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Date: Saturday, April 26th

Time:

Arrive: 10:00am

Perform: 10:45 am

Done: 12:00 PM

Ice Cream @ Ampersand afterward!

Location: 452 E Harvard Ave Fresno, CA, 93704

Attire: Jelly Bean (any WGTB color shirt)

Black pants, shorts, shoes, socks on bottom

Event: This event is Tower Porchfest, which is a music festival that happens all through the city on people’s front porches, businesses, & parks. We have ALL been invited to perform at this event, showcasing all of WGTB’s program talents! Please make some space on this day for this gig, as many people will be walking past us & checking out other bands. There is supposed to be a pizza truck as well, so make sure you check that out!

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Address: Paul Shaghoian Hall at Clovis North. 2770 E International Ave., Fresno

Arrival Time at Location: 10:30 am

Performance Time: WE GOT THE BEAT 11:20 // BEYOND THE BEAT 11:40

Finish Packing Up: 12:30 pm

Attire: Official WGTB Outfit. GREEN WGTB shirt, solid black pants. NO SHORTS, solid black socks and shoes

Official BTB Outfit. Official BTB Shirt (NO TYE DYE), Blue Jeans, Blackish Shoes.

Specific Directions: This is a percussion ensemble festival. We will be playing for some world-class percussionists & colleagues of Brenda. Each group will play 1 or 2 songs (depending on time) and then one of the “judges” will come up on stage and talk/work with us to give us some info on how we could play better.

Notes: We always sound better when we have all our players. We really want to have everyone on this gig so the judges can evaluate us at our best.

The festival will start around 9 am. Local Jr High and High School groups will be performing starting then. I encourage you to have your Beaters listen to some groups in the morning before our performance, especially if the school they are planning to attend is performing. I will post the performance schedule as soon as I get it.

There will be clinics by the judges in the afternoon. You are invited and encouraged to attend those as well. This is an opportunity for you and your Beaters to watch different styles of percussion they may never have another chance to see.

Everyone can get into the morning and the Drum Circle for FREE.

Performers get into the afternoon for FREE. Everyone else will need to pay.

The WGTB teachers will not be supervising after we finish packing up. Parents who can’t stay for the afternoon may want to make arrangements with other families to watch their kids.

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Arrival: 4:45pm

1100 Armstrong Ave, Clovis, CA 93611

Performance Times: 5:30pm & 6:15pm

Pack Up finished: 6:30

Attire: Official 2024-25 blue shirt, all black on the bottom. Shorts are fine

Specific Directions: This is a school carnival. We will be playing outside. More details soon!

EXTRA: This is Rookie Cypress’ school.  We want to make him look GOOD to his classmates. I know it gets busy in May. Please do your best to get your child to the gig as close to 4 pm as possible and stay to help us pack as long as you can.

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Location: FRESNO PACIFIC UNIVERSITY CULTURE AND ARTS CENTER – 4838 E Butler Ave, Fresno, CA 93727

Arrival Time at Location: Drumline & Beyond the Beat: Set up: 4:00 pm

Rookies & Secondary: Arrive at 5:30 pm

Approximate Completion of rehearsal: 8:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Specific Directions:

• Take the 180 and exit south on Chestnut.
• Turn left on Butler Ave
• Turn right on Winery Ave
• Turn right again on Townsend Ave. You can park along the street or in the parking spaces on Garden Ave.

Additional Comments: This will be a hurry-up-and-wait kind of night depending on how quickly the sound guy can get a good sound out of us and the video guy can understand when to get the camera on the correct area to capture the featured sections and soloists. Please help your child understand they may be sitting more than they would like but we need them to take deep breaths, and not get whiny about the situation. The fewer distractions the directors and tech crew all have, the faster this process will go.

Schedule

4:00 pm: BTB & Drumline Call

4:45 pm: Drumline Staging & BTB sit-in stands

5:30 pm: DL, BTB, Rookies & Secondary BIG SHOW ENDING

7:00 pm: Break

7:15 pm: Rookies

7:45 pm: Secondary rehearsal, Rookies pick up

8:15 pm: BTB Zoomers rehearsal, Secondary Pick up

8:45 pm: BTB Boomers rehearsal, Zoomer Pick up

9:15 pm: Boomers pick up & done

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Location: WARKENTINE CULTURE & ARTS CENTER – 4838 E Butler Ave, Fresno, CA 93727

LIVESTREAM LINK: CLICK HERE

Arrival Time at Location: 4:30pm. We will soundcheck songs as needed

6:30-7:00pm: All Beaters in the Green room to hang out. Secondary, be ready to move on stage at 7:00pm.

