A letter from Mr. Purdy and Mr. Dodge regarding the first full HMS band rehearsals tomorrow.
Good afternoon HMS Band students and families!
Mr. Dodge and I are extremely excited about our first full ensemble rehearsals tomorrow. They are going to be energetic, kinda loud, and a bit chaotic while we figure out how to make things work in our spaces as safely and effectively as possible.
A few items that will be very helpful:
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Please make sure your instrument goes to school with you in the morning and be sure that there is a pencil in the case as well as your red book!
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Be sure to have your music mask or an extra surgical style mask. We are desperately low, so if you have a few extras around the house you’d be will to donate, it will help ensure that all students can play tomorrow.
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Bring a water bottle. We try to cool off the auditorium, but it always heats up in the afternoon.
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Have your good listening ears on. Lots of students, 2 teachers….
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Be patient with staff and those students around you.
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GIVE YOURSELF PATIENCE AND COMPASSION. Your individual ability may not match the folks around you or what you expect of yourself. Please trust that everyone is exactly where they are supposed to be right now and we will all improve throughout the year.
Mr. Hay (HHS band director) and Mr. Dao (student teacher from UMass Amherst) will be around for parts of the rehearsals and may ask students if they need extra help. They might bring small groups of students to the hallway or just outside to better hear them and help them adjust. If the students tell you some new guy with a shiny forehead worked with them, it’s OK; he’s with the band!
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email myself or Mr. Dodge.
Looking forward to tomorrow!
~Mr. Purdy
dpurdy@hopkinton.k12.ma.us
~Mr. Dodge
jdodge@hopkinton.k12.ma.us
September 2021
If you are renting and instrument from David French Music Co., please go directly to their website and follow the rental instruction.
The website is : https://www.davidfrenchmusic.com
August 2021
We are happy to inform all families that our music programs will be back up and running for the 2021-2022 school year. Band, chorus, and orchestra will resume at Hopkins, HMS, and HHS. We are still waiting on guidance from the state and the district as to masks, bell covers, and spacing. We will share the performance calendar with you soon.
