Parent Volunteers needed! All City Band Auditions and Fall Festival

Band Booster Parent Volunteers needed!

The Walker Band is hosting the All-City Band Auditions Monday evening Nov 4. 
 Parents are needed to help...

• with set up at 4:00 PM
• Serve/Sell concessions from 4:30 - 6:00
• Move chairs and stands back to the bandroom when the auditions are over

Band Boosters! this would be a great opportunity to sell hot dogs, nachos, sodas, chips to the visiting students and their families.  Please consider a concession booth in the cafeteria that evening.  

Fall Festival Friday Nov 8 from 5:30 to 8:30

We need parents to help...

• sell concessions
• run a cake walk
• send cakes, cookies, cupcakes, etc for the cake walk

Parents we need to meet to finalize plans for these events.  I would like to meet with any parents who are available Friday afternoon from 4:00 - 5:00.  If you cannot meet at that time but want to help with any of the events please email me at jflemons@dallasisd.org and let me know you can help.

The Band Students Need You!

In Class this week

7th and 8th Grade  All-City Auditions Monday Evening
Select 7th and 8th grade students will be auditioning for All-City Band Monday evening starting at 5 O'clock.   They should be putting in as much time as possible practicing in the evenings and on the weekend to prepare for the auditions

Beginners

Are working on material in Lessons 5 - 14 to prepare for the December concert

Charms log in

All students should be logging into https://www.charmsoffice.com/ to log their practice time and put in parent contact information.  The school code is edwalkermsband and their password is their student ID #

Looking Ahead!

Looking Ahead!

Advanced and Beginning Band students have several events coming up in the next few weeks.  Please take note of the following performances and events.  Make plans to attend our annual December concert on Tuesday December 10.

October 21 - Monday -  Advanced band students perform at the Walker football game.  Click on "Band Calendar" for details or see Saturday's blog post.  Students should bring $5 for a pizza supper or bring their own sack lunch.

November 4 - Walker band hosts the DISD All-City Band auditions.  Selected Advanced Band students will be auditioning for the All-City bands.  Parent volunteers needed for host duties

November 15 and 16 - All-Region Band Auditions held at Kennemer Middle School in Duncanville.  Select students will be chosen to participate.

December 10 - 1st Semester Concert at Walker.  All students beginning and advanced will perform in our annual December concert.  

Click on "Band Calendar" for details of these and other events!

                 

Congratulations! Advanced Band and Beginners are moving ahead

Beginning Band Students are moving ahead!

Beginning Band students had a great week.  Students will be working on lessons 4-7 this coming week.  Very proud of you boys and girls!  Keep up the good work

Advanced Band gives OUTSTANDING performance!

The Advanced Band gave an outstanding performance Thursday at the WT White homecoming Parade!  The band sounded and marched better than it ever has in the parade.  I'm so very proud of our band students.  We have the hardest working students in Dallas.  Their perseverance was outstanding.  The parade is a physical challenge.  Marching that distance while playing is physically and mentally demanding and our kids did a super-fantastic job!  After the parade some of our students even walked back to Walker to put away instruments and then walked home.  Wow! that is a great display of dedication!

Advanced Band to play at Walker Football game Monday night Oct. 21! - Bring $5 for pizza on Monday or bring a sack supper.  This is our last football game of the season.

4:00 - Rehearse in Walker Band Hall
5:00 - Serve pizza to students
6:00 - load busses and travel to stadium - Loos Field/Couch Stadium
6;30   Perform
8:30 - Load busses
9:00   Arrive at Walker - Pick up students by the band hall/SouthEast corner of the building

Advanced Band Parade this week! - Beginners Practice lessons Online

Advanced Band to March in WT White Homecoming Parade!

The Advanced Band 7th and 8th grade students will march in the WT White HS Homecoming Parade this Thursday October 17th..

Students should be wearing their band t-shirt, khaki shorts or pants and athletic footwear

1:30 - A bus will take students from Walker to WT White.
2:00 - Rehearsal at the WTW Band Hall
4:00 - Line up for Parade
4:30 - Parade Steps off
5:00 - Return to WTW Band Hall - students picked up by parents at WTW

Parents will pick students up at WT White in the EAST parking lot by the band hall and portable buildings

Beginners are advancing through Mr. Bandman online lessons!

Beginner students should be practicing lessons 1 - 5 for homework each night.  Students can log on to www.mrbandmanlessons.com to practice at home with Mr. Bandman (Mr. Osborne)!  

User ID is      artchild 

password is   bandman

Way to Go Band!

Way to Go Band!

Congratulations to the 7th and 8th Grade Advanced Band for a terrific performance Friday night at the WT White Football game!

I'm so proud of your performance and the way you all have been working so hard this year.  Go for it!  Keep up the great work.

Beginners!

Great job with lessons 1 and 2 today!  Practice at home with www.mrbandmanlessons.com 

Advanced Band is preparing for the Homecoming Parade next week, Oct 17.

Beginners are practicing lessons 1, 2  and 3 this week in class.

THIS WEEK IN BAND!  Oct 1, 2013

Advanced Band has a Performance with the WT White Band!!!  Friday Night Oct 4!

• This performance is a Project Grade for 7th and 8th Grade Advanced students and is a required part of the class.
• Parent Volunteers are needed on Tuesday to help pick up the pizza in the afternoon for the students and chaperon the event
• Students should bring $5 by Thursday if they want to order pizza forFriday.  Otherwise they should bring a sack lunch for the evening.

EVENT: Advanced band performs at WT White football game.

TIME: 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM

LOCATION: Loos Field

DETAILS: Walker advanced band performs at the Walker vs Franklin football game. 4:00 - rehearse in the band hall 5:00 - serve pizza to students 6:00 - load busses and depart forLoos stadium Arrive 6:45, warm up in stands together at  7:00, line up for show   7:15 Pre game performance for the beginning of the game. 7:30  Perform in the stands with WT White 8:30  Watch half time performance 8:45 - load busses and return to Walker 9:00 - Pick up your students by the Walker Bandroom (SouthEast corner of the building by the baseball field) Chaperons needed to serve dinner, ride busses and hand out bottled water in the stands

Beginning Band students have checked out their instruments and are learning to make their first sounds.

• Students are making great progress learning to produce the fundamental sounds, reading music and playing their first three notes
• Beginning band students will wear their new Band Shirt that is paid for with the "Supply Fee" and a pair of Khaki shorts or pants for all performances this year
• Click on "Band Calendar" at the right for dates of scheduled performances

If you need to contact a band director for questions any time click on "Charms Log in" at the right and then click "email Staff"  to send us an email.