McCants Orchestra Students Perform at the McCants Pigout!

We had a small group of orchestra students perform at the McCants Pigout on Friday, October 9th.  We had a blast playing fiddle tunes along side of the McCants band.

Sixth Grade is Moving along Fast!

The sixth grade class on A-day is doing really well.  We have begun using the left hand fingers with the bow now.  Pretty soon we will start with our first winter concert music. 

The B-day class of the sixth graders began one of their first winter concert pieces just the other day.  I am really impressed with these young musicians and their elementary strings teachers should really be commended!

McCants Lanyards are a Big Hit!

We sold out of the McCants lanyards at the 6th grade orientation!  I ordered another 200 so they should be here any day now.  We are selling them during lunch in the cafeteria.  They are $3.50 each. 

Our First Booster Club Meeting

We had our first booster club meeting for the McCants Orchestra on September 1st.  We decided to have our annual Pizza Kit and Cookie Dough fundraiser.  We will begin that soon.

We discussed upcoming events such as All-County Auditions here at McCants on September 29th from 4-8pm.  We will need some parents to help students get to the audition rooms and check-in. 

Here is this Year's Syllabus

Click here to download the 2009-2010 Syllabus.

Fall Concert and Pumpkin Carving Day are fast Approaching!!

Our first concert of the year is approaching fast.  It is Tuesday, October 27th at 7pm in the Fine Arts building here at McCants.  This concert is just for the 7th and 8th grade orchestras.  We will also be carving pumpkins the day before, Monday, October 26th from 4-7pm in the Gym so bring your carving tools and your pumpkins! 

We will have a contest for the top three pumpkins and announce the winners at the concert. 

Legend of the Sleepy Hollow Morning Rehearsals

Students that are working on the Sleepy Hollow music need to come during their appointed times.  Below are the times for each instrument as well as the full group rehearsals that are for everyone:

Monday 7-8am Violins only

Tuesday 7-8am Violas only

Wednesday 7-8am Celli and Basses only

Thursday 7-8am Everyone

Friday 7-8am Everyone

 The drama is performing a play about "The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow" and we are performing the music for it this fall.  This music will be played by the advanced 8th grade orchestra and students that are willing to work hard and audition on the music (because the music is very difficult).  We will work on some of this in the morning rehearsals as well as in class.  The date for the play is October 29th.

Every Thursday and Friday morning we are rehearsing the music for the Sleepy Hollow for anyone that wants to try it.

Congratulations to Our 13 Students who were Accepted into the All-County Orchestra!!

After the auditions on September 29th and much hard work we had 13 students that were chosen to represent McCants Middle school at the All-County Orchestra weekend.  Click here to see a picture of them.  They are:

Lillian Hardaway

Allea Nickell

Lora Lassiter

Katie Hanley

Ben Delorme

Lina Baroni

Heather Peer

Madison Winstead

Katie Hammond

Mikayla Lee

Ross DeFranco

Conner Martin

Luke McCollum

Congratulations!!  We are very proud of these students as well as all the students that auditioned.