Announcements for this Saturday & Retreat decision - NUYS

Greetings! 

We have rehearsal at our normal time again this Saturday, 8:30 to 11:00. There are several important announcements below. Please read to the end. 

Here is the planned schedule:

8:00 Doors open; set up help is appreciated

8:20 find your seat, get warmed up, prepare for sectional

8:30 Sectionals as follows:

Strings all together in the gym

Woodwinds to the right and left

Brass to the left and right

9:25 Dismiss sectionals

9:30 Full Rehearsal 

Music will be rehearsed with "shrinking" instrumentation in mind: Star Wars, Salute to Broadway, Saint-Saens, Mozart, with an emphasis for concertos in String Sectionals as well as in full rehearsal on putting together the orchestra, so the soloists may be playing a lot less.

11:00 Rehearsal Ends
11:30 Doors lock

Quick Note about tuition: Before this Saturday, we will be sending receipt confirmations if you have taken care of all your paperwork and tuition. If you haven't turned it in, or we are missing forms from you, you will also be contacted with your list of what is missing. I have only received 15 medical forms! You may turn in forms to me or to Josie; you may also turn in payments to me or to Josie. (I may be absent for all or part of the rehearsal this Saturday.)

This is also our official notice of the cancellation of this year's retreat. With only 60% responding, and only half of them willing to participate fully, and out of an abundance of caution, which it seems you are asking for, we feel that there will be more connection between musicians if we keep our activities at Promontory School this year. Remember, it's pretty great that we are doing this at all, and we are working on getting dates for next year!

Plans for alternate social activities are being made, so keep an eye on these emails. If you want to volunteer, as a youth or parent, with ideas or for facilitating activities so we can get to know each other, please let me know! 

T-shirts will still be ordered and passed out at our first social activity. (Possibly the same day as retreat would have been, Oct 24). If I don't have your t-shirt order, I will let you know when I send out tuition requests/receipts. This order needs to be placed asap!!!!

Additional heads-up. We have rehearsal on Halloween! The last time rehearsal was on Halloween, we opened it up to costumes! It was really fun. So, that will definitely be one of our social activities, and we will work out a way to have safely-served treats and a short activity after rehearsal as well. 

You are all amazing! Thank you for who you are and what you do. I love this orchestra, especially because of who's in it. 

Be well, and see you soon! Remember the routine about attendance. If you're sick or have been quarantined, don't come. Here's the attendance form. 

Julie

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Julie Gardner | NUYS Managing Director

www.NorthernUtahYouthSymphony.org

Attendance Form

Handouts from Auditions

An information packet was handed out at auditions today with the following cover-letter, plus the papers linked-to below so you can have extra copies as needed.

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Thank you for auditioning!

Audition results will be published today via email.

If you do not receive notification, please contact Julie Gardner: info@NorthernUtahYouthSymphony.org or 435.740.4335.

Those selected to participate should:

1. Return next week for our first rehearsal (Sept 20); arrive early to help set up and get warmed up for rehearsal (which starts 8:30-11:00 am).
2. Invite your parent(s) to the Parent Meeting being held the following week after rehearsal at Promontory School, Sept 27, 11:15-12:00.
3. Read Membership Info, Rules & Policies.
4. Fill out the attached Acceptance,Release & Payment Form to be collected, with tuition, at the parent meeting.

The meeting will last no longer than 45 minutes.

Questions?

Julie Gardner, 435.740.4335

info@NorthernUtahYouthSymphony.org

A calendar was also attached to this packet. Although we prefer you check the online calendar, here is the link to the printed calendar handed out today. Please note that this calendar is incomplete; the online calendar will be updated as more information comes available.

Information

Morning, All!

Rehearsals are sounding great! Thanks for your commitment and hard work.

Just a couple items of business.

Retreat -- if going to the full retreat doesn't work for you, please come to everything that you can come to. The retreat replaces our rehearsal that weekend, and since we are taking fall break off, it also replaces that rehearsal. Ideally, everyone should come to the whole thing, but if you can't come to the whole thing, come to what you can. The proposed retreat schedule is attached. It is for all players -- woodwinds, brass, percussion, and strings.  As you can see on the attached schedule, there are three rehearsals in that 24-hour period. Please do all you can to clear your calendar to participate as fully as possible. Permission forms are due by October 12.

Tuition -- if you did not get a chance to arrange tuition payments at the parent meeting last Saturday, please be sure to take care of it before the late fee is charged! 

Upcoming schedule
Regular Rehearsals -- October 5th, 12th
Fall Break -- October 19th
Retreat -- October 25th - 26th
Regular Rehearsals -- November 2nd, 9th, 16th
Dress Rehearsal and Concert -- November 23rd
Rehearsals resume after concert -- December 7th

Attachments:
Calendar
Retreat information and permission form
Proposed retreat schedule
Acceptance and payment form

Julie Gardner
Conrad Dunn

PS If you are reading this online, email LincolnYouthSymphony@gmail.com for the attachments. 

www.LincolnYouthSymphony.com