  UPCOMING &
RECENT EVENTS
SCSBOA Championships @ Mira Mesa High School - 5th place of 12 with a score of 75.55! The best in Ventura County. What a great way to end your Marching Band Season. Congratulations to all! Link to order form for DVD and t-shirt ordering : http://www.scsboa.org/mb/2a5achamps.htm WBA Championship Semifinals @ Thousand Oaks High School - Saturday, Nov 19th. Spectacular performance with the highest score of the season 76.85! All scores Moorpark High School SCSBOA Competition - Saturday, Nov 19th. Awesome performance coming in 3rd with a score of 75.2! SCSBOA Scores (scroll down page for 2A)
Video posted on Facebook! Westlake Scoring RecapAuxiliary was 1st in the 2A Division with a score of 64.0 and Percussion was 2nd in the 2A Division with a score of 82.5. What a weekend, first place again (75.15)! at the Oxnard High School 27th Annual "Keepin' the Music Alive" SCSBOA Field Tournament - 11/12/11.
Percussion was 1st with a score of 65.0 and Auxiliary was 3rd with a score of 70.50. Video posted on Facebook. Oxnard Scoring Recap Mission Viejo WBA Results: 4th Place overall with a score of 70.3, General Effect - 3rd, Music - 3rd, Visual - 7th, Auxiliary - 7th, Percussion - 1st Links to PDF files: Scores & Detailed Recap Photos & Videos: (not affiliated with ACHS Music Boosters) PVXvideo Congratulations to Ben Lee who made the Tournament of Roses Honor Band! Royal Classic SCSBOA Competition Results. Congratulations, a 1st place overall score of 67.8, 1st place in percussion and 3rd place by Guard. By the way, Camarillo Recording Service took candid photos at Royal Classic. The pictures will be available soon at www.bands.photoreflect.com. The photos are not affiliated with the ACHS Music Program but are available for you to purchase at your discretion. Sounds of Conejo follow-up:  Video - http://photos.tohsband.org/2011-2012SchoolYear/Sounds-of-Conejo-Oct-1-2011/Camarillo Thousand Oaks High School provided a panoramic photo of the finale mass band at the 4th annual Sounds of Conejo field show and the link is below. Please note that this is a BIG file and will take a while to load. However, you can zoom in to find yourself, your student or friend. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/31362635/Seven%20Bands%20%281%20of%201%29.jpg  Flamingo Flocking - A huge thank you to Debbie Calloway for flocking Camarillo every night on behalf of the ACHS Music Program this Fall. Flocking has raised $3,000 so far for the music programs. Santa's Village Food Booth: Jeff & Jodi Betancourt, Arnie Rabano, Kim Honig, Steve Graff, Sonia Fredricks, Bruce Arikawa, Arnie Rabano, Rich and Sandra Reinbold and Theresa Norris. SCSBOA Championships - Special thanks to Julia Gump - uniforms; Jon Shepherd and Rob Gump - truck driving; Kathy Matarazzo, Karen Gatchel, Richard Gatchel, April Taylor, Patty Griffin, Barb McKown, Jeff & Jodi Bentancourt, Sonja Fredricks, and Brett Niedens - chaperones and roadies; Theresa Norris, Kathy Mtarazzo and Edna Byerly - Food preparation; and Brett & Marsha Niedens for the use of their RV; Pat and Faralie Baguinon for their awesome front ensemble assistance all year. WBA/Moorpark Competition 11/19/11- A huge thank you for DOUBLE DUTY to Rich & Sandra Reinbold, Brett & Marsha Neidens, Julia Gump, Kathy Matarazzo, Linda Martinez, Dave Inocente, Sonny Ramos, Barb McKown, Jon & Jeannette Shepherd, Richard Gatchel, Therese Norris and Anja Olson. Parent Workday - Show Props 10/22/11- Mr. Dillon, thanks for all the "engineering" and keeping us on track. Linda Martinez and Kathleen Matarazzo, thank you for the great lunch to keep everyone fortified! There were so many of you, thank you to John Stava, Jon Shepherd, Julia Gump, Anja Olson, Arnie Rabano, Brett Niedens, Richard Gatchel, Rich Reinbold, Barb McKown, Michele Keefer, Jeff Betancourt, Steven Martinez, and Terry & Laurie Britten. Pep Band at Hueneme Football away game 10/21/11- Julia Gump, Davide Innocente, Brian & Arlene Pendleton, Rich and Sandra Reinbold, and Jose and Janna Chanes. Royal Classic - 10/15/11- Julia & Robert Gump, Erin Davy, Brett Niedens, Kathleen Matarazzo, Linda Martinez, Arnie Rabano, Jon & Jeannette Shepherd, Karen & Richard Gatchel, Dennis Leahey Football vs Channel Islands - 10/14/11- Julia Gump, Kim Honig, Steven Graff, Karen Gatchel, Dennis