Homecoming Reminders!

-Please Remember to drop off any food/water donations for Friday at the Band Room or Front Office on Thursday.  Thank You!  

-There are still several openings for uniform collection on Friday.  The more help we have the faster it goes!  Click Here to see how you can help and sign-up!

-Below is the itinerary for Friday that was sent out in a previous email

Have a Great Day!

kw

Friday September 30 Homecoming Parade and Game Day  Itinerary

Homecoming is one of our busiest days!  We will be performing for the Pep Assembly during the school day, Calapalooza on our way to the parade, the parade and the game!  We are going to need some food donations and volunteers to make this busy day awesome for our kids! Click Here to see how you can help and sign-up! - (Note: Please drop off any food donations by Thursday either at the band room or the Main entrance office of the school)

2:36pm - School Releases - Snacks/water available in band room

2:45pm - Uniform Room Opens

3:30pm - RTP (ready to play)  in Full Uniform - Line Up and March to Calapalooza

3:55pm - Calapalooza Performance

4:10pm - March to Parade Staging/Break - Water and Snacks available

5:00pm- Homecoming Parade

5:45pm - Dinner (Pizza at Track/in bleachers)

6:52pm- Pregame Performance

7:00pm - Kick-Off

9:15pm - Approximate game ending/Return to Band Room

9:30pm - Approximate Arrival at Band Room/Change

9:45pm - Approximate Pick-Up Time

Note: Calapalooza is a Caledonia Education Foundation (CEF) fundraiser…The CEF has supported the bands with funds for Instruments and equipment many times throughout the years.  Please consider supporting Calapalooza as part of your homecoming day!

Grandville Invitational Itinerary - Oct 8

Here is the travel and performance itinerary for our Saturday October 8 performance at the Grandville Marching Band Invitational.

We will need volunteers for this event.  Click Here to see how you can help and sign-up

Itinerary:

2:30pm - Band Room Opens

3:00pm - Arrive at CHS for Rehearsal/Warm-up

4:30pm - Load Semi/Eat/Change into Uniform

5:30pm - Depart Caledonia HS for Grandville

6:00pm - Arrive at Granville High School

6:45pm - Warm-Up

7:15pm - Leave Warm-Up

7:30pm - PERFORM

7:45pm - Return to Semi - Load Equipment

8:15pm - Return to Stands Watch remaining bands

9:30pm - Awards

10:00pm - Depart Grandville for CHS

10:30pm - Arrive at CHS/Unload/Change/Get Picked up

Food:

Please bring  your own dinner to eat prior to departure.  We will have snacks available, but these should not be considered a meal.

Uniform:

Full Uniform.  Remember tall back socks, athletic shorts/leggings and Show Shirt.  Also please make sure that your marching shoes are clean, and if necessary, polished.

Spectator Tickets/Map:

Spectators are welcome and encouraged! Click Here for a Map to Grandville HS. Tickets are available at the gate. Admission is $8.00 for adults, $6.00 for Senior Citizens and Students 6 and older, children 5 and under are free. A family rate ticket is $24.00 for two adults and immediate children. Programs are $3.00.

16 Bands are competing and it is going to be a great day for everyone!

Invitational and Performance Information

The Marching Band is  getting ready for a busy month of October!  We have not yet received all of our final performance times yet, however, I do now have a general idea of timeframes for each day.

As soon as I receive final confirmation of each performance time/bus reservations/etc I will add it to the Charms Calendar along with a detailed itinerary for each day.  This information will also be emailed/texted to you as well.

October 8 - Grandville Invitational - Perform 7:30pm (approximate  timeframe 3-10:30pm) - 

October 11 - MSBOA District Marching Festival at East Kentwood - Evening (best guess on timeframe 5-9:30)

October 15 - Allendale Invitational - Best Guess on Timeframe Morning-Early afternoon

October 22 - Jenison Invitational - Best Guess on Timeframe Morning - Early afternoon.

The students have been working very hard and we are excited to present our show in a competitive setting so we can receive feedback from judges on how to improve in the future!

Announcements Week of September 26

Dear Marching Band Families,

Here are your Marching Band Announcements for the week of September 26.

This Week: 

-Rehearsal Monday evening (September 26) from 6pm-8pm

-Homecoming Parade and Game! Friday September 30 (see details below)

-Remember to check the Calendar regularly!  Click Here and bookmark or Sync it!

