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

Thank You for your continued support and hope to see you in Summer, 2013.

VYSBC to begin Monday, July 23rd!

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!
 

2012 Pep Band Performance Schedule

Friday, January 6 vs. CV Boys *Mandatory Attendance

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.

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! 

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!

Concert Dress Attire 2011-2012 


 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 

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!!!

Spartan Varsity Thursday Night Football

Corvallis vs. Silverton @ Silverton High School!

Come on out and bring your school spirit!

CORVALLIS HIGH BANDS

AND THEIR FAMILIES:

PLEASE NOTE:

NO BAND CONCERT FOR

MONDAY, OCTOBER 10th!

  

SPARTAN SHUTOUT #2!

STARTLE WOODBURN

35 - 0 ! ! !

KEEP IT GOING, SPARTS!

NEXT FRIDAY VS. WOODBURN @ WOODBURN!  

 Spartans vs. Dallas Friday Night - Be There!

Please join us in Spartan Stadium this coming Friday evening, September 30th. The Corvallis High  Varsity football team will play Dallas with a 7pm kickoff. Our Corvallis High Marching Band will perform their halftime show for the second time this season. You won't want to miss it! Call time for marching band members is 5:45pm. A special thank you to Mrs. Stevens, Emma, Rose and  Leif for their combined efforts in putting this performance together for Spartan Nation. We love our band!

Marching Band Camp is Here!

Welcome to 2011-2012 Marching Band camp!

Camp dates are Thursday and Friday, August 25th and 26th and

August 29th - September 1.

You will need a water bottle and comfortable clothes, especially shoes.

Please, no flip-flops!

NOW is a great opportunity to prepare to play...!

Please take a moment to ensure your instrument is in good working order

and locate all your necessary instrument gear.

Mrs. Stevens and the 2011/12 student directors have planned a great camp,

so please pass the word, so we can have as many band students as possible attending!

This is a great opportunity for all three of the CHS bands to join together

for focused practice, without school being in session!

BAND TOGETHER SPARTA NATION!!!

 

   

FRIENDS OF CHS BAND

FRIENDS OF CHS BAND

CONGRATS TO OUR 2011 GRADS!!!

Katherine Alexander

Jonathan Amsberry

Heather Brown

Nathan Christopher

Dana Gonzales

Kahlie Haney

Stephanie Hao

Annie Hsieh

Scott Hubert

Faye Jones

Joseph Kleinhenz

Samantha McInally

Jason Mock

Emily Schroff

Emily Smith

Nathaniel Vallancey-Martinson

Nick Widmer

RETIREMENT POTLUCK
FRIDAY, JUNE 17TH
COME JOIN IN A TIME OF BITTERSWEET CELEBRATION
BRING ALONG YOUR FAVORITE MEMORY TO SHARE!

 SPRING AWARDS CONCERT

JUST A REMINDER TO MARK YOUR

CALENDARS FOR

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1ST 

FOR THE ANNUAL

SPRING AWARDS CONCERT

TO BE HELD  7 - 9 PM!

 

JAZZ BAND CONCERT CANCELLED

Blue Tones Jazz Concert

scheduled for Wednesday evening

April 27th

7-9pm

has been cancelled!

SPRING BAND CONCERT

FEATURING

THE CHS WIND ENSEMBLE

& SYMPHONIC BAND

THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 3RD

7PM
Band members to arrive by 6:30pm!
All band students need to remain following performances
to "strike the set" as there 
is no school on Friday, March 4.

PLEASE SUPPORT OUR TALENTED

MUSICIANS BY YOUR ATTENDANCE!