WINTER PARK BAND Weekly Newsletter
July 10, 2023
May 19, 2024
🗓️ EVENTS THIS WEEK 🗓️
Last Day of School
H.A.G.S. Everyone!
Friday, May 24, 2024, 02:30 PM
Winter Park High School, Summerfield Road, Winter Park, FL, USA
From Mr. Clemente
Dear Winter Park Band families,
Welcome to our incoming 9th grade families! We are so glad that you are here and we're so excited to welcome you into the Winter Park Band community.
MINI CAMP this past Saturday was a ton of fun! Is was awesome to see and hear the 2024 SOTW for the first time. If how quickly everyone learned the first part of BEATLEMANIA is any indication for how the coming year will go, it surely will be the best year yet!
If we missed you at Mini Camp, please reach out to the Directors. We will be able to get you music to practice for the summer, and check in if you need to use a school instrument for summer practice.
If you were at Mini Camp and checked out an instrument for the summer, we need your Instrument Check-Out Form completed and signed by both parent and student by Wednesday, 5/22. Please email a copy of the completed form to both Directors.
CURRENT 9 - 12 GRADE STUDENTS:
- Concert Uniforms were due last week. Thank you to everyone who turned in their uniform by the deadline. If your uniform is not returned to the Band room by the end of the school day Tuesday, 5/21, your student's account will be charged the cost of the replacement of the uniform they were lent. All uniforms must be dry cleaned before they are returned, and be clearly marked with the students name when hung on the racks in the Band room. Please read the Uniform Crew's section of this Newsletter below.
- All Band lockers must be clear of everything but school-owned instruments by the end of school Wednesday, 5/22. The school is not allowing backpacks the last two days of school.
- Along the same lines, your instruments (both personal and school-owned, if applies) must go home before Wednesday as well. Due to the coming start of renovations, we will not have access to the Band room over summer. You must take your instrument home to have it for Band Camp.
Happy last week of 2023-2024!
Mr. Clemente
Mini Camp Fun!
From the Uniform Chairs, Mrs. Jenniffer Randolph & Mrs. Andrea Rediske
Uniform Room Cleanup
Many thanks to the following incredible volunteers who helped us organize and inventory the band uniforms today. These wonderful women worked for about 6 hours to get everything ready for uniform fittings next year: Robyn Fodor, Laura Cambridge, Damaris Lima, Melissa Blaney, Yessenia Ortiz, Jennifer Mullins, Vanessa Irons-Fleming, and Kellie Smith.
Note to Mike and Dan: see picture attached
Uniform Return
We have a CLOSE TO 40 students who still haven't turned in their concert uniforms!!
- Hannah Arnold
- ME Conti
- Landon Genovese
- Alyson Rodriguez
- Nathan Smith
- Lilah Storch
- Peyton Adkinson
- Marquise Brown
- Kevin Brummett
- Angelica Burgos
- Luca Carrasco
- Helen Cereceda
- Uzi Colon
- Monique Daniels
- Jack Ding
- Turner Dudley
- Jeleney Gonzalez
- Jacklynn Gossett
- Jeremiah Hannen
- Diego Hernandez
- Luke Kuthokathan
- Charina Maldonado
- Olivia Matthews
- John Austin Mejia
- Anthony Merchant
- Brian Meza-Maldonado
- Jhayla Mitchell
- Wilson Nguyen
- Paige Owen
- Kelis Peralta
- Alexander Rios
- Benjamin Rodriguez
- Lucia Rojas
- Santiago Rojas
- Manuela Souza
- Eric Taylor
Please get your uniforms turned in THIS WEEK to avoid being charged for them. Be sure to sign in your uniform on the sign-up sheet once you've turned it in.
Thanks,
Andrea and Jenniffer
Andrea Rediske (arediske@gmail.com)
Jenniffer Randolph (jenrandolph13@gmail.com)
2024 SOTW Show - BEATLEMANIA
Maitland Shores 4th of July Band
Musicians needed!
The annual Maitland Shores 4th of July Band is recruiting players for this historic 50th anniversary performance and picnic, directed by Eric Mendez. If you are going to be in town, available for 3 rehearsals - June 9, 23, and 30 from 1:30-3:30 PM, and want to bring your family to hear great patriotic music then eat lunch together on Lake Maitland, please contact me. Spots fill up fast, and you must be able to rehearse and sight read well.
90% of our band members are WPHS Band Alumni!
