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NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Weekly Newsletter - NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Sent 11/10/2024, 7:12 PM.

It's official.  Marching season for the 24-25 school year is done.  Well done!  It was great to see everyone on Saturday, gathered to celebrate all the hard work our students have put into this year so far.

And I once again want to thank all the parents for all their hard work this year as well.  I'm so thankful to be a part of such a great community.

But just as marching season ends, we start the other part of our band year - concert season.  We now get to look forward to some great music from the concert and jazz bands throughout the rest of the school year.  It's going to be great.

We now get to enjoy a short break in the busy-ness of the year.  I don't have much for you this week.  

What's in this newsletter?

Here's what I have for you all this week:

• Yearbooks - Order your yearbook today!

• Il Vicino Restaurant Night - Getting this in your heads a little early - next Monday, 11/18 is our Il Vicino restaurant night

• Volunteer Opportunities - Nothing active right now.  Enjoy!

• And a word from Mr. Sayre - As always, make sure to read through his section

This week in band...

Monday 11/11

• NO SCHOOL - VETERANS DAY

Wednesday 11/13

• 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM - Color Guard Sectional

Thursday 11/14

• 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM - Percussion Sectionals

Now on to the details...

Yearbooks

Time to begin thinking about ordering a 2024-2025 Band Yearbook!

Yearbooks are 90 pages of full color photos from the entire band year. Books can be ordered online for $24.54 plus tax & free shipping. Deadline to order a yearbook is April 14th. Books will be handed out at the May 10th Band Banquet. 

To order a yearbook visit: https://www.treering.com AND enter passcode: 1016667234694117

Email yearbooks@eldorado.band with any questions.  That is also the address you can send your band photos.

Il Vicino Restaurant Night

Next monday, 11/18 is our Il Vicino restaurant night.  It is all day - lunch and dinner - at the Montgomery location.  See the Restaurant Nights page for the details and the flyer.  Bring the flyer in to get 20% to our band program.  This is usually one of our more successful local business partnerships, so plan on supporting Il Vicino AND our band program next week!

Volunteer Opportunities

There are no current active signups available.  Enjoy the break - thanks for all you do!

Have a great week!

Go Eagles!

JD

Now, a word from Mr. Sayre...

Greetings Eagle Band!

Congrats on a nice end to the marching band portion of the school year.  Congrats also to the football team on a hard fought game in the first round of the playoffs.  They were very grateful that we were there for their game and gave the band a snack at halftime.  Speaking of the group of students and chaperones that made it out to the game on Friday - you were awesome!  You represented great dedication and the ideals that we strive for in the band here at Eldorado.  Also big thanks go out to the parents that came and helped us out at the game as well.  Huge shout out also goes to percussionists- Brennan Holley, Alex Conrad, Peter Bonnaccoursi, Joshua Bryant, Gabriel Trujillo, Steven Witt, and Juno McCuistion - for holding it down in the drumline and playing cadences and grooves all evening in the 34 degree weather.  Thank you again for an awesome Marching Band Recognition and wrap up on Saturday.  Every time we play this show it’s even better than the time before and your performance on Saturday was no exception.  We hope you start next year’s marching band the way you sounded at the end of this year’s season.  

A few things coming up and some announcements: 

District Honor Band Announcement - Congrats to these students for being accepted into the Albuquerque Area District Honor Band.  Many student names were submitted for nomination and these students were accepted via a committee.  Accepted students then recorded an audition placement for either the Upperclassman band (11th and 12th graders) and Underclassman Band (9th and 10th graders).  

Underclassman Band:

Rowan Evans, 1st chair flute section

Macyn Steeves, 1st chair clarinet section

Weston Berenberg, 1st chair bassoon section

Connor Van Note, 1st chair trumpet section

Mason Chappelle, 2nd chair french horn section

Antonio Espinosa, 3rd chair french horn section

Anna Shulenburger, 1st chair percussion section

Upperclassman Band:

Allie Travers, 2nd chair flute section

Dylan Dencklau, 1st chair clarinet section

Rebecca Whiston, 4th chair clarinet section

Owen Wagner, 1st chair bass clarinet section

Austin Strot, 2nd chair trumpet section

Aubrey Bourgeois, 1st chair french horn section

Alex Mamaluy, 1st chair trombone section

Fallon Dimas, 4th chair trombone section

Samantha Snowden, 1st chair tuba section

Jaime Loera, 4th chair percussion section

Congrats!  We know you will represent our school well!  See Mr. Sayre for sheet music and a permission form.  

Allstate Auditions should be pretty much completed.  Each student that is auditioning is required to record multiple elements.  Because of the snow delay last week NMMEA extended the deadline a bit to get the final audition requirements turned in.  I do not set this deadline and any student that has not submitted every portion of the audition, including the commitment form that needs to be signed by a parent, will not have their audition considered for placement in Allstate.  I still need a few commitment forms turned in.  If you are unsure that you have turned it in you can sign it and email a photo of the form to Mr Sayre.  Almost everybody has turned in all portions but we still have a few loose ends to tie up.  Mr. Sayre has spoken to many of these students personally. 

Coming up, other than auditions being completed soon, we have our concerts for Jazz and Concert Bands in about a month from now.  These concerts will come at us pretty fast especially with the week of Thanksgiving being short.  Additionally, our Wind Ensemble at Eldorado was asked to be part of a Clinic at the NMMEA Allstate Conference in January with the UNM Director of Bands Dr. Emily Moss.  Stay posted for more details on that performance.  

Stay safe and be sure to take some time this long weekend to thank our Veterans for all they have done for this country.  

Go Eagles!

Mr. Sayre