (yes school)
Tuesday 11 2:05pm dismissal
Back To School Night 6-8pm
Wednesday 12 Senior panorama photo, Goetten Field 8am
PSAT
Thursday 13 Yom Kippur (no school)
rehearsal 8:30am-noon
Friday 14 5-week progress report card
Football @ Granada Hills 64:15 We won!
Saturday 15 Royal Classic (Simi Valley)
call time 8am; back at THS 6-7pm
Tuesday 18 Staff Development Day - 1:43pm dismissal
Wednesday 19 pick up slip for Disneyland orchestra audition
Thursday 20 Grateful Hearts Street Festival, Warner Center 10am-12:30pm
Senior Skate Night, Skateland 7-9pm
Friday 21 Football vs Birmingham 25:0 We won!!!
Saturday 22 ACT testing
Monday 24 Sprit Week begins
Tuesday 25 Staff Development Day - 1:43pm dismissal
Friday 28 Homecoming Pep Rally 10:30am-12:30pm
Homecoming Parade 6pm
Football vs Chatsworth 47:10 We won!
Saturday 29 Golden State Field Classic (Wilson HS, Hacienda Heights)
Homecoming dance 7-9pm
November 2005
Tuesday 1 Calif. HS Exit Exam, 11th & 12th grade retest
Wednesday 2 Calif. HS Exit Exam, 11th & 12th grade retest
Friday 4 Football @ Cleveland 42:7 We won!
Saturday 5 SAT & subjects tests, language tests w/listening
CANCELLED Pierce football performance 4pm
Thursday 10 Football @ El Camino 28:0 We won!
Friday 11 Veterans Day holiday (no school)
10-week report cards mailed home
Saturday 12 rehearsal 8am
Oxnard Field Tournament 12:30pm
Granada Hills HS Tournament 4:15pm
Senior Fall Formal, Omni Hotel 7pm-mn
Tuesday 15 Staff Development Day - 1:43pm dismissal
Thursday 17 Football vs Jefferson playoff 47:20 We won!
Friday 18 Ralph's Supermarket Re-Opening
Saturday 19 Moorpark Field Tournament
Wednesday 23 Football vs Birmingham playoff 39:34 We won!
Thursday 24 Thanksgiving Day holiday (no school)
Friday 25 no school
Tuesday 29 Staff Development Day - 1:43pm dismissal
December 2005
Thursday 1 Senior Movie Night, TH 6-9pm
Friday 2 Football vs Sylmar playoff 48:28 We won!
Monday 5 Serrania School performance bus leaves 7:30am
Friday 9 3rd & 4th period classes to UCLA Royce Hall, Emanuel Ax and Richard Stolzman
15-week report cards mailed
Football vs Crenshaw Championship, Coliseum 14:20 alas
Saturday 10 Santa Barbara HS Battle of the Bands
Sunday 11 full orchestra @ Disneyland
Monday 12 no zero period Jazz Band
rehearsal for Winter Concert
Tuesday 13 rehearsal for Winter Concert
Staff Development Day - 1:43pm dismissal
Wednesday 14 rehearsal for Winter Concert
Winter Concert 7-9pm TH
Friday 16 $50 deposit due for Spring Break San Francisco trip
Candy Cane Lane performance and potluck supper
Monday 19 Winter Recess - School Closed through January 6, 2006
January 2006
Monday 9 classes begin
Monday 16 Martin Luther King Jr. day, no school
Monday 30 no jazz band zero period
Tuesday 31 no jazz band zero period
Final Exams per.1,6 - 12:35pm dismissal
February 2006
Wednesday 1 no jazz band zero period
Final Exams per.2,5 - 12:35pm dismissal
Thursday 2 no jazz band zero period
Final Exams per.3,4 - 12:35pm dismissal
Friday 3 no jazz band zero period
See also:
Taft High School Calendar
Taft performed Saturday October 15, 2005 at the Royal Classic
competition at Royal High School in Simi Valley.
Performing in the 1A Gold division, our scores were:
Band 36.55
Percussion 71.40
Auxillary 39.50
Congratulations to the band and color guard!! Band won third place (which
is also 3rd in 1A combined Green and Gold divisions) 1 point away from second place.
Drum line won first place (1st in 1A) and Color guard won second place (4th in 1A)!
[16Oct2005]
Pizza Wednesdays and other fund raising
We need volunteers to sell pizza Wednesday's at 3pm sharp. Last week we
sold out of 12 pies in 10 minutes!! This is a great money maker for the
band. Kent has the tables, cloths, signs, change and coolers full of
sodas. The pies are delivered at 3 sharp but he'd like to be set by 2:40
so the kids can see us when they are going to 6th period. If you can be at
school by 2:30 or so he could really use your help.
Please turn in your Ralphs club card forms. This is a easy way to get
money for the band. All you need to do is give us your Ralphs club number
and everytime you shop the band get a portion of what you spend.
[16Oct2005]
Practice slips
You need to turn in your practice slip every Monday. This is a big
part of your grade.
