Please remember, all practices and performances are mandatory and affect your grade. Please contact Mr. Burn by email immediately if your student will be absent.
BAND ROOM AVAILABILITY FOR NOVEMBER – NOTE CHANGES!!
The following is the band room/band office availability for November.
The band room and band office will be closed at 2:30 pm Wednesday, November 27th (holiday schedule).
We will be closed all day on November 28th and 29th due to Thanksgiving.
The Los Altos Festival of Lights Parade is the final event of the marching band season. It occurs the Sunday after Thanksgiving. Our marching band decorates itself in lights and joins in a celebration of the holiday season. The many families lining the streets of Los Altos have always enjoyed seeing our band participate.
You are encouraged to decorate yourself and instrument with lights! There will be strings of lights available during uniform pick up for you to check out for the night. They must be returned with your uniforms after the parade.
stands when you are done.
Los Altos Grill Parking lot near the corner of San Antonio and Fourth Street. Grab your instruments ONLY; NO CASES OR STANDS and walk to the staging area.
Third to the parking lot. Or, you can park at the end of the parade route (Third and Whitney) and walk up Third to the parking lot.
Arrive fully dressed in uniform with hat, instrument, and lights.
Leave your instrument cases and personal belongings locked in your cars. There is ABSOLUTELY NO PLACE TO STORE YOUR BELONGINGS AT THE WARM UP SITE. I don't know how else to say, do not bring cases, or boxes, or bags, or anything else. We cant store it, we cant hold it for you. Once you leave the staging area, you will not return to that spot. You will be out of luck.
Band goes to horse trail to de-plume.
Tubas and drums load trailer with instruments.
Band room will be open until 9:30 pm to allow marchers to drop off uniforms and instruments.
Uniform carts will be rolled out near the percussion studio between 8:30 am and 9 am. Drop off your garment bags and hat boxes with uniforms and hats intact if you do not do so Sunday evening. Contact Vicki Feltman at Vicki.feltman@gmail.com if any questions.
Marching season ends with the Festival of Lights parade. Those enrolled in PE Band should report to PE on Monday morning.