Dear BVW Band Families,

We are enjoying the opportunity to have students in class on a more consistent basis with the return to a full in-person schedule! A reminder that students should be practicing and recording their 4th quarter playing assessment / placement hearing music over the next 2 weeks as those are due April 9.

For those participating in the KSHSAA Virtual Solo & Ensemble Festival - please look for communication this week on how and where to upload videos you have recorded, and / or our schedule for recording at school.

​Happy practicing and have a great week!

Schedule at a Glance
  
This Week:

Monday:
* Drum Major Auditions: 3:30 PM

Tuesday:
 *Winter Guard: 6 – 9 PM (BV District Office Gym)
 
Thursday:
*Winter Guard: 6 – 9 PM (BV District Office Gym)

Next Week:

Tuesday:
 *Winter Guard Recording: 6 – 9 PM (West Gym)
 
Thursday:
*Winter Guard: 6 – 9 PM (West Gym)
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Have a great week!
 
Mr. Love

Dear BVW Band Families,

This week is our "Concert" Week. All of our concert ensembles will be recording a virtual concert to be released at the end of the week. See below for schedule details. This will be our last Virtual concert - our Spring Band Concert, scheduled for May 11, will be held in person with a live audience. More details to be shared as we get closer to May.

For our concert recording, students need to wear their concert black attire. All black - neck to and neck to wrist. A long sleeved, collared, black button down shirt and black dress pants or long skirt are preferred along with black socks and shoes.


Schedule at a Glance
  
This Week:
Tuesday:
 *Winter Guard: 6 – 9 PM (BV District Office Gym)
*JPG (MS): 6 – 8 PM
*Symphonic Band Concert Recording: 6 – 7 PM (Please note the time change)
*Wind Ensemble Concert Recording: 7 – 8 PM
 
Thursday:
*Concert Band Concert Recording: 6-7 PM
*Winter Guard: 6 – 9 PM (BV District Office Gym)
*JPG (HS): 6 – 8 PM

Next Week:
Spring Break!
*Color Guard Rehearsals - TBD
​
Have a great week!
 
Mr. Love

BVW Band Families,

Go Chiefs! Or if you aren't into football - be sure to root for your favorite commercial this weekend!

Please check out Information added this week about Solo & Ensemble festival. A terrific opportunity for students!

This week begins the enrollment process. If you haven't yet, please check out our enrollment brochure – while primarily focused on our incoming 9th grade students for next fall, it still has useful information for ALL of our band students. As always – if you have questions about how to fit band into your schedule, please make sure to visit with one of the directors. The addition of virtual ed for next year will free up many schedule issues enabling students to have even more options to to take courses in an area of interest!

Also, our summer schedule for marching band has been released. 
 
Schedule at a Glance
  
This Week:
Tuesday:
 *Winter Guard: 5 – 8 PM
*JPG (MS): 6 – 8 PM
*Symphonic Band Rehearsal: 5:30 – 6:30 PM
*Wind Ensemble Rehearsal: 7 – 8 PM
 
Thursday:
*Winter Guard: 5 – 8 PM
*JPG (HS): 6 – 8 PM

Next Week:
Tuesday:
 *Winter Guard: 5 – 8 PM
*JPG (MS): 6 – 8 PM
*Symphonic Band Rehearsal: 5:30 – 6:30 PM
*Wind Ensemble Rehearsal: 7 – 8 PM
 
Thursday:
*Winter Guard: 5 – 8 PM
*JPG (HS): 6 – 8 PM
*Concert Band Rehearsal: 6-7 PM

 
Have a great week!
 
Mr. Love
 

From the Desk of Mr. Love:
 
Dear West Band Families,
 
You may have noticed that you are currently receiving 2 emails from the band. We are in the process of switching our weekly newsletter over to a service called MailChimp which enables us to provide a more visually engaging and user-friendly interface for sharing all the information you and your student needs to keep up to date with the Blue Valley West Bands. ALL the information in our weekly newsletter can be found at our updated website: www.bvwestband.com. Take a moment to check it out!
 
For those that prefer to engage with social media, we’ve also done some updating there. We have a new Facebook page to better promote band activities: https://www.facebook.com/bvwestbands
 
Into Twitter? Announcements get posted to our feed there as well: https://twitter.com/BVW_Band
 
Same for Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bvw_band/
 
Make sure to check out the calendar on the website for rehearsals and events coming up!
 
Lastly, enrollment is right around the corner. Please check out our enrollment brochure – while primarily focused on our incoming 9th grade students for next fall, it still has useful information for ALL of our band students. As always – if you have questions about how to fit band into your schedule, please make sure to visit with one of the directors. Also, our summer schedule for marching band has been released. At this time we are planning for a normal schedule of summer activities for ALL of our band members to help build stronger connections within our band family and to set us up for success as a program as we navigate our of “COVID times” and into the 3rd decade of our outstanding program’s history!
 
Schedule at a Glance
 
This Week:
Tuesday:
*Winter Guard, 5-8 PM
* JPG (MS) 6 – 8 PM
 
Thursday:
*Winter Guard, 5-8 PM
*JPG (HS)  6-8 PM
 
Next Week:
Tuesday:
 *Winter Guard: 5 – 8 PM
*JPG (MS): 6 – 8 PM
*Symphonic Band Rehearsal: 5:30 – 6:30 PM
*Wind Ensemble Rehearsal: 7 – 8 PM
 
Thursday:
*Winter Guard: 5 – 8 PM
*JPG (HS): 6 – 8 PM
 
Have a great week!
 
Mr. Love