CN Band Newsletter 03.10.2026

Clovis North Band
Mar 10
4 min read

From the Director’s Desk

Crab Feed: LAST CHANCE FOR TICKETS!!!

Sales end this evening...

LAST DAY to buy your CRAB FEED Tickets

We Need Your Help...

Hello Band Family,

Volunteer sign-ups for the Crab Feed are now available on the CutTime calendar! There are also opportunities for students to get involved. Students can sign up to help with truck loading, event set-up, crab cracking, and clean-up.

An event of this size truly takes a village, and we can’t make it a success without your help. Please take a moment to sign up for a volunteer shift if you’re able. If you can’t volunteer during the event, you can still support us by signing up to lend a propane heater or an easy-up.

If you are coming to volunteer but will not be eating dinner, you do not need to purchase a ticket. If you plan to eat dinner, please make sure to purchase a ticket.

If you’re unable to help by volunteering or lending a heater or easy-up, you can still make a BIG difference by helping spread the word about the Crab Feed. Post about it on social media, print a flyer to share at work, or invite your friends and neighbors to join us. This is our largest fundraiser of the year, and every ticket sold helps support our band and color guard programs.

This is definitely an “all hands on deck” event, and many hands make light work. Thank you for helping make the Crab Feed a great night for our band program!

Thank you!

Your Crab Feed Co-chairs,

Kristin McClain, 619-261-5747

Heather Vowell, 831-241-0425

Mountain Mike's Band Night Out - March 11

Winter Pageantry

Congratulations to our Varsity Winter Guard as they were finalists at the WGI Manhattan Beach Regional last weekend.

This week, we have our fourth SJVCGPR Contest at Clovis East High School.

Winter Percussion

Our Winter Percussion will be traveling to Union City to perform at their first WGI regional in over a decade. They will be traveling to Union City. Ticket and contest information can be found at wgi.org.

Winter Pageantry Showcase

Please join us Monday night for our Winter Pageantry Showcase. It will be the reboot of our Little Broncos Elementary Color Guard and will feature our 5 CNEC pageantry ensembles.

Join us for food trucks beginning at 5:30

Performances will begin in the large gym at 6:30. This event is free and open to the public.

Upcoming Concert Band Festivals

Our three-week swing of Concert Band Festivals begins tomorrow.

Thursday, March 12 - CUSD HS Band Festival @ Paul Shaghoian Concert Hall. - Detailed schedule is on Cuttime

CN Concert Band performs at 12:15 pm - concert is open to the public

CN Wind Ensemble performs at 1:35 pm - concert is open to the public

Friday, March 20 - 16th annual San Joaquin Valley Concert Band Invitational - Detailed schedule is on Cuttime

Thursday afternoon - CN Wind Ensemble rehearsal with guest conductors

Friday, all day - CN Wind Ensemble students facilitate the event

CN Wind Ensemble performs at 7:30 pm, followed by a concert from the Wind Symphony of Clovis - tickets are $10.00

Tuesday, March 24 - CMEA Band Festival @ Washington Union High School - Detailed schedule is on Cuttime

CN Concert Band performs at 12:00 pm - concert is open to the public

CN Wind Ensemble performs at 12:30 pm - concert is open to the public

Thursday, March 26 - CN Wind Ensemble concert with San Jose State Wind Ensemble

CN Concert Band is required to attend the concert to observe.

Concert begins at 7 pm.

CN Concert band students are free, general admission is $5.00.

Chocolate Bar Candy Sales

IS IN FULL SWING!. Sell that chocolate. You can turn money into Mr. Rogers and receive an additional box to sell during lunchtime.

NOTE: When you receive a box of chocolate, you are responsible for returning $100.00 for the sale of the bars. Clovis North and the Clovis North Band are NOT responsible if bars or boxes become lost or stolen. Please be mindful of this. Let’s just sell all this candy quickly.

TRUCK DRIVER?!?!?!? CLASS A LICENSE!?!?!?!

Do you or someone you know have a Class A driver's license and be interested in joining our CN Band truck driver team? Dennis has been driving our CN Band truck since 2011. That is a very long time. While not fully ready to retire, we need to find some substitute drivers or a team who would begin working to transition to be our CN Band truck Driver. If you currently have a Class A license or know someone who does, who would be interested, please contact Mr. Gabrielson or Mr. Lesser.

If you do not have your Class A license, but it is something you have always wanted to do, please reach out to Mr. Gabrielson or Mr. Lesser as well for a conversation about the steps to earn it.

Remember… without someone to drive our equipment, we can’t go anywhere. This position is extremely important. Thank you for your help.

Pledge Forms are now past due

If you have not completed one, please do so ASAP. We will enter these in the gradebook for completion shortly. Thank you for your attention to this.