December 2010

Con
Brio!
* An Italian music term meaning “With Brilliance”
December 2010
A Guinness™ World Record—We Did It!
Volume 3, Issue 1
Inside this issue:
String Jam ‘10
1
Disneyland Plans
2
Upcoming
Orchestra Events
2
Support our
Orchestras
3
String Jam '10
Redmond Region
Brag Bag
3
Orchestra
Boosters
Official Business
4
A World Record for the
Lake Washington School
District Orchestras!
On April 10, 2010, a grand
total of 392 string musicians–
from age 5 to age 65—
gathered at the Juanita HS
Field House to attempt to set
a Guinness World Record™
for, “The greatest number of
people playing the same tune
on string instruments at the
same time at a single venue”.
It was a great success!
Our Independent Witnesses
verified the world record for
Pachelbel’s Canon in D… and
our official certificates from
Guinness World Records™ are
now proudly installed at RHS
and the LWSD Resource Cen-
ter. We even have a traveling
certificate to thrill our elementary orchestra members.
String Jam ‘10 was
also a very successful fundraiser
for the LWSD Orchestra
programs, helping
us raise nearly
$7,500 to purchase instruments
and support orchestra programs.
Congratulations to
all the musicians
who participated
and thanks to our
many dedicated
volunteers who
worked long hours
behind the scenes.
We did it!
See more photos and link to
videos and news reports at
the RROB website:
www.redmondorchestras.org.
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Con Brio!
December 2010
We’re Going to Disneyland!
After a busy couple of years performing at Carnegie Hall and setting
a Guinness™ World Record, the RHS
orchestras are going for a little
magic this year. Along with the RHS
bands and choir, orchestra members
will be traveling to Disneyland, the
Magic Kingdom, in March. They’re
hoping for a truly magical time!
tain, the Matterhorn, and California
Adventure!
donations at Borders (please stop by
our Borders table on December 12th
and 15th!) and selling holiday citrus
Performing at Disneyland has become an every-three-year RHS tradi- fruit.
tion: the orchestra last performed
A pair of enterprising Band Boosters
there in 2008 (see photo below, of
parents will help keep costs low by
Mrs. Ferguson leading the orchesrenting a truck to drive all the instrutra) and it is one of the most eagerly ments and gear to California. And
anticipated trips the students take. then it will be show time!
Each of the three groups will have
the opportunity to perform on the
Disney stage. Then the musicians
will spend a day
with the pros
learning about
the musicmaking process
and making a
recording of
their work.
Students are working hard to raise
money for the trip. They are selling
caramel corn, wrapping gifts for
Students and parents, don’t forget:
your final Disneyland payments are
due by January 21st.
And there will be
plenty of time
for Space Moun-
Upcoming Orchestra Events
Orchestra members will be keeping REDMOND JUNIOR HIGH
very busy over the next few months. Dec 10—Bellevue Square PerformHere’s a preview of coming attracance (Advanced Orchestra)
tions:
Dec 14—RJH Winter Concert
REDMOND HIGH SCHOOL
Dec 9—Solo/Ensemble Entries Due
Dec 12—Borders Gift Wrapping
Dec 15—Borders Gift Wrapping
Jan 13—Rehearsals begin for allDistrict Honor Orchestra
Jan 21—Disneyland payment due
Dec 7—Bellevue Square
NEW CONCERT—ALL ORCHESTRAS
Feb 9—RHS Ensemble Concert
Feb 11—All-District Honor Orchestra
Feb 12—Solo/Ensemble
Concert
Feb 17-20—All-State & All-NW
EVERGREEN JUNIOR HIGH
Dec 14—EJH Winter Concert
Mark the date:
March
1st Festival Concert!
Jan 13—Rehearsals begin for allOrchestras from RJH, EJH, and RHS
District Honor Orchestra
will perform their festival selections.
Feb 11—All-District Honor Orchestra
Concert will be held in the RJH gym.
Con Brio!
December 2010
Redmond Region Brag Bag
Seven Redmond High and
four Redmond Junior High
Orchestra members have
been selected by taped
audition for this year’s
All-State and All-Northwest
honor music ensembles.
These students will rehearse and perform as part
of the Washington Music
Educators Association conference in Bellevue over
Presidents Day Weekend.
Three intensive days of
rehearsal with several hundred of the finest students
studying music in the Pacific Northwest will lead to
concerts throughout the
Puget Sound, including at
Benaroya Hall.
The selected students
come from throughout the
Pacific Northwest. Gener-
ally there are over 6,000
applicants for each honor
group, which typically has
around 150 to 300 students selected for each.
