Sewanhaka Central High District Music Festival
Debra O’Connor, Festival Chairperson
Sewanhaka High School
500 Tulip Avenue
Floral Park, NY 11001
516 488 9627
December 2014
Dear Parent:
Congratulations! Your child has been selected to participate in the 2015 Sewanhaka Central High
School District Music Festival. This year’s concert will be held on February 5th at 7:30 p.m. in the
Sewanhaka High School Auditorium. Bus transportation from students’ home schools will be provided for all
rehearsals, which will also be held at Sewanhaka High School and are listed below.
3:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
3:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
3:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
3:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, January 22
Thursday, January 29
Monday, February 2
Wednesday, February 4
CONCERT:
Thursday, February 5
7:30pm
Please note Snow Dates as follows:
First Snow Date Rehearsal- Monday Feb. 9th
*Second Snow Date Rehearsal – Wednesday, Feb. 11th
First Snow Date Concert – Tuesday, Feb. 10th
Second Snow Date Concert – Thursday, Feb. 12th
*
*In the event of cancellation on Feb. 5th and on Feb. 10th
Students will need to arrange their own transportation for the concert. Arrival times for musicians
will be announced at rehearsals by the ensemble chairperson. Concert dress is required as follows:
Women:
Men:
ALL BLACK: black dress pants or black evening length skirt with black blouse, or black
knee length dress, black shoes
(blouse may be long sleeved or short sleeved)
black dress pants, white, long sleeved, collared shirt, long, DARK tie, black shoes
We hope that you will be able to join us for this exciting event. Tickets will be sold through the music
departments at each of the five high schools. A ticket sales schedule will be discussed with students at
rehearsals. Tickets must be purchased in advance. There will be NO tickets sold at the door on the evening
of the concert.
Please review and sign the attached District Festival Contract and complete the Emergency
Contact Form. Both of these documents must be returned to your child’s music teacher by
Thursday, January 8, 2015.
Congratulations again on your child’s outstanding achievement in music.
Sincerely,
Debra O’Connor
Festival Chairperson
SEWANHAKA DISTRICT MUSIC FESTIVAL CONTRACT
In order to provide a valuable musical experience for all, the following rules have been established for
Sewanhaka District Music Festival participants.
I.
General Requirements
Students are required to attend all rehearsals which are listed in the attached letter. Any student
missing more than 15 minutes of a rehearsal will be marked absent. Attendance issues must be discussed,
in advance, with the Ensemble Chairperson.
All participants must be prepared with music and a pencil. Instrumentalists are required to bring a
folding music stand to each rehearsal. In addition they must bring their own instruments (or instruments
that have been loaned to them by their home school) to every rehearsal and to the concert, unless other
arrangements have been approved, in advance, by the Ensemble Chairperson.
Rehearsals and the concert will take place at Sewanhaka High School in Floral Park. A break will be
provided during each rehearsal. Students may bring snacks from home, if needed.
In the event of inclement weather, there will be a rehearsal on Monday, February 9th in preparation for
a concert snow date of Tuesday, February 10th. In the event of concert cancellation on Feb. 5th and on Feb.
10th the second alternate rehearsal date is Wednesday, February 11th and the second alternate concert date is
Thursday, February 12th.
II.
Dismissal
Any student who has an unexcused absence, or has missed two rehearsals, regardless of reason, or
has behaved inappropriately will be dismissed from the festival.
Students may also be removed if they are NOT prepared to play their music correctly.
III.
Concert Dress - Required as follows:
Women:
ALL BLACK: black dress pants or black evening length skirt with black blouse, or black
knee length dress, black shoes
(blouse may be long sleeved or short sleeved)
Men:
black dress pants, white, long sleeved, collared shirt, long, DARK tie, black shoes
Students who are not dressed in the above attire will not be permitted to perform at the concert.
Please see the Ensemble Chair well in advance of the Festival if there are any problems regarding concert attire.
---------------------------------------detach and return to your music teacher-------------------------------------------Parent Permission
I give my son/daughter________________________________ my permission to participate in the 2015
Sewanhaka District Music Festival. I have reviewed the rules above and understand that he/she is required to
attend ALL of the rehearsals listed in this contract. I further understand that bus transportation to and from
home schools will be supplied for rehearsals and that each student must provide his/her own transportation on
the evening of the concert.
__________________________
Student Signature
_____________________________
Parent Signature
________
Date
PLEASE RETURN THIS CONTRACT TO YOUR CHILD’S SCHOOL MUSIC TEACHER BY JANUARY 8TH.