CN Band Newsletter 11.12.2025

Clovis North Band
Nov 12
5 min read

Clovis North Jazz Presents: A Night of Swing

Wednesday Nov 12th

7:00PM - 8:00PM

Featuring our Granite Ridge & Clovis North Jazz Bands

Come early and purchase dinner from Spicy Birdz Food Truck

Available 5:00PM - 7:00PM

Have a wing, enjoy the swing!!

From The Director's Desk

I hope everyone enjoyed their longer weekend. Two weeks till Championships. I hope you will all be around to support our students these last two weeks before Thanksgiving break.

We have a full band scheduled rehearsal tomorrow night, followed by WBA Central Regional Championships at Kingsburg HS. - Note: rehearsal on Saturday morning will be at Buchanan High School in the stadium.

Please check westernbands.org for information regarding this weekend and next weekend's competitions. Tickets for these two events are to be purchased online.

We will need everyone’s flexibility and the ability to “stay ready” for the next week, as we will be dealing with weather situations.

STANDARD OF THE WEEK

NO EXCUSES!

Now is the time! This is the time when all of our hard work over the last 15 weeks should come to fruition. It is time for everything to lock in and work together as an entire ensemble. Checkpoints are locked, drill forms locked, drumline playing clean beats, foot timing exact, and transparent sound throughout the entire ensemble. We have 13 days to keep making our field show better. Everyone has something they can fix to elevate their level of performance.

Let’s do it! Leave no doubt about your understanding and exemplary contribution to this program. Remember, consistency is what will show up on the field during a competition. You’re performance level is created during rehearsal and will not magically appear in uniform on the field.

I don’t know who the quote is referenced from but… “Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction, and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives.”

How does the weather affect a marching band competition?

If you have been keeping track of the forecast this week, you will see a chance of rain the next 7 days.. We will play things on a minute-to-minute basis. Please be prepared for anything.

The posted itinerary will be followed.
Any alterations will be sent out through remind for quick changes.
Any large changes will be made on cuttime itinerary, and a remind text will be sent to instruct you to check the updated itinerary on cuttime
Please DO NOT assume any rehearsal or performance is canceled until you receive a remind text or notification from Mr. Lesser.

In the event of rain, you should have some other supplies ready to go.

Some type of raingear - we want to stay as dry as we can for as long as we can.
A towel to dry your instrument
Woodwinds should have a pack of cigarette wrappers “zig zag orange box” (I know this doesn’t sound appropriate, but it is the best way to dry wet pads because of the type of paper and absorption that occurs)

LAST CHANCE TO PASS OFF PART 1 & 3 EXCERPTS OF SCULPT

We are getting close to the cuttoff for music pass off retakes. Please remember, these retakes have been available to students for the last 10 weeks. Students are able to retest, before school, during lunch, after class, and after school every day of the week.

The last day for retakes will be Monday Nov. 17 @ 4pm. There has been an uptick of pass off completions. The grade book will be updated by next week. The students who have come in multiple times have received instant feedback and help on what they need to work on and how they should work on it in their practice time. If you don’t come in to retest… you will have no way to pass these assignments. We are hoping with the number of times we have performed these musical selections since the start of the school year, students would have basic proficiency on these selections.

WBA CHAMPIONSHIPS

We have a fantastic fundraising opportunity that doesn’t come around all the time. We are partnering with WBA, Clovis HS, Clovis East HS and Clovis West HS to host the WBA 4/5A class and Grand Championships.

Possible volunteer slots are posted on Cuttime We don’t know the exact times and locations needed as of today. If we could start getting volunteers loaded, we can update locations and amounts once those details arise. We thank you ahead of time for participating in helping this event be a great one for students throughout California at this Championship event!

WE NEED 9 VOLUNTEER SLOTS FILLED FOR SATURDAY & 13 SLOTS FILLED FOR SUNDAY.

Thank you for your immediate attention to getting these slots filled.