Congratulations to our
honorees!
All-Northwest Honorees—
High School
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Adrianna Svitak
Violin (RHS)
All-State Honorees—High
School
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Melissa Boyer
String Bass (RHS)
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Albert Daschle
String Bass (RHS)
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Atticus Liu
Violin (RJH)
Junior All-State
Honorees—Grades 7-8
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Xavier Graham
Violin (RJH)
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Adrian Pang
Cello (RJH)
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Mana Maloney
Violin (RHS)
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Angela Page
Viola (RHS)
Jennifer Yeh
Violin (RJH)
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Andrew Pang
Viola (RHS)
Kyung Yoon Yoo
Violin (RJH)
Congratulations to our orchestra students!
Support our Orchestras
Here are four easy ways
you can support our orchestra programs:
ONE: JOIN ESCRIP. If you
shop at Safeway, it’s easy
to donate each time you
shop. Go to
www.escrip.com and
choose Group ID #
500020230 (Redmond Region Orchestra Boosters).
Then register your Safeway
Club Card. It’s easy and
secure!
TWO: GET YOUR GIFTS
WRAPPED AT BORDERS.
RHS orchestra students will
be wrapping gifts for donations at Borders on December 12th and 15th. Stop by,
purchase some gifts, and
have our students wrap
them for you.
THREE: BUY CARAMEL
CORN. We’re selling Cosmos Caramel Corn in the
lobby this evening. Don’t
miss out!
FOUR: BUY CITRUS FRUIT. RHS
orchestra and band students
will be
selling citrus fruit in
time for
the holidays.
Watch for your student’s order
form… and then buy a box!
Poinsettias. Thanks to all those
who participated in the EJH
Poinsettia sale last month. We
appreciate your support.
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Redmond Region Orchestra Boosters is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organiza-
Redmond Region Orchestra Boosters
tion that was established to support the Lake Washington School District Orchestra programs in the Redmond Region.
President:
Mary Bourguignon
All parents and legal guardians of students enrolled in an Orchestra
Vice President:
Currently open
class at Redmond HS, Evergreen JH and Redmond JH are voting
Secretary:
Hannah Rogers (acting)
members of RROB.
Treasurer:
Sandy Davis
Orchestra Directors
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Redmond High School
Keira Ferguson
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Evergreen Junior High
Susan Krebs &
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Alcott Elementary
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Audobon Elementary
Paula C. Ferguson
The Redmond Region Orchestra Boosters meets the
second Monday of every month during the school year
in the RHS choir room at 7:30 pm. These are open
meetings and all are welcome to attend.
Rachel Harris
RROB Contacts
Web site: www.RedmondOrchestras.org
Email: [email protected]
Nancy McKay &
Redmond Region Orchestra Boosters is a 501(c)3
organization. Donations are tax-deductible to the full
extent of the law.
School(s)
Olga Dolgaya
Redmond Junior High
Dickinson Elementary
Einstein Elementary
Wilder Elementary
Rosa Parks Elementary
Mann Elementary
Redmond Elementary
Rockwell Elementary
RROB Official Business
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Mark your calendar for the next RROB Meeting—
MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 7:30 pm in the RHS Choir
Room. We’ll be discussing upcoming fundraisers and
orchestra events.
The RROB web site has a brand new look! We’ve
updated it with info and photos from past events and
schedules for the year ahead. Check it out at
www.RedmondOrchestras.org.
Special thanks to our Scholarship Committee members who awarded a total of $3,100 in scholarships to
11 students who are participating in the orchestra
trip to Disneyland.
Many thanks to our parent volunteers, who have coordinated post-concert refreshments at all three
schools and have chaperoned at music festivals. We
depend on you!
RROB Finances: Balance as of 11/15/10
$2,580.45.
www.cosmoscaramelcorn.com
“WOW, what IS this stuff!?”
“They just melt in your mouth…”
“Hands off! Get your own bag!”
Cosmos Caramel Corn. It’s not popcorn.
It's gourmet oven baked corn—better
because there are no hulls or kernels— tastier, too.
A huge THANK YOU to all who ordered Cosmos Caramel
Corn from RHS Orchestra students last month. Your
orders are scheduled for delivery before winter break.
For those of you who can’t wait or missed the ordering
deadline, the RROB will be selling more Cosmos Caramel
Corn at both RHS December concerts: on December 7th
and 8th.
Cosmos Caramel Corn makes a great stocking stuffer!
Take this opportunity to stock up!