Cocoa Beach HS Wind Ensemble recieves Superier rating!

Click on Photo for larger version


Congratulations to the Cocoa Beach Jr Sr High School Wind Ensemble for a great performance today at MPA. They received a Superior rating in Sight Reading and and an Excellent rating on stage. Great Job!

Special Thank you to all of the parents who helped out today as chaperones and for those that came to listen and show their support.....it really means alot to have you there with us.

On to Washington DC for some more fun !!!

Cheesecakes!!

Dear Parent's

It's time for the final Cocoa Beach Jr/Sr High School Band Spring Fund-raising Campaign!

The money is greatly needed to help pay for many music expenses as fund-raising has been low. After a high demand for cheesecakes - they are back with a great new company personally tested by Mrs. Campbell! We will be raising money by taking orders for delicious cheesecakes, cookie dough, and snack items.

Our suggested customers are: 1) Parents 2) Relatives 3) Friends 4) Teachers 5) Neighbors 6) Business Owners

Some important details:

1) We will have a presentation and begin taking orders for two weeks starting Monday, March 1 and then turning in our order forms by March 15.
2) There is no sales tax.
3) Anticipated delivery will be the week of April 5th.
4) All the gourmet food items can be in the freezer for six months.
5) Cumulative cash prize program for student sellers.
6) all checks are made out to school
All Students will get free cheesecake samples on monday - to wet their appetite!

Participation is voluntary but very much needed!

Thank you in advance for your dedicated support!

Pre Fest March 5 at Cocoa Beach High School

These items have been posted in the band room for a while but here is an email for parental updates!

March 5th - 2010 at Cocoa Beach

The Wind Ensemble will have only one after school rehearsal /prefest this year. In years past we had two after school rehearsals and a prefest as well. This year we are trying to get it all done in one day.

2:30-4:20pm w/ Mr. Kreines

4:20pm - Free Pizza and Drinks at concessions - Must stay on campus!

5pm Merritt Island performs for prefest - and judges

5:30pm - Cocoa Beach Prefest Performance- done by 6pm if everything is running on time.

Students are having sectionals to prepare their parts. I and Mrs. Campbell have been volunteering to stay after with them and work the sectionals. They are really coming along!

Famous People Who Were In Band

Flute

Alanis Morrisette (singer)
Halle Berry (actress)
Celine Dion (singer)
Calista Flockhart ("Ally McBeal")
George Eastman (founder of Kodak)
Alyssa Milano (actress)
Noah Webster (Webster's Dictionary)
Gwen Stephani (singer)
Molly Erdman ( the “wife” in the Sonic Commercials)

Clarinet

Rainn Wilson (actor)
Julia Roberts (actress)
Woody Allen (actor/director)
Gloria Estefan (singer)
Tony Shaloub ("Monk")
Eva Longoria ("Desperate Housewives")
Dr. Michael DeBakey (pioneering heart surgeon)
Jimmy Kimmel (comedian/talk show host)
Allan Greenspan (Former Federal Reserve Chairman)
Steven Spielberg (movie director)
Robert Reid (former Houston Rocket)
Gloria Estefan (singer)
Squidward
Amy Acuff (US Olympic High Jumper & Model)
Joseph Mascolo – (Clarinet for the Metropolitan Opera & Stephano
Dimera from “Days of Our Lives”)

Bass Clarinet
Zakk Wylde (Guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne)

Sax
Allan Greenspan (yes, he plays both)
Jennifer Garner ("Alias")
Bill Clinton (former U.S. President)
Roy Williams (NFL Detriot Lions)
Vince Carter (NBA Star)
David Robinson (Retired NBA Star)
Fred McMurray (actor)
Tedi Bruschi (NFL New England Patriots)
Bob Hope (late comedian/actor)
Lionel Richie (singer)
Tom Selleck (actor)
Tyler Wright (NHL Anaheim Ducks)
Tom Selleck (Magnum PI)