Friday September 30 Homecoming Parade and Game Day  Itinerary

Homecoming is one of our busiest days!  We will be performing for the Pep Assembly during the school day, Calapalooza on our way to the parade, the parade and the game!  We are going to need some food donations and volunteers to make this busy day awesome for our kids! Click Here to see how you can help and sign-up! - (Note: Please drop off any food donations by Thursday either at the band room or the Main entrance office of the school)

2:36pm - School Releases - Snacks/water available in band room

2:45pm - Uniform Room Opens

3:30pm - RTP (ready to play)  in Full Uniform - Line Up and March to Calapalooza

3:55pm - Calapalooza Performance

4:10pm - March to Parade Staging/Break - Water and Snacks available

5:00pm- Homecoming Parade

5:45pm - Dinner (Pizza at Track/in bleachers)

6:52pm- Pregame Performance

7:00pm - Kick-Off

9:15pm - Approximate game ending/Return to Band Room

9:30pm - Approximate Arrival at Band Room/Change

9:45pm - Approximate Pick-Up Time

Note: Calapalooza is a Caledonia Education Foundation (CEF) fundraiser…The CEF has supported the bands with funds for Instruments and equipment many times throughout the years.  Please consider supporting Calapalooza as part of your homecoming day!

Thank You!

Thank you to ALL of our Band Students today for their patience as we figured out the uniforms, had pictures and worked our way through lots of small logistical items for the season.  

Also on behalf of all our band members I want to send a HUGE Thank you to everyone who helped us out today.  From uniforms to building and painting and everything in between, we could NOT do what we do without your support.  

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Saturday Reminder

Dear Marching Band Families,

Reminder for Saturday, September 24, 2022

Remember to Bring: Your Marching Shoes, Tall Black Socks, Athletic Shorts or Leggings, Show Shirt, and your gloves (If you didn’t pick them up they are with your shako in the uniform room)

ITINERARY:

11:30am - Students Meet in Band Room for training in uniform care/maintenance/wearing. Colorguard will use this time for rehearsal and equipment training

12:00pm - Change into uniforms

12:15pm - Uniform Inspections to make sure everything fits and nothing needs to be refit, etc and Pictures/rehearsal.  (individual/section/full group, ordering info will be emailed)

2:45pm - Parent Performance! (at our  practice field)

3:00pm - Approximate Return to Band Room to return uniforms

3:15pm - Approximate Pick-Up Time

We are still in need of uniform help for Saturday.  The more help we have for collection the faster everyone can go home. Click Here if you can help

Thanks and have a great day!

Kyel Wellfare

Director of Bands

Caleodnia High School

Email: wellfarek@calschools.org

Volunteers Saturday

We are in need of uniform volunteers for Saturday for distribution and collection.

Click Here if you can help

The biggest need will be for collection.  We inspect each uniform to make sure they are hung correctly by the students and put back in the correct place.  (This process is the reason our old uniforms lasted 18 years, so we know it works!)

Thank You!

Announcements Week of September 19

Here are your Marching Band Announcements for the week of September 19.

This Week: 

-Final Uniform Fittings Monday September 19 5pm

-Rehearsal Monday evening (September 19) from 6pm-8pm

-Performance Week! Saturday September 24 (see details below)

-Pit Crew parent Volunteer work morning September 24 (further details shortly)

-We have started to get preliminary schedules for the invitationals in October.  I will send a separate email early this week with “tentative” time frames.  Once we receive final confirmation of performance times I will send a detailed schedule for each event.

-THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS VOLUNTEERED SO FAR THIS SEASON!  Running a Marching Band program is a monumental task that would not be possible without the support of our amazing parents and volunteers!

-Remember to check the Calendar regularly!  Click Here and bookmark or Sync it!

Saturday September 24 Info and Itinerary

Due to Lack of Bands signing up Kenowa Hills has canceled their invitational.  We are still going to use this day for a few very important things. 1)Uniform instruction and “test run”  2)Rehearse in uniform to get a feel for what it will be like 3)Pictures 4) A parent performance and official uniform unveiling!  This will be a much shorter day than an invitational normally would be, but will be just as (if not more) important!