Performance Time: 7:00-8:30pm

Packing Up: Immediately after the concert, we will need to pack up just like a regular gig

Attire: OFFICIAL SHIRT, solid black PANTS ONLY, NO SHORTS, solid black socks, solid black shoes (no stripes, piping, etc in any color but BLACK.  Same with belts; ALL BLACK).  NO SHORTS PLEASE.  We need to look as spiffy as possible.

Parent Help Sign-Up Link: COMING SOON

PLAYLIST: COMING SOON

Specific Directions: Same as Tech Rehearsal

Additional Comments: This is a fundraiser for us. Please let your friends and family know to come out and support our program. We are going to try to stream our concert for those unable to come to an in-person event. More details later.

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This year, our end-of-the-year party will be hosted by the Peckham family at their house. They have a pool and games! We will need to coordinate on bringing snacks and drinks, more on that soon! Check back later for a food/drink signup form!

Time: TBA

Location: TBA (please let us know if you’re willing to host!)

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Location: The Big Red Church

Time: 7:00 pm

Attire: Drumline Black Shirt

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These FREE workshops are intended for anyone moving up to Beyond the Beat, currently in Beyond the Beat, and anyone already in Secondary who would like a head start in reading. We will be learning some basic ideas such as time, rhythm, scales, reading in a key signature, feeling what you read, how to practice, and more to prepare your beater for the next level of advanced musicianship. Everyone must bring a binder with page protectors, basic hand exercises (CLICK HERE FOR PRINTABLE PDF) a pencil, paper to take notes, and eagerness to learn!

If you are moving up to BTB, plan on being at these workshops. You may feel left behind at camp if you don’t!

Heads up, I may request some people participate in recording sessions MONDAY NIGHT for any new camp songs. I’ll keep everyone updated for this.

Dates:

June 2nd: 4-6pm, 6pm-8pm (POSSIBLE RECORDING)

June 3rd: 4-6pm

June 4th: 3:30-5:30pm

Bring:

binder with page protectors

basic hand exercises (CLICK HERE FOR PRINTABLE PDF)

pencil

paper to take notes

This year, WGTB is hosting our summer camp at Fresno Pacific University! All camp-related events will take place there. Below is a list of when your child will be participating in the camp. This schedule does not include times for helpers, as I sent a separate email about that.

At the moment, we have all the student help we need. However, if you or your child would like to assist, please let Brenda or me know in case we need extra help. We typically welcome as much assistance as possible!

There is a lot we have below, so please read carefully.

IF YOU WERE IN SECONDARY 24-25, CAMP HELPER, OR TEACHER, WE EXPECT FOR YOU TO COME HELP SET UP. PLEASE CONFIRM HERE.

WE NEED PARENT HELP! If you’re available to volunteer a shift to help us, please sign up here! CLICK HERE 🙂

CLICK HERE FOR FPU CAMPUS MAP WITH CLASSROOM INFO – WILL CHANGE FOR 2025

CLICK HERE FOR WGTB CAMP PARTS – WGTB Camp Parts & Rotations – Sheet

CLICK HERE FOR WGTB CAMP MUSIC AND RECORDINGS

MONDAY-THURSDAY SCHEDULE WILL BE AS FOLLOWS

• Morning 9:00am-11:30AM
• Afternoon 1:00 pm-4:00 pm
• BTB 5:30 pm-8:30 pm

FRIDAY SHOW & TELL WILL BE AS FOLLOWS

• Morning 10:30am-11:30am
• Afternoon 3:00 pm-4:00 pm
• BTB 6:45 pm-7:30 pm
• PACK UP & GET OUT 7:45 pm-8:30 pm

Please click here for general summer camp info.  🙂

Hello!

This day will be for our move-in at Fresno Pacific. We are going to need all people to help with getting each room set up. Those rooms consist of the Main ensemble room, mallet room, hand drum room, and drum-set room.

Time: Move-in starts at 2 pm, and if we’re quick, we can get it done in an hour. Please make sure you consult the room teacher to make sure the room is set up for them!

Attire: Please dress lightly. It will be the hottest part of the day and we will mostly be outside.

Location: Fresno Pacific University, Warkentine Theatre. Same spot as the Big Show.

4838 E Butler Ave, Fresno, CA 93727