OK, it's what you''ve been waiting for - the famous and wonderful TRY-IT-OUT clinics! Here's when YOU can come and work with our great Tigard Marching Band staff members to see what you can do next Fall:
Percussion Clinics (THS Band area)
Tuesday May 31, 5-8pm
WEDNESDAYJune 8, 4-7pm
Guard Clinics (THS Cafeteria)
Monday June 13, 4-7pm
Tuesday June 14, 4-7pm
Horn Clinics (THS Band area)
Tuesday May 31, 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Tuesday June 7, 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Already committed to Marching Band? Excellent - we'll see you there! Not sure, but curious? Yay! Come on over and see what it's all about - we think you'll want to stay!
Hey folks - it's time to make your intentions known! Your Fall MB design staff will be meeting this Wednesday to work on plans for the upcoming season, so we need YOU to add your name to the MB Signup Sheets in the Band Room! We have some really excited incoming freshmen, and even a couple of 8th graders who will be joining us, so make sure YOUR name is on the list! (And if you have musical friends you can persuade to join, please do so!) The sooner we know what our numbers are, the sooner we can get things together for you!
It's time for the big Tigard Band MANDATORY MEETING!
Yes friends, every year in May we get together and get all the great information about what will be happening in the world of THS Band for the coming months - and that time is NOW! We're talking about Concert, Symphonic, Wind Ensemble, Jazz, Marching, Winter Guard, Winter Drumline - every single band entity at good ol' Tigard High.
And what will we discuss?
Band classes!
Concerts!
Balloon Festival (coming up in June!)
Tualatin Crawfish Festival (July!)
The Famous THS Band Garage Sale (August!)
Patreon (all the time!)
Band Camp!
Football Pep!
Marching shows!
Night of the Livin' Blues!
Macy's Day-After-Thanksgiving Parade!
Basketball Pep!
Craft Fair (December!)
And so much more...
Wednesday May 18, 7pm, at Tigard High. Bring your parents, bring your friends who would be great in band, and bring yourself. See you then!
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Why Newberg is Important to Me
Newberg holds a special place in my heart. Although I have not lived there since 1977, I am a proud Newberg High School graduate. It was at NHS that band director Dick Elliot gave me the confidence to become a life-long percussionist, and choir director George White helped me develop the singing voice that led to my participation in the Portland Symphonic Choir, the chorus of the Oregon Symphony. Social studies teachers Dan Lever and Ed Wiesehan instilled in me the understanding that the names and dates of events are such a small part of learning about history – they helped their students see the how and the why, and led us to discernment and interpretation, essential components of critical thinking. And for me, the influence of these four educators and several others at Newberg High helped me to decide to pursue a career in education.
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Newberg is where I met the man I married, introduced by a friend in the lobby of Pennington Hall at George Fox College (now University). Newberg is where both of my daughters moved for their own post-secondary experience, each graduating from Fox. I have many dear friends in Newberg, including those in my faith community. Newberg is where my parents-in-law retired, living the final years of their lives at the aging-in-place community at Friendsview.
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Newberg is a town of 25,000+ in the heart of Oregon Wine Country, with both small-town shops like Chapters Books & Coffee and suburban-type businesses including Fred Meyer. Community events include the 1st Friday Artwalk, Wednesday (evening) Market, the Summer Concert Series at the Chehalem Cultural Center, the yearly Old Fashioned Festival, and much more. Newberg is one of my favorite towns, for so many reasons.
