VJA Music Parents Association

Please print and fill out this emergency medical form. It is required for band camp and all of the other events throughout the year. Thank you.

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We know, it’s been a while. But, this newsletter is worth the wait. Please download it and print it out. Tack it to your fridge. Bring it to work. Click here to see what all of the excitement is about!

The VJA Percussionists had a lesson June 28th on the taiko drums that they will use for the marching band performance. The percussionists and the instructors then posed with the taiko drums for a class photo.

Great News! El Gringo Fundraisers to begin July 6, 2010 and will continue to July 23, 2010 and will be available for pick up on August 12, 2010. Time to be announced!

We have stuff for you to print out and put on your refrigerator. First is the schedule for the Pop Drop. The Marching Band goes through hundreds of gallons of pop and water each season. Here is a schedule to help quench the band’s thirst. The kids, staff, and volunteers appreciate your contribution.

The next printout is the schedule for the Band Parents Meetings. Please print this out and come out to the meetings. They are usually quick and to the point, may contain information that is sitting in the bottom of your child’s backpack, and are great opportunities to meet the other parents. Also, check the events list to the right or click on the Calendar tab above. We try to keep these up to date.

Magazine Fundraiser begins June 15, 2010 and will end on July 1, 2010. Please have your child put all information in the yellow box in the band room.

Minutes before the graduating class of 2010 was about to enter the field, this cloud formation appeared. Congrats to the grads of VJA!

The Southwest Community Concert Band is presenting the Tom J. Liska Brass Scholarship to a brass player at their June 6 concert. Tom (who passed away in his late 20′s from diabetes) is from Tinley Park and an alumni of Grissom and Andrew High School and was a brass player. The Liska family selects the recipient. Tom also played in the Arts Alive! Band http://www.artsalive.org/ He could play the Stars and Stripes Forever piccolo part on his tuba! Mrs. Hojo

Tom J. Liska Brass Scholarship
Eligibility – Open to any High School brass instrumentalist from the Southwest Community Concert Band area.
Award – A monetary amount to be used toward music lessons, instrument repair, instrument purchase or tuition.
Selected by – The Liska Family
Deadline is May 15th. http://www.swcommunityband.com/scholarship.html

The Tinley Park Arts Alive! Band under the direction of Barbara Abarro presents an afternoon of music on Sunday May 2nd 3:00 P.M. at the Kirby School, 17300 S. Ozark Avenue, Tinley Park, IL 60477.
The concert will feature many concert band classics including the Bravura March, American Overture for Band, and On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss. The concert is sponsored by the Tinley Park-Park District and admission is free. For information, please contact the Band’s website at www.artsalive.org or call the Tinley Park-Park District at 708-342-4200. The Tinley Park Arts Alive! Band was established in 1987. New musicians 16 and older are invited to join the Band. There are no auditions or residency requirements. The Band rehearses Mondays 7:00 – 9:00 pm. Thank you, Lynn H. for letting us know about this!