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Greetings All Hope everyone had a great summer.  We start up again this Thursday, with some exciting performance opportunities including a Cathedral concert in Dec., Christmas in the Park, and other possibilities we'll discuss at rehearsal.  Our rehearsal site is changed to Westmont High School, 4805 Westmont Avenue, Campbell, CA 95008-5725.  Our host, Dan Naylor, will meet us in front at 7:30

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1.  We'd like to bid one of our founding members, Drew Erickson, former Band Director of Santa Clara High School, a very fond farewell and best wishes for him and his family as they make a new life in Arizona.  We'd like to thank him greatly for his generosity in allowing us to use his band room all these years for rehearsals, his hard work and dedication not only for us but for all of his

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Hope we can work on this (and others) Thursday.  Here's our arrangement played by a quartet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD3A2-r1eiE Here's a more traditional version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsA8nqzGUSE See you Thursday!

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Here's a message from Professor Tom Hornig, trombone instructor at San Jose State University:   We have another trombone event next Monday April 11 at 7:30. The SJSU Trombone Choir will have its spring concert then. I will be performing a solo on that program, and we will be featuring a trombone quartet from Amador High School in Pleasanton. This high school quartet is really special, and that

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We have recently been invited to play Dec. 12 of this year at St. Joseph's Cathedral in downtown San Jose, a 45 - 55 minute concert to raise money for the homeless.  It will be part of a series of concerts there leading up to Christmas Eve and starting Dec. 11 with the Symphony Silicon Valley (the former San Jose Symphony).  This is a Monday evening but it will allow us to do the antiphonal works

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Tom Hornig is a professional soloist with major symphonies, trombone professor at San Jose State, and conductor of their trombone ensemble.  This should not be missed!   I'm giving a faculty recital on  Monday April 4 at 7:30pm: San Jose State University Concert Hall.    Hope to see you there. Thanks, Tom Hornig "Trombone with Strings Attached" Tom Hornig, tenor and alto trombones with:

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1.  Thanks to Donna for the video postings of the small group performance at the retirement home.  Great job!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFhUDbwY1HI 2.  Hans Horn sent us a bass trombonists needed note:  Do you have any classical-friendly bass trombones in your little black book of trombonists?  Coastside Community Orchestra is looking for a bass trombone for a concert on Feb. 5 with

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We will be enjoying the best part of our season, reading through hundreds of years of great music written for the trombone ensemble.  Student or pro, everyone will get something out of every rehearsal! Please come join us this Thursday and every Thursday evening at Santa Clara High School Band room at 7:30 p.m.  New music is in the folders! For more info go to www.southbaybones.org.   See you

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We're looking at a huge storm Saturday night but we've been working so hard that we can decide if we want to perform at another venue at the same time.  We have available a small church sanctuary in south San Jose or possibly a convalescent hospital.  We can decide what we want to do tomorrow night, so keep practicing!

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As in past dress rehearsals we should have down beat right at 7:30 p.m. this Thursday to polish up our performance and we don't have to go late (Drew, can you open the bandroom at 7:15?).  Please try to be there on time.

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1.  The group wishes to rehearse this Thursday (Veteran's Day for some of us) so we'll meet and work on our Dec. 18 performance (not too many rehearsals left).  Please come join us!   2.  It looks like Trombone Day at California State East Bay will not happen this year - there's been no notice about it - but there will be a big one state wide in February.  We'll discuss possible attendance at

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Only 6 rehearsal days until Christmas in the Park, that is. Let us know if you are out of town but would like to join us and we'll put music in the mail for your.  The music requires at least 3 rehearsals for a passable performance, at least 4 (with the help of our regulars) for one we should be proud of. See you Thursday!

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1.  The CD's of our July concert are finally done and will be available at this week's rehearsal, no charge.  If you are away at school but participated, answer this email with an address and we'll send you one. 2.  We start rehearsing some pretty challenging and fun holiday charts this week, the better we know them the quicker we can work with the younger players when they're done with football

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As of right now, this is the chart library for the tbone choir.  As said in the previous post, we're always looking for new pieces.  Specifically looking for something new for Christmas.  If you have any suggestions, comments, thoughts, etc, don't hesitate to let us know! ________________________________________ 1. Achieved is the Glorious Work - arr. Miller - 42. Adagio from Symphony No. 3-

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1.  Our rehearsals this month have been well attended and we've had the opportunity to play more arrangements with larger voicings.  They've been great fun - people are choosing their favorites for future performances.   Attached is a current list of our library (there will be some new charts added permanently to the folder soon), feel free to bring some suggestions this week. It's in notepad to

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1.  Once again we are invited to play San Jose's Christmas in the Park the Saturday night before Christmas, Dec. 18 at 8:00 p.m.  Please put this on your calendar (for the first time they actually called us).  Rehearsals for this event will begin, as usual, in October.  This is one of their best attended evenings and one of the largest audiences we play for.  Feel free to suggest new charts

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Tony Clements will be joining us at rehearsal this Thursday, apparently news is getting out about us.  Mr. Clements is professor of tuba and instructs lower brass at Stanford, the director of the Silicon Valley Brass Band, and tubist with Symphony Silicon Valley.  And he wants to blow trombone with us!  We'd like everyone to be there if they can this Thursday (if you thought last week was fun....

