Christmas

Christmas Season Schedule

Betsy

Just a reminder…
We have our last kettle play this weekend. Shop-Rite will meet on Saturday instead of Friday.

Church band (Swinging Stewards) is playing for the service at Drew UMC on 12/17. Group members should be there at 10:30am for a run-through, service starts at 11am.

Monday 12/18 is our kettle competition and party! Groups should be there at 6:00. Competition starts at about 6:30pm.
Come have some fun, bring friends and family and a snack/sweet to share.
Wind ensemble performs some Christmas music once the competition has finished (approx. 7:15pm).

Christmas Eve music and Christmas Day music

Post Christmas – there will be no more rehearsals until January 8th.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Holiday Music for the Salvation Army Kettles

Betsy

K-Mart Kettle 2005
playing Christmas music at K-Mart

In the past, the marching band has divided up into groups to provide some Christmas music for our local Salvation Army donation kettles. Now we’d like to invite all of our wind ensemble members to join us so we can make some beautiful music together and help the Salvation Army with their donation drive.

If possible, please make yourself available to help out our groups, because live music really increases the donations received. We do this for three weeks, usually starting the week after Thanksgiving. We also have a friendly kettle competition for bragging rights – skits are performed and judged at our yearly Christmas Party. I think KMART won last year….

Shop-rite – Montague NJ – Friday Nights at 7pm-9pm
Kmart – Westfall PA – Saturday at 12-2pm
Walmart – Westfall PA – Saturday at 1pm-3pm

I’ll post the final dates as soon as possible.

Christmas Season Schedule

Betsy

Season’s Greetings!

Here is the schedule for our Christmas related band activities:

November 28th Saturday @ Erie Hotel – 5:30pm – 6:30pm  – Tree Lighting
November 29th Sunday @ 1pm – 2pm – Near the Erie – Playing carols for the Christmas fair called Christkindlmarkt.
December 6th – Christmas Parade – 1pm line up on Orange Street behind the Farnum House – end at 3:30pm in Airport Park in Matamoras, PA .  – No Uniform – Dress festively. Come to the church before lineup time if you need some festive adornments.
December 21st – Band Kettle Competition and Fun night – 6pm bring a snack to share. If you are playing in a kettle group, find out what time you need to be at the church to rehearse your skit/performance.

Kettle items:
Walmart is @ 3pm-5pm on Saturday Dec 5th, Dec. 12th, Dec 19th.
Kmart Is on Saturdays @ 12 noon-2pm. Dec 5th, Dec. 12th, Dec 19th. – With Seth Riehl, Betsy Krakowiak
Shop-Rite is on Friday Nights @ 6pm-8pm. Dec 4th, Dec. 11th, Dec 18th. – With Al Gessner

We also usually provide Christmas carols for the 7:30pm Christmas Eve service at Drew UMC in Port Jervis, playing quietly in the entryway for people entering the church. We meet at 6:45pm.

Christmas day we try to meet in Orange Square at 4pm to play some carols and wish everyone a Merry Christmas.

Christmas season is upon us…

Betsy
K-Mart kettle 2010
K-Mart kettle 2010

It’s that time of year… time to play Christmas music for the Salvation Army Kettles!

Everyone should already be assigned to a kettle group. If you don’t know yours, please contact Al, Jason or Seth.
Our three groups details are as follows:

  1. Shop-Rite – Meet at Shop-Rite in Montague on Friday nights at 6pm. Play until 8pm, December 5th, 12th and 19th.
  2. K-Mart – Meet at K-Mart in Westfall on Saturday afternoons at 12 noon. Play until 2pm, December 6th, 13th and 20th.
  3. Walmart – Meet at Walmart in Westfall on Sunday mornings at 10am. Play until 12 noon, December 7th, 14th and 21st.

Reminder: Bring your 2 Christmas music booklets – Christmas Carols and Christmas Favorites!

The Christmas party is Monday, December 22nd at Drew Church. Please be there around 6pm to rehearse your skit for the annual kettle competition. Please bring a treat to share. Competition begins around 6:30pm. Winning group gets listed on the bell of excellence trophy. We finish the night playing “Have yourself a merry little Christmas” and “Hallelujah” chorus.

The Port Jervis Christmas Parade is Sunday, December 14th. Meet on Canal Street at 1:30pm. Parade kicks off at 2pm. We march to Airport Park in Matamoras and have doughnuts and hot chocolate before the awards are given out.

Christmas Day – Meet at Orange Square at 4pm to play some carols and wish each other Merry Christmas. Treats are encouraged!

No practice on December 29th. Happy New Year to everyone!!

Christmas Eve 2008
Christmas Day 2008 Orange Square