Jul 072012
 

Great job at Saturday’s Drums Along the Rockies Performances – the crowd loved you guys – congratulations! $74.23 in tips, too – not bad!!

A SPECIAL WELCOME TO OUR NEW PIANIST, TREVOR SMITH!! HE IS A JUNIOR AT EVERGREEN HS!!! WELCOME TO THE ALL-STARS, TREVOR!!!!

PLEASE BE PREPARED FOR OUR REHEARSAL ON SUNDAY, JULY 8TH: Please arrive at Flesher-Hinton Music Store by 5:30pm. PLEASE NOTE THE NEW, EARLIER REHEARSAL TIME (THIS IS THE LAST SUNDAY WE’LL BE STARTING AT THIS 5:30PM TIME).

Mason, please bring your drum set on Sunday.

Josh, please bring your upright bass on Sunday.

Please remember to bring your listening CD’s on Sunday.

Please be prepared to play all your major scales around the circle of fourths. We’ll also do pg. 6 in the improv book – Major triads plus 6th’s around the circle. Please practice so you can do it all from memory.

We will rehearse for the Botanical Gardens July 14th performance set.

Also, we will need to select the selections for Sunday’s Club Performance, with no cornet lead. Dallas, Alex, Matt and Mason can select the selections, since this will be your final appearance at the Denver Jazz Club.

The Thursday, July 26th KUVO set will need to be decided with reed/trombone/tuba leads throughout that hour long radio show, since Alec and Rico will not be performing that night.

We need to rehearse the following tunes: Panama, Maple Leaf Rag, Just a Closer Walk With Thee, Bourbon St. Parade, Indiana, Bill Bailey, It Don’t Mean a Thing, St. James, and After You’ve Gone.

The set order and reference recordings can be found on the Downloads page 

Please work really hard and be ready for Sunday’s rehearsal.

New Band – We’ve decided to do the Arvada Estates performance on Tuesday, August 21st from 7 until 8pm.    

These are our available performance dates – as far as I can tell so far. Please let me know as soon as possible if you have a conflict with any of these dates:

July 8 (No Rico), 9-12 (No Rico or Tyvon), 13 (No Rico), 14 , 15-16 (No Rico, Alec, Cameron or Tim), 17-18 (No Rico, Cameron or Alec), 20 (No Rico or Alec),    22-23, 24 (No Rico or Alec), 26 (No Rico or Alec), 27 (No Rico or Alec; Mason’s Last Day), 28 (No Rico or Alec), 29 (Rico’s Last Day), 31

August 1-3, 4 (Dallas, Matt & Alex – Last Day), 5, 6-10 (No Cameron), 12-31

September 1-13, 16-20, 23-5, 27, 30

Upcoming Performances/Special Rehearsals:

-Sat, 7/14 (4:30-9:30pm) Denver Botanical Gardens (Maroon/Shorts)
-Sun, 7/15 (3:15-8:45pm) DJC July Session – Westminster Elks Lodge, 3850 Elk Dr (No Alec, Cameron, Tim or Rico; Blue/Slacks, Includes dinner & rehearsal) [Josh plays bass].
-Thurs, 7/26 (8:30am-2:30pm) Evergreen Jazz Festival Workshop (No Rico or Alec)
-Thurs, 7/26 (5:30-8:30pm) KUVO Radio Show (7-8pm Show; No Rico or Alec) Pizza dinner is provided.
-Fri, 7/27 (8:00am-aft/evening) Evergreen Jazz Festival Workshop (No Rico or Alec; Mason’s Last Day)
-Sat, 7/28 (noon-3pm) Evergreen Jazz Festival Workshop Performance with the Queen City Jazz Band [1:30-2:30pm performance at the Lake House, No Rico or Alec] Maroon/Shorts.
-Sat, 7/28 (3-9pm) Greenwood Village Day Performance (6-7pm performance, includes commute time from Evergreen, & quick dinner at Colton’s house; No Rico or Alec; Molly may join us) Blue/Shorts.
-Sun, 7/29 (noon-aft/evening) Evergreen Jazz Festival Performance Set [1:30-2:30pm on the Elks Patio; Rico’s Last Day] Maroon/Shorts (includes barbecue celebration dinner at Colton’s house; Molly may join us).
-Sat, 8/4 – 1:00 – 3:00 pm – Performance at the Annual Flesher-Hinton Music Store Customer Appreciation Day (Dallas, Matt & Alex – Last Day) Blue/Shorts.
-Sat, 8/4 – 3:00 – 5:00 pm – Senior Celebration Dinner
-NEW BAND -Sunday, August 5 – 5:30-6:15pm (Flesher-Hinton) Tim’s Tuba Lesson; 6:15-8:45pm Bill Clark’s clinic
-Sunday, August 12 – 3:15-9:00pm (Flesher-Hinton/Bull and Bush Pub, 4700 Cherry Creek South Dr, Denver) Possible early rehearsal and performance with Your Father’s Mustache Band)
-Sunday, August 19 – 2-8:45pm (310 Shadycroft Drive, Littleton) DJC Annual Barbecue/Picnic Performance (includes rehearsal time) Maroon/Shorts.
-Tuesday, August 21 – 6:00-8:30pm (Arvada Estates, 7175 Kipling St)
-Mon, September 3rd, Labor Day (10am-4pm) Avo’s Jazz Fest, Ft. Collins, Blue/Slacks, includes commute and lunch time, 1-2pm performance. 
-Sun, 9/16 – 3:15-8:45pm (Westminster Elks Club,  3850 Elk Drive) DJC September Session, includes dinner & rehearsal, Maroon/Slacks.
-Sun, 9/23 – 3:15-9:00pm (Flesher-Hinton/Bull and Bush Pub, 4700 Cherry Creek South Dr, Denver) Possible early rehearsal and performance with Your Father’s Mustache Band)
-Sunday, September 30 – 9:15am-8:45pm – Summit Jazz Festival (Red Lion Inn Denver Southeast 3200 South Parker Road, Aurora) Includes brunch, dinner & rehearsal, Blue/Slacks.
-Wed, Thurs, Fri or Sat, 1/23-1/26/13 – 2 day stay at the Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs (1 hour performance set at the Colorado Music Educators Association Clinic/Conference).

-All dates and driving directions can be found on the Event Calendar page.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

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