Trumpet
James Woods (actor)
John Glenn (Astronaut and U.S. Senator)
Michael Anthony (Bass player for Van Halen)
Drew Carey (actor/comedian)
Stephen Tyler (lead singer for Aerosmith)
Prince Charles (future King of England)
Montel Williams (talk show host)
Peter Weller ("Robocop")
Steve Earle (Nashville bad boy)
Darcy Hordichuk (NHL Nashville Predators)
Richard Gere (actor)
Shania Twain (singer)
Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) (All-State Player in CA)
Jackie Gleason (actor)
Peter Weller (actor – RoboCop)
Eric Lindros (Dallas Stars Forward)
Brandon Routh (actor – Superman Returns)
Samuel L. Jackson (actor)

French Horn
Ewan McGregor (Obi Wan Kanobi Star Wars I, II, III)
Vanessa Williams (Singer/Actress)
Otto Graham (NFL Hall of Fame quarterback)
Henry Cisneros (former Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development)
Samuel L. Jackson (actor)

Trombone
Jonathan Frakes ("Star Trek" actor/director)
Bill Engvall (Blue Collar Comedy Tour)
Nelly Furtado (singer)
Conrad Janis (actor)
John Pankow (actor, "Mad About You")
Tony Stewart (NASCAR Driver)

Baritone
Neil Armstrong (Astronaut…first man on the moon)

Tuba
Andy Griffith (actor)
Malik Rose (NBA)
Thomas F. Wilson ("Biff" from the Back to the Future)
Harry Smith (CBS's "The Early Show")
Dan Aykroyd (actor)
Aretha Franklin ("Queen of Soul", singer)

Percussion
Mike Anderson (NFL)
Tommy Lee (Supernova)
Tracy Simien (NFL)
Eddie George (retired NFL)
Trent Raznor (Nine Inch Nails)
Dana Carvey (actor/comedian)
Vinnie Paul (Pantera)
Andy Schneider (NHL Pittsburgh Penguins)
Walter Payton (NFL Hall of Fame running back)
Johnny Carson (TV Host)
Mike Piazza (former MLB catcher)

Submitted by Chuck Brooker, Band Director Cocoa Beach High School

Higher Academic Succes

Sharing new information- Pretty Cool Information to help all of our students!
Higher Academic Success

New data, provided by the Florida Department of Education, of students from across the state, illustrate a powerful correlation indicating that individuals, who participate in school music experiences, achieve higher academic success in the classroom and higher scores on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT). Additionally, while the correlation of music participation to academic success has been stated before, the new data also shows the effect of music participation on a broader base of individuals including students from varying races, ethnicities, and socioeconomic levels. Furthermore, the data show that students participating in music classes for eight or more semesters (4 or more credits) benefit even more. However, the expanded new data go still further in demonstrating music’s contribution to Florida education. New data show an additional correlation that students who participate in K-12 music classes have a lower dropout rate t han students not enrolled in music and that these individuals score higher on SAT exams in addition to the FCAT. Thus, the new data provide a clearer more comprehensive report of the influence of K-12 music education experiences in the overall academic success of Florida public school students than any data previously examined.

Consistent Pattern

The Florida data are unusual in these correlations in that a consistent pattern is present across all measures:

• For the general population, the more music and arts classes taken, the higher the student achievement in all measures
• For students on “free and reduced lunch,” an indicator of socioeconomic levels, the more music and arts classes taken, the higher the student achievement in all measures.
• For students divided by ethnicity, the more music and arts classes taken, the higher the student achievement in all measures.
• The more arts classes taken, the less likely a student is to dropout of the cohort group.

Corroborates Similar National Data

This data appears to corroborate a similar study of 25,000 students enlisting the National Educational Longitudinal Survey which followed American secondary students for 10 years that found involvement in the arts lead to academic success. (Involvement in the Arts and Human Development; James Catteral, Richard Chapleau, John Iwanaga; Imagination Project at UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, University of California at Los Angeles, September 1999.)

Benefits All Students – Not Just Talented

How is this possible? The frequent perception is that only “talented” students join music classes and these students tend to always score well on academic assessments. Yet, because the data are taken from the entire state student population and include expanded cultural and academic demographics, the new data show that participation in school music education activities can benefit ALL students, not just the “talented” few.

