FROM THE DESK OF THE MUSIC DIRECTOR
Welcome back, all DMM musicians!
Jhandie and I hope that you are enjoying this wonderful weather
in a relaxing manner! We have been home, surprisingly, all
of July and August other than 2-day trips nearby with our trailer.
Where could we find a better place to spend this summer
than around the lower mainland? We are just now realizing
that this is the first summer we've stayed around home in about
35 years, because we have always travelled during the school holidays.
And our new corner apartment is extremely inviting and relaxing.
Please phone us if you are coming to Ladner - the coffee
pot is usually on, and the corkscrew handy, so don't hesitate
to call us! (Ken’s note - but Curt & Jhandie are
leaving for Alaska, Russia, Korea & Japan next week!)
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1. FALL TERM SEPT. 9 – DEC. 16, 2008
• 14 sessions, $84 (not Tuesday, November 11)
• There are FIVE ways to register:
a) Register online 24/7 at http://connectandlearn.deltasd.bc.ca
(course #7366)
b) By phone at 604-940-5550 during office hours 8:30am-4:30pm
c) By mail: download the form at http://web.deltasd.bc.ca/programs/continuing-education/how-register
- click "registration form (pdf)" button (or pick up
the brochure at your library or rec. centre) and mail the completed
form plus payment to SD37 Continuing Education Office, 4585 Harvest
Drive, Delta, B.C. V4K 5B4
d) Drop in to the School Board Office on Harvest Drive in Ladner.
e) At the first rehearsal, Jhandie will be happy to accept your
cheque or credit card (write cheques to "School District
37").
• Our fall rehearsals will involve some new music, some old
music, some easy sight-reading music, and some exciting new Christmas
music ("A Canadian Brass Christmas").
• Known concerts at this time are:
Saturday, November 8 at Tsawwassen Kinsmen Centre, start 2 pm
Sunday, December 7 at Delta Hospital Extended
Care, start 2 pm
Tuesday, December 9 at the Genesis Theatre (joint
concert with the Delta Concert Band and the Delta Choir), start 7 pm
• We had mentioned that our third CD recording may take place
during the fall, but I have decided to postpone that until after
Christmas. There is no point in rushing a good thing, and many
decisions about music choices, recording location, recording engineer,
number of CD's, distribution, costs, copyright, etc., need to
be researched carefully before plunging forward.
2. WINTER & SPRING TERMS, 2009
Winter Term: January 6 to March 10, 2009 (10 weeks).
Spring Term: March 31 to June 16, 2009 (12 weeks)
3. MUSIC DIRECTORS MARGARET AND CURT
We are so fortunate to have Margaret Behenna as our Assistant
Director. Margaret and I have traditionally divided the
folder and each of us has conducted certain selections. However,
this has apparently created a “shock factor” when one
of us conducts the other’s selections. So we are going
to change that pattern; Margaret and I will each take turns conducting
any and all music when we are both present. This will give
the band opportunity to see both of us conduct any given piece
of music. Margaret and I will work more closely together
in preparing a selection, to strive for as much continuity as
possible between conductors.
Curt Jantzen
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MUSIC FOLDER, Fall 2008
| Music
to Hand In |
Working Folder for Fall Term
(bring weekly) |
Reserve Folder
(bring
weekly) |
Annie
Laurie
Cadet Singalong
Don Pedro
Egmont
Great Movie Marches
Loonie Tunes
Nathan Hale
New York New York
Recorded By Sinatra
Silver Shadow
What a Wonderful World |
Army
of the Nile
Blue Goose Rag
Canadian Brass Christmas
Dixieland On Parade
Embraceable You
English Folk Song Suite
Great Gate of Kiev
Traumerai |
Children’s
March
Clarinet Candy
Country Gardens
Japanese
Jesus Christ Superstar
Mary Poppins
Oliver
Parade of the Tall Ships
Radetzky March
Song For the Mira
Tritsch Tratsch Polka |
Please
return all other music to our librarian, Lyle
Wade.
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SOCIAL EVENT: A BIG
THANK YOU to David & Janie Jackson, who hosted a potluck picnic
for DMM members and their partners in their backyard on September
6. About 40 people enjoyed fabulous weather, fantastic food,
and scintillating conversation. Activities included a Bocce
Ball tournament, and a campfire singalong, accompanied by 3 guitars
and Henry’s ukulele.
’Though the sun had set and the moon was bright
They played on and on with all their might
Till the competition was out of sight.
Francoise and Brian
2008 DMM Bocce Ball Champions |
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DMM BOARD MEMBERS
Music Director: Curt Jantzen cjband@telus.net
Assistant Director: Margaret Behenna
Janet Friesen (president), Doug Akerman,
Ann Bates, Casey Blackwell,
Ken Borrie,
Pat Hull, Brenda Khoo, Michele
McLaurin, Gus Nielsen, Curt
Radke. |
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