[16Oct2005]
Day Off
On Monday October 3, 2005, the band will have a music rehearsal in the bandroom during 0
and first periods. We will be learning Let It Whip to play for our wonderful dance
team who didn't insist that we learn it last week, the day before our competition. This
weekend, Mr. Burch will listen to the judges' tapes from Anaheim and at lunch on Monday,
the band must come to Mr. Pease's room and listen to the tapes. This is an important part
of improving our field show, so everyone please attend. On Tuesday, there will be no
school and no band practice because of Rosh Hashanna and because Al and Natalie
say that we need a break. Everyone, please come refreshed and ready to work on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, we will be down on the field at 7:00 A.M. Please be
on time. [02Oct2005]
Sony Studios Propel Advertisement
After competing in Anaheim on Saturday October 1, 2005, the band went to Culver City and
the Sony Studios there. They took pictures of us as we played Virgin de la Macarena
and marched in place. We will be part of an ad for Propel water, which will be in many
major magazines in February 2006. They gave us free food and $2,000 for the band. (Mr.
Burch has the check.) It was a great experience. [02Oct2005]
Anaheim Field Show Competition
Taft performed at 1:00 pm Saturday October 1, 2005 with the LA Nights field show at
Kennedy HS in Anaheim. The scores were: Band 32.6, Auxiliary 33.0, Drumline 49.6. We thank
the people at Kennedy for making it such a good experience. We wish that the entire band
could have stayed for the awards ceremony and watched other bands perform, but several
color guard members stayed and picked up our trophies, which are in the bandroom right
now. Band placed third of three. Colorguard placed 2nd of three. Drumline placed 5th of
13. [02Oct2005]
Wells Fargo
On Friday September 30, 2005, Mr. Burch announced a last-minute gig at the Wells Fargo on Ventura near DeSoto. We played for their grand opening and they made out a check to Taft High School for $1,000. We will receive half of this, and the Booster Club/PTA will receive the other half, which is fine because they give us a lot of money anyway. ;) This was an in-uniform event. It happened during 4th, 5th and 6th periods. Thank you very much to the band parents and to Principal Sharon Thomas, who drove us to the event in their own cars. Thank you very much to Ms. Thomas, who has promised school funds to rent an equipment truck for all gigs, games, and competitions for the rest of the semester. [02Oct2005]
Write a Letter to Parkman MS
Please write a letter to Parkman Principal Ms. Ann Allocca telling her why
Parkman should not discontinue its Music Program and why music is important
personally to each and all of us. Her address is:
Ms. Ann Allocca, Principal
Francis Parkman Middle School
20800 Burbank Blvd.
Woodland Hills, CA 91367
I don't know if she has an email address -- google couldn't find it -- so
this may cost you 37-cents and an envelope. But it's a good cause.
[29Sep2005]
Hurricane Katrina Donations
Kellan is collecting clothes and canned good donations for victims of the hurricane.
[31Aug2005]
Fund Raising
We need at least 4 parents that would like to volunteer to do the
fundraising-get a committee going.
[20Sep2005]
Ralphs Club donation program. Ask parents, friends, relatives, and neighbors
to sign up. They must have a Ralphs Club Card to participate. Taft Band will get
4% of all money they spend at Ralphs when they use their Ralphs Club Card.
[25Aug2005]
Marching Band Camp
Marching Band Camp will be 8am-8pm, Monday August 22nd through Friday August 26th
at Taft High School.
There will be a one-hour lunch break noon-1pm,
and a one-hour dinner break 5-6pm each day.
Bring:
- shorts (lightweight, not denim)
- sunscreen
- water
- hat or visor
- sunglasses
- music
- your instrument
We will be practicing marching and music.
Hopefully we will get a large number of the pages for the show onto the field.
During Hell Week (August 31, September 1-2) uniforms will be issued and
shoes ordered.
[22Aug2005]
Apparently Rustic Canyon Road, which goes from Sullivan Road (on the mountain crest)
down to the camp site, is still impassible. The Camp Josepho web site says:
Camp is still closed except for backpackers. Currently there is no date for the projected reopening of camp or a firm plan for repairs of the road. Check back for updates or call Council (Main Office) at 818-785-8700.
("Council" is Western Los Angeles County Council Boy Scouts of America.)
We are looking for an alternative site for our August 21-27th band camp.
[01Aug2005]
LA NIGHTS
2005 Marching Band Field Show music celebrating the diversity of the live music
scene in Los Angeles
What, changes already? Of course. After meeting with Mr. Adam Payne, our
drill designer, I have made some changes. The Opening has been replaced
with a new piece, named 405. The original opening number just didn't
have the right tempo to move around on the field. The new 405 does include
the "sleaze" section. Melrose Ave. to Sunset Blvd. has been modified and some tempi
have been changed. The mallet feature, now named Chinatown, has been
shortened quite a bit but the original, longer version is still there in
the mallets folder. The last movement, Alvera Street, is also here.
There are also new audio files that reflect the changes.
Click here
to print your music from the sheet music folder.
Click here
to listen to the music and PRACTICE.
Please note - these audio files are recorded using computer-generated fake
instruments. They sound awful but at least they're in tune. Other than a
single drum track (for reference) most percussion parts are not included.
[31Jul2005]
Financial Commitment
Just a reminder from Mrs. Levenburg, that ALL BAND FEES need to be turned
in ASAP!! If they are not, you will not be allowed to participate
in the competitions.
[20Sep2005]
Each family is requested to contribute $350 toward the costs of the 2005 Field Show
Season. The balance is due by the beginning of school (September 8, 2005).
[22Jul2005]
Quotable Burch
- What is that noise you're trying to make?
- But I like seeing you turn blue.
Taft Band Home Page
Go to William Howard Taft High School site:
http://www.tafthigh.org
5461 Winnetka Ave., Woodland Hills, CA 91364-2548
27Feb2006
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Fidencio with an F horn and his "my drummajor can kick your drummajor's ass" T-shirt
