News & Events
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05/13/14
A special note of recognition to Mr. Benjy Jones, who was names MSBOA District III 'Teacher of the Year'!!!
Please congratulate him when you see him and thank him for his hard work, dedication, patience and passion for musical excellence.
05/01/14
The next Fuddrucker's "Fuddraiser" is coming up Tuesday, May 6th from 4-8 PM. Please let everyone know and make sure that
you print out a flyer so the C/A Bands get credit. These can be found on the Fundraiser page (PDF)
04/28/14
Congratulations to the Freshmen Band and Symphony Band for getting 'I' at
State Band and Orchestra festival in Owosso this past weekend!!
04/25/14
Good luck to our C/A groups headed to State Band & Orchestra festival this weekend !!!
Below is the schedule for the Freshmen and Symphony bands
Freshmen Band Symphony Band
2:15 PM Report to CAHS Band Room 5:00 PM Report CAHS Band room
2:30 PM Load bus/depart for Owosso 5:30 PM Depart for Owosso
3:15 PM Arrive Owosso HS/unload bus 6:10 PM Arrive @ Owosso HS/instruments in room
3:50 PM Meet in room 6:40 PM Meet in room
4:00 PM Warm-up 6:50 PM Warm-up
4:25PM Performance on Stage 7:20 PM Performance on Stage
4:50 PM Sight-reading 7:50 PM Sight-reading
5:25 PM Load instruments/dinner in cafeteria (brin $ or own) 8:20 PM Load equipment/wait in cafeteria for rating
6:20 PM Depart Owosso HS 9:00 PM Depart Owosso
7:00 PM Arrive CAHS 9:45 PM Arrive CAHS;unload equipment
03/05/2014
New fundraisers are not posted in the Fundraiser section of the website - read up and join in !!!!
IMPORTANT - Volunteers are needed for Friday, Feb 21st and Saturday, Feb 22nd - for the Band and Orchestra Festival !!!
CA Families!
As you are probably aware, we are hosting the MSBOA District III Band & Orchestra Festival on Friday and Saturday of next weekend (2/21 & 2/22). In order to help the Festival run smoothly, we are in need of several volunteers. If you are available at all either/both of the two days, please consider signing-up to volunteer.
The list of volunteer assignments is posted on the calendar in CHARMS. To access this information and to volunteer, please follow the steps below:
If you have any questions, or have trouble with the CHARMS program, please let me know.Thank-you!
Mr. Benjy Jones, Director of Instrumental MusicCarman-Ainsworth High School(810) 591-5535[email protected]
***
2014 MSBOA District III - Band and Orchestra Festival
Carman-Ainsworth High School
(Click HERE for a downloadable PDF)
PRE-FESTIVAL CONCERTS
Symphony Band w/ Flint Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Tuesday, February 18)
· 6:00pm Rehearsal on stage / Tuning
· 7:00pm Performance
Orchestra, Freshmen Band and Concert Band (Thursday, February 20)
· 6:30pm Warm-up and Tuning
· 7:00pm Performance
BAND & ORCHESTRA FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES
Concert Band (Friday, February 21)
· 5:45pm Report to Homeroom (TBA) for attendance
· 6:15pm Warm-up / Tune
· 6:45pm Stage Performance followed by Sight-Reading
· 7:45pm Return instruments to Homeroom; meet in Cafeteria for rating.
Orchestra (Saturday, February 22)
· 9:40am Report to Homeroom (TBA) for attendance
· 10:10am Warm-up / Tune
· 10:35am Stage Performance followed by Sight-Reading
· 11:35am Return instruments to Homeroom; meet in Cafeteria for rating.
Freshmen Band (Saturday, February 22)
· 11:30am Report to Homeroom (TBA) for attendance
· 12:00pm Warm-up
· 12:30pm Stage Performance followed by Sight-Reading
· 1:30pm Return instruments to Homeroom; meet in Cafeteria for rating.
Symphony Band (Saturday, February 23)
· 1:10pm Report to Homeroom (TBA) for attendance
· 1:35pm Warm-up
· 2:25pm Stage Performance followed by Sight-Reading
· 3:25pm Return instruments to Homeroom; meet in Cafeteria for rating.
