CN Band Newsletter 03.18.2025
- Clovis North Band
- Mar 18
- 4 min read
Updated: Mar 19
From the Director’s Desk
Good Day,
We have had a few exciting weeks. Congratulations to our concert bands who have just about wrapped up their festival performances. Both our Wind Ensemble and Concert Band have been improving during each performance. We have had a chance to perform in multiple concert halls where the acoustics in each space are extremely different. Our musicians have adapted quickly to each one and shown their musical maturity.
This Friday is our Wind Ensemble’s main event of the year. As I am writing this, I am getting excited that in just two days we will have some of our Nation’s greatest educators at Clovis North working with our students. Please join us this Friday for a great concert beginning at 8 pm that will feature our Clovis North Wind Ensemble being led by each of the adjudicators of our 15th Annual San Joaquin Valley Concert Band Invitational. Tickets for this concert will be $10.00. Here is a link to the festival program for the day. All the concerts during the day are open to the public. We really hope you will help us fill the concert hall to celebrate the work done throughout the school year by our students. www.clovisnorthband.org/sjvcbi-program
Our crab feed was a success!!! Thank you to, Ms. McClain and Ms. Toy along with their awesome team of parents and volunteers who put together a special and fun evening to raise money for our students and ensembles. Can’t wait to do it again in 2026!
The jazz bands keep moving along. This week is their final festival at the Fresno City Jazz Festival this Thursday. Can’t wait to hear their results.
Our Varsity Winter Guard has its final WGI Regional this weekend in Palm Desert before we get on a plane to attend the WGI World Championships for the first time. They are currently ranked 13 out of 150 A Class Guards attending the event. We hope for a strong showing to move up in the rankings for our prelims performance slot.
Our JV Winter Guard has been doing a great job in the SRA class in SJVCGPR, having an undefeated season so far. Our Winter percussion ensembles continue to improve each week as we head in to the SJVCGPR Championships next weekend.
Thank you all for your continued support of our programs. Please continue to follow through on you spring pledge contributions. We need to make sure we get everything submitted so we can stay ahead of the game financially for our programs. This will enable us to continue to provide great experiences and resources for our students and programs.
Upcoming Events
Thursday, Mar. 20 Jazz Bands to Fresno City College Jazz Festival
Friday, Mar. 21-23 Varsity Winter Guard to WGI West Power Regional - Palm Desert
Friday, Mar. 28 SJVCGPR Championships
April, 1–6 Varsity Winter Guard to WGI Championships
Saturday, Apr. 5 CN Winter Percussion to SaveMart Center
See's Candies Fundraiser Has Begun
Spring Pledge Forms Due
Pledge forms for the spring activities must be completed no later than Friday, March 28. They will be counted as a signed document homework assignment. Here are links to each activity.
Clovis North Varsity Winter Guard
Clovis North Junior Varsity Winter Guard
Clovis North Winter Percussion
Wind Ensemble Spring Travel
Signature Chocolate
It is time to turn in the $60. For those students participating in the current CN Band General Fundraiser, you should be about done selling the box of 60 Signature Chocolate bars for $1. Money is to be turned in to Mr. Rogers ASAP. Thank you for participating!
For those of you having trouble selling, you can turn-in what you have sold to Mr. Rogers, as soon as possible, as there are many students asking to check out more boxes to sell.
Message from Robin Wilson, CN Band Booster President
Hello, Band Family!
Wow! What an incredible Crab Feed! A huge thank you to everyone who attended and supported this amazing event. It was wonderful to see so many Band Family and Friends in attendance!
A very special shoutout to our incredible Crab Feed Co-Chairs, Angie Toy and Kristin McClain, for their leadership in making our biggest fundraiser of the year such a success.
I also want to recognize and appreciate our dedicated Crab Crew, whose hard work made this event possible:
Chris Mericle
Derek Toy
Julie Lucido
Carol Lesser
Robin Wilson
Steve Wilson
Kim Quigley
Jason Quigley
Betsy Nagel
Lacey Morrison
Mike Hazelrigg
Geoff Fisher
Donna Nakamura
Mark Levy
Josh Gonzalez
Kathryn Gonzalez
Susan Affleck
Meri Thull
Melissa Locke
Vanessa Cortez
Jody McTavish
Andy McTavish
Melinda Salcido
Heather Vowell
Nicole Wright
Beau Wright
Earl Hartman
Steffanie Hartman
Danette Lamee
A heartfelt thank you as well to all our incredible volunteers who dedicated their time to setting up, working shifts during the event, and taking it all down. Your hard work made it all possible!
Thank you to everyone who donated desserts and silent auction items! Your generosity played a huge role in making this event a financial success for our program.
It truly takes a village to pull off an event of this scale, and you all made it happen! I can’t thank you enough!
Support the Bronco Band & Guard with See’s Candy!
Our See’s Candy online storefront is now open! Treat yourself to delicious, American-made candy while supporting our Bronco Band and Guard. Share our link with family, friends, and coworkers—candy ships directly to them! Order now—our storefront closes on April 4 to ensure delivery before Easter. Click here to shop or check out the flyer for more details.
Thank you for your support!
Robin WIlson
(559) 960-0801
Have a great week!
David Lesser, Director of Bands
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