Dear Band Student,

 

Thank you for planning to attend the 20th Annual Saskatchewan Band Association Workshop in Regina.  I look forward to meeting you when you arrive at the workshop this July.  It promises to be a very exciting and fun week with many different musical and social activities.

 

The workshop begins Sunday July 24th at 2:00 pm with registration in the Riddell Centre foyer on the main campus of the University of Regina (near the Kramer Blvd. and Wascana Parkway entrance to the University).   After registration there will be a short meeting and introduction to the camp in the auditorium for all students, parents and staff.  This will be followed by a written theory test and an audition for placement in the bands.  Once the audition and test are completed the students are finished for the day. 

 

To get ready for the audition, prepare a short exercise from your method book or a solo you worked on during the year - something that shows how well you play.  You may also be asked to play some scales and/or sight read some music.  The theory test will be used to help place you in the right theory class for your level, so please, no studying.

 

Once again, group photos of the bands will be available for a fee of $15.00 (includes tax).   Photos must be ordered and prepaid by Tuesday noon if you want them before the camp ends on Friday.  CD's of the final concert will be available for $8.00 and will be mailed to the student’s home a few weeks after the end of the camp.  These can be paid for at registration or at any time during the week.

 

Items to remember for Sunday:

            a) Your instrument

            b) Some music for your audition

            c) Pencil*

            d) Paper

            e) One wallet sized photo (with your name printed on the back)

            Photos will be returned at the end of the camp

            f) $15.00 for photos, optional

            g) $8.00 for CDs, optional

            h) $6.00 for pizza lunch on Friday, optional

 

Please make cheques payable to: REGINA SUMMER BAND CAMP

 

             * If you forget your pencil you'll still be able to write the theory test.

 

During the week (Monday to Friday) the camp will run from 8:45 am to 5:00 pm.  There will be staff at the camp from 8:00 am if parents need to drop off students early.  Students will need to bring a bag lunch each day, Monday through Friday (again, there is an optional pizza lunch on Friday for the students, $6.00).  There is also the opportunity to eat lunch and/or supper with the residence students.  It is usually a very reasonable amount, but that amount has not been set as of yet. 

 

 

 

 

 

There will be recreation activities planned for each evening (dance, movies, bowling, etc.).  On Wednesday we will go to IPSCO Park for a BBQ and a swim.  Students will not be home for supper that night but will have a practice at the university that evening after the BBQ.  Students will be finished this day (Wednesday) at 9:00 pm.  All food for the BBQ is provided by the camp.  More on these once you get to the camp.

 

Students will receive a general schedule on Sunday and will pick up their own personal schedule of band rehearsals, lessons and theory classes at the meeting at 8:45 am on Monday morning.   The personal schedules can't be completed until after the audition and theory tests are complete.

 

The final concert will be held at 7:00 pm on Friday, July 29th in the University Theatrein the Riddell Centre.  The concert is on Friday night, rather than the next day on Saturday afternoon, so that students and their families can still have a long weekend, so please plan to be there.  The concert is free and all friends, relatives and parents are encouraged to attend.

 

At this point applications are still being accepted and I hope you will encourage your friends to attend camp with you, even though I'm sure you'll meet many new friends at the camp.  Call the SBA for application forms at (306)783-2265, fax (306)783-2060, or on the web - www.saskband.org/bandcamp/sbc.html, by email – sask.band@sasktel.net, or call me on my cell, 527-8080, or by email - chris.jacklin@uregina.ca.  Please phone after 7:00 pm while the school year is still going, it may still be necessary to leave a message and wait for me to return your call.  Once the camp starts I can be reached during the day on the same cell, 527-8080.

 

I'm looking forward to meeting you in July.  Have a nice summer.

 

Sincerely,

 

Chris Jacklin

 

Special Information for Dorm students only

 

Residence Students should plan on arriving at the University at 12:00 noon on the 24th, we’ll meet in the lobby of the Riddell Centre.  There will be a short meeting and then the students will be able to go over to the residence with the counsellor(s).  This will allow plenty of time for the students to settle in and return for general registration at 2:00. 

Meals are supplied from Sunday supper until Friday supper inclusive – please let me know ASAP if you have special diet needs.  The rooms in the residence are set-up in quads, 4 rooms around a common area.  Boys and girls will be in separate quads.  Each room can hold 1 or 2 students and one of the rooms in the quad is reserved for the counsellor.  The beds come with pillows, sheets and a blanket for the week.  Each student is supplied with two towels for the week although it is a good idea to bring one from home to use when we go swimming.  The quads are very nice (not old yet) and there are two bathrooms for each quad. The furniture was all new for the Canada Summer Games a few years ago.  The common area has a kitchen with stove, microwave, fridge and freezer and sink.  There is also a sitting area which has a few chairs and a hook-up for cable TV.  There is a phone for making local calls.  Security is on site 24/7 in the lobby of the residence and the residence counsellors will be staying in the quads with the students through the week.