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Grade 8 Band - Ms. MacPherson

Important Dates: 
Winter Band Concert: December 10th @7:00pm
Winnipeg Band Festival Trip (8/9): February 18th-21st
Parkland/NorMan Honour Band: March 19th-22nd
Spring Band Concert: April 22nd @ 6:00pm
Year End Junior Band Concert: June 10th @ 7:00pm

Rehearsals & Lessons

Rehearsals at R.D. Parker are on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 8:00am-8:40am.
Lessons:
​Riverside – Day 1 (PM) 
Westwood – Day 2  (PM) 
Juniper – Day 4 (PM)
Deerwood – Day 6 (AM) 
Burntwood – Day 6 (PM) 
 
Percussion – BW: Day 3 (3-3:30)
Percussion - DW: Day 6 (3-3:30)
Tuba - RS: Day 1 (3-3:30)

Recording Links 
Recordings can (and should) be slowed down to 0.75 playback speed for practicing

Swahili Folk Hymn - arr. Kevin Mixon

Hearth - Matt Neufeld

Mechanical Monsters "Mech The Halls" - Randall Standridge

Latinesque - Bruce Preuninger

Beginning/Practice Tempo:
A little faster...
Performance Tempo: Latinesque