All District Jazz Band Results

Dear HC Band Family,   First, I would like to thank all of the people that helped us run the first All-District Jazz Band Audition for our district.  Mr. Bayerle and I are grateful for all of the wonderful support from our program to give our district these kinds of new and exciting opportunities.

Thanks to the following parent volunteers who worked last night!  I couldn’t have done this without you: Pam Cox, Cathy Doll, Joni Piper, Angie Parrish, Bill Smith, Tom Bensberg, Kathy Edwards, Russell Edwards, John Alcorn, Michelle Alcorn (hospitality), Karen Rardin (hospitality)

Also, a BIG thanks goes out to the dedicated students who set up and cleaned up rooms and helped students locate their audition rooms last night!  Elise Edwards, Kristine Grossman, Bangaly Savane, Nick Morris, Valerie Varble

Finally, it was another extremely competitive audition in various sections and I’m proud of our students regardless of the result of the judges. 

Congratulations to the following HC band students for being selected to the 2012 District 7 All-District Jazz Ensemble!

Nathan Bush- Lead Alto Saxophone
Paris Crosby- Baritone Saxophone
Clay Cox- Trombone 3
Bram Dutch- Bass

As you know, there is very limited instrumentation in the jazz band so congrats again to these students!

The all-district jazz weekend will be Thursday, March 8 through Saturday, March 10 at Henry Clay HS.  Ron Carter, Lincoln Center Jazz and Northern Illinois University, is the guest conductor for the band!

Ron is coming to Lexington on Wed. March 7 (1 day early) to work with the EJ Hayes MS Jazz Band and our HC Jazz Ensemble.  We have some great opportunities this spring!

Thanks again.  Sincerely,  Bill Kite  william.kite@fayette.kyschools.us  Director of Bands  Henry Clay High School

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Ellington Recordings

Dear HC Jazz Family,  For anyone interested, you can access all Duke Ellington pieces and original recordings that HCJE will be performing at:  http://jalc.org/jazzED/ee/f_repertoire.asp

We will perform:  Swinging the Blues (again :-) , In a Mellow Tone, Riding on a Blue Note, Tippin on the QT

I’m also creating a reference listening play list of concert repertoire for those interested.

Thanks,  Bill Kite  william.kite@fayette.kyschools.us  Director of Bands  Henry Clay High School

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Pep Band and other IMPORTANT INFO

Dear Band Family,  First I want to congratulate all of the All State students on a remarkable week last week and some outstanding concerts on Friday and Saturday!  The All State Bands continue to amaze me year in and year out and I appreciate the hard work, professionalism, and behavior of our students at the annual KMEA conference.  I certainly hope it was an enjoyable experience for all!

Please continue to stay current on the band calendar for this spring online as we are entering a busy stretch that will carry us to the end of the year.  I received the following information concerning district basketball games just a couple of hours ago:

Below is the schedule for the district basketball tournament at HC: 

Tuesday, February 21st  6:00 (girls) HC vs Scott County 

Wednesday, February 22nd    8:00 (boys) HC vs Bryan Station

 Friday, February 24th    6:00 (girls)  8:00 (boys)

Mr. Bayerle will release Pep Band assignments tomorrow.  Pep Band A will play Tuesday and Pep Band B will play Wednesday next week.  We will continue the rotation on Friday and into the Regional and State Tournament rounds.  Every student is required to participate in pep band as one of our duties is to support the school community at the home football games and tournament basketball games. 

Also, I still need a few parents to help us run the All-District Audition Jazz audition next Thursday evening Feb. 23rd. If you could be here around 5:00 PM that would be a tremendous help.

Currently, I have the following volunteers and need roughly 6 more:  Russell Edwards, Kathy Edwards, Tom Bensberg, Angie Parrish, Bill Smith, Debbie Varble

Please let me know if you are able to help.

Thanks to all for your support and effort!  It takes a family effort to run the program.   Sincerely,  Bill Kite   william.kite@fayette.kyschools.us  Director of Bands  Henry Clay High School

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Help Needed 2/23 and Spring Calendar!

 Dear Band Family,  I am writing to ask for parent help on the night of Thursday, February 23rd.  I have taken on the task of organizing an All-District Jazz Ensemble for the first time in this region in 20 years.  I need 12 parent volunteers (prefereably whose children are not auditioning) to help me monitor and run the operation that evening.  The audition process will start around 5:00 PM.  If you are available to help, I would love to put down the first 12 folks to respond!  Thank you for your consideration!

Also, I have updated the spring 2012 online calendar to include dates for the following:

Drum Line Trainings   

Color Guard Trainings 

Drum Major Trainings  

Leadership Interviews 

Senior Cookout

Please review all information for interested participants!  We have an exciting spring planned and are looking forward to it!