Multi-Sensorial Learning Correlates to Academic Success

The stereotypical perception of K-12 music education is the marching band performing for football games, the chorus singing at the opening of a new store, or young children performing a holiday concert. These activities are the end product of an education process that requires a multi-sensorial learning focus for students. Students in music classes must develop skills in aural listening, decision-making, spatial reasoning, kinesthetic movement, eye-hand coordination, and oral communication. Research has shown that the development of these skills correlates to academic success in areas such as reading, mathematics, language development, communication skills, and critical thinking (Frames of Mind: Theory of Multiple Intelligences, 1985; Howard Gardner; Neuromusical Research: A Review of the Literature; Donald A. Hodges; Handbook of Music Psychology, 1999). These are the same skills that curricular experiences in algebra/mathematics, language arts, reading and writing, science, and physical education seek to develop. It is no wonder that research in human development shows a strong correlation of music to language development, both of which correlate to high academic success. By adding the new dimensions of increased student retention and academic success across a wide diversity of cultural groups, music can be a highly effective multidimensional curricular offering beneficial to all students, not only the “talented.”

Music Enhances Math and Reading Scores

The process involved in music is similar to all courses requiring the development of critical thinking and decision-making skills. Studies have linked music to enhancing the development of math and reading scores. However, the results of these studies in isolation are inconclusive. The product of music by itself has not reliably been shown to make students smarter. However, it is not the product of the performance, rather the process that enhances growth. Previous results highlight the processes demonstrating that involvement in music education stimulates the human brain in manners that appear to promote cognitive growth (A Meta-Analysis on the Effects of Music as Reinforcement for Education/Therapy Objectives; Jayne M. Standley; Journal of Research in Music Education, 1996; The Musical Mind: The Cognitive Psychology of Music, 2003; John A. Sloboda). Research studies have shown that curricular activities which provide intrinsic motiva tion, complexity, and opportunities to experience the direct results of the learning experience seem to stimulate brain cell activity. Thus, the multi-sensory experiences encountered in every music class contribute to processes that promote the development of skills correlating to academic growth and future success.

Broadest Use of Human Senses

Furthermore, music classes maybe the only curricular offering that involve the broadest use of human senses. As research strongly supports, students learn in many different ways and through a wide variety of manners (Educational Psychology, 1998, Anita Woolfolk). Music classes involve hearing, vision, touch, and taste (when students place a trumpet to their mouths or a clarinet reed in their mouths). The simultaneous use and coordination of the senses promote the stimulation and correlation development of skills leading to academic success in areas such as math, reading language, critical thinking and social development. This process explains the correlation within the new data from Florida students.

Summary

The exciting new data from Florida students show that all students can benefit academically and socially from participation in school music programs. They show that music education contributes to areas that are important to the future of all Floridians. No other aspect of the school curriculum provides a cultural diverse experience while stimulating the cognitive processes involved in preparing students to achieve higher levels of academic achievement than school music education programs.

Music education is more than a public performance. It is an academic learning process that requires the development of cognitive, behavioral, psychomotor, affective, and social skills. Music education is one of the few universal phenomenon taught in schools that have been associated with human development since the very beginnings of human activity. Consequently in a global world, studying music is participating in a global behavior conducted through universally accepted practices. The Florida Department of Education has now provided overwhelming data showing the influence of music experiences on our students and their academic success in areas assessed by the FCAT, SAT, overall school grade point averages, and school drop-out prevention. Few, if any, single curricular offerings can make such a strong impact on student development and success.

The Author
Steven N. Kelly is an Associate Professor of Music Education in the College of Music at Florida State University. He received his bachelor and master degrees in music from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and his Ph.D. in music education from the University of Kansas. Dr. Kelly has published in international and national research journals, and regularly presents papers and workshops at state, regional, national, and international conferences. He currently serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Research on Music Education, Research Perspectives in Music Education, and the Florida Music Director and is the author of the textbook Music Education in American Society: A Social and Cultural Understanding of Music Education.

http://www.flmusiced.org/dnn/Advocacy/12GradeCohortFineArtsEnrollmentComparison/tabid/113/Default.aspx