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1.  A former (and founding) member of the group, Hans Horn, tells us of a bass bone opening with a group up the peninsula.  They rehearse on Tuesday nights in Palo Alto (Cubberly Community Center), 7PM-9PM.  The group is led by Lori Stotko, who plays trombone herself and piano.  2.  We just received another invitation for Christmas in the Park.  Feel free to look at the

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1.  Great job by everyone Friday night!  We had great comments and more people came up to talk with us afterward.  CDs should be available soon 2.  We now enter one of the best times of the year, playing through great literature and new music as it arrives in a relaxed atmosphere.  We'll discuss future performances based on our numbers (there is still interest to do an antiphonal concert in a

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Tomorrow night's rehearsal is the last one for the performance on Friday. Be there!! And if you can't perform this time, come on out for the concert. They're always great fun. Santa Clara High School Performing Arts Complex.

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Hi Folks   Many of you have played shows, and if you can picture having opening day in a week and you still haven't run through the play with all of the main actors, that's about where we are for our annual concert.  As this is the smallest performing group we've for our summer concert and every player is crucial, we strongly urge your presence this Thursday to run through the  program. Next

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http://events.sfgate.com/santa-clara-ca/events/show/127542465-the-south-bay-trombone-choir  

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We have a wonderful program planned for our formal concert on the 30th, we need to spend our remaining time polishing the pieces.  From Sousa to Showtunes to Salsa to Bach, we have it all.   Please plan on attending this Thursday to help prepare for  one of the highlights of our year.  Our notice was just accepted by S.F. Gate, managed by the San Francisco Chronicle, so we want to put our best

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1.  Alex Harline stopped by last week to let us know he and his family are moving to Texas.  We'd like to thank his dad, Hugh, for all the hard work he's done in photographing the group and his wonderful talent for getting us to pose for some great pictures.  For many samples of his fabulous work, check out our website www.southbaybones.org and the wonderful cover he did for our promotional CD.

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1.  Our formal concert date will be July 30 at 8 p.m. 2.  If we have enough players we'll pursue an antiphonal performance at a downtown San Jose cathedral-like venue within a week or so of the concert date. 3.  Julie Bounds, the President of the Santa Clara County High School Band Director's Association, sent out a wonderful posting to the band directors (over 45) about our group.  We may be

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1.  Thanks to everyone who participated in the Giants game yesterday.  Great job! 2.  We have a choice of 2 dates for our summer concert at the Santa Clara High School Performing Arts Center.  Please let us know as soon as possible (hopefully by this Thursday) if you can not make either Friday July 30th or Friday August 6.    We will schedule the performance on the date we have the most available

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We wanted to get this information out to you as soon as possible.  After checking available dates  from everyone (thanks for turning your info in as soon as you did) we will not have enough players to do any more home games for the San Jose Giants this year.  This Sunday (May 30th) will be our only date. If your schedules change let us know as soon as possible and we'll try to secure another day

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Please don't forget to let us know what dates you can play for a home game so we can get them into the S.J. Giants before they're given away to someone else.  We're shooting for, hopefully, a date or two with the large group.  Here they are one more time:   June 25, Friday evening June 26, Saturday " June 27, Sunday afternoon. July 10, Saturday early evening July 11, Sunday early evening July 20

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BoneMen, in case anybody runs idle the upcoming two Sunday afternoons: there are concerts by OWO and SVBB worth attending (see attachments). Bonely, Hans

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1.  We should have enough players to do the Sunday, May 30th, San Jose Giants game, although we may need some help on bass bone.  Starting time (if we do the Barbecue and at this time it is planned) would be at 4 p.m. with the Star Spangled Banner at 5.  God Bless America is at the 7th inning stretch.  We'll be playing Vernon Miyata's wonderful arrangements.    2.  If you found the music last

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1.  We've been sent several dates to play at the San Jose Giants games for either this weekend or a weekday, or Sunday May 30, so we tentatively scheduled for the May 30,   5 p.m. game with a concert before hand at the barbecue (before some else grabbed the date - they go fast).  This is Memorial Day Weekend so if we have the players, we'll have the crowd. Please RSVP ASAP if you CAN or CANNOT do

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Thanks to everyone for a great rehearsal last Thursday.  After reading through a few more of the great new charts we've just received, we'll work a bit on Hungarian Dance, Pagaent, and Salsealo this coming Thursday (4/29). See you then!

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1.  Yes, the San Jose Giants have invited us back to play, always a great time.  They want to use us when we're ready. The group agreed to mix the rehearsals up with a barbecue set and our next formal concert, so come join us for the new music that is expected to arrive this week.  We'll also run through the larger voicing antiphonal works if we have enough players. Be ready to rehearse Pagaent

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1. We are currently working on a program of antiphonal works written or arranged for trombone choir by Gabrielli, De Lasso, Palestrina, and others to perform in the San Jose City Hall Rotunda and possibly the Episcopalian or Catholic Cathedrals downtown.  The group has also selected the following pieces to perform: Bach Fugue in C MinorBeethoven's Allegretto Scherzando from the 8th

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