Dear IA Band and Orchestra Parents and Students,

We are 48 hours away from our first performance at MSBOA Band and Orchestra Festival! Consider this our formal invitation to join us at this great event. If you have never attended a Band or Orchestra Festival this is a great chance for you to hear multiple schools perform at the highest level. We perform better when we have a full hall and you could help us to achieve a higher rating by filling the Waterford Kettering concert hall for our musicians!!

Details about this Thursday:

-The bus to festival LEAVES IA for Waterford Kettering at 7:45am. Please plan accordingly. We load busses at 7:30am. If you miss the bus, you are expected to meet us at Waterford Kettering no later then 8:15am.
-The Music Boosters will provide food and drink for all musicians.
-Performance times for the day are as follows:

9:25 String Orchestra
10:00 Concert Band
11:00 Symphony Orchestra
1:30 Symphony Band

-Students will return to IA at approximately 3pm however, if you attend festival you may check out with a chaperone after the Symphony Band’s performance.

-If you are chaperoning this trip our would like to help out the day of, please arive to IA at 7:15 for our pre-trip meeting! Thank you for joining us!!!

A few more details:

When students arrive at Waterford Kettering, they should report to the coatroom to drop off the instruments. Waterford schools are in-session and the participants of the festival are to either be in the coat room or watching performances when they are not performing. The members of the ensemble and parents should go and watch all performances with GOOD CONCERT manners. The students are representing International Academy at all times and need to remember that. NO CELL PHONES ON MUSICIANS DURING FESTIVAL DAY. Students will adhere to all MSBOA Officials. If a student is found in violation of the above guidelines, they will loose credit for the performance and serve detention time.

Thank you for your help and I hope you will join us!! I have also attached the master schedule for the day below.

8:30 AM
JBD
Bloomfield Hills West Hills MS
West Hills 7th and 8th Grade B
Ambrose
648
8:55 AM

conference (5 minutes)

9:00 AM
SSD
Bloomfield Hills Andover HS
Andover Philharmonic Orchestra
Reed
639
9:25 AM
SSD
Blfld Hills International Acad
String Orchestra
Wolf
632
9:50 AM

conference (10 minutes)

10:00 AM
SBD
Blfld Hills International Acad
Concert Band
LaNoue
757
10:25 AM

conference (5 minutes)

10:30 AM
SSD
Waterford Kettering HS
Philharmonic Orchestra
Beard
794
10:55 AM

conference (5 minutes)

11:00 AM
SOC
Blfld Hills International Acad
Symphony Orchestra
Wolf
631
11:25 AM

conference (5 minutes)

11:30 AM
SOB
Bloomfield Hills Andover HS
Andover Symphony Orchestra
Reed
637
12:00 PM

conference (5 minutes)

12:05 PM
SSC
Waterford Kettering HS
Symphony Orchestra
Beard
790
12:30 PM

lunch (60 minutes)

1:30 PM
SBC
Blfld Hills International Acad
Symphonic Band
LaNoue
758
1:55 PM

conference (5 minutes)

2:00 PM
SBB
Waterford Mott HS
Concert Ensemble
Philipp
326
2:30 PM

conference (5 minutes)

2:35 PM
SSB
Walled Lake Central HS
Philharmonia Strings
Tigges
789
3:05 PM

conference (5 minutes)

3:10 PM
SSA
Waterford Kettering HS
Chamber Orchestra
Beard
708
3:40 PM

conference (5 minutes)

3:45 PM
SBAA
Waterford Mott HS
Symphony Band
Philipp
327
4:15 PM

conference (5 minutes)

4:20 PM
SOAA
Walled Lake Central HS
Symphony Orchestra
Tigges
788
4:50 PM

conference (5 minutes)

4:55 PM
SSAA
Waterford Mott HS
Chamber Orchestra
Karpinsky
765