CBHS Band Car Wash - Feb 6

Thank you Elks , Kiwanis and
Rum Runners

Click on any photo to see larger version

Minuteman Band Warm Up Jacket

BAND Warm-up Jacket: 100% Micro-Poly Shell Water Resistant Jersey Lining Removable Hood Cordlock Adjustment at Hem Minuteman Band Jacket is Navy Blue with Large Band Logo on the Back and Small Logo on the Front Left Breast Area. The Cost for the Jacket is Only $42 The Student’s/Parent’s Name May Be Embroidered on the Right Chest for an Additional $8

Sizes: Adult S-3XL, Youth YXS-YXL

Adult Sizes S M L XL 2XL 3XL Chest 34-39" 37-42" 40-45" 43-48" 46-51" 49-54" Sleeve (From Center Back) 33" 35" 36" 371/2" 39" 401/2"

Youth Sizes YXS YS YM YL YXL Chest 20-24" 23-27" 25-30" 28-33" 31-36" Sleeve (From Center Back) 231/2" 251/2" 271/2" 291/2" 311/2"

Also Available:

BAND Warm-up Pants: 100% Micro-Poly Shell Jersey Lining Water Resistant Zipper Opening at Hem

Sizes: Adult S-3XL, Youth YXS-YXL Pants’ Cost is $18

Adult Sizes S M L XL 2XL 3XL Waist 26-29" 28-31" 30-33" 33-36" 35-38" 37-40" Hip 37-40" 39-42" 41-45" 44-48" 47-51" 50-55" Inseam 30" 31" 31" 32" 33" 34"

Youth Sizes YXS YS YM YL YXL Waist 18-21" 19-22" 20-24" 22-25" 24-28" Hip 24-27" 26-31" 30-35" 34-38" 37-40" Inseam 191/2" 22" 25" 271/2" 30"

Orders and Payments Must Be Received No Later Than February 10 as We Are Placing the Order That Day. We Must Have a Minimum Order of 12 to Receive This Low Price.
Fill In Your Order Info on the Attached Page and Return to Mr. Brooker with Payment.

Student’s Name: ___________________________________

Jacket Size: ________________ Pants Size: __________________

Name As You Would Like It Embroidered: _____________________________________________________
(there is an additional $8 charge for the name)



[Additional Jackets/Pants for Family:]

Name: ___________________________________
Jacket Size: ________________ Pants Size: __________________

Name As You Would Like It Embroidered: _____________________________________________________
(there is an additional $8 charge for the name)


[Additional Jackets/Pants for Family:]


Name: ___________________________________
Jacket Size: ________________ Pants Size: __________________

Name As You Would Like It Embroidered: _____________________________________________________
(there is an additional $8 charge for the name)


Number of Jackets Ordering: _____________ X $ 42 = ________________

Number of Pants Ordering: _____________ X $ 18 = ________________

Number of Jackets with Name Embroidered: ____________ X $ 8 = ________________

Total Included With This Form: $ ________________

Please Make Checks Payable to CBHS Band

Playathon Details

Playathon – Friday, February 5 after school till Saturday Morning 7 am
We have had several inquiries about this event and would like to clarify with this e-mail.
The students will come to the bandroom after school where we will have a roster for them to check in. At this point, they will be directed to specific areas where they will practice their Solo Ensemble music in preparation for the Festival which will take place at Satellite High School the following weekend. The Beginning and Concert Band Students will have use of the computers where their accompaniments are located as well as practice time with Ms. Campbell who will actually accompany them at the Festival.
The Wind Ensemble Students will rehearse their large ensembles and receive assistance as needed on their solos. In addition, they will help the younger students with their solos.
Please note the students will be in assigned areas and may not mill about the school as there is a Basketball Game that evening. Students will be expected to ask permission to use the restrooms, etc.
Pot Luck Meal – 6:30 for Parents and Students
Between 5:30 and 6 PM we need 3 parents to come to the school to help prepare for the Pot Luck Meal which will be in the Cafeteria. That volunteer request is on the Charms calendar so please sign up there or e-mail Ms. Campbell at ycampbell1@mac.comif you are able to help. Tables will need to be set out, ice brought from the outside concession stand and food set out as it comes in.
This is what we would like to have happen with the food:
Please e-mail Ms. Campbell at: ycampbell1@mac.comand let her know from which category you will be bringing a dish. (Please bring along any serving pieces necessary as we are limited in that area)
Main Dish
Salad
Side Dish or Vegetable
Dessert
(If you are like Ms. Campbell and you don’t cook you may just stop by Dominoes and bring a pizza – the kids love that and they can snack on it later in the evening as well)

We will provide plates, cups, napkins, ice and plastic wear.