We will need volunteers for this day.  Once I speak with our committee heads I will send a sign-up

11:30am - Students Meet in Band Room for training in uniform care/maintenance/wearing. Colorguard will use this time for rehearsal and equipment training

12:00pm - Change into uniforms

12:15pm - Uniform Inspections to make sure everything fits and nothing needs to be refit, etc and Pictures/rehearsal.  (individual/section/full group, ordering info will be emailed)

2:45pm - Parent Performance! (location TBD - but most likely our practice field)

3:00pm - Approximate Return to Band Room to return uniforms

3:15pm - Approximate Pick-Up Time

Does anyone have a Drone that can take Video/Pictures?  We would love to get some video and photos from above the band on Saturday.  Watching a performance in uniform will be an important teaching tool leading up to our performance schedule in October.  Email Mr. Wellfare at wellfarek@calschools.org if you can help with this.

Have a great week!

Kyle Wellfare

Director of Bands

Caledonia High School

Email: wellfarek@calschools.org

Uniform Update/Final Fitting Time

WOW! Thanks to our AMAZING parent volunteers we were able to fit everyone who came to fittings the past two days!  We only have 9 more students to fit!

Our final fitting time will be MONDAY, SEPT 19 at 5PM.  This is before our regularly scheduled practice which starts at 6.  If you have not yet been fitted PLEASE make this timeframe work!

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You to our volunteers who take time out of their busy schedules (Today OR at any time) to serve our band students.  The Directors could not do this without your help and there is no way to Thank You all enough for what you do for our students!

Important Details for Fittings

Apologies for so many emails!  When it rains it pours……

For Fittings students need to wear the following:

-Marching Shoes

-Loose Athletic Style Shorts or leggings 

-If you have long hair - supplies for putting your hair up

You must have these items for us to properly fit you.  Please remember to bring them to school with you if you plan on getting fit on Friday.

Our team of volunteers will be taking measurements of each student so we can fit them for pants, jackets and hats.. If you as a parent, or your student, are uncomfortable with the process of taking measurements please let me know right away.  We will need to make arrangements with you to have correct and accurate measurements taken so that we can fit your student.

Uniform Fitting Times

Here is some information for uniform fittings.  Again, we would like to get as many students as possible fitted on Friday and on Saturday.

Friday - If you are staying after school for the game or can come early to get fitted we will be starting fittings at 4 and will do as many as we can until 5:15.

Saturday - Volunteers arrive at 9am

Fitting Times:

9:30 - Flutes, Clarinets, Saxes, Low Woodwinds (Bari and Tenor sax, bass clarinets)

10:30 - Mellophones, Trumpets, Trombones, Baritones

11:15 - Tubas Percussion

Q: What if i’m not free at the time listed for my section? A: Just come when you can before Noon.

The more we can get done this weekend the easier next week will be for everyone.

VOLUNTEERS:  WE NEED VOLUNTEERS FOR SATURDAY….Please consider coming to help

Please Click Here to volunteer to help on Friday 

Please Click Here to volunteer to help on Saturday

When we finish on Saturday we will make a fitting schedule for next week based on how many students still need to be fitted.

Friday Morning Performance

This week we are the FOX 17 Game of the Week!  Fox 17 will be at our football stadium early Friday morning and have requested a presence from the band! 

In class Most of our students indicated they would be able to participate so here are the details.

Itinerary:

6:30am - Arrive at stadium (meet by the south concession stand/flagpole area)

6:45am - Be ready to play (wear show shirts and any hawaiian gear you have)

6:45am is the first playing segment so be ready! - there will be several segments over the next hour or so at various times, but we need to be ready to play at 6:45am

-If students have their instruments with them they can park or be dropped off directly at the stadium

-The Band room will be open at 6:15 if they need to stop in and get it first and then go

Once the band is done students will check in at the HS with Mrs. Weiss at Attendance (if it goes past the start of school) and it will be counted as school business.

This will be a fun time so please come if you are able.

Help! Uniform Fittings

In order for us to do fittings we need help!  Please see previous email for details.

No experience needed, we will train you to do it!

Please Click Here to volunteer to help on Friday 

Please Click Here to volunteer to help on Saturday

Uniform Fitting Volunteers!!

The new uniforms have finally arrived!!! We are so excited to get everyone fitted, but in order to do that we need a big crew of volunteers.

