Seniors and senior parents: Congratulations on reaching this significant milestone in your educational experience! We deeply appreciate your time, talents, and effort you have shared with our program the past four years and your leadership throughout our fall and spring seasons. Your final in-class rehearsals will take place Monday / Tuesday of this week. Our Spring Concert constitutes your final exam. Below are some important notes / reminders:

1. We look forward to your final concert performance Monday evening! We will briefly recognize all seniors during the concert, and our program is a dual program for both the band banquet and Spring Concert and features highlights of all our seniors.

2. Following Monday's concert - all school-owned instruments, music, folders, and other equipment must be turned-in. This must be completed prior to the Senior Picnic on Friday. You can check-off this task in class or before / after school / during AST beginning Tuesday, May 10. Failure to turn-in school-owned items will result in a hold being issued by the school office on your diploma. 

3. Please check with the BVW Band Booster Treasurer to resolve any outstanding payments owed or credit balances.

4. All senior parents and students will be removed from our email distribution list unless you have an a sibling in grades 8-11. We do want to keep connected with our alumni - please make sure we have a non-Blue Valley email address for you to add to our alumni database!

Thank you again Seniors! Enjoy these final days of your high school experience and we look forward to seeing you cross the stage on May 22!

Congratulations to Jazz Ensemble for their performance at Nacho Jazz on Friday evening, and a huge thank-you to our Booster Volunteers who helped ensure we actually had Nachos / tacos to eat! Our Spring Band Spring Band Concert is Monday evening. Students need to report by 6:00 PM. Concert begins at 7:00 PM in the PAC. Please double check your black concert attire - if you don't have black dress shoes, marching shoes work fine.

A reminder that our Marching Band Kickoff for the 2022 season on May 19. This is our first rehearsal for ALL 2022-2023 band and guard members. We then we close out the evening with a meeting for all parents and band members. Our pre-season and fall calendar can be found HERE.

Our final event of the year Is Graduation - all band students in grades 9-11 perform at this event at SWIDAC on Sunday, May 22. Our tentative report time will be 11:30 AM at SWIDAC (the stadium at 135th and Switzer next to Blue Valley Northwest.) Students will need to wear nice clothes, but dress appropriately for the weather - collared shirt or blouse. Shorts are permissible, but should be "dressier" shorts - not athletic shorts or board shorts. 

This Week
Monday, May 9
Spring Band Concert - 7:00 PM, BVW PAC

Thursday, May 12
2022 - 2023 Drumline Clinic, 6-8 PM

Next Week
Thursday, May 19
Marching Band Kickoff - 6:00 PM, BVW Commons

Sunday, May 22
Graduation Performance - 1:00 PM, SWIDAC (Grades 9-11.)

Two Weeks
Thursday, May 26
Leadership Training #1: 8AM - Noon

Summer Conditioning / Open Band Room - Times TBA

Looking Ahead


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A very busy week ahead with many of our final performances and events for the year. First congratulations to our 23 band students who performed at the KSHSAA State Solo and Ensemble Festival on Saturday! Results can be viewed HERE. Congratulations as well to Jazz Ensemble who performed at the KCKCC Jazz Festival and then to our band and guard members who performed with the BVW Chorale and Chamber Singers In San Diego! A showcase of terrific music making over the past several days!

Our Band Banquet and Senior Recognition are Monday evening. Dinner begins at 6:00 PM and Awards at 7:00 PM In the BVW Commons.

Thursday is round 2 of our Color Guard Audition Clinics and the first evening of Drumline Audition Clinics. 

Friday, May 6 Is Nacho Jazz! Come celebrate our Jazz Band in their final event of the season and give our LKMS and PRMS Jazz students a big welcome as well! 7:00 PM - BVW Commons. We do need some help with the Nacho / Taco Bar - see info HERE.

Spring Band Concert is Monday, May 9. Students need to report by 6:00 PM. Concert begins at 7:00 PM in the PAC. Please double check your black concert attire - if you don't have black dress shoes, marching shoes work fine.

Then in 2 weeks we have our Marching Band Kickoff for the 2022 season on May 19. This is our first rehearsal for ALL 2022-2023 band and guard members. We then we close out the evening with a meeting for all parents and band members. Our pre-season and fall calendar can be found HERE.

Our final event of the year Is Graduation - all band students in grades 9-11 perform at this event at SWIDAC on Sunday, May 22. Details on report times and uniform attire will be shared in the coming week. 

This Week
Monday, May 2
Band Banquet / Senior Recognition / Marching Show Reveal - 6:00 PM - Click for Info!

Wednesday, May 4
Percussion Dress Rehearsal w/ Sym Band - 7th Hour

Thursday, May 5
Percussion Dress Rehearsal w/ Concert Band - 6th Hour

2022 - 2023 Drumline Clinic, 6-8 PM
Fall Color Guard Audition Clinic - "Try a Spin" 6-8 PM

Friday, May 6
Nacho Jazz - 7:00 PM, BVW Commons

Next Week
Monday, May 9
Spring Band Concert - 7:00 PM, BVW PAC

Thursday, May 12
2022 - 2023 Drumline Clinic, 6-8 PM

Two Weeks
Thursday, May 19
Marching Band Kickoff - 6:00 PM, BVW Commons

Sunday, May 22
Graduation Performance - 1:00 PM, SWIDAC (Grades 9-11.)

Looking Ahead

Leadership Training #1 - May 26

Summer Conditioning Open Rehearsals begin May 26

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Congratulations to all who participated in the KSHSAA State Solo and Ensemble Festival on Saturday, April 30 at Washburn Rural High School in Topeka. A terrific showing from our students!