In addition, the following assignments are for the Wind Ensemble Sections. These items will be used for the Meal and also for snacks through the night. Section leaders should follow this up and make sure the students bring in these items by Friday.

Flutes, Clarinets (high and low), Double Reeds - one 2 liter Soda, half gallon tea, punch or water (Section leaders – make sure there is variety)

Trumpets, French Horns and Tubas – Salty, Crunchy-type Snack to share – chips, nuts, etc. (Section leaders – make sure there is variety)

Saxophones, Trombones, Euphonium, Percussion – Sweet Snack to share - cookies, cupcakes, brownies, etc. – (Section leaders – make sure there is variety)


Meetings

At approximately 7:15 PM we will have a general band parent meeting. (20 minutes)

Immediately following the general band parent meeting, we will have a “Washington D.C.” meeting to provide additional information on the trip and answer any questions you may have. (30 minutes)


Recital

Following the meetings, we would like to have a mini-recital with performances by students of their Solo Ensemble Music. The students should let Mr. Brooker know by Thursday if they would like to perform so we may prepare for that event. The performance area will be announced at the Dinner-Meeting.

Overnight

Students may leave with their parents after the meeting or anytime up until 10:00 PM when the school will be “locked down.”

As with any band event, students must check out with Mr. Brooker or an adult designated by him. Mr. Brooker will need to see the parent and any student car-pooling with another band parent should bring a note from their parent giving them permission to leave with that person. Older students who are driving must bring a permission slip from their parent as well. No student may leave with another student without a signed permission slip and a parent phone number for verification.

We need 4 band parents who will chaperone overnight. That volunteer request is listed on Charms where you may sign up or e-mail Ms. Campbell at: ycampbell1@mac.com

We will have several areas set up for the overnight events and those areas will be chaperoned. Events will include:

Movies – Students may bring in DVDs but they may not be rated higher than PG. Mr. Brooker has final approval on what movies may be shown.

Board Games – Students may bring in Board or Card Games (No Gambling)

Video Games – Normally, two or three students bring in gaming systems – Mr. Brooker has final approval on which games are played.

Karaoke – If you have a machine, bring it in!

Quiet Room – Students visit with each other

Sleeping – There will be separate areas for girls and boys when they are ready to sleep. Students should bring blankets, sleeping bags, air mattresses or pillows as they wish.

Pick-Up at 7 AM Saturday Morning

As you know, we have a Car Wash (located at Rum Runners in Cocoa Beach)we need to man by 8 AM Saturday Morning ,so Mr. Brooker and a few other parents will transport any students that need transportation to that event directly. Please send a note to Mr. Brooker indicating that you would like your student to be transported to the car-wash if that is your wish.

All other students should be picked up in the bus loop area at 7 AM on Saturday. Students, don’t forget to check-out.


I realize this message is longer than usual, but we hope this will answer your questions. This is always a fun event as well as being a benefit to the students with their Solo Ensemble Music. We hope to see you all there!

Great Concert Wednesday Night!!

Great Concert Wednesday Night!!

What a great concert on Wednesday night.! The Cocoa Beach Jr Sr High School students performed very well and looked amazing. Who knew they cleaned up so well? I also enjoyed the festive atmosphere from all the parents and audience members. It is truly a pleasure to work with such great parents and students, you are all appreciated. Special thank you to the band booster board for their support in making the event run so smoothly and making everyone feel welcome. And special thank you to Mrs. Campbell for putting together the program and donating the printing from her travel business. What a great concert! I am so proud! Chuck Brooker

December 15 - Washington D.C. Trip Payment Due

December 15 - Washington D.C. Trip Payment Due

The Next installment of the Cocoa Beach High School Spring Band trip is due on December the 15th. Please check your accounts and either pay online or send in a check before Tuesday- This is exam week and we don't want to forget. You may send it in on Monday as well. I am so excited we are going to Washington D.C. !!!!!

