This week:

• Rehearsal Monday is at White Plains HS, 550 North Street, White Plains, at 7:30 pm.
• Rehearsal plan is posted on the home page.
• Ads are due on Monday. Please print/complete the ad form and give this to Tom Sweezey along with your payment. You can also Zelle the payment to treasurer@westchestersymphonicwinds.org. Unfortunately, I do not have any flexibility with Monday’s deadline, because I’m going out of town for a concert next week.
• Our donations are down over the past two seasons. PLEASE sell tickets. Friends & Family 1/2 price tickets are available directly from Marge at rehearsal for $15 each. This is our Box Office page. I shared the coupon code via email a few weeks ago, and I’ll repeat it at rehearsal Monday. Please share via social media, emails, etc. If everyone can commit to confirming at least 6 paid attendees, we’ll be in good shape.
• There is no rehearsal on Monday, November 4.
• We do have rehearsal on Wednesday, November 6, and I was able to reclaim TMH as the site. Gerard, our guest conductor, and Nicole, our guest soloist, will be attending.
• Dress rehearsal is scheduled for Saturday morning, November 9. We can set up at 9:00 am, rehearsal runs 10:00-12:30 pm.
• We can enter TMH/set up at 12:00 pm on Sunday, November 10. Sound check is at 1:00 pm, performance is at 3:00 pm, and everyone should be out the door by 5:00 pm.

Rehearsal Monday – As announced, we have one more rehearsal in New Rochelle this coming Monday. Click here for directions.

E-payments – The board has voted to discontinue PayPal. If you’d like to pay your dues electronically, please use Zelle, with the email address treasurer@westchestersymphonicwinds.org. You can also submit payments for ads via Zelle, using that address.

Ads – Ads for the programs for the 2024-25 are due on October 28. Please give ad forms, copy, and payments to Tom Sweezey.

Rehearsal plan and schedule for remaining rehearsals – As usual, please click here. Remember that most questions you might ask have answers on my blog site!

I tried to send this at 6:30 pm last night, but it appears to have not been sent. If you are receiving a second copy of this message, apologies!

Good evening! For those of you who observed Yom Kippur, I hope you had an easy fast.
This week:

• Rehearsal on Monday will be held once again at Knights of Columbus in Port Chester. Please bring a music stand! Check out the rehearsal schedule leading  up to the concert on November 10.
• Instruments for sale from the collection of John Donnelly
• MS/HS band clinics with Dr. Gerard Morris
• Ads deadline is coming up on October 28!

Rehearsal on Monday at Knights of Columbus, Port Chester

We’re rehearsing again at KoC on October 14 because schools are closed and TMH  has another booking. This is the same site where we rehearsed on September 30, at 327 Westchester Avenue, Port Chester, New York. Leave a little extra time for street parking, and please bring a music stand. The rehearsal plan is posted. It includes the dates/sites for all remaining rehearsals for this concert.

Instruments for sale

This week, this email was sent to many of us from the Bronxville Pops, on behalf of Ceclia Sparacio:

Dear Band members,

My sister Cecilia’s ex-husband John Donnelly (some of you may have known him from other Westchester and Bronx bands) passed away in 2020 from cancer.  He was a doubler and left many beautiful instruments.  We have found homes for many but there is still a list of them that need homes. Cecilia asked that I pass this list on to you.  If you are interested or know of any players who would be interested in owning these lovingly cared-for instruments, please contact her at her email flutistcs@gmail.com.

Band clinics

Our guest conductor, Dr. Gerard Morris, is available for rehearsal clinics on Thursday, November 7 & Friday, November 8. If you’d like to schedule a clinic with him, contact me.

Ads for our printed programs

Submissions for program ads are due on October 28. Ad sizes/prices can be found on the ad form. Please submit the completed ad form, ad copy, and payment to Tom Sweezey.

We have received the official communication of approval, and so rehearsal tonight willl be held at New Rochelle HS Band Room, 7:30-9:45 pm.

Directions to the New Rochelle HS Band Room — DO NOT use GPS to drive to the high school address!!! You will end up at the opposite end of campus, and you won’t be able to walk through the building to get to the band room! Follow this link for directions from all points.

Please bring a folding music stand – We think there will be enough stands in the band room, but to be sure please bring a folding music stand as a backup, just in case. We can reassess this need after Monday’s rehearsal.