Looking Ahead to 2010

Here are some of our exciting upcoming events: 

1. February Band Day
In February, on the last day of exams, Feb.2, we will be hosting students from Northlea for a band workshop day with expert clinicians. Students will benefit greatly from this day, so we hope you will support their participation and help them get to school on that day!

2. Ontario Band Festival 
In mid-February, the Leaside Band will be performing again in the Ontario Concert Band Festival in Markham. Last year at this event we earned a "Silver Plus" rating, and this year will be striving for the gold! Parents will be welcome on the trip for supervision help and also are welcome to come a watch the performance - we perform at 4:20 at Le Parc Banquet Hall, Leslie/Hwy 7, in Markham.

3. Massey Hall, Sounds of Toronto, April  15
On Thursday April 15, members of the Semester 2 Vocal Class and 10 selected Concert Band students will be performing in the 60th annual "Sounds of Toronto" concert, presented by the Toronto Secondary School Music Teachers' Association. Please mark your calendars now and plan to attend this event - for only $10 you will see choirs, bands, strings, steel pans, drumlines and much more from across the TDSB, including Leaside students.

Reviewing Fall 2009

Check out what we have been doing!

1. Performances on Nov. 11 and Nov. 26

On Remembrance Day, the Leaside Concert Band performed along with Grade 10 Drama students, in the school's second annual Remembrance Day Assembly. The students displayed excellent professionalism and conduct, and played beautifully. We received many compliments on their sensitive, thoughtful playing. A final note of congratulations to Robert Fraser Burke, Grade 9 trumpet student, who performed "The Last Post" at the Assembly commendably well. 

On Nov. 26, the Leaside Band performed along with a variety of singers, actors and dancers in Leaside's Variety Showcase. This event demonstrates the breadth of talent of our student body, and the Leaside Band brought the house down with their rendition of "Bohemian Rhapsody".

2. Fall Fundraising - QSP Gifts and Magazines

We have wrapped (ha, ha) up our gift wrap and magazine sale for the year. We will have a total number of the funds we raised shortly.

3. Fall Fundraising - Entertainment Books

Last year we were very successful with our sale of Entertainment Books, raising over $700 for Leaside Music, which directly supported us bringing in expert band clinicians to work with our students. This year we hope to do the same. Students have been given a sample book and an envelope to collect orders and funds. If they sell 5 books, they get to keep the sample book (translation: YOU get the coupons!). If students sell 3 books they get a $5 Tim Hortons card and if they sell 10 books, they get the Tim's card, the free book, and 2 movie tickets! We hope you will support this initiative and spread the word to your friends and families - we can order books for other cities, so please let us know if you are interested in that. Think of this as a great gift opportunity! We still have MANY book available.