Monday at White Plains HS

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This week:

  • Rehearsal on Monday at White Plains HS, and review of final rehearsals leading up to November 9 Fall Concert. The rehearsal plan is posted.
  • Donor campaigns revisited
  • Friends & Family tickets update
  • Trumpet master class – looking for one more school opportunity
  • Ad review

Rehearsal at White Plains HS on Monday night

We have only two remaining working rehearsals before the dress rehearsal. Here is the rundown of our final rehearsals leading up to the concert:

  • Monday, October 27 – rehearsal at 7:30 pm, at White Plains HS
  • Monday, November 3 – no rehearsal/there are already three services this week
  • Wednesday, November 5 – rehearsal at 7:30 pm at TMH. We must wait under the marquee for the previous rehearsal to clear, then enter/set up as quickly as possible at 7:30. Morris Northcutt will join us to work on his three solos.
  • Saturday, November 8 – dress rehearsal at 10:00 am – 1:00 pm at TMH.
  • Sunday, November 9 – setup at 12:00 pm, sound check at 1:00 pm, performance at 3:00 pm at TMH
  • Monday, November 10 – no rehearsal
  • Monday, November 17 – read-through of Winter Concert program at White Plains HS

This is also posted on the home page.

Donor campaigns — please share!

The key to these campaigns is sharing them out via emails and social media. When players ask, “What can I do to help?” this is the answer. Please help us broadcast these campaigns for maximum exposure.

  1. Annual Giving Campaign – This will support the band broadly in all areas, and will continue all season until next June.
  2. Repertoire Sponsorships – Individual underwriting and program acknowledgements for each/all of our Fall Concert selections. If this is successful, we will relaunch this for the concert selections in February.

Friends & Family tickets update

The Music Hall has made changes in the way tickets are processed. This includes our Friends & Family discounted tickets and our comp tickets.

  • Friends & Family tickets – Unfortunately, we are no longer be able to sell $15 F&F tickets directly to band members to distribute. All patrons must go through the TMH Box Office site. Enter the coupon code announced for this concert and the discounted tickets will appear ($15 + $6 box office fee, total $21). I will repeat the code again on Monday night, and it’s currently posted in the WSW Members Slack workspace, in the #general_band_chat channel.
  • Comps – Marge is handling all comps directly with the Box Office. Speak to Marianne if you have a school group planning to attend.

If you have any trouble with the online Box Office, please call the Call Center at 914-233-3856, 10:00 am – 8:00 pm Monday through Saturday, and 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Sunday.

Morris Northcutt master classes

I’m still hoping to schedule one more school master class with Morris for Thursday, November 6 or Friday, November 7. Please speak to me to schedule.

Ads — thank you!

Thanks to everyone to submitted ads for this season’s program, and thank you to Tom Sweezey for helping to collect everything. On Monday night I’ll review the total list of what I received to make sure nothing has been left out.