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AWESOME first day of school! I am SOOOO impressed with all of you so far! Hopefully...when we start playing... Ms. Sity and I will be just as impressed Books & supplies can be purchased at: Pacetti's Music(657-5031/5905-6 Ave) books can also be obtained online at www.jwpepper.com Grade 6: Essential Elements 2000 Book 1 Grade 7: Essential Elements 2000 Book 2 Grade 8: Essential Technique Book 3 All band students need a metronome All 7th & 8th grade students need a tuner (a money saver would be to buy a "metrotuner" which has both items together in one device)(interstate music a Korg TM-40 on sale for $29.99 / www.interstatemusic.com ) All band students need an instrument in good, working order & supplies to maintain it. Brass players: Valve Oil & Slide Grease Clarinets & Sax's: at least 4 good reeds, cork grease, mouthpiece cover & cleaner Flutes: A cleaning cloth & cleaning rod Oboes & Bassoons: at least 3 working reeds & an empty film canister for water to soak them in. Percussionists (Drummers): ALL percussionists need a snare drum or practice pad and a bell kit at home to practice on. Students without these supplies will be unable to stay enrolled in band. Students will use Mahone's equipment while at school and will only be asked to bring their bell kit on occasion. It is for at home practice. All percussionists: 1 additional book - Fresh Approach to Mallets All percussionists need 5B concert snare drum sticks, general purpose xylophone mallets, and a stick bag All 7th grade grade percussionists need general purpose timpani mallets as well All 8th grade percussionists need yarn marimba mallets as well *****I just got an e-mail from Interstate Music offering: Vic Firth BSB Bag that includes pairs of: SD1-American Custom General Snare Sticks, M3-Medium Mushroom Head Keyboard Mallet, M6-Hard Phenolic 1” Ball (for all around playing on bells and xylophone), T3-Staccato, medium hard timpani mallet for rhythmic articulation and projection. The cost is $73.98 and the savings is $12.82. Their website is: www.interstatemusic.com and they are located in New Berlin Does anyone know anyone handy that could build something
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Mahone MS Bands Kenosha Unified School District 6900-60th Street Kenosha, WI 53144 262-605-8127 |
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