Northern Utah Youth Symphony - Brigham City, Utah, USA

16 January 2017

NUYS: Upcoming Schedule

Greetings!

Arutunian Trumpet Concerto: https://youtu.be/B75BPO8t7CQ

Watch it! Listen to it! A Lot! Before Saturday!

Most of our future in one list:

1/18/17 Our rental music arrives at my house
1/21/17 Regular Rehearsal: Arutunian Trumpet Concerto music will be distributed at this rehearsal
1/28, 2/4, 2/11, 2/18 Regular Rehearsals
2/25/17 Dress Rehearsal 10 am, Ogden High School
2/25/17 Concert 2 pm, Ogden High School
3/4/17 Regular Rehearsal
3/11/17 Regular Rehearsal - I will be out of town this rehearsal and need a couple pre-arranged volunteers to cover for me
3/13/17 Abravanel Hall
3/18/17 Regular Rehearsal
3/18/17 Gala Fundraiser Dinner
3/25/17 Regular Rehearsal
4/1/17 EARLY Rehearsal 8-10 am
4/8, 4/15, 4/22 Regular Rehearsals
4/25/17 Dress Rehearsal, 4 pm, Box Elder High School
4/25/17, TUESDAY, Final Concert, Box Elder High School

Have a great week!

Warmly,

Julie

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06 January 2017

Emergency announcement about rehearsal location for tomorrow AND Tour Application & Consent Form

Emergency Announcement:

Promontory School is having a plumbing emergency right now, and will not be available for our rehearsal tomorrow. They will be working feverishly tomorrow to clean up and fix the problem so they can be open Monday for school.

Instead, rehearsal will be held at the regular time, 8:30 to 11:00 (and 9:30 to 11:00 for Chamber), at:

BOX ELDER HIGH SCHOOL
380 S 600 W, Brigham City

Park around the South side of the school and enter the South Door, by the band room. Everyone needs to bring a music stand. We cannot bring stands from Promontory, and they do not have enough for us at BEHS.

And here is the additional tour info, as promised:

Tour Parents & Musicians:

Please print the attached form and complete the needed information for our tour company. In addition, submit this form with your $100 deposit or just submit this form if you have already made that deposit this Saturday or next.

If you want a hard copy of the form, they will be available at the rehearsal tomorrow.

If you haven't committed to the tour and are interested: NOW IS THE TIME! Please submit your Tour Application & Consent Form along with your $100 deposit by Saturday, January 14th.

Thank You!
Debra Francis
Tour Coordinator

P.S. All participating tour adults need to also complete the attached form and make their deposit. The form is for insurance purposes for the duration of the trip.

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Recital Invitation

Please Join the Lake Bonneville Symphonic Society for the

NUYS and NUYCO Recital Night

Saturday, January 14, 6:30 pm

Brigham City Tabernacle

Featuring soloists from the Northern Utah Youth Symphony:

Drew Burnett, Allison Francis, Joyanne Bills, Christina Blanchard, Tia Luther, Grace Schaelling, Sarah Francis, Brooklynne Wilkinson, Abigail Blanchard, Erin Blanchard, Anna Blanchard, and Kristene Murrow

Performing works by:

Anderson, Borne, Grieg, Rachmaninoff, Bach, Gershwin, Mendelssohn, Saint-Saens, Lecuona, Arndt, Chopin, and Rameau

NUYS Tour Details

Greetings!

Can you believe it's been 3 weeks? I'm glad we are getting started again tomorrow! There is much to do before our Feb 25 concert!

For everyone that signed up for tour, I think it's getting better and better!

We have added a stop (with performance) at Cove Fort on the way down, and a visit to Zion National Park (no performance) on the way home.

Money:

For everyone who paid a deposit, here's how it's working. The January 15th deposit of $100 each will be paid by LBSS to Educational Tours in one giant check. This means if you already paid $50, the other $50 is due either this week (preferred) or next (as a last resort). Please make checks payable to LBSS. If you already paid $100, you just need a form filled out (see below).

Thereafter, Educational Tours will issue you a coupon book and you will pay your tour fees directly to them.

Fundraising:

We have two people signed up for a February fundraiser. Hopefully you've copied and sent out your December fundraiser (the letter requesting donations from all your friends and relatives), so by February you will know exactly how much more you need to raise.

Important Form Info:

Tomorrow we will have an official brochure (revised from other times) with a contract. Even if you've already paid your $100, we need this little contract so Educational Tours can set up your account. Hopefully I'll also have this brochure to send electronically by the end of today, in case you want to print it at home and just send it in to us.

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16 December 2016

Messiah

For those playing in the Messiah orchestra, there is a rehearsal planned for tomorrow after the party, 12:30 to 1:00 pm.

:) Julie

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Get Ready To Party!

Greetings!

I'm watching weather reports and it looks like we will be safe for the journey tomorrow morning, even though it will be super super cold!

(To our amazing family from Paris ID... You might just need to stay home. But let me know what you decide!)

Party time tomorrow! Do your best to arrange to stay until 12:30, if you can.

What: NUYS and NUYCO Christmas Party

Where: Promontory School Cafeteria, after rehearsal

When: 11 am to 12:30 pm

What to Bring:

A fingerfood-type treat to share (sweet or savory)
An interesting, intriguing, no-money-spent, make-someone-smile, wrapped white elephant gift

Rules: Make sure your mom's okay with whatever you decide to bring. It can be an interesting ornament, a fun toy, an ugly sweater. No TP please, Mr Dunn says. :)

See you tomorrow! Be SAFE! I love making music with you!