11/29 & 11/30 - Barnes and Nobel Book Fair
This weekend, both Friday & Saturday, Barnes & Noble will be sponsoring a Bookfair on behalf of the Cavalier Band Boosters. For every customer who presents one of the attached vouchers, Barnes and Noble will donate a percentage of the overall sale back to our organization. As far as the board knows, cafe items ARE also included in the Bookfair promotion. In addition, customers may ALSO make purchases online from November 29th through December5th, and we will receive a credit:
11/15/2013 - Spirit Week at Carman-Ainsworth - "I have spirit, how about you?"
Video: http://www.abc12.com/video?auto&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=9532588#.UoYdNLhKxUo.facebook
Blue Brigade is going to State Championships!!!
State Finals Packet-2013
Blue Brigade Family and Friends
WOW! What a season we have had! Congratulations to the Blue Brigade, Directors and Staff. After many hours of practice the ultimate payoff has been achieved...State Championships is in our future! For those who have never experienced the opportunity....enjoy it! For those who have been before...enjoy it! For our senior family members.....it's the last time...enjoy it!
As the final schedule is being made for the kids on Saturday your Booster Board is making plans to encourage as many friends and family to help support the Blue Brigade during their Championship Show. Wouldn't it be great to pack the seats and show these hard working kids how much we support them? Here's a simple and easy way how! The Boosters are prepared to help offset the cost of the gas and the parking fees ($6.00 per vehicle) that you would typically incur by driving down to Ford Field on your own. The plan is to rent a C/A School bus and have it be a Blue Brigade Fan Bus. The Boosters will pay for a portion of the bus with the family and friends paying a minimal amount per person to ride. We are able to do this because of some of our Fundraising activities. The cost of the ticket for transportation will be $5.00 per person. Once you arrive at Ford Field the cost of the show ticket, which you will be responsible for, is $16.00 per adult, Students and Seniors are $12.00 and children under 5 are free.
The bus will hold 48 people and will be on a first come first serve basis for seats. We know that we are able to fill at least of a bus already with just our families. So the first bus is a for sure thing. If the demand is high enough for a second bus we are prepared to help offset the cost of a second bus as well. We need a minimum of 24 people for the second bus. We will have a set schedule on when we are leaving the High School, we will stay for the entire show, the awards ceremony and will travel back to the High School. (Tentatively looking at leaving around 3:30-4:00pm- our performance is at 7:45pm)
In order for us to properly schedule the correct number of busses we will need to know no later than Tuesday morning if you are interested in participating in this activity. If you are, please respond to this email with the number of people that you think would be attending so that we may make the necessary arrangements. If you are someone who knows for sure that you would like to ride the bus, please respond and indicate that you are a for sure attendee and how many are going. We will acccept payments starting tomorrow at practice. This is something that should come right to the Boosters and will not need to go through Mr. Jones (he has his hands full already). We are able to accept payment during practice on Monday, Tuesday, Friday. We will also be available to accept payments during the concert on Wednesday evening.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me via email, through the Booster Facebook page or at 810-618-4883.
Once again, THANK YOU for your support and encouragement and we look forward to seeing many of you riding the bus on Saturday!
C/A Band Boosters
Mr. Jones (email Mr Jones)
7th & 8th Grade Bands and Orchestra Concert (w/BlueBrigade) - Wed., Oct 30th @ 7PM
Location - C/A High School Auditorium
Students must report by 6:30 PM. Costumes are acceptable but must be school appropriate. If students are not in
costume they must be in concert attire (black pants/skirt if acceptable length), white collared shirt, music, vest,
black socks & black shoes. Students NOT in acceptable attire may have their performance grade lowered. Students
in need of assistance acquiring appropriate clothes please contact your band director.
Mr. Jones (email Mr Jones)
Marching Band Banquet - Tues., November 5th 2013 @ 7:00 PM
C/A High School Cafeteria. Band members are 'FREE', all others pay $5.00. Please bring a dish to pass
Pasta and bread provided by Ruggero's
A-B: Salads
C-G: Desserts
H-M: Beverages
N-Z: Veggies/Chips
Form MUST be turned in by Tuesday, Oct. 29th - Cash, check or money order to:
Cavalier Band Boosters
2013 Marching Band Banquet Flyer (PDF)
Mr. Jones (email Mr Jones)
A special note of recognition to Mr. Benjy Jones, who was names MSBOA District III 'Teacher of the Year'!!!
Please congratulate him when you see him and thank him for his hard work, dedication, patience and passion for musical excellence.
