Sunday
Wind Ensemble to Mid Valley League Band Competition April 11th!
The Wind Ensemble prepares for their next event Thursday, March 11th at Silverton High School participating the Mid Valley League Band Competition. Students will leave at 7:45 a.m. and return to CHS at 4:30pm. Best wishes to our dedicated Wind Ensemble and Mrs. Stevens!
Tuesday
Papa's Pizza Fundraiser
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013!
Wednesday, March 13th is our Papa's Pizza Fundraiser! Please print out the flyer below and present when placing your order!Fundraiser Bucks are available for purchase for use anytime or to use as future gifts!
Event is all day!
Come out for lunch or dinner and bring a friend and your appetite!
Thank you for supporting the Corvallis Band Program!
Wednesday
Friday
Monday
Pastini Fundraiser
Monday and Tuesday, October 15 & 16!
Please come out and support the Friends of CHS Band fundraiser on the above dates at Pastini Pastaria on the Corner of
Garfield & 9th Streets in Corvallis.
Lunch & Dinner are eligible, as well as take out orders.
Just mention you are there for Corvallis High Bands
and Pastini's will contribute 50% of your net purchase!
Thanks for supporting Friends of CHS Band!
Wednesday
Tuesday
Monday
Corvallis High School
Marching Band Camp 2012
Marching Band Camp 2012
Dates and Times:
August 23rd: 8 - 9:30 a.m.
Freshmen and New Band Members
August 23rd: 9:30 - 1pm
Everyone
August 24th: 8:30 - 12:30pm
Everyone
August 28th: 6:30 - 8:30pm
Everyone
Students need to go to the Corvallis Band Program website
and download music to bring with them to
Marching Band Camp:
Friday
VALLEY
YOUTH SUMMER BAND CAMP
HAS BEEN
CANCELLED
FOR
2012
Sadly Valley Band Camp for the 2012 session has been cancelled due to a shortfall of registrations. We must have a minumum number of students in each section to create a balanced and well-rounded sound. Our sincere apologies to the students who had chosen to participate in this beneficial summer experience. A special note of thanks to Rob Birdwell, who graciously agreed to Direct this year's camp. We wish to thank our performance venues who continue to support Valley Youth Summer Band Camp:
Corvallis Saturday Farmer's Market
Corvallis Parks and Recreation
OSU Kid's Spirit at the OSU Quad
Benton County Fair
Corvallis School District 509J
Corvallis School District 509J
Thursday
2012 All-National Honor Band
The National Association for Music Education has announced winners of auditions for placement in the High School All-National Honor Band for 2011-12. Corvallis High School is pleased to announce that McKenzie Huso, a Junior at CHS and a tuba player in our Wind Ensemble has been selected to partcipate in the 2012 All-National Honor Band. The event will be held June 21-24th in Washington, D.C. with the finale performance at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Congratulations, McKenzie!
Wednesday
2012 Pep Band Performance Schedule
Friday, January 6 vs. CV Boys *Mandatory Attendance
Friday, January 13 vs. West Albany Girls
Friday, January 13 vs. West Albany Girls
Tuesday, January 17 vs. Dallas Boys
Tuesday, January 24 vs. Silverton Boys
Friday, January 27 vs. Woodburn Boys
Wednesday, February 1 vs. CV Girls
Friday, February 3 vs. South Albany Girls
Tuesday, February 7 vs. West Albany Boys
Friday, February 17 vs. Silverton Girls
All Call Times are at 6:20 p.m. in the band room. Please wear the 2012 Pep Band T-Shirts, available in the band room ($8.00). We will look uniform and easy to identify at the door for free admission to all the games. It is recommended that you bring a water bottle with you at all times. Enjoy and let the school spirit soar! GO SPARTANS!!!
**All band members are asked to participate in six of the ten games. The Boys game against CV is a Mandatory Attendance Game. At this game we will hold the CHS Annual Band Alumni event. Please sign up for five or more games on the sheets located in the band room. You may participate in more than six games if you wish. Please sign up and let us know you are coming. We will work around all the other activities and events happening in our school and community. Please see Mrs. Stevens if you have questions.
