Tony Clements from Stanford ...

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....), this could be the start of something great.

The new music is in so we'll be playing some great charts.

See you Thursday!

An update - 8/24/10

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 Hickeys link and help us choose some new tunes this year (and anything else that looks interesting to you): http://www.hickeys.com/pages/bonecat.htm 3.  We will be deciding on how many voices our new music will be over the next few rehearsals, so if 100 players show up, we'll find tunes with 100 parts (O.K., an exagerration????) 4.  The CD of our concert, hopefully, should be available within the next week or two.  Those of you out of town who'd like a copy, let us know your address. 5.  Enjoy the Trombones de Costa Rico (yes, another arrangement is on the way) playing a straight version of Bach's Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRSA48Njh7o&NR=1

Fwd: Next sessions

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 catherdral environment sometime in the future). 3.  Our director, Vernon Miyata, reminds us of why we formed the group (keep in mind each section is a movement of the piece):   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QQyIXtUKow   If this is you, you need to come sit in.   See you Thursday!

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Practice Tomorrow Night ... Concert on Friday

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.

Upcoming concert/concerns

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 Thursday is dress rehearsal and the concert. The band room will be open this Thursday at 7:15 p.m. and downbeat at 7:30.  Most likely, as in the past, the concert will be recorded and you will be taking home a copy of it.  As we'd love the recording to show our best playing we request you woodshed your more challenging sections of the program to obtain our best performance.  We will put our performance folders together at this week's rehearsal and you should be able to take the book home to practice.  Tentative Program   Antiphonal: Echoe Song Ecce Veniet dies illa Verbum Caro Factus Est Canzona Primi Toni Latin: Salsealo Night In Tunisia San Thomas Classical: Hungarian Dance Allegretto Bach Fugue Marches: Washington Post Rakoczy March Showtunes: Medley from "The Music Man" (Vernon Miyata arrangement) As the Mercury News and Chronicle have accepted our notice for the first time, we should have a good turnout. Let's knock 'em dead!   See you Thursday (tonight!)

sf gate listing

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

4 rehearsals left!

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 foot forward!   The turnout this week will determine what pieces we play. See you Thursday!