Marching Band - Great Disney Performance

Program News - 12/13/2009

Cocoa Beach High School Marching Band - Great Disney Performance! The marching band had a great performance at Disney on Thursday! Under adverse conditions the parted the skies and dried of the stage with their smoking hot performance! It was very exciting opportunity to play for the visitors from all around the country! The students were very well received by the crowd and the adoring parents. Special thank you to all of the band chaperons on the trip for making this a very special experience for our students. Your help during the event and all day at the Magic Kingdom was appreciated and welcomed. It is great to have such supportive parents. Marching Band - Great Disney Performance!

Cocoa Beach Parade

Mark you calendars The Cocoa Beach Christmas Parade is on December the 12th. We will line up around 12noon at the Cocoa Beach Library. We should be done by 3pm. Don't forget Parade practice on December the 8th right after school. (2 hours) This practice is for practice for the parade and for the Disney Performance as well. Chuck Brooker

Congratulations! Selectees for 29th annual Florida State University Tri-State Band Festival

Congratulations to Cocoa Beach HS senior, Emily Bobo Flute, Junior, Matthew Brooker
-- French Horn, and Junior, Taylor Twiddy on Oboe!

They have been selected to participate in the 29th annual Florida State
University Tri-State Band Festival!

Their selection to this Honor Festival was determined in large part based on a
superb recommendation written by their band director (Chuck Brooker) on their behalf. Scores of
band directors wrote hundreds of magnificent recommendations for their finest
students-but only 1 student in 3 was chosen for Tri-State. They are among the
high school musical elite in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia.

The 28th annual Florida State University TRI-STATE BAND FESTIVAL AND CONDUCTING
CONFERENCE, December 3-6, 2009,  is designed to provide rewarding musical
experiences for high school band students and their directors.

Each year the festival features nationally and internationally renowned guest
conductors and resident Florida State University faculty in a busy schedule of
concerts, master classes, and professional clinics.

Let's pass along our congratulations to these fine band students.

2009 PALM BAY HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND FESTIVAL

The Palm Bay High School Instrumental Music Parents Association in concert with the Florida Bandmaster's Association is proud to present the 2009 Annual Marching Band Music Performance Assessments on Saturday, October 24, 2009 at the Palm Bay High School stadium. Approximately 2,200 students representing close to 15 high school bands from all over Brevard County will perform for a crowd of over 4,000 marching band enthusiasts during the 8+ hour event. The Marching Festival is the highest profile event for the combined high school instrumental music programs in District 10, garnering the most public attention and attendance of any high school music event for the year.

Each band will present a 10-minute program of complicated field maneuvers while performing exciting and highly technical musical scores. Auxiliary corps presents a visual accent to the music utilizing silk flags, rifles, sabers, and other creative props. A panel of highly respected and professionally accomplished judges from the Florida Bandmasters Association will critique and score each band in their respective areas of music, marching, percussion, and auxiliary. The scores will result in a composite rating ranging from "Poor" through "Superior." Each band is judged on its own merit against a set standard, rather than as a competition between bands.

This is the most important event of the fall music season for all district high school instrumental music programs. Each band’s rating is an official assessment of the program’s overall success in the area of music education. Directors and students alike practice and perform with serious intention, often starting rehearsals in the summer, weeks before the school year begins.

The Palm Bay High School Instrumental Music Program has proudly hosted the Marching Festival for over 13 years. Volunteer parents and students of the Palm Bay High School Instrumental Music Program coordinate, staff, and manage the logistical production of the event for the District 10 Florida Bandmasters Association.

Host sponsorships help off-set the expenses incurred by the PBHS music program in production of the festival. Benefits of sponsorship include having your name or business published in the program. Host sponsors will also he announced throughout the event. Host sponsorships can be secured by calling Jim Tonti at (321) 890-3779.