Monday
Winter Concert - December 15th!
Thursday, December 15th is the Winter Concert performance for the Corvallis High Bands. Plan for a break from the holiday bustle and enjoy the music of our talented and dedicated musicians in the Corvallis High Auditorium. The concert begins at 7pm. Our students will lighten and uplift your December spirit. Holiday calendars get so very busy, please be sure to add this joyous evening of inspirational music to yours!
Friday
SPARTANS vs. Wilsonville Wildcats
Round 1 of the OSAA Playoffs
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH @ 7PM
Crowds will once again flock to Spartan Stadium Friday Evening as the Boys Varsity football team advances to the next level of the OSAA Playoffs - Round 1!
Our pep band will be sitting this game out and our CHS D R U M L I N E will provide the pep support to charge the stadium and declare it a "groove" zone! The crowd in attendance at last week's victory over Churchill was really into our DRUMLINE's performance....DRUMLINE: we appreciate your efforts! Your hard work was evident in your halftime show!
Thanks for supporting our Spartans for this week's game!
Spartans have the home field advantage for Round 1, but the Wildcats enter Spartan Stadium with a 8-2 record, with losses only to #1 ranked Sherwood and #6 ranked Lebanon. Look for another evening of intense high school football action. Be looking for another dose of Spartan Magic compliments of our faithful Spartan athletes!
Monday
Students and their families are encouraged to review our updated concert dress attire policy (below). Thank you, Mrs. Stevens for outlining so clearly what students and parents need to know!
Concert Band and Symphonic Band:
All Black Pants, All Black LONG SLEEVE shirt, dress sweater or bouse that is 3/4 length is OK. Please no skirts for the ladies. the ensembles will be much more uniform with members in slacks. All black shoes and socks. Dress sandals are fine if worn with black nylons. No flip flops please. Please no sneakers with any white or other color on them. Soles of the sneakers should be black as well. Please plan ahead!!!
Wind Ensemble:
Ladies will continue to wear the long black dress from Cousins Formal wear. Men will continue to wear a full tux with white tux shirt. The group is looking into stud buttons and a bow tie which will incorporate a school color.
Black shoes and socks for all players. Dress sandals are fine as long as they are worn with black nylons. Please no flip flops, this is a formal concert setting! No sneakers please for this ensemble.
Percussion of the Wind Ensemble:
All Percussion, and only the percussion; all players will wear slacks, black shoes and socks. No sandals in this section of the ensemble. Additional information will be available soon for the remainder of the attire. Prices are being obtained for black shirts appropriate for percussion players, formal vests and accessories to formalize and blend these players with the remainder of the Wind Ensemble.
Thank you to everyone for their help and understanding as we make these Concert Attire changes for this year.
Respectfully,
Marcia Stevens
Director
Corvallis High Bands
Wednesday
CHS Hosts Churchill November 4th!!!
The Spartans host the play-in vs. the Churchill Lancers this Friday evening, November 4th. The drumline will perform the half-time show. Band members have been asked to come and provide pep support for the team. This will likely be our last pep football obligation. Band members are encouraged to dress warmly, brings lots of energy as we cheer our team on!!!
Call time is 6:15 for band members
Call time is 5:45 for drumline members
A little background on our opponent the Churchill Lancers! They are from the 5A Midwestern League, Eugene is their hometown. They finished in 2nd place in 2010, with a 6-4 conference record. Their coach, Darrell Mehl is in his 8th season of coaching at Churchill. The Lancers have been in the state playoffs for each of the past five years. Last year they reached the second playoff round and were defeated by CV 64-33! Notable players include: Mitch Reese their quarterback....who has been quite successful with a play known as the backside post. Aaron Ingram an all-league selection last season, Colin Smith on offense and special teams standout...Josh Han! They finished 4th in league this season and you can bet our Spartans will be ready to play championship football!!!
Tuesday
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