05/01/14
The next Fuddrucker's "Fuddraiser" is coming up Tuesday, May 6th from 4-8 PM. Please let everyone know and make sure that
you print out a flyer so the C/A Bands get credit. These can be found on the Fundraiser page (PDF)
04/28/14
Congratulations to the Freshmen Band and Symphony Band for getting 'I' at
State Band and Orchestra festival in Owosso this past weekend!!
04/25/14
Good luck to our C/A groups headed to State Band & Orchestra festival this weekend !!!
Below is the schedule for the Freshmen and Symphony bands
Freshmen Band Symphony Band
2:15 PM Report to CAHS Band Room 5:00 PM Report CAHS Band room
2:30 PM Load bus/depart for Owosso 5:30 PM Depart for Owosso
3:15 PM Arrive Owosso HS/unload bus 6:10 PM Arrive @ Owosso HS/instruments in room
3:50 PM Meet in room 6:40 PM Meet in room
4:00 PM Warm-up 6:50 PM Warm-up
4:25PM Performance on Stage 7:20 PM Performance on Stage
4:50 PM Sight-reading 7:50 PM Sight-reading
5:25 PM Load instruments/dinner in cafeteria (brin $ or own) 8:20 PM Load equipment/wait in cafeteria for rating
6:20 PM Depart Owosso HS 9:00 PM Depart Owosso
7:00 PM Arrive CAHS 9:45 PM Arrive CAHS;unload equipment
03/05/2014
New fundraisers are not posted in the Fundraiser section of the website - read up and join in !!!!
IMPORTANT - Volunteers are needed for Friday, Feb 21st and Saturday, Feb 22nd - for the Band and Orchestra Festival !!!
CA Families!
As you are probably aware, we are hosting the MSBOA District III Band & Orchestra Festival on Friday and Saturday of next weekend (2/21 & 2/22). In order to help the Festival run smoothly, we are in need of several volunteers. If you are available at all either/both of the two days, please consider signing-up to volunteer.
The list of volunteer assignments is posted on the calendar in CHARMS. To access this information and to volunteer, please follow the steps below:
- www.charmsoffice.com
- Locate "PARENT/STUDENT/MEMBER LOGIN"
- Enter: CarmAinsMSBand
- Click on the calendar
- Click on the YELLOW HAND for each of the dates
- Enter information in desired volunteer area
If you have any questions, or have trouble with the CHARMS program, please let me know.Thank-you!
Mr. Benjy Jones, Director of Instrumental MusicCarman-Ainsworth High School(810) 591-5535[email protected]
***
2014 MSBOA District III - Band and Orchestra Festival
Carman-Ainsworth High School
(Click HERE for a downloadable PDF)
PRE-FESTIVAL CONCERTS
Symphony Band w/ Flint Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Tuesday, February 18)
· 6:00pm Rehearsal on stage / Tuning
· 7:00pm Performance
Orchestra, Freshmen Band and Concert Band (Thursday, February 20)
· 6:30pm Warm-up and Tuning
· 7:00pm Performance
BAND & ORCHESTRA FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES
Concert Band (Friday, February 21)
· 5:45pm Report to Homeroom (TBA) for attendance
· 6:15pm Warm-up / Tune
· 6:45pm Stage Performance followed by Sight-Reading
· 7:45pm Return instruments to Homeroom; meet in Cafeteria for rating.
Orchestra (Saturday, February 22)
· 9:40am Report to Homeroom (TBA) for attendance
· 10:10am Warm-up / Tune
· 10:35am Stage Performance followed by Sight-Reading
· 11:35am Return instruments to Homeroom; meet in Cafeteria for rating.
Freshmen Band (Saturday, February 22)
· 11:30am Report to Homeroom (TBA) for attendance
· 12:00pm Warm-up
· 12:30pm Stage Performance followed by Sight-Reading
· 1:30pm Return instruments to Homeroom; meet in Cafeteria for rating.
Symphony Band (Saturday, February 23)
· 1:10pm Report to Homeroom (TBA) for attendance
· 1:35pm Warm-up
· 2:25pm Stage Performance followed by Sight-Reading
· 3:25pm Return instruments to Homeroom; meet in Cafeteria for rating.