The public is invited to attend the Marching Festival which begins at 3:00 PM with Stone and Southwest Middle Schools’ performance of our National Anthem. The gates will open at 1:30 PM with the first band ready to perform at 3:30 PM. A full concession is available throughout the entire event. Tickets are $5.00/adult and $3.00/student (children 3 yrs and younger are free) and are available at the gate the day of the festival. Parking is available on site for $3.00/car. There is also going to be a Program/Parking Combo offered for $5.00. Festival tee-shirts and programs will be available for purchase as well.

For more information, contact the Palm Bay High School Instrumental Music office at (321) 952- 5905.

CBHS Students selected for USF Festival of Winds Opus 35

Congratulations!
The Following band students have been selected from the CBHS
band program to participate in USF Festival of Winds Opus 35:

John Roth - Bassoon
Clarrise Quandt - F.Horn
Kayla McCracken - Clarinet
Andrew Huang - Clarinet

The University of South Florida School of Music's, Honor Festival of Winds is an opportunity for musicians from all over the state to come together and make great music while working with amazing clinicians. Students are recommended to the Festival of Winds staff through their Band Directors, and are accepted based on past achievements and future potential. Accepted students audition on the first day and are placed in one of three ensembles for the duration of the Festival. While here, they spend 4 wonderful days on campus, making new friends and great memories, while attending some great concerts and social events. The Festival celebrates its 35th anniversary this year.

Festival Dates are - Thursday, December 3, 2009
--- Sunday, December 6, 2009

Sincerely,
The Festival of Winds Opus 35 Staff

Cocoa Beach Free Concert Oct. 14, 2009

Special Invitation!

The Cocoa Beach High School Wind Ensemble will present a Concert of Thanks.

The free concert will be presented on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 in the Cocoa Beach Jr. Sr. High Schools Performing Arts Center at 7:30pm.
The Cocoa Beach band families invite all of those unsung heroes that dedicate their lives to helping others -- as Firefighters and Paramedics, in Hospitals,
in Law Enforcement Agencies, Military Branches and Space Flight , past and present, retired and active, and their families and friends. We want you to come
and receive a concert of thanks from our band and school family. You are appreciated!

The Cocoa Beach Wind Ensemble will play songs from America including Armed Forces Melodies, American Marches, Popular favorites and even a few pop extras
to thrill you. We promise you will feel thanked, appreciated and hopefully re-energized about your dedicated and compassionate careers.

This is a free concert -- no charge - We will have collection bins on site to collect food donations for local food banks to help families in need.

If you are on duty and on call as I know many of you will be- please still allow us to honor you at the concert and leave when you are called -- just bring your
vehicles and we will have special parking for all on call fire trucks, police and ambulances and others for easy departure.

For particular questions about the concert- please email Chuck Brooker at brooker.chuck@brevardschools.org

Connecting the Dots

This excerpt is from the article "Connecting The Dots" in the Sunday, April 26, 2009 Macon Telegraph newspaper. The article in its entirety can be found at the following link http://www.macon.com/151/story/694214.html.

I believe the answer why all students (traditional, MYP, IB, etc.) need to be offered accessible opportunities to music education is apparent once again in this article.By 4:45 p.m., I was headed northbound on I-75 for the Student Teacher Achievement Recognition (STAR) banquet, sponsored by the Professional Association of Georgia Educators Foundation. As chairman of the foundation, I'm supposed to be in the receiving line to greet STAR students and their teachers by 6:15 p.m. If anyone asks, I followed the flow of traffic. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.I won't go into much detail, but the banquet was held at the Buckhead Hotel Atlanta and it's undergoing renovations. It's right across Lenox Road from Lenox Square, but the hotel's sign was nowhere in sight. Fill in the blanks, please.