Jane Claus
WPHS Band Alumni Association President
407-496-6050
Private Lessons
Whether a student is learning a musical instrument to pursue a career in music, or simply for personal musical fulfillment and recreation, private lessons are one of the best investments that a parent can provide for their musical child. When working with a private teacher, students receive one-on-one instruction from a professional musician who specializes on that instrument.
​Unlike a full band rehearsal experience, studying with a private teacher focuses in on the student’s individual needs. Students who study privately once a week from a professional musician are usually those who excel and find Band more enjoyable. These students frequently earn positions in honor groups like All-State and All-County, and make entry into our more advanced bands like Wind Symphony and Jazz Ensemble I. Some even go on to earn college scholarships, even if they are not majoring in music!
Below is a link to a list of local private teachers. This list is not exhaustive, and there may be other individuals who are not on the list. If you are a private teacher who would like to be added to our list (or deleted), or know a private teacher who should be added, please contact Mr. Clemente at michael.clemente@ocps.net.
UPCOMING EVENTS
May 24: Last day of school
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July 18 - 19: Leadership Camp
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July 19: South Orange Leadership Summit, Freedom HS, Time TBD
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July 22 - 26: Band Camp, 8 AM - 5 PM @ Glenridge MS
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July 29 - August 1: Band Camp, 8 AM - 5 PM @ Glenridge MS
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August 1: Premiere Show, 7:15 PM @ Glenridge MS
Band Calendar
- "Fridge-Friendly" Calendar PDF: http://www.winterparkhsband.com/uploads/2/3/8/5/23853324/calendar_grid_2023-2024.pdf
- Band Calendar sync Google/Andriod format: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=winterparkhsband%40gmail.com&ctz=America%2FNew_York
- Band Calendar sync Apple iCal format: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/winterparkhsband%40gmail.com/public/basic.ics
FINANCES AND CUT TIME
ALL 2023-2024 BAND PAYMENTS ARE NOW PAST DUE
- BAND
- Wednesday, July 26, 2023
- Fair Share Payment 1 - $100
- Marching Band Shoe (if needed) - $40
- Wednesday, August 30
- Fair Share Payment 2 - $50
- Wednesday, October 4
- Jazz Fair Share Payment 1(jazz students only) - $20
- School Instrument Semester 1 Maintenance (if applies) - $60
- Wednesday, January 17, 2024
- Jazz Fair Share Payment 2 (jazz students only) - $20
- School Instrument Semester 2 Maintenance (if applies) - $60
- Wednesday, March 6
- Fair Share Payment 3 - $75
- COLOR GUARD
- Wednesday, July 26, 2023
- Fair Share Payment 1 - $100
- Marching Band Shoe (if needed) - $40
- Wednesday, August 30
- Fair Share Payment 2 - $125
- Wednesday, October 4
- Fair Share Payment 3 - $100
- School Equipment Semester 1 Maintenance - $60
- Wednesday, December 6
- Winter Guard Fair Share Payment 1 - $150
- Wednesday, January 17, 2024
- Winter Guard Fair Share Payment 2 - $100
- School Equipment Semester 2 Maintenance - $60
- Wednesday, March 6
- Winter Guard Fair Share Payment 3 - $100
Viewing your Student's Financial Account in CutTime:
There is a direct link to CutTime in "Quick Links" on the band website.
To access Cut Time, follow these steps.
- Go to CutTime.net and click “SIGN IN” in the top right-hand corner.
- Enter your Username or Email and Password You are now on your profile, where you can access our calendar and handouts and files. Click “Update Info” tab to input or update contact information. Don’t forget to click “Update” when you are finished.
- Click the “Finances” tab to view financial statements.
WPHS Band Social Media
We've been posting lots of photos our social media platforms, and we will continue to post updates, photos, video, and other media to those pages throughout the year. Follow the Band!
- Facebook: @winterparkhsband
- Instagram: @winterparkhsband @wphs_flutes @wphsclarinets @wpsaxes @wphs_trumpets @wphs.trombones @wphstubas @winterparkhspercussion @winterparkcolorguard @wphs.drumajors
- YouTube: @winterparkhsband
- Twitter: @wphs_bands
- Tik Tok: @winterparkhsband
Winter Park High School Band
Email: michael.clemente@ocps.net
Website: www.winterparkhsband.com
Location: 2100 Summerfield Road, Winter Park, FL, USA
Phone: 4076223200
Facebook: www.facebook.com/winterparkhsband