Good Morning Everyone,What an eventful week last week turned out to be! Despite the unexpected curveballs that have been thrown our way, I do have exciting announcements to share with you all, in addition to some important updates and reminders for this week.1) Congratulations to the Sahuarita String Orchestra on a great performance at ABODA Area Festival on Thursday, and to their EXCELLENT rating for their performance. For a small group of strings, that is an outstanding achievement, and the first time our Orchestra has received an Excellent rating at the spring festival in a long time (if at all). I'm [...]

Good Evening Everyone, Here are important announcements for this week. Tuesday: Dress Rehearsal for Concert Band, Symphonic Band, and Percussion performing with those groups from 4:00-6:00. Thursday Morning: Orchestra Area Festival will take place at Catalina Foothills Thursday morning. This is an important change that became necessary to accommodate schedule conflicts for students. Orchestra students should arrive at the SHS Band Room by 6:50A. The bus will depart promptly at 7:00A, and we will return to SHS around noon. Dress is concert black. Please remember that concert black includes dress shoes (closed-toe), tops with sleeves (nothing sleeveless) and tights, leggings, or hose [...]

Hi again Everyone,I meant to include call time information for Jazz Band for tomorrow's show and got ahead of myself.Students should arrive to the Green Valley CPAC (off Continental Rd.) by 5:00. Dress for tomorrow is all black with our blue ties, which I will bring down to the CPAC for everyone. When you turn into the CPAC, if you make an immediate right into the parking area right by Continental Rd., it will take you to the closest entrance to the theater where we will be performing. Mr. Benjamin GarlandDirector of Instrumental MusicSahuarita High School(520)625.3502 x1551

Happy Super Bowl Everyone!I have a few quick announcements for everyone for this week. I'll keep it pretty brief, but please make sure to look everything over.1) Tomorrow night is our Jazz Band Fundraiser Concert at the Green Valley CPAC! The concert is at 7:00 and will feature special guests from the Green Valley Stage Band. We'd love to have as many people as possible there for this concert, and you can still purchase tickets online at the Green Valley CPAC website. Please share this info with your friends, family, and neighbors so we can sell as many tickets as possible. [...]

Parents and Students,I'll be gone the remainder of the week for All-State Jazz and our AMEA Conference, but I will be largely available by email. I wanted to take a quick moment before I left to send out a huge congratulations to our awesome band and orchestra students who earned placements in the AMEA South-Central Regional Honor Festival for this year. We had 27 students audition this year. I'm incredibly proud of all the students who put in time and effort to practice and prepare for their auditions and tried out on Saturday. We had a record 21 students earn a [...]

Good Evening Everyone,The end of the semester is upon us! Before we all leave for break, I just wanted to send out a few quick last updates for everyone.1) Jazz Band Spring Trip: Don't forget that the $50 deposit and tax credit donations made toward the spring trip need to be done by the end of the month, if at all possible. Tax credit donations do take some time to process and to be added to accounts, so the sooner those can be made, the better, and of course, don't forget if you have additional family members, family friends, etc. who [...]

Good Morning Parents and Students:I just wanted to send out a quick reminder for the students that are involved with SUSD Orchestra Day tomorrow (strings, and then winds and percussion who auditioned successfully).Please make sure you are at the auditorium no later than 8:30 tomorrow morning (8:00 for strings auditioning for the first row). The Walden Grove Music Boosters are providing lunch for tomorrow. Please bring $5 for your lunch and turn it in to me when you arrive at the auditorium.Dress for the concert is all black, and please arrive back to the auditorium no later than 5:30! The concert [...]