Leahey, Therese Norris, Lori Arikawa, Tami Martin, Arnie Rabano, and Sonia Federick Sounds of Conejo, 10/1/11. Jon Shepherd, Chad Byerly, Michele Keefer, Sonny Ramos, Dave Inocente, Linda Martinez, Arnie Rabano, Kathleen Matarazzo, Richard Gatchel, Karen Gatchel, and Jennifer Harris. Football vs Ventura - 9/30/11. Arnie Rabano, Brian Pendleton, Arlene Pendleton, Dave Inocente, Norma Santiago, Jamie Merrill, Julia Gump, Linda Martinez, Karen Gatchel, Jennifer Harris, Denise Distel and Dennis Leahey. Football vs Buena - 9/9/11. Brian Pendleton, Erin Davy, Norma Santiago, Brett Niedens and Sonia Frederick! Family BBQ - 8/26/11. Last Friday's BBQ was a great success, thank you to all the volunteers: Linda matinez, Arnie Rabano, Kathleen Matarrazzo, Lori Arikawa, Erin Davy, Julia Gump, Jeff Bentancourt, Therese Norris, Jon & Jeannette Shepherd, Chad Byerly, Dave Inocente, Debbie Calloway, Richard & Karen Gatchel. ACHS Music March-A-Thon - Pledges Due October 7th. ACHS Music Boosters is a 501(c)3 non profit organization. All donations are tax deductible. Tax ID # 47-0945780. Attached to the March-A-Thon Pledge Form are Donation Receipts to give to your donors. Check to see if your employer has a matching pledge program to double your contribution (Amgen, Intuit, Boeing, Verizon)! MARCH-A-THON PLEDGE Make it happen: Each families' participation for the semester is per the attached PLEDGE FORM. We are asking for a pledge of $350 per student. Write checks to ACHS Music Boosters and deliver to Mr. Stava or Kathleen Matarazzo. Please get your funds in soon to make this a successful season. ACHS Music Program Handbook - Each family should have received the ACHS Music Program Handbook detailing all the information about attendance, dress, revised performance schedule, etc., at the Family BBQ on Friday, August 26th. If you did not receive one, please pick one up in the ACHS Band Room. Shoes, Shoe Bag, Gloves, Polo Shirt, Sweatshirt, Guard Warmups, Guard Gym Bag. ACHS Band students will need marching shoes, shoe bag, gloves, ACHS Band Polo Shirt and ACHS Band Sweatshirt. ACHS Colorguard will need guard warmups and guard gym bag. Returning students should check to make sure your shoes, gloves, polo and sweatshirt still fit. Orders will be processed during August 2011 Band Camp.
Polo Shirt/Sweatshirt/Shoe Bag/Guard Warm-ups/Guard Bag Order_Form
Shoes and Gloves - S&G Order Form
Family information form - if you have not already, please fill in the attached form and return it during band camp to stay informed of all the latest ACHS Marching Band and Color Guard activities. INFORMATION_FORM. Field Trip/Permission Form - Every music student needs to have a Field Trip/Permission slip on file. Please turn your forms into Mr. Stava. FIELD TRIP FORM
Ventura County Fair Parade - see VC Star article dated 08/06/11 - LINK 
Marching Band Rehearsals Fall
After School: Monday, 3:30-6:30 PM, Wednesday, 6:00-9:00 PM.
During School Day: All students should be enrolled in Marching Band, zero period (7:00 am) AND either Concert Band, 2nd period or Symphonic Band, 5th period. Marching Band - 2011-2012
Student Leadership Drum Major - Carlos Rodriguez
Battery Captain - Ben Lee
Color Guard Captain - Amanda Shepherd & Erin Betancourt Flutes - Shelby Keefer Clarinets - Nicole Giusti Saxophones - Sarah Mercado High Brass - Danny Graff Low Brass - James Gatchel Front Ensemble - Jaime Gomez
Band Council President - Breanne Foster Vice President - James Gatchel Treasurer - Nicole Giusti Secretary - Patty Baguinon Staff
Director - John Stava
Music - Bill Garcia
Percussion - Paul Curci
Music Staff - Matt Dillon
Visual - Jessica Sapinoso
Auxillary - Rob Guzman
About Marching Band - Marching Band is the largest of our groups, it includes all of the wind players in Concert and Symphonic Bands, plus Drumline and Colorguard. This ensemble demands respect for fellow stundents displayed by individual home practice. Marching Band is for the Fall semester only. Fundraising goals per student are determined in the Fall. Marching Band participates at football games and several competitions, usually those competitions of the Western Band Association and SCSBOA. More information about the Western Band Assocition can be found at www.westernbands.org. More informaiton about the SCSBOA can be found at http://www.scsboa.org/ |