Our first two opportunities will be this Friday from 4:00-5:15 and Saturday from 9:00am-Noon.

Each section will have an assigned time to come get fitted within the timeframes, and how long it takes will depend on the volunteers we have.  Our uniform committee has been planning for this day for a while now, and they have a great plan in place to make things go very smoothly!

Please Click Here to volunteer to help on Friday 

Please Click Here to volunteer to help on Saturday

Once we have our volunteers set I will send out an email with specific times for each section to get fitted

Remember, we would like to get as many fitting as possible as soon as possible, but we will have several more opportunities if these first two do not work for you. 

Thank You!!

Game Day Itinerary September 16 vs Hudsonville

 MarchingBand: Game Day Itinerary Sept 16 vs. Hudsonville

Dear Marching Band Families,

Below is the information for our Second regular season home game on Friday, Sept. 16 vs. Hudsonville!

Volunteers:

We need parent volunteers for pit crew. Pit Crew will need to arrive at 5:00pm

Pit crew helps us move equipment from the school to the field and back during the course of each event.

Consistency in this role is important as we add more equipment to the front ensemble.  So any previous helpers are greatly appreciated!

 Click below to sign-up.

Volunteer Sign-Up Click Here

*If charms asks for a school code it is “caledoniaband”

Itinerary:

5:00pm - Band Room Opens

5:45pm - RTP (ready to play) on practice field

6:30pm - March to Stadium

6:53pm - Pre-Game Performance

7:00pm - Kick-Off

9:15pm - Approximate game end and march back to school

9:30pm - Approximate Pick-Up

Uniform:

-Show Shirt

-Khaki Shorts (Any variety of Khaki is fine, we discussed in class and already gave students the answers to their questions about Khaki)

-tennis shoes

Note: Our new uniforms have started to arrive but we are still waiting on all of the parts.  You’ll know when they get here because we will need lots of volunteers to do fittings and get them processed!

Have a great week!

Kyle Wellfare

Director of Bands

Caledonia High School

Email: wellfarek@calschools.org

Announcements Week of September 12

Here are your Marching Band Announcements for the week of September 12.

This Week: 

-Rehearsal Monday evening (September 12) from 6pm-8pm

-Game Week! Friday September 16 Vs. Hudsonville

-New Uniforms have started to arrive!  Once we have received all of the parts we will be scheduling fittings.  This  is so excited for us, so stay tuned for further information!

-Boosters Meeting - Tuesday September 13 from 6-7pm in HS Band Room.

-Remember to check the Calendar regularly!  Click Here and bookmark or Sync it!

Have a great week!

 

Scrap Drive Last Reminder!

Last reminder for our Fall Band Scrap Metal Drive!  See previous messages below!

Thanks,

Kyle Wellfare

Director of Bands

Caledonia High School

Email: Wellfarek@calschools.org

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Dear Band Families,

Don’t Forget! Saturday September 10, is our Fall Scrap Metal Drive from 9:00am - 4:00pm in the Stadium Parking Lot.

This is a great opportunity for you to clean out the garage before Winter and for our students and parents to help out the band program!

UPDATE: We will also take your Cans and Bottles!

We need student and adult volunteers to make this event happen.  

Click Here to Sign-Up 

School code is “caledoniaband” if it asks for one.

Volunteers will need to wear closed toe shoes and it is recommended that gloves be worn. Volunteers will help donors unload their scrap metal and put it in the dumpster.  It’s a fun way to earn volunteer hours and is also quite stress relieving!

Thanks for your consideration!

 

CalBands: Scrap Metal Drive Info, Update, Volunteers

Don’t Forget! Saturday September 10, is our Fall Scrap Metal Drive from 9:00am - 4:00pm in the Stadium Parking Lot.

This is a great opportunity for you to clean out the garage before Winter and for our students

and parents to help out the band program!

UPDATE: We will also take your Cans and Bottles!

We need student and adult volunteers to make this event happen.  

Click Here to Sign-Up 

School code is “caledoniaband” if it asks for one.

Volunteers will need to wear closed toe shoes and it is recommended that gloves be worn.

Volunteers will help donors unload their scrap metal and put it in the dumpster. 

It’s a fun way to earn volunteer hours and is also quite stress relieving!