Sincerely,  Bill Kite  william.kite@fayette.kyschools.us   Director of Bands Henry Clay High School

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Jazz All Stars of Central KY

Dear Jazz Families,  I wanted to pass along a GREAT opportunity for those who may be interested!  Please check out the JACK flyer link below and submit all audition material by Feb. 15John Fedchock is the guest artist and is a world renowned jazz musician and teacher! 

I hope you will take advantage of this wonderful opportunity!

Sincerely,  Bill Kite  william.kite@fayette.kyschools.us  Director of Bands  Henry Clay High School

JACK Flyer 2012

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Weather and Zero Hour- IMPORTANT INFO!

Dear Band Family,  I wanted to pass along some important information pertaining to zero hour classes and weather.  Mr. Nochta recently forwarded me the district policy on zero hour classes and in the case of a 1 or 2 hour delay, zero hour classes WILL still meet, but will do so an hour or two later.

1 hour delay:  Jazz/Lab Band will begin at 8:30 AM
2 hour delay:  Jazz/Lab Band will begin at 9:30 AM

This is a change from previous years so please make note of it and feel free to contact me with any questions.  Zero hour is obviously cancelled when school is cancelled :-)

Follow us on Twitter @henryclayband for real time instant weather information concering HC Band activities.  Thanks!

Sincerely,  Bill Kite  william.kite@fayette.kyschools.us  Director of Bands   Henry Clay High School

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Mistake on Jazz Final Handout

Dear Jazz Families,  A student caught a mistake I made on the Jazz Ensemble Final Handout.  I had a senior moment and wrote the wrong key transposition for altos and bari on the Jazz Ensemble Handout.

Each student is writing a solo out in concert G.  For altos and bari, they are playing in their key of E.

Sorry for the confusion.  I’ve heard some very creative solos already!  Keep up the good work!

Sincerely,  Bill Kite  Director of Bands  Henry Clay High School   william.kite@fayette.kyschools.us

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Jazz All Stars of Central Kentucky

Please see 12/13/11 e-mail on this topic and check out this GREAT opportunity with guest artist John Fedchock!  Applications are due by Feb. 15.

Sincerely,  Bill Kite  Director of Bands  Henry Clay High School  william.kite@fayette.kyschools.us

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All-State Jazz Results, Stadium Seat Thanks

Dear Band Families,  First of all, THANKS to all who helped at the Stadium today!  Your work and effort is extremely valuable to the band program!  I continue to be amazed at the strength of the HC Band program!  A big thank you to the Smith family for organizing and coordinating this project!

Mr. Bayerle and I just returned from the All-State Jazz Audition a short time ago and I just learned that Jeffrey Doll has been selected to the 2011-12 Kentucky All-State Jazz Ensemble.  A BIG CONGRATULATIONS to Jeffrey!  Jeffrey is the first HC student to be selected to an All-State ensemble this year and will play 4th part with this outstanding band at the KMEA Conference in February! 

This was a very competitive audition today and I am very proud of each of the HC Band members who prepared and traveled to take this audition!  Each student represented HC very well!

Thanks again to everyone for your work and effort in supporting the program!  Take time to congratulate Jeffrey!

Sincerely,  Bill Kite  Director of Bands  Henry Clay High School  william.kite@fayette.kyschools.us

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Henry Clay Lab Band Final

Dear Henry Clay Lab Band,  THe Lab Band final instructions are below.

Thanks,   Jeff Bayerle     Henry Clay High School Band Program  Lab Band Final Exam: Fall 2011

**This final is for the students in Lab Band only( the group that only meets Tuesday/Thursday)**

 Playing Exam (100 points):  All Students will need to sign up for a time to play the Following items:

         Concert Bb scales from memory (Extra Credit will be given for playing multiple octaves.)

         Concert F Blues Scale from memory (Extra Credit will be given for playing multiple octaves)

         Concert F Blues Progression — Playing the outline of each chord (1-3-5-7)

 Written Exam (100 points):  All students will be prepared to successfully write out a 12 bar Concert F Blues and Concert Bb Blues chord progression in their playing  pitch using the following form: I- IV- I- I- IV- IV- I- I- ii- V- I- I on staff paper. Students must correctly notate the chord symbols with the appropriate 7th scale degree alterations and minor 3rd on the ii chord as illustrated and discussed in class.

 **Students will need to SIGN UP for a final exam time on the schedule posted on Mr. Kite’s door. They MUST perform their final exams between 7:30-8:20 A.M. on Wednesday, December 14th, Thursday, December 15th, or Friday, December 16th

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