CN Band Newsletter 11.18.2025
- Clovis North Band
- Nov 18, 2025
- 5 min read
From The Director's Desk
It’s CHAMPIONSHIPS WEEK!!!!! Well, here we are. We have worked tremendously hard over the last 16 weeks and are preparing for the last week of competition.
This has been a season of learning. We have faced various challenges, including illness, injury, and inclement weather. Through all of that, we have a great group of students and staff who have worked together to craft something artistic that we should be proud of.
I would like to give a heartfelt thank you to ALL of our parents who continue to be the support the students and staff need to operate. We are ALL a team. We can’t do it without the help of our families. Thanks to our Chaperones, Feed the Band Crew, Uniform Parents, Pit Crew, Truck Drivers, Photographers, Show host volunteers, prop crew, and the countless other ways you have supported our students, thank you!
Whatever happens this weekend, be proud to be a BRONCO! Enjoy your Thanksgiving Break and be excited for what is left to come in the school year as a member of the Clovis North Band and Color Guard
CHAMPIONSHIPS VOLUNTEERS
We REALLY NEED YOUR HELP THIS WEEKEND!!!
We have the privilege to help host our state championships marching band event. This is an honor, a money maker, and money saver as we get the chance to have our championships in our home stadium, sleeping in our own beds while groups from across California will be staying 3+ nights in a hotel with bus and food costs the like.
We need to fill ALL of these volunteer positions…PLEASE. We are getting really close to having everything filled in.
Saturday - 6 volunteer slots open
Sunday - 5 volunteer slots open
TUESDAY REHEARSAL
Tonight is our final Tuesday night rehearsal. It might be the last chance you have to see a full run-through of the show. Please join us on the track field, north side bleacher's around 8:30pm to celebrate the students and their marching band season.
STANDARD OF THE WEEK
CELEBRATE!
This isn’t currently one of our standards. However, this week we need to think about CELEBRATING!
Celebrate the time we have spent together, celebrate the improvements large and small, celebrate the transformation every performer has gone through since the beginning of the school year, celebrate our success, celebrate our pitfalls, celebrate our community, celebrate our product, and celebrate the conclusion of what has been an inspiring 16 weeks of hard work.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR ALL - STATE MEMBERS
There are four levels of concert bands and one jazz band. There were over 150 high schools represented in these groups. Each year it becomes more competitive to earn a spot in these groups. Of all high schools represented, 13 schools have 8 or more student participants. Most of the 13 schools have double the size band as we do. It is a testament to the teaching, philosophy, and dedication of these students and their teachers who make this possible.
The top ensemble is the Wind Symphony, followed by Symphonic Band, Concert Band, and Golden State Band… Again, to earn a spot in any of these ensembles is an honor and a challenge.
Congratulations to the following students who earned positions in the CBDA All-State Ensembles. They will represent us in Sacramento at CASMEC this January!!!
Hunter Hatfield - Alto Sax - Wind Symphony
Alex Fisher – Alto Sax – Symphonic Band
Luke Noordmas – Tenor Sax – Symphonic Band
Andy Fisher – String Bass – Symphony Orchestra
Eleanor Huntley - Flute - Concert Band
Nathan Hazelrigg – Trombone – All-State Jazz Band
Gus Alley - Bari Sax - All-State Jazz Band
Pie Sale
Pies will be ready for pickup this Thursday, either in the band room or the west entrance to the A Building.
Stay tuned for the exact location.
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THANKSGIVING BREAK?
When we return from break, we will have our Winter Concert on Wednesday, December 3 followed by the first Clovis Electric Holiday Parade Saturday, December 6.
Wind Ensemble rehearsals will begin on Monday evenings from 5:30 - 9:00
Winter Guard rehearsals will begin.
Winter Percussion rehearsals will begin.
I will be updating the CutTime calendar shortly and should have things sorted by groups as well for the spring semester.
WBA CHAMPIONSHIPS - Saturday 11/22 Schedule
8:00am Rehearsal
10:30AM Rehearsal ends, load truck, eat lunch provided by band parents
11:15PM Get dressed in uniform
11:45PM Load bus - w/instrument
12:00PM Bus departs CNEC
12:30PM Arrive Buchanan HS use restrooms, unload props
1:15PM Wind Warm up
2:15PM Pit Arrives gate
2:25PM Winds/Battery/Guard leave for gate
2:35PM Winds/Battery/Guard arrive gate
2:45PM PERFORMANCE
3:00PM Performance Ends
3:30PM Prep for awards
3:50PM Awards -Drum Majors, Guard Captains, Seniors
4:50PM Return to bus load equipment & Props Load Bus & 5:30 Depart Buchanan
5:45PM Arrive Clovis North - unload Put uniforms away & Dismissed
Message From Mr. Dewhirst
Greetings Jazz Band Families!
Three things:
Thank you for your attendance and support at last week’s jazz concert! I hope you enjoyed our time together.
We are preparing for our festival season coming up in the Winter. CN Jazz will be performing at CSU Fresno’s Jazz Festival Friday Dec 5th at 2:15PM.
HUGE Congratulations
to Nathan Hazelrigg and Gus Alley for earning spots in the California All-State Jazz Band! They are 2 of only 22 students accepted in this singular ensemble.
Mr. Dewhirst
NEEDED: Ryobi 18V Battery Chargers
Dear Band Families,
Does anyone have a Ryobi 18V battery charger we can borrow for the remaining marching band season?
We have 6 Batteries to charge, but only 2 Chargers. Thank you to Donna Nakamura for letting us borrow one!
RYOBI - ONE+ 18V Lithium-Ion Charger
They make single, Dual, and as many as 6 charging ports.
Please Contact Mr. Rogers @ JimRogers@CUSD.com
Thank you!
Bronco Foundation - BAND
501(c)(3), Tax ID # 71-1036638
Message from Robin Wilson, CN Band Booster President
Hello Band Family,
Come out to watch the final run-through at the last Tuesday night rehearsal TONIGHT! It's a fun way to wrap up the season.
Thursday 11/20 is Pie Pick Up! Pick up will be from 4:00 - 6:00pm. All pies not picked up by 6:00pm will be donated. Thank you to all who participated in this fundraiser!
We are still in need of your help for this weekend's Championships at Veterans Memorial Stadium! We need 7 more volunteers on Saturday and 10 more volunteers on Sunday. It is essential that we fill all of these volunteer slots in order for the event to go smoothly and for us to receive our cut of the proceeds.
Thank you, in advance, for filling these remaining volunteer spots and for a successful marching band season. If you are having trouble signing up via CutTime, please text me and I will get you signed up.
Let's show up LOUD and PROUD for our Bronco Band and Guard this weekend! Stay tuned on competition day for the location of our rooting section.
As always, please reach out to me with any questions or concerns!
Robin Wilson
(559) 960-0801
THANK YOU!
Thank you again for everything that has occurred since the start of the school year.
I am thankful for the character of the students we have. They are a joy to see each day.
Thank you to the fantastic team of teachers we have working here. They make it easy to come to work each day.
Thanks to our great families. I hope you love being a Bronco as much as I do!
Enjoy the rest of the week and the beginning of the holiday season.
Don’t forget to watch that parade Thanksgiving morning!!!
Have a great rest of your week!
David Lesser, Director of Bands
David Lesser, Director of Bands
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