Remember the attendance form if you need it (link below), and have a Holly Jolly Christmas if we don't see you tomorrow!

No Rehearsal December 24

No Rehearsal December 31

NEXT Rehearsal January 7

Blessings,

Julie

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15 December 2016

Recital Night

Greetings!

Here is the form I promised, so I can gather info on what you plan to perform at Recital Night!

Thanks,

Julie

Having trouble viewing or submitting this form?

FILL OUT IN GOOGLE FORMS

I've invited you to fill out a form:

Recital Night

Come celebrate music with us! If you are planning to perform on our Recital Night, Saturday January 14, 6:30 pm, Brigham City Tabernacle, we need to know! Please fill out the following form so we have all the pertinent information. Deadline: Tuesday, January 3. Solos and small ensembles welcome!

Create your own Google Form

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Tuacahn Fundraising

Parents & Musicians

The following Tuacahn information was passed out on Saturday! Read below and see the attached PDF.

If you're still interested in going, we can add additional musicians up to January 14th! Join the fun!

Northern Utah Symphony Tuacahn 2017 Tour Fundraising Opportunities

December – January: Sponsor a Musician Donation Campaign

A PDF flyer will be emailed to each musician. Musicians take these flyers out to family and friends both near and far and invite them to help send you on this trip! Just think…if you can find 10 people to donate the "cost of a lunch/dinner" you have made your first tour deposit due January 14, 2017! Don't forget family and friends that live out of the area too! There will be a Parent Tour Meeting in January. Watch your email for more details!

January – February: Honeyville Hot Chocolate

Friends and family can take the chill off a long winter with delicious hot chocolate made locally! Sales start in January with the second deposit due February 18, 2017.

Tour Payment Schedule

November 5, 2016	$50	Initial Deposit
January 14, 2017	$50	First Deposit along with Tour Contract. After the tour contract is collected, coupon books from the tour company will be mailed out directly to participants
February 18, 2017	$100	Second Deposit
April 1, 2017	$225	Final Deposit
	$425	Total Estimated Cost of Tour

Participants can pay the minimum deposit on or before each deadline as well as pay over the minimum deposit until the final tour deposit is paid in full on or before April 1, 2017.

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09 December 2016

NUYS: Volunteers, Party, and Safety

Greetings!

Here is a quick email with some important info:

Tour Fundraising:

Our volunteer collaboration has been updated to reflect the need for parents to lead the effort for fundraising for the tour. Debra Francis has some great resources for you, but she needs others to be in charge of this (and so do I). I've split it into monthly committees. With the lower amount for tour, it may be deemed necessary to combine some committees, once the sign up is complete.

If you can't make the spreadsheet work for you, just email me and let me know where you want your name. I'll put it on!

Party

Next week, Dec 17, is our combined Christmas Party after rehearsal, until 12:30pm. I haven't done anything about this, but be sure to plan to bring a treat (sweet or savory) to share, and an interesting, intriguing, wrapped, no-money-spent white elephant gift for our game. Creative is awesome!

Those who volunteered to help with the Christmas Party, please set aside the time to come early to set up (perhaps 10 am). Each year Doris brings table cloths and dishes to set out the food, and also decorations for the table. If there is a different volunteer that could head this up, I think Doris would be thrilled to hand off the effort to someone else.

Safety

Last, but most important, please don't come tomorrow if you are in danger. I think the weather will be okay, that the storm is warming today and will be more like rain tonight and tomorrow morning, and won't go back to snow until Saturday night, but if you are in danger where you live, please be safe and stay home! I don't think we are at the point of canceling, however.

Just let me know if you're not coming so we know you're safe.

Good luck to everyone taking the ACT tomorrow! Fun, fun!

See ya tomorrow!

Julie

PS TONIGHT is our Brigham City Messiah Sing-in, Brigham City Tabernacle, 7 pm. Come! Sing! It's going to be lovely.

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29 November 2016

NUYS Is Awesome!

Greetings!

Great great great concert! Wonderful comments from many people! Thanks to everyone who helped, thanks to our sponsors, and thanks for turning in your folders. I have every folder! A wonderful miracle! I hope you've all had a wonderful holiday break.

Concert Attire:

A few notes on concert attire while I'm thinking about it: Please note that our boys wear black jackets and black bow ties. Our girls wear black nylons or trouser socks. It looked like most people got the message; however, a few didn't quite catch some of the black or bow tie details. The outfit for youth symphony is different from chamber. Please check the DI for black suit jackets! It doesn't need to be a huge expense, but it can be a big headache if you wait until the day of our next performance.

Upcoming schedule:

Regular Rehearsals: December 3, 10 and 17
Christmas Party: After rehearsal December 17
Holiday break: December 24, 31
Recital Night: January 14, 6:30 PM, Brigham City Tabernacle
Regular Rehearsals: January 7, 14, 21, 28; February 4, 11, 18
Next Concert: February 25, Ogden High School
Check out the online calendar for more dates!

Southern Utah Tour is ON!

We have the instrumentation we need for the tour, and more info will be passed on as it becomes available!

An Opportunity:

Utah Philharmonic Orchestra Concerto Competition: Saturday, February 4, 2017; registration deadline January 21, 2017. (Tell them you need an afternoon audition time so you don't miss rehearsal!!!) The performance for winners is May 20, 2017. For information, reply to this email and I'll forward their info to you, and visit: http://www.utahphil.org/concerto.

See you this Saturday!

Julie and Mr Dunn

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