I missed the receiving line portion of my duties. The program honors 21 region winners who come from throughout the state. Large, medium and small systems are represented. The Region 6, Middle Georgia, STAR student is Brandon Munda from Houston County High School. His STAR teacher is Laura Byrd. He joined 20 of the brightest students in the state, but only one could be the 2009 STAR student, who turned out to be Annie Wang, from George Walton High School in Cobb County. The runner-up is Emily Bragg from Columbia County's Greenbrier High School.During the program, WSB reporter Jeff Dore interviewed each student. Their interests ranged from electronic engineering to math and philosophy to political science to Arabic and international relations.For those Georgia Tech fans, more of the STAR students -- five -- were headed to Yellow Jacket land than anywhere else. Yale and Harvard claimed three apiece, followed by Brown, Dartmouth, Princeton, Emory, Auburn, UGA and Indiana University.

Granted, these students are brilliant, but what would you guess linked them together? Was it their math skills? These students shared one common trait. All 21 were proficient musicians. Hmmm. Why are the first things cut music and art? The data linking high educational achievement and the arts is miles long. Why do we not get it? I would bet this class of STAR students is not unlike the 50 classes that preceded them. Students obviously connect the dots between achievement and the arts. Why can't we? That's a question even this group of bright students are unable to answer, because no matter your angle of approach, it doesn't make sense.

Charles E. Richardson is the Telegraph's editorial page editor. He can be reached at 478-744-4342 or via e-mail at: crichardson@macon.com.

Congratulations Cocoa Beach High Winter Guard!

The Cocoa Beach Winter Guard received a 1st place for their team routine at the National Twirling Unlimited Winter Guard and Baton Competition in Seminole Florida on February 8th.

Flag Soloists Emily Bobo received 3rd place, Laura Bobo received 2nd and place and Chelsea Heywood received 1st place.

Rifle soloists Kaitlin Guseman received first place. Nicole Moser received 1st place for her duet. Sydney Smead received 2nd place in the Model category. Dominique Russell received a 3rd place for her freestyle and technical solo, a 2nd place in the model, and strut and a 1st place in her best appearing category.

The girls did a great job representing the Beach not only with their talents but with their fantastic and positive attitude! Go Beach!

Lindsey M. Brooker

Cocoa Beach High Winter Guard Competition

On Sunday February 8th 2009 The Cocoa Beach Winter Guard along with the Marching Minutemen Feature Twirler Dominique Russell, will compete in the Twirling Unlimited Winter Guard and baton competition in Seminole Florida on the other coast.

This event will bring Winter Guard and baton teams from all around the United States together in competition. Cocoa Beach will compete in both Team and individual solo Categories. The guard members are led by coach Lindsey Brooker. Good Luck Girls!

Winter Guard Members:
Chelsea Heywood, Captain
Laura Bobo, Captain
Emily Bobo
Roberta Spensley
Jorden Tschernia
Kaitlin Gusmen
Nicole Moser
Sydney Smead

Music In Education

A great letter from a teacher in Orange County, CA:
"As I watched the inauguration yesterday, I was struck by something in addition to the historical significance of the event. When it comes to the highest degree of ceremony in our land, we turn to that which is often the first to be on the chopping block in tough financial times: the arts. There was singing, poetry, an ensemble of some of the most talented and accomplished instrumental solo artists in the world, discussion of the particular painting featured at the luncheon, grand marches played by a band. Because great societies are often measured by their progress in the arts, we seem to understand intrinsically that these things belong, yet we are often unwilling as a society to preserve them in our education system. For every artist who blessed the nation with their gift yesterday, there was someone who had initially recognized their talent, nurtured it, guided its technical preparation, encouraged its development. Someone introduced Yo-Yo Ma to the cello, and put Aretha Franklin on a stage.

These things do not just happen by accident.The next time you hear the suggestion to cut the arts out of the schools because it's "nice, but not necessary," imagine yesterday without the arts... a walk to a podium, an oath, a speech, a walk to whatever comes next... no parades, no balls. Imagine the band members who played "Hail to the Chief," told in middle school that music would not be offered in their school any more. Imagine if Itzhak Perlman never held a violin. Imagine the featured choir given over to the directorship of someone with no vocal training because the chorus position was cut. These things are happening every day, and someday we may be faced with a quickie courthouse ceremony rather than royal pomp and circumstance befitting a presidential inauguration.

Think about it."Please forward -