LAMBERTON
JAZZ FESTIVAL 2011 - GENERAL INFORMATION
TUESDAY,
MARCH 22, 2011
It’s Jazz Festival time once again! We look forward to welcoming everyone to
Lamberton and Red Rock Central for the 37th Annual Lamberton Jazz
Festival. Following you will find some
general information that should help the day go smoothly. If you have any
questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Our confirmed clinicians this year include: Members of the HornHeads (saxophone, trumpet
and trombone) from the Twin Cities-Metro area and Jason Price (drumset/rhythm
section). The evening concert will
feature the HornHeads and Jason Price.
The Lamberton Jazz Festival will be held on a workshop day,
meaning classes will not be in session for Red Rock Central students. All venues will be housed in the RRC High
School building in Lamberton. We are
asking extra vigilance from directors in keeping an eye on your students. Any vandalism or theft associated with the
Jazz Festival would be extremely unfortunate and will be dealt with to the
fullest extent of the law.
ANY
VIOLATION OF RRC SCHOOL RULES WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE EXPULSION FROM THE JAZZ
FESTIVAL FOR THE ENTIRE GROUP, NOT JUST THE INDIVIDUAL.
All groups will use the gym to house equipment, coats,
etc. There will be no separate warm-up
rooms. Please remove your equipment from
the gym as soon as possible after your performance.
Each band has 45 minutes to set up, warm up, tune, perform,
and take down. Punctuality is essential!
All participants should wear nametags with correct name and
school information throughout the festival day.
Blank tags will be furnished at registration.
All students are required to attend the clinic sessions,
which will have staggered starts. We
will inform you of the start times that day, or you can check the website
(http://www.rrcnet.org/~jazz) for a current schedule.
Only the HornHeads and Jason Price will be playing in the evening
concert.
If you need extra tickets for bus drivers, chaperones, etc.
please let us know how many extra you need and we will put those in your
packets. We will need an accurate ticket
count so I can be sure to save back enough for the students and those
accompanying them. The rest of the
tickets will be offered to the public.
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FOOD
INFORMATION – please note changes…
The RRC Music Parents will be providing concessions and food
service for the Jazz Festival once again.
They have provided a form for you to fill out with your meal
information, which is attached to this email.
Please fill out the form and return it to me, via fax or email, NO LATER
THAN MARCH 16. After this date there will be limited meals
available and they will cost $1 more. I
will not be able to call and check on meals, so please respond by the 16th. Please get this information from your
students and send the form by fax (507-752-7036) or email paulad@rrcnet.org or frasher@rrcnet.org no later than March 16.
Lunch
will be a burger feed. Cost is $5.00 for hamburger w/fixings, chips, fruit and
a beverage.
For the students’ evening
meal, the Music Parents will be serving pizza. Cost is $5.00 for 2 slices
of pizza and a beverage.
Pizza varieties available will be pepperoni, sausage, and
cheese.
We ask that the students stop at the concession stand
sometime during the morning and pay for their lunch and supper tickets – you do
not need to collect money in advance for the lunch OR supper meal. They will need to tell the concession stand workers
what school they are from and pay for the ticket there.
Food is also available at Griffith's Grocery (broasted chicken
and groceries) and Sonshine Taco. The
Lamberton Lanes bowling alley will be open for business that day as well. All of these businesses are located on
A few guidelines to keep in mind:
Please enter the building and unload
vehicles from the south side.
Please be sure to dispose of your trash
properly.
No food or drink is allowed in any
performance area or in the gym.
The
Please remember to bring scores for the
clinicians. RRC will furnish one outlet
strip, one extension cord, and a piano at each venue. You are responsible for any other auxiliary
equipment that you require.
The directors’ lounge will be in the
FACS room this year.
We ask that students stay in the
gym/lobby area when they are at the school and not performing or listening to
other groups. We also ask that as much of your warming up and tuning be done in the performance
room as possible. Please remind your
students that they should not be playing/rehearsing
individually in the gym.
We have had some problems in the past,
especially during the supper hour, with students being in parts of the building
that are off-limits. Please be sure your
students know where they should be. We
are trying to line up combos to perform during this time – if you know of
anyone who has a jazz combo that might like to perform, let Tasha Frasher know.
Thank you for your participation in the 2011 Lamberton Jazz
Festival. We hope you have a great day,
and HAVE FUN!
If you have any questions, please contact:
Paula Derickson – Festival Secretary Tasha
Frasher - Band Director
Phone: 507-752-7992
Fax: 507-752-7036 507-752-7361
email:
paulad@rrcnet.org email: frasher@rrcnet.org
The
current schedule and other information can be found at: http://www.rrcnet.org/~jazz.
On your registration form, you indicated that you will have
__________ students participating in the Jazz Festival.
You also indicated that you: WILL WILL NOT attend
the directors' supper.
If
any of the above information is incorrect, please notify Paula Derickson
immediately.
If
your group plans to eat any meals at school, don’t forget to take a meal count,
fill out the form, and get it back to Paula before March 16.
THANK
YOU.