First, I’ve updated the Rehearsal This Week page for our rehearsal order tomorrow night. I’m sorry I didn’t get to everything last week, but I do intend on covering this list Monday night.

One thing I’d like to discuss with the group tomorrow evening is the personnel listing for the ACB Convention program. Over the years, I’ve noticed convention programs for ensembles similar to WSW listing more than just names for each member in the instrument personnel list. Specifically, I have seen lists like these:

Trumpet
John Smith, psychologist (14)
Laura Jones, music educator (6)
Pat Klein, homemaker (20)

where the number in parentheses indicates the number of years of membership. The idea was to give identity to the fabric of the group’s members.

Think about this and let’s talk about it tomorrow night. I’m interested in your input, and whether you’d like to see this included for this particular program.

Due to the scheduling changes at TMH, our rehearsals on Monday, March 12 & Monday, March 19 will be held at our primary alternate site, Pelham High School. Please adjust your calendars accordingly.

I will post the rehearsal agenda later this week.

We learned late in the week that TMH has booked another event in the early evening on Monday, March 5. Marge & Rachel stepped in on our behalf and negotiated our position with the TMH administrative staff, and we were able to save the rehearsal. However, we will meet with these variations:

• Please arrive at the front doors at 7:45 pm.
• We will gain access to the stage at 8:00 pm.
• The TMH staff will have chairs & stands ready for us at the back of the stage (upstage). With any luck, they will have brought large percussion up as well.
• We will set up quickly at 8:00 pm and begin to rehearse.
• In order to make the evening significant, we will rehearse until 10:00 pm.
• At 10:00 pm, the TMH staff will move our chairs, stands, and percussion to the annex. (I am guessing that we could show a positive effort by simply stacking chairs on the stage and organizing stands to the rack.)

We also learned that we cannot have TMH on March 12 and 19. We will find and announce an alternate site asap. We will return to TMH on March 26. We are hoping to gain support from TMH to have our equipment moved back for us upon our return; stay tuned for updates.

Monday’s rehearsal order is posted here. See you then!

The Hudson Valley Music Club is presenting members of the Westchester Symphonic Winds on Monday, February 27. The time is 1:00 p.m. at the Dobbs Ferry Woman’s Club, 54 Clinton Avenue, Dobbs Ferry. Tickets at the door are $15, but we may have a few guest tickets available, so let Marge Hone (margehone@gmail.com) know if you want to come.

Here’s the program: Woodwind Quintet (Marge, Claudia, Ericka, Jennifer and Tim): works by Poldowski (a really delightful suite); a Persichetti Pastoral, and Hindemith.

Also–Marge and Dr. Lyn Christie playing flute and string bass duos: Mozart, Beethoven and Lyn’s arrangement of Bach (from the Well-Tempered Clavier).

Hope you can come and cheer us on!

Marge