11/29 & 11/30 - Barnes and Nobel Book Fair
This weekend, both Friday & Saturday, Barnes & Noble will be sponsoring a Bookfair on behalf of the Cavalier Band Boosters. For every customer who presents one of the attached vouchers, Barnes and Noble will donate a percentage of the overall sale back to our organization. As far as the board knows, cafe items ARE also included in the Bookfair promotion. In addition, customers may ALSO make purchases online from November 29th through December5th, and we will receive a credit:
- www.bn.com/bookfairs
- Enter our ID: 11235835 at checkout
- CLICK HERE for a PDF of the Bookfair Voucher to print
11/15/2013 - Spirit Week at Carman-Ainsworth - "I have spirit, how about you?"
Video: http://www.abc12.com/video?auto&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=9532588#.UoYdNLhKxUo.facebook
Blue Brigade is going to State Championships!!!
State Finals Packet-2013
Blue Brigade Family and Friends
WOW! What a season we have had! Congratulations to the Blue Brigade, Directors and Staff. After many hours of practice the ultimate payoff has been achieved...State Championships is in our future! For those who have never experienced the opportunity....enjoy it! For those who have been before...enjoy it! For our senior family members.....it's the last time...enjoy it!
As the final schedule is being made for the kids on Saturday your Booster Board is making plans to encourage as many friends and family to help support the Blue Brigade during their Championship Show. Wouldn't it be great to pack the seats and show these hard working kids how much we support them? Here's a simple and easy way how! The Boosters are prepared to help offset the cost of the gas and the parking fees ($6.00 per vehicle) that you would typically incur by driving down to Ford Field on your own. The plan is to rent a C/A School bus and have it be a Blue Brigade Fan Bus. The Boosters will pay for a portion of the bus with the family and friends paying a minimal amount per person to ride. We are able to do this because of some of our Fundraising activities. The cost of the ticket for transportation will be $5.00 per person. Once you arrive at Ford Field the cost of the show ticket, which you will be responsible for, is $16.00 per adult, Students and Seniors are $12.00 and children under 5 are free.
The bus will hold 48 people and will be on a first come first serve basis for seats. We know that we are able to fill at least of a bus already with just our families. So the first bus is a for sure thing. If the demand is high enough for a second bus we are prepared to help offset the cost of a second bus as well. We need a minimum of 24 people for the second bus. We will have a set schedule on when we are leaving the High School, we will stay for the entire show, the awards ceremony and will travel back to the High School. (Tentatively looking at leaving around 3:30-4:00pm- our performance is at 7:45pm)
In order for us to properly schedule the correct number of busses we will need to know no later than Tuesday morning if you are interested in participating in this activity. If you are, please respond to this email with the number of people that you think would be attending so that we may make the necessary arrangements. If you are someone who knows for sure that you would like to ride the bus, please respond and indicate that you are a for sure attendee and how many are going. We will acccept payments starting tomorrow at practice. This is something that should come right to the Boosters and will not need to go through Mr. Jones (he has his hands full already). We are able to accept payment during practice on Monday, Tuesday, Friday. We will also be available to accept payments during the concert on Wednesday evening.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me via email, through the Booster Facebook page or at 810-618-4883.
Once again, THANK YOU for your support and encouragement and we look forward to seeing many of you riding the bus on Saturday!
C/A Band Boosters
Mr. Jones (email Mr Jones)
7th & 8th Grade Bands and Orchestra Concert (w/BlueBrigade) - Wed., Oct 30th @ 7PM
Location - C/A High School Auditorium
Students must report by 6:30 PM. Costumes are acceptable but must be school appropriate. If students are not in
costume they must be in concert attire (black pants/skirt if acceptable length), white collared shirt, music, vest,
black socks & black shoes. Students NOT in acceptable attire may have their performance grade lowered. Students
in need of assistance acquiring appropriate clothes please contact your band director.
Mr. Jones (email Mr Jones)
Marching Band Banquet - Tues., November 5th 2013 @ 7:00 PM
C/A High School Cafeteria. Band members are 'FREE', all others pay $5.00. Please bring a dish to pass
Pasta and bread provided by Ruggero's
A-B: Salads
C-G: Desserts
H-M: Beverages
N-Z: Veggies/Chips
Form MUST be turned in by Tuesday, Oct. 29th - Cash, check or money order to:
Cavalier Band Boosters
2013 Marching Band Banquet Flyer (PDF)
Mr. Jones (email Mr Jones)