Pullman School District Orchestra Program

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I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

PULLMAN HIGH SCHOOL

Practice slips are due Monday, 11/30.  (150 minutes.)  Any practicing done 
over Thanksgiving break (beyond the 150 minutes) is extra credit.

Upcoming concerts:
Thursday, December 3rd  All-District Orchestra concert 7:30 pm LMS Gym

Saturday, December 5th  Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast 11:00 am LMS Commons

Tuesday, December 8th  Booster Auction performance 6:30-7:00 (We only need 
about half of the orchestra for this...although we do need some of every 
instrument!)

Thursday, December 10th  PHS Music Department concert 7:00 pm Gladish 
auditorium.  We will go to Gladish the morning of the 10th for a dress 
rehearsal and set change run through.  Students will miss their first and 
third period classes.

LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL

Practice slips are due Monday, 11/30.  Any practicing done over Thanksgiving 
break may be turned in the week of 11/30 for extra credit.

Progress reports will go out the week we return from break.

Our next concert is Thursday, December 3rd.  This is the All-District 
Orchestra concert featuring the orchestras from grades 4 through 12.  It will 
be at 7:30 pm in the LMS Gymnasium.

7th and 8th graders will perform for the Kiwanis pancake breakfast Saturday, 
December 5th at 11:00 am.   
 
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

Please look at the FAQ link to the left for more information about Elementary 
Orchestra classes.

Elementary students will turn in their "double" practice sheets when we 
return from Thanksgiving break.  After the week of 11/30, all advanced 
orchestra classes will receive new music, and all beginning classes will 
begin working from our book again.

Advanced students should be working on the following music for our December 
3rd concert:
Page 22 in their book (Brandenburg Concerto number 5)
Jazzy Old St. Nick
Take a Swing at This!
Cabbage Shoo

Beginning students should be working on setting fingers on the D string:
First finger (index finger) goes on the first tape (the one at the top of the 
fingerboard) to make note "E."  
Violins and Violas:  while keeping first finger down, add second finger 
(middle finger) to the second tape to make note "F-sharp."  Then, while 
keeping first and second fingers down, add third finger (ring finger) to the 
third tape to make note "G."
Cellos:  while keeping first finger down, add second finger to the space 
between the first and second tapes and third finger (ring finger) to the 
second tape to make note "F-sharp."  Then, while keeping fingers 1, 2, and 3 
down, add fourth finger (pinky) to the third tape to make note "G."

Notes on the "A" string are fingered in the same way:  First finger for "B," 
the same fingering for "C-sharp" as they did for "F-sharp" and the same 
fingering for "D" as they did for "G."

The Beginning students should be working on "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little 
Star," "Old MacDonald" and "The Snowman."  
They will be performing their music from memory at our concert December 3rd.

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