BAND NEWS

Updated 11-27-2007

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Poinsettia Sale

The Cox Band will be selling Poinsettias this year!  
They will be available for pick up at the Winter Concert.

IT’S TIME TO DECK THE HALLS… in Red, White, Marble and Jingle Bell

 POINSETTIA SALE

Available Colors are: 

Red, White, Marble (mixed pink and white) and Jingle Bell (mixed red and pink)

Price:  $10/ plant (in 6 ½ inch foil wrapped pots)      

Deadline for orders is DECEMBER 8TH^h.      Plants will be available for pick up immediately following the Winter Band Concert on December 11th.   

Name: _______________________________________________________________________

Address: _____________________________________________________________________

Phone: ___________________________     E-Mail: ___________________________________

Mark the color and quantity  

Red__________________     Quantity_____________  

White________________      Quantity_____________  

Marble _______________     Quantity_____________  

Jingle Bell_____________     Quantity ____________   TOTAL PAYMENT: $___________

                                                                   RETURN WITH PAYMENT TO :    Poinsettia Sale                                                                                                                            Cox Band Boosters                                                                                                                         2435 Shorehaven Dr .                                                                                                                         Virginia Beach , VA 23454

 DEADLINE FOR ORDERS IS DECEMBER 7^TH

Congratulations to the Cox Marching Falcons
who received a superior rating 
at the VBODA state marching band festival 
this past weekend.
Please come out and support the band as they have their final home performance
this weekend at ODU’s Powhatan Field at 7:07 PM.

 

Congratulations to the Marching Band
for a wonderful performance on October 6th.
Job well done.  
For those who missed out, these fantastic students
took 2nd place overall at the Kempsville Band Classic.
This is a great accomplishment !!! 

To the 2007 Cox Marching Falcons members and parents, 

Enclosed in this packet you will find the schedule for the upcoming fall season.  As you can tell from the schedule, marching band takes an enormous amount of dedication.  However, it can be one of the greatest things you have ever been apart of, both as a student, and as a parent.  This band has earned an outstanding reputation through the years and now people are looking for us to do even better things.  I am looking for us to do this as well.  We are already in the development stages for this fall show which is entitled “Reflections of the Blue Frontier”. 

This show is going to be a fun production to put together and we need our parents help in any aspect that you can help us with.  There is something for everyone to do in the course of a marching band season.  Please let us know if you would be willing to help us in any capacity throughout this season.  We are always in need of chaperones for band camp and trips as well as help with equipment such as percussion and sometimes props.  The band is a family and we spend a lot of time together in the late summer into the fall.  If we all work together, this year will truly be one to remember. 

Our band camp will once again be held on the Cox High School campus and will be held from August 13^th through the 24^th.   This time is required to learn the music and drill for the fall show.  There are also a few rehearsal dates noted in the schedule the weeks leading up to the band camp.  These dates are to get the band rolling so when we start band camp, we are already in the swing of things and ready to go. 

Band camp is the most important two weeks of the marching band season.  Even though we will be having camp on the high school campus, no students will be allowed to leave the campus.  Every student will need to bring their own lunch every day.  This is the time that the band learns marching basics and begins learning the drill to the fall show.  Every year it is our goal to have at least the first half of the show on the field with drill and music and to have drill to as much of the show as possible by the end of both weeks.  This year our goal is to get even farther ahead to allow for more cleaning time and revision of the show during the season.  The show will not be finished at band camp, but there will be a performance on Friday August 24^th at our first football game.  This is our first public performance and will allow for friends and family to see what we have put on the field so far.  There will also be a parent meeting and student / parent cookout the night before on Thursday August 23^rd at the Great Neck park.

In order to ensure that we have the most successful season possible, there is a band fee of $225 for every band member.  It generally costs the band boosters at least $25,000 each year to run the marching band throughout the year.  Your band fees will help defray the costs incurred throughout the marching season.  These costs include but are not limited to the following: 

Show Design (music arranging and drill design)  ($4,500)
Band Camp Instruction (approximately $4,000)
Food for band camp (fruit breaks)
Show registration for fall competitions ($250)
Instructors for the regular season ($13,000)
Instrument / Equipment purchases (approx. $7,500)
Transportation to away competitions (chartered for last competition)
Band T-shirts are also included in the band fee. 

Band fees are payable in three installments of $75 each, or you can pay them all at one time.  We ask that the first installment be paid by our next rehearsal on August 2nd so we can go ahead and secure your spot in the drill.  It is very important to understand that once you are committed to this, you do not back out.  If you back out, it causes the entire show to have to be redone and relearned by all the members because we have to close a hole left on the field.  Marching band fees are non refundable.  They are used to pay for the costs listed above plus any other additional costs that may arise. 

If anyone feels unable to meet the financial fee requirements, you may speak with Mr. Lane and the band boosters about setting up a payment plan to cover the band fees over a set period of time.  We do not want to refuse anyone marching due to a financial reason. Arrangements can be made if necessary to make the payments over a longer period of time. 

The payment schedule is as follows:  
First payment due Aug. 2nd :   $75
Second installment due on Aug. 23^rd at parent cookout:  $75
Final band fee payment due by September 14^th:  $75

Payments can be made in the band room.  There is a wooden box inside my office that has a slot for payments to go in.  Make checks payable to Cox Band Boosters and make sure your student’s name appears on the item line of the check. 

This is going to be a great season.  Please feel free to contact me via email at Mike.Lane@vbschools.com or via the band office phone (after August 1^st, 2007 ) at 496-6767, ext. 78245.  I look forward to seeing you all at our next band rehearsal on August 2^nd and then we are off and running for a great 2007 fall season. 

Please try to make plans to attend the drum corps quarterfinals live movie theater event that is held on Thursday August 9^th at the MacArthur Center mall starting at 6:45 PM .  We want to have a good turnout of Cox band students and have a good time watching professionals do what we love.  This event will run from approximately 7:00 PM until 11:00 PM .  There is no rehearsal this night in order for students to attend this event.  This is an optional but highly encouraged outing.  Tickets run approximately $15 but you get your money’s worth on the amount of time for the show.  Hope to see you there. 

Musically yours, 

Mike Lane

Necessity List for Marching Band

One Black Pair of Marching Shoes (Excluding Guard):
     *Will be ordered in August

Gloves (Hornline): $2.00 per pair
-         Black Gloves are needed
-     Hornline members using silver instruments need gloves (ASAP)

Socks (September)
-     Black Pair Only

Seiko Metronome-Pocket Size (September)

Korg Tuner- Pocket Size (September)

-Music